A Calvin Ridley, one of the most talented receivers in the NFL, had his life changed in March 2022. The NFL reported that he received a penalty for betting on league games as a player in the league. A talent that fell to hell after displaying a good game in the Atlanta Falcons, accusing mental health problems and the punishment he received from the competition. It could be the end for many, but Ridley, one year and two months later, will have a second chance. And much better, because he will be one of the bulwarks of the young Jacksonville Jaguars.
Ridley played in three full seasons and five games of a fourth with the Atlanta Falcons. There he had a game-high 1,374 receiving yards in the third, being the subject of 143 passes. He scored 9 ‘touchdowns’, without reaching the maximum 10 of his first course. A major talent, one that he sprained in his fourth year in the NFL. He lived a hell that he turned into a later suspension.
the fall to hell
In November 2021 he decided to step aside. “It has been a very hard few weeks and although I love being next to my teammates competing I need to step aside and focus on my mental health,” he said during a game of his team against the Carolina Panthers. Months later and without returning to activity, it emerged that Ridley was the fifth player in NFL history to be penalized for gambling during the 2021 course.
“I don’t have a disease, I only bet $1,500,” he explained on his social networks after the sanction, caused by bets on the same course in which he decided to withdraw. The NFL dropped him a course…and his career turned around. Management Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the most attractive teams in the competition.
The new start
Ridley disappeared from the front page, but worked her way back. After the season and with a view to the new year, the Jacksonville Jaguars have requested their return to the league. “We’re ready,” the receiver pointed out. “Welcome back, brother,” replied Trevor Lawrence, the team’s star. His process was completed, and after falling into hell he returned to the NFL to be important in a team that wants to be the revelation.
In the last Playoffs he touched it against the champions, Kansas City Chiefs, and with Lawrence in command, accompanied by Christian Kirk, Zay Jones or the runner Travis Etienne, They will be able to search with Ridley for the next step within the fearsome American Conference. It is the return of a ‘damn’.
