There’s always plenty of speculation around the NFL in the hours leading up to the trade deadline, and while most of the time it ends up being more smoke than fire, this year was the exception. A total of 10 trades were made at the deadline, including three by the Falcons.
Atlanta traded wide receiver Calvin Ridley to Jacksonville. The team also flipped veteran safety Dean Marlowe to the Bills for a seventh-round pick, and acquired cornerback Rashad Fenton from the Chiefs for another late-round selection.
Fans around the league were shocked to see so many trades executed, especially by a Falcons team that very few expected to make a move. Here’s how Twitter reacted to Tuesday’s trade frenzy.
Shocker: The #Falcons are trading WR Calvin Ridley to the #Jaguars, sources say, in exchange for complex draft compensation that can be worth at maximum a 2023 5th rounder and a 2024 2nd rounder. Ridley is suspended through at least the 2022 season. pic.twitter.com/Zk6Yb7U5F3
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 1, 2022
#DUUUVAL 😤😤
— CALVIN RIDLEY (@CalvinRidley1) November 1, 2022
😔😔😔
— cordarrelle patterson (@ceeflashpee84) November 1, 2022
Won the Julio trade. Won the Ryan trade. Won the Debo trade. Won the Ridley trade. Terry strikes again. #DirtyBirds #Falcons pic.twitter.com/n2RcfnZCuX
— Carrie (@CareCalamia) November 1, 2022
Those that are hurt by that Ridley trade, I don’t know what to tell you. Just like the Debo trade, it was ultimately coming
— Ev Glaze (@Everett_G07) November 1, 2022
Falcons gonna have a lot of cap space come this off-season. Terry and Arthur Smith will build this team the way they want it. #Dirtybirds
— 🔴⚫️ (@DirtyBirdz_11) November 1, 2022
Sunday https://t.co/xcTc2lbv7E
— Josh Kendall (@JoshTheAthletic) November 1, 2022
More! A deal that beat the buzzer: the Chiefs have traded CB Rashad Fenton to the Falcons, per source.
The Chiefs have gotten really good play out of their rookie CBs, as Fenton was recently replaced in the starting lineup.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 1, 2022
There you go. https://t.co/NYxmpang0R
— Cam Marino (@MarinoNFL) November 1, 2022
Calvin Ridley is suspended in part because he bet the #Falcons to beat the #Jaguars last season.
Now he's on the #Jaguars. Un-freakin-real.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 1, 2022
If you thought the Calvin Ridley was ever gonna play for the Falcons again, I got some snake oil to sell you.
— ATLANTA BRAVES WORLD CHAMPS 2021 🏆 (@Lex_Naija) November 1, 2022
Huge W
— Carlton (@CrispyCarlton) November 1, 2022
Falcons watched Marlowe get cooked on that DJ Moore touchdown and said enough https://t.co/2j9QgZBhw6
— Adnan Ikic (@SayWhichWay) November 1, 2022
Well, this aged like milk. https://t.co/733KK5as9n
— Scott Carasik (@CarasikS) November 1, 2022
Falcons were way more involved in trades today then I thought. 10 total trades just today in the NFL. Love all the trade action.
— Brian Gebhardt (@brian_gebhardt) November 1, 2022
Calvin Ridley walking into the casino to cash in his +2000 “Ridley to the Jaguars” bet: pic.twitter.com/Oh8aMJFI73
— Brian Y (@byysports) November 1, 2022
— CALVIN RIDLEY (@CalvinRidley1) November 1, 2022
#Falcons trade for #Chiefs CB Rashad Fenton, per report (via @MattUrben)
📰READ MORE: https://t.co/KK55KymwsD | #DirtyBirds pic.twitter.com/H4kpsk7YP5
— The Falcons Wire (@TheFalconsWire) November 1, 2022
