Atlanta Falcons continue to ask the impossible from Matt Ryan

The Atlanta Falcons are headed to England to take on the New York Jets in a road home game that is going to see Matt Ryan tasked with the impossible. It isn’t enough Atlanta has provided a paper mache line in front of their quarterback now after failing to add receiver depth Atlanta is going to ask their veteran to win a game without a proven receiver.

Julio Jones and Alex Mack both left Atlanta and the front office seemed content to stick with their current options. Not factoring in they have an aging quarterback who needs more support, not less.

Still, they opted not to address the positions leaning on their current options forgoing adding any depth or picking from the myriad of veteran options that remained on the market well past week one.

The Atlanta Falcons continue to make life harder for veteran Matt Ryan

Atlanta is asking Matt Ryan to go out and win a game on the road without one proven receiver active. His best target will be rookie tight-end Kyle Pitts who has gotten off to a very uneven start.

This is the type of oversight that has been infuriating to Atlanta fans over the last four years. Atlanta seems content to sit in neutral neither committing to a rebuild nor adding very affordable pieces to help prop up a good quarterback in Ryan.

Sunday that questionable approach may just catch up to them unless Ryan does manage to pull off the impossible. He will be helped by the fact Atlanta is playing a Jets team that is objectively very bad though one can argue the same should be said of Atlanta.

For an organization to take a step forward you have to get the simple things right. Adding cheap depth over lazy developmental pieces is a solid start any Madden GM could advise.

Ryan’s legacy is going to partly be determined by Atlanta’s inability to anticipate and understand basic situational coaching. This week’s situation is simply the latest example in a series of poor decisions that have consistently left Ryan attempting to overcome his team instead of being supported by it.   Something that may cost Atlanta another game Sunday.