The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots face off this weekend which means Stevan Ridley will get his chance to play against the team he says trashed him. Ridley was one of the best running backs in the league before he tore his ACL and MCL and was never given a chance again the Patriots.
Since that point, he has played for seven different NFL teams rushing for a grand total of 265 yards. He finally seems to have a role with the Pittsburgh Steelers, especially with James Conner injured.
Ridley didn't mince words when talking about how excited he is for a chance to play his former team, and he should be pumped up and ready to go.
“I’m very open and I have to be real: I want this game more than any other game, man,” Ridley told Kevin Duffy of The Boston Herald. “That’s just the bottom line to it. And it’ll be that way from this year until I go in the grave. I’m just that kind of person.”
“I was trashed after an injury,” Ridley said. “I’m just going to put it that way. I’m not going to say specifically, but to be a starter for (the Patriots) for four years, to tear my ACL and never get a call back, that’s a tough pill to swallow.”
Ridley also points out how many different running backs the Patriots have gone through since the team didn't contact him to try and come back after the 2014 season.
“And now they’re still looking for a running back to try to come in and play — how many running backs have been through there to try to give them some consistency as a quote-unquote first or second down back?” Ridley said. “They’re still looking for it right now. Yeah, it’s very personal. It is.”
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