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Why Taylor Heinicke wasn’t a difference maker for the Falcons

The Morning Shift explains why they couldn’t tell the difference between Heinicke & Ridder yesterday vs. Vikings

Turning the ball over and an inability to help the team score in the red zone, those were the main two reasons Desmond Ridder was benched for Taylor Heinicke. On Sunday Heinicke threw an interception, and the Falcons only scored one touchdown in their two red-zone trips. So did Heinicke play any better against the Vikings than Desmond Ridder would have?

Maybe Heinicke handled the Vikings pressure better than Ridder would have, but we’ll never know. You can’t say that definitively. However, there were probably a lot of times Sunday where you were watching the game and thought to yourself Ridder was doing this when he was playing.


Heinicke had four or five turnover-worthy throws, one that did end up being intercepted. He made some nice plays with his arm and legs at times, and had good pocket awareness, all things that have been said about Ridder at times this season.

At the end of the day it’s fair to say that you couldn’t tell the difference between No. 9 and No. 4 most of the day yesterday.

The Morning Shift explains why they couldn’t tell the difference between Heinicke & Ridder yesterday vs. Vikings