With news of his retirement, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan will get a hero’s welcome in the city where he made his legend.
Will Canton, Ohio, respond appropriately in 5 years or so? At least in a world where the Pro Football Hall of Fame functions like you desire it to, it definitely should.
Ryan will live everlasting in Mercedes-Benz Stadium; there’s no questioning that. He’s perhaps the biggest Falcon to ever play for the franchise, possibly just challenged by the finest gamer he ever tossed a ball to in large receiver Julio Jones. Those 2 are locked-in on a Falcons Mt. Rushmore.
That quarterback-receiver mix was genuinely deadly for opposing defenses, especially in that impressive 2016 season where Ryan won MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. It was the biggest season in franchise history, one that strongly developed Ryan as one of the greats of his generation and offered Atlanta its 2nd NFC title for the last videogame of the now-demolished Georgia Dome.
Of course, the videogame after that was Super Bowl 51, the worst collapse for a group in NFL champion history and the videogame that Ryan will possibly be connected to before any other in his profession, although really at really bit fault of his own. The 28-3 memes will follow anybody even fromanotherlocation associated with Falcons football upuntil the end of time, however we’re a play or 2 away in that videogame with Ryan sporting a ring on his finger and his Hall of Fame bona fides generally undoubted in the grander football discussion.
Ryan’s outright quality on the field towers above his absence of a champion. He was 2nd behind New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in the 2010s for overall death backyards (44,830) and 5th in overall touchdo