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Several young players stepped into bigger roles out of the bye week, and some fared better than others.

The Desmond Ridder era didn’t get off to a clean start. In a hostile road environment, Ridder never found a comfortable rhythm and the passing game suffered mightily.

Atlanta’s 21-18 loss doesn’t fall solely at the feet of Ridder, but the rookie is going to have to be better moving forward to stave off another offseason of quarterback...

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