Arthur Blank: 'We Feel Pretty Strongly' Desmond Ridder's Going to be Falcons' Quarterback of The Future

CINCINNATI — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Desmond Ridder is hard at work during his first training camp as a starter in the NFL and he got a nice stamp of approval from owner Arthur Blank on Tuesday.

The legendary Bearcat is the greatest quarterback in program history and the Falcons "QB of the future."

"I like our young quarterback," Blank said. "People just look at those last four games last year and say, 'Oh, those four games.' But really he progressed from the time he came on campus here. Had a good (training) camp.

"Think he worked well with (Marcus) Mariota last year. Learned a lot from Marcus. He's a learner. Got a lot of humility and as the year progressed. He had an opportunity to play, and I think he played at a very competitive level. Last four games, each game seemed to be a little bit better. And so we feel pretty strongly that he's gonna be our quarterback of the future. We gotta play games and we gotta see. But we feel good about him.

Ridder hasn't been lighting it up in training camp thus far but has reportedly gotten better as the work moves along.

-Ridder had his longest pass of camp to Cordarrelle Patterson down the right sideline. He displayed some real chemistry with CP84 hitting him three times in five plays at one time including twice in a row to start 7 on 7s. He would’ve drawn a DPI on his first deep shot to London
— Adnan Ikic (@SayWhichWay) July 29, 2023

#Falcons Desmond Ridder to camp sensation WR Mack Hollins pic.twitter.com/sSHETan6Re
— Kevin Knight (@FalcoholicKevin) August 1, 2023

VIDEO: “We feel pretty strongly that (Desmond) will be our QB of the future.”#Falcons owner Arthur Blank speaking about Year 3 of a 3 year plan set forth by Arthur Smith and Terry Fontenot when they were hired. pic.twitter.com/0R86RdPnU2
— Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) August 1, 2023

Desmond Ridder 🎯 Kyle Pitts

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#Falcons Kyle Pitts with the nice catch working against Mykal Walker in 2v2 pic.twitter.com/Ad6jIwOx8E
— Kevin Knight (@FalcoholicKevin) August 1, 2023

Desmond Ridder had arguably his best day of practice today at #Falcons Training Camp. Scotty Miller said afterwards he's "super impressed" with him so far and knows his skills will only improve with more game action. Mentioned his mobility skills too pic.twitter.com/r33XAC22yt
— Victor Prieto (@victorprieto_11) July 29, 2023

Desmond Ridder

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— Jeff Bell (@4WhomJBellTolls) July 29, 2023

VIDEO: Scotty Miller comes to Atlanta after playing with Tom Brady the last few seasons.

He reiterates what many on this here app have been saying...it's training camp, guys are working through things.

Adds that @desmondridder has impressed him so far. pic.twitter.com/yDOnMH5S50
— Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) July 29, 2023