When former University of Cincinnati Bearcats standout Desmond Ridder makes his first National Football League start for the Atlanta Falcons, it's scheduled to come against former long-time Cincinnati Bengals starter Andy Dalton - making his 159th NFL start - and the New Orleans Saints.
It's a showdown Cincinnati sports fans are begging on social media to see Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern on Fox instead of the Dallas Cowboys-Jacksonville Jaguars game scheduled to be shown throughout much of the country - including Cincinnati.
Per 506sports.com, the Falcons-Saints game is only being shown on Fox in all of Alabama, most of Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana, and parts of Florida, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
Ridder, a third-round pick of the Falcons in the 2022 NFL Draft, found out earlier this week that he'll replace Marcus Mariota as Atlanta's starter. Ridder helped UC to its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance last year in his fourth season as the Bearcats' quarterback.
Dalton, who started his third game for a third team in three seasons against the Bengals two months ago, trails only Ken Anderson among Cincinnati's all-time leaders in passing yardage after nine seasons with the Bengals from 2011 to 2019. He suffered a back injury during the Saints' Week 6 loss to Cincinnati.
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