Aaron answers listener questions about the Atlanta Falcons including why he thinks it makes little sense for the team to start rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder Week 1. He refutes the notion that there is little downside to Ridder starting games early in the season, and why rushing him into the fire could ruin him. Later, he discusses the team's likely inactive list on gameday, why he experts more roster moves to come at tight end, where Olamide Zaccheaus is due for a breakout year, Arthur Smith's love affair with Mike Vrabel, if A.J. McCarron might return, the rules of the injured reserve, which Falcons are due for big contracts in the future, and whether Calvin Ridley will return once he's reinstated from suspension.

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