Tennessee Titans receiver Calvin Ridley was involved in an incident at Nashville International Airport, and the team said it was aware and would have no further comment, according to a ClutchPoints report that also described how the news affected at least one trade inquiry.
The exact nature of the incident was not confirmed in that account. Other contemporaneous posts cited in the story said the team was aware and that the details would not be revealed at that time. Ridley had six catches for 91 yards in seven games and remained with the Titans when the story was published.
Team insider Mark Kaboly said the Pittsburgh Steelers, then 6-2, 'were interested' in Ridley, but that a 'legal incident' at the Nashville airport had 'soured them on trading for him.' The NFL trade deadline was 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday. The claim was presented as interest that cooled, not as a completed or formally withdrawn offer.
The report did not provide a police charging document or a team description of what happened at the airport. It said official confirmation of the underlying facts was still lacking.
Ridley's limited production was cited as context for why a midseason move had been discussed at all. No trade with Pittsburgh was completed in the article.
The write-up left Ridley on the Titans' roster and treated the Steelers interest as an unconfirmed pursuit that, in Kaboly's telling, had gone cold.
Sources: ClutchPoints