Atlanta Falcons: Time to increase expectation of Ridley

Calvin Ridley is just getting started for the Atlanta Falcons and the rest of the NFL may be in huge trouble.

The Atlanta Falcons have been participating in joint practices with the Miami Dolphins leading up to their preseason matchup with each other, and one thing has become apparent, Calvin Ridley is making the Dolphins corners look like high schoolers.

Atlanta Falcons star receiver, Calvin Ridley, has gashed the Dolphins defenders in consecutive days with some of the smoothest routes you will ever see.

The Atlanta Falcons know what they have in Ridley, a star who is only getting better. If you have been anticipating watching Ridley take the field and have not seen these videos, then your excitement will multiply.

Starting with the first electric play, Calvin Ridley is going one on one with a top-five corner in the entire NFL, Xavien Howard.

Atlanta Falcons fans would no doubt expect Ridley to win this matchup because we all know how good he is. However, to see him make Howard look like he is running with cement feet is on an entirely different level.

When Ridley explodes out of his double move, he puts on the burners. Xavien Howard looks like he is running at full speed until he realizes that he has been burned.

Now onto the next beauty of a route.

On this one, Calvin looks to be matched up against Byron Jones, who for the record is no slouch.

The Atlanta Falcons could show this on repeat and it would be hard to get sick of it. He literally beats Byron Jones so bad that he gave up on a play in the end zone. After Ridley bursts out of his final point in the route, Jones takes a peek for the ball, and he basically skates the opposite way of Ridley for a moment.

Calvin Ridley has become the obvious number one threat in the Atlanta Falcons offense, and thus he has been given lofty expectations by many people, but after seeing these videos and hearing nothing but good things about him, it may be time to step up the projections even more.

This could seriously be another historic year for an Atlanta Falcons wide receiver.