I agree somewhat with this.I'm going to say this ( me personally, I agree and I understand it's a team game) So I understand. My arguments against Ryan are geared more towards Falcon fans, because like I said, They will blame everyone but him. I mean here the Falcons have a new coaching staff, and they'll get blamed for things that were going on way before they even got here. They pick and choose when he's a leader, and when he's a victim, he shouldn't be getting that money, and right now he's currently the 5th best player on the team
When i first moved to ATL in 2004-2005 i realized why Mike Vick hadnt made much progress. It was always the OL and the OC. Never Vick so Vick never felt much pressure except for the few racist radio host f@ggots and a few fans that didnt want a black QB to begin with. However those few were very vocal. We'll get back to that.
Same thing for Ryan but Ryan was highly criticized by the fanbase in the beginning but his biggest flaws were hidden by the fact that they had Turner carrying the load and Tony Gonzalez as an escape valve. Roddy was already beasting by the time he came in. Sad that Vick was gone by the time Roddy came into his own. And then he got Julio.
But overall the fans have been fairly critical enough of him and to be honest some of t was a bit racial because you had some white fans over celebrating his average performance while some black fans were mad Vick's critics were far more vocal than Ryan's. But In general Falcons fans have always been critical enough of Matt up until 3 years ago when he shut them up with a couple of good seasons. I think it was the year they lost in the NFC championship game to the Niners. I could be wrong. So then it was the damn OC being blamed for everything.
However if you listen to the radio stations in town it's almost like 24/7 fellatio on Matt Ryan from the hosts. Not the fans. Among the fans i'd say it's 60/40 or 65/35 for/against Matt Ryan. The 60 overrate the fukk out of him. THe 40 think hes trash. I swear this to you i've had Falcon fans who told me they'd take Ryan Tannehill over Matt Ryan any day. Mind you this was before he put up the MVP year but still. Now, I'm a Dolphins fan. And while i'm one of the Ryan haters I'd take him over Tannehill any day. And there are plenty others i'd take him over.
Bottom line to me: Top 10 if not top 7 QB in the league as of last year when you take his last 5 years into account. No way is he in the Elite class of Brady, Breeze and Rodgers. Overpaid? Hell yes. But he's not garbage by any means.
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