The thing with Ridley is the trade with ATL brings back a 2nd rd pick if JAX resigns him, not clear if that compensation is still in play if they merely franchise him now. This came up when NYJ traded Leonard Williams to NYG, NYG did not owe NYJ additional compensation when they merely franchised him. Of course JAX may rightly view Josh Allen as more valuable than Ridley and/or a 2nd rd pick and either let Ridley walk or give up the 2nd to resign him and keep the tag available for Allen.
Ridley may be going on 30 but he has very little tread on the tires after missing basically all of 2021 and 2022. He showed glimpses of WR 1 production down the stretch for Jax, I think he is very worthy of consideration if Jax lets him go to UFA. Another name worth mentioning is Jerry Jeudy, had a down year in 2023 and is owed a guaranteed 13M in 24. He is still young and has had very productive seasons before albeit not quite true alpha WR1 years. He should come cheap in trade given DEN cap issues and doesn't appear to fit the Sean Payton offense which favors bigger WRs. You could do worse than Jeudy for 3rd day pick. Upside is significant with him in a contract year.
Ridley may be going on 30 but he has very little tread on the tires after missing basically all of 2021 and 2022. He showed glimpses of WR 1 production down the stretch for Jax, I think he is very worthy of consideration if Jax lets him go to UFA. Another name worth mentioning is Jerry Jeudy, had a down year in 2023 and is owed a guaranteed 13M in 24. He is still young and has had very productive seasons before albeit not quite true alpha WR1 years. He should come cheap in trade given DEN cap issues and doesn't appear to fit the Sean Payton offense which favors bigger WRs. You could do worse than Jeudy for 3rd day pick. Upside is significant with him in a contract year.