incredible season"The 2018 season is now in the rearview mirror Youth Deadrin Senat Jersey , so we can look back on it and reminisce. There is plenty of bad to look back on, but this series of articles will focus on some of the good.The Atlanta Falcons finished the season ranked sixth in the NFL in total offense (6,226 yards) and 10th in scoring offense (25.9 points per game). This grouping of articles will highlight the five players who had the greatest impact and contribution to those very good rankings, counting them down from five to one.You find numbers five, four, three and two within these hyperlinks.Here is the best offensive player for the Atlanta Falcons from this past season.1) Matt RyanThere should be no doubt and no debate as to who is most deserving of being named number one this list — Matt Ryan showcased a masterclass performance in 2018, and he sits at the top of the team’s offensive mountain.Matt Ryan signed a 5 year/$150 million ($100 million guaranteed) contract extension, which made him the highest paid player in NFL history at the time, early in the offseason. With the extension came scrutiny and an even more focused microscope on Matt Ryan’s performance, especially following a disappointing 2017 campaign which saw him take a step back in throwing for 4095 passing yards and a TD/INT ratio of 20/12.Going into year two of Steve Sarkisian’s watch as the team’s offensive coordinator Stitched Isaiah Oliver Jersey , Ryan was expected to have a bounce-back year, but nobody thought that year would rival his MVP campaign of 2016.The season, however, did not get off to a good start — in the opener, Ryan threw for only 251 passing yards, no touchdowns and an interception en route to scoring a meager 12 points in a losing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. Haters were ready to run him out of town, as they often are whenever he has a subpar performance.Following that defeat, and a subsequent 10 days of scrutiny, Matt Ryan did something he’s done comfortably throughout his career in Atlanta — he bounced back and sent his haters scrambling back to their hiding places.Over the course of the team’s next eight games, Ryan would throw for 2764 passing yards and a glistening TD/INT ratio of 21/2. Ryan did everything asked of him but still had to watch his team fall to a 4-5 record because of devastating injuries to a number of key starters and contributors.Ryan actually did everything asked of him all year long Youth Isaiah Oliver Jersey , and he deserved better than the 7-9 season the Falcons had. The Boston College alum was third in the NFL with 4924 passing yards, third in the NFL with 35 touchdown passes and fourth in the NFL with a 108.1 passer rating. All of those numbers are the highest he’s put up in any season of his career except for 2016 (when he won the MVP award).Had the Falcons played better as a collective unit around Ryan, he would have garnered some serious MVP consideration (although he ultimately wouldn’t have won it after the season Patrick Mahomes had).The Atlanta Falcons have an open championship window at the moment, and it’s currently open because of Matt Ryan’s presence as a top-tier quarterback.A good draft class, a decent free agent signing or two and better overall team health will have the Falcons back in the playoffs and possibly making a run at the Super Bowl next season, and in the years to come. It’ll be Matt Ryan carrying the team toward that success, as he often has for the past 11 years.Falcons injury news: LS Jeff Overbaugh taking snaps and may need to play Thursday The Falcons are monitoring the health of long-snapper Josh Harris as Thursday’s kickoff looms, and now Jason Butt at The Athletic has more on the story. Apparently, practice squad LS Jeff Overbaugh was taking snaps Tuesday with Harris to prepare for if he gets the call-up. As Butt notes, Overbaugh played in some December and January football for the Vikings last season. He’s got the experience needed to fill in if need be. We know without a doubt what the plan is if Harris can’t go. Overbaugh will join the 53 and play in his stead. It’s good the team is getting him warmed up for the possibility Stitched Tony Gonzalez Jersey , though it’s a bit curious who the team would decide to cut in order to make space for him. Harris was limited Tuesday, which makes you think he’s close to being healthy. It’s not likely the team would bite its lip and send Harris to the IR, though if you’re Atlanta, who do you expose to waivers? It would need to be one of the undrafted free agents the team took pains to keep, more than likely. That makes the Harris/IR possibility at least worth mentioning. So, onward we go into Philly. We’ll probably know something Wednesday as to where this is eventually going to land. Just know with the wire as it is, it won’t be easy for Atlanta to just let somebody hang out for a week before re-signing them. « Eric DeCosta opted to make his first draBird Droppings: Arizona Cardinals prepa » Weitere Artikel der Kategorie Allgemein |
Weitere Informationen zu "The best Falcon ever had another"
Immer auf dem Laufenden bleiben!
Neueste Artikel der Kategorie Allgemein
|
Kommentar zu "The best Falcon ever had another" verfassen
Besucher
0 Mitglieder und 9 Gäste sind Online |
Forum Statistiken
Das Forum hat 1944
Themen
und
7092
Beiträge.
|