Tennessee Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley ranted to reporters when asked about his dismal performance in the team’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
The Titans made Ridley one of their top free agent signings this offseason, giving him a four-year contract worth $92 million.
But Ridley, a 2018 first-round draft pick out of Alabama, had his worst day yet in a Titans uniform on Sunday.
Quarterback Will Levis threw eight passes to Ridley, more than any other teammate, but finished without a single catch in a 20-17 loss that left the Titans with a 1-4 record.
When a journalist asked him about his lack of subsequent involvementRidley responded: ‘Where in the game did you have objectives?’
Titans catcher Calvin Ridley ranted at reporters when asked about his dismal performance.
When told he had multiple targets in the fourth quarter, Ridley continued to give an expletive-filled response.
“Alright then, shit, I need some at the beginning of the damn game too,” he said.
‘Shit is getting fucking crazy for me. It is what it is. I sucked today and I have to be better.
“But I have to get the ball a little earlier in the game to be able to be in the game and here with the team to be able to play well too.”
Levis threw to Ridley twice in the second quarter and turned to the veteran in the fourth quarter for five attempts.
One was intercepted by Julian Blackmon with 4:52 left on a play that fans wanted a flag for defensive interference that didn’t come.
Ridley said he was trying to beat his defender while looking at the ball. He didn’t see the safety coming.
Will Levis threw eight passes to Ridley but finished without a single catch in the 20-17 loss.
Colts coach Shane Steichen said they knew Ridley was a great player and his defenders smothered the receiver.
“They were playing aggressive in tight coverage in a lot of those situations and made big plays,” Steichen said of his defense on Ridley.
Coach Brian Callahan said that Titans I can’t win without Ridley making the catch. Ridley had one run for nine yards.
“I’m sure he’ll be the first to tell you that was disappointing,” Callahan said.
“But he’s one of our best players and we expect him to try to make a play or two and we didn’t make it at the end of the game.” “We have to be better in every way, offensively.”
Ridley, who will turn 30 in December, has been attacked 27 times this season.
He has just nine receptions for 141 yards and a touchdown. That play was a 40-yard play that appeared to have been intercepted initially.
