Calvin Ridley recently closed the deal during the NFL offseason of 2024.
The Tennessee Titans inked the former first-round NFL Draft pick to a four-year contract worth $92 million during the offseason. Additionally, a $50 million guarantee is included in that deal.
That’s a really big contract for someone who missed the entire 2022 NFL season due to injury and then had a great comeback with the Jacksonville Jaguars the following season.
The new Titans downfield weapon wrote on X on Wednesday night, “Chess not checkers love all Ridley,” apparently in response to the most recent play he just scored.
Remember when in 2022, Ridley was still a member of the Atlanta Falcons when he was suspended indefinitely by the league for placing bets on games that happened in the 2021 NFL season? As a result, he lost his 2022 salary.
After almost a full year, the Falcons traded him to the Jaguars, where he was able to excel once more on the field. As one of quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s main weapons in his lone season with the Jaguars, Ridley recorded 1,106 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on 76 grabs and 136 targets.
Calvin Ridley added to new-look Titans offense
Now that he has reestablished himself as a potent offensive weapon, Ridley is eager to support the Titans’ onslaught. He joins a Tennessee offensive line that recently added Tony Pollard, a former tailback for the Dallas Cowboys, as a new running back.
In addition, Ridley will line up across wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who, although being past thirty, is still a formidable danger.
Having been chosen by the Falcons with the 26th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, Ridley has already had two seasons with 1,000 yards and 36 touchdowns in 66 games as a professional.
With just 17.9 points per game and 289.0 total yards per game in 2022, the Titans’ scoring attack ranked just 27th and 28th in the league, respectively.
Given the summer changes the Titans made and the expectation that Will Levis will take over as the team’s starting quarterback in 2024, those figures should rise.
