Former Atlanta Falcons great Matt Ryan deserves one more shot

Watching former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan this past season was painful as Ryan turned the ball over with alarming regularity and struggled to run the Indy offense. Matt Ryan yet again took far too much punishment behind a Colts line that didn’t live up to expectations. Twice this past season Ryan was benched and the Colts put a quarterback in who failed to play any better than Matt Ryan.

Ryan’s first season with Indy was likely his last with the Colts forced to cut Ryan and allow the veteran to look for another landing spot. Despite what Ryan put on tape this past season Matt deserves one more chance to prove he can be a starter in this league still.

A year after a terrible situation in Atlanta behind a bad offensive line and having very little run game Ryan was sent to Indy to an equally bad situation. Ryan showed he still has the ability to play the position at a high level when everything around him is working in a clutch win over Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars.

Ryan would be a perfect fit for a complete roster looking for a veteran quarterback as the finishing touch. It is hard to believe Ryan won’t earn at least one more look as a starter considering the former MVP is only a year removed from being a solid starter and showed flashes of that player at Indy.

Watching Ryan struggle after being pushed out of Atlanta is difficult for a player who carried Atlanta for the majority of his career. Taking far too much punishment with little run game and poor pass protection it is possible all the hits Ryan absorbed in Atlanta have finally taken their toll, however, Ryan’s career demands the veteran get one more chance to prove he can still play.