Matt Ryan
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"Matthew Thomas "Matt" Ryan" is an American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round as the third overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft after playing college football for Boston College Eagles football/Boston College.

He was Boston College's starting quarterback from 2005 to 2007, leading them to three bowl victories and a 25-7 record in 32 starts. He threw for 200 or more yards 15 times and is fifth all-time in school history in passing yards and in pass completions. He earned MVP honors at the 2005 Humanitarian Bowl/MPC Computers Bowl.

In 2007, Ryan led his team to an Atlantic Coast Conference/ACC Atlantic Division championship and was named Atlantic Coast Conference/ACC Player of the Year. During his rookie year, Ryan started all 16 games for the Falcons and led them to the playoffs with an 11-5 season record. He has also earned honors as the National Football League Rookie of the Year Award/2008 NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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There's never nothing to lose. I think I did feel very comfortable today. You can't be surprised as a backup. You've got to be ready to go at all times.

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The more experience I can get, the better off I'm going to be, especially in conference games that are going to mean a lot and are important to the team. I think it's good that I've gotten in there and had success and have dealt with adversity. I think it's been very positive.

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I think that's just a good job done by the coaches in recruiting and it's a testament to our entire team. I think we're deep at a lot of positions and that's a reason why we've had the success we've had this year. We need that to continue in the future.

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They have high expectations, and they're really tough on themselves because they know what it takes to win. It keeps them humble.

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I guess we're all kind of cut from the same mold. We're all big, tall, [have] fairly strong arms, [and are] pretty intelligent.

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Getting his feet in - that was a pretty tremendous play. You've got to hold your breath, but the review worked very well for us today. You can't be surprised as a backup. You've got to be ready to go at all times.

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It literally has taken me hours and hours and hours to figure out who can do what with regards to these relationships.

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We really haven't had anything challenging to this point. But this was a good field today, and I know these guys have been itching to prove themselves.

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