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The Eagles and Falcons were reportedly close to a trade to bring Calvin Ridley to Philadelphia this offseason before those talks had to be halted.T
Ridley was suspended earlier this week for betting on NFL games. Had that not happened, it sounds like he might have become an Eagle.
On an upcoming Takeoff with John Clark podcast, FOX reporter Jay Glazer detailed the deal that never was:
“It was actually funny because they were one of the teams, they were close to a deal with Atlanta for Calvin Ridley and Atlanta backed out at the last second,” Glazer said. “And Philly was like, ‘What’s going on?’ They couldn’t really tell them. So Philly wasn’t too happy and then after, looked at it like, ‘Alright, Atlanta, thanks.’ Atlanta did business the right way. They weren’t allowed to say anything, again, the legalities of it, couldn’t say a word. They just had to pull out.
“But, man, if Philly could have gotten a talent like Calvin Ridley when he didn’t have these issues, that would have been good for them. Again, they’re aggressive. Howie (Roseman) is always really aggressive. That would have been big, especially with a lot of Alabama guys. That would have been a good one had he not had the issues, but he did. So Atlanta just had to pull out and couldn’t tell them for a couple weeks why.”