Falcons’ Calvin Ridley to miss Atlanta’s Week 5 showdown vs. Jets in London due to personal matter

Falcons‘ No. 1 receiver Calvin Ridley just isn’t making the journey with the staff to London and won’t play in Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Jets, the staff announced Thursday. The Falcons said that Ridley is coping with a private matter. 

Ridley is an enormous loss for a Falcons offense that’s twenty fifth within the NFL in scoring and twentieth in passing. The four-year veteran at present leads Atlanta with 255 receiving yards and 27 receptions — the latter of which is 9 greater than the Falcons’ second-leading receiver, Cordarrelle Patterson. Ridley is coming off of a 2020 season that noticed him set profession highs with 90 receptions and 1,374 yards. 

With Ridley out, anticipate quarterback Matt Ryan to lean extra on Patterson, who leads the staff with 4 receiving touchdowns and is averaging a team-high 13.1 yards per catch. Patterson can be the Falcons’ second-leading rusher with 119 yards and a landing on 27 carries. 

Ryan will even possible look extra to rookie tight finish Kyle Pitts and operating again Mike Davis. Pitts is third on the staff in receiving yards (189) and fourth in receptions (15). Davis has 80 yards and a rating on 16 receptions by way of 4 video games. 

Atlanta’s offense will face a New York protection that has made important strides beneath first yr head coach Robert Saleh. The unit is at present 14th within the NFL in scoring, twelfth in passing, third in third-down effectivity and fourth in red-zone effectivity. The unit additionally has 13 sacks, led by defensive deal with Quinnen Williams‘ 3.5 sacks. Search for the Falcons to take advantage of the Jets’ run protection, which allowed 177 yards in final week’s win over the Titans.

The Falcons are 3-point favorites over the Jets, in line with Caesars Sportsbook, with the over/beneath set at 46 factors.

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