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Desmond Ridder: 'I Think I Should be the First Quarterback off the Board'

Ridder is battling with four other passers to be the first QB taken in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Russ Heltman

Desmond Ridder: 'I Think I Should be the First Quarterback off the Board'
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CINCINNATI — Desmond Ridder is the consensus fifth-best quarterback in the 2022 NFL Draft, but he doesn't see it that way. The former Bearcats QB sat down with NFL Network's Tom Pelissero and is adamant he showed enough to be the first passer taken off the board come April.

"I think I should be the first quarterback off the board because I'm athletic," Ridder said. "I make plays. I'm the most winningest quarterback in almost all of college football, and I think I can translate over to the NFL. At the end of the day—I'm a winner, and I don't think anyone else is going to tell me different or make me feel any different."

Ridder is a first-round selection in 29.4% of mock drafts thus far.

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Russ Heltman is a contributor for AllBearcats and AllBengals. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH. Russ can be found on Twitter: @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.

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