Calvin Ridley missed a lot of the second half in the Tennessee Titans’ loss last week to the Houston Texans. He also missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday this week. After logging a limited practice on Friday, the team listed him as questionable for today’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. Last night, Ian Rapoport said that Ridley has a “good chance of playing.”
Ridley hasn’t been good this year, but he is still the best receiver the Titans have. They need him out there to at least give the threat of the ability to stretch the field. Here’s the other thing, it would serve the Titans well to be able to trade Ridley for something before the NFL trade deadline. They need him out there and playing well if they are going to be able to get anything for value for him.
Cam Ward needs a big game. He played well the first three weeks without good results, but was bad last week. Ridley being out there gives him a better chance of doing that (in theory).