Although Ridley did not make the Pro Bowl in 2023, his stat line secured him a spot in the stadium for the second season of his very young career.
According to Pro Football Reference, the 29-year-old played in all 17 games and concluded the season with 76 receptions for 1,016 yards and 8 touchdowns. Ridley’s punishment for wagering on NFL games (not his own) kept him out of the game for the whole 2022 season. Due to a foot ailment, he only made five appearances in the previous season.
But for the Atlanta Falcons in 2020, Ridley totaled 90 catches for 1,374 yards and nine touchdowns. Assuming he stays healthy, that output, along with his output in 2023, gives an idea of what the free agent’s next team can anticipate from him in the upcoming year.
Over the course of a new four-year contract, Spotrac forecasts Ridley’s market worth to be $68 million ($17 million yearly). In 2023, he fulfilled the $11.1 million fifth-year option on his rookie contract. The wide receiver’s contract was supposed to expire in 2022, but the NFL suspended him; therefore, it was postponed by one season.
On March 13, Ridley will formally enter the market when free agency begins.
WR Amari Cooper of the Browns In 2024, hold the fifth Pro Bowl season.
Alongside Cooper, Ridley would probably be a potent weapon in the Browns’ passing game, especially if Deshaun Watson is in the starting lineup and the offence keeps pressing the ball downfield, as they did well in the last five games of the 2023 regular season with backup quarterback Joe Flacco.
That approach paid off for Cooper, who caught 25 passes for 485 yards and three touchdowns in four games with Flacco—the wide receiver leaving the first one before halfway because of a head injury. Thanks to a strong finish to the season that included 72 receptions for 1,250 yards and five touchdowns, Cooper was named to the Pro Bowl for the fifth time in his career.
Since the Browns traded for Cooper from the Dallas Cowboys prior to the 2022 season, it was his second straight successful season. Cooper has a $100 million contract that runs until the last season, and in 2024, his salary will be subject to a $23.8 million salary limit hit.
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