confirmed the addition<\/a> Wednesday morning, noting that Ridder could be in line to start Sunday\u2019s regular-season finale in Minnesota.<\/p>\n![\"Desmond](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/desmond-ridder-9-atlanta-falcons-73206027.jpg\")
Former Falcons starting QB Desmond Ridder Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n
The Packers (9\u20136\u20131), who clinched a postseason berth after the Vikings beat the Lions on Christmas Day, would have little to lose by rolling the dice on Ridder \u2014 already locked into the NFC\u2019s seventh seed with a road matchup in the wild card round.<\/p>\n
Love is expected back for the postseason, with Green Bay just needing a short-term fix in the interim.<\/p>\n
Ridder, 26, was selected in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft by the Falcons and started 17 games across two seasons in Atlanta.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He made six appearances with the Raiders during the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n
Ridder spent this season bouncing around the Vikings\u2019 active roster and practice squad but has yet to take any snaps this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
![\"Jordan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/green-bay-packers-quarterback-jordan-117923562.jpg\")
Jordan Love is expected back for the playoffs after suffering a concussion in Week 16. AP<\/p>\n
The former Cincinnati standout entered the league with promise but has largely struggled to find his footing on NFL turf.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over 25 games, Ridder has completed 63.6 percent of his passes for 4,002 yards, 16 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions.<\/p>\n
The Packers could also turn to Clayton Tune, the team\u2019s third-string signal-caller, to start under center.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old Houston product cameoed against Baltimore after Willis\u2019 shoulder injury, completing 1-of-4 passes for eight yards and an interception.<\/p>\n
Kickoff from Minnesota is set for 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With their postseason fate already decided, the Packers aren\u2019t taking any risks with either of their ailing quarterbacks.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1804,1813,349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-381625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-green-bay-packers","9":"tag-jordan-love","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}