6-4, 228
Boston College
Draft: round 1, pick 3
age 28.1, born May 17, 1985

Outlook: Matt Ryan has improved (significantly) as a passer in each of the last three years, going from 3,705 yards passing with 28 TDs and just nine interceptions thrown three years ago to 4,177 yards passing, 29 TDs and 12 interceptions thrown two years ago and finishing 2012 with 4,719 yards passing, with 32 TDs and 14 interceptions thrown. Ryan finished as the fifth-best fantasy quarterback in the league last year. He's been among the top-ten fantasy quarterbacks for three straight seasons, playing in all 16 games for the past three years. Ryan is just now entering the prime years of his career at 28 years of age. He is the linchpin of the Atlanta offense - Ryan handled every one of the 615 regular-season passes thrown for Atlanta during the 2012 season. Ryan's 2012 backup Luke McCown recorded two rushes for negative three yards over two appearances for the Falcons last year. The addition of running back Steven Jackson in free agency gives Ryan a good three-down running back with outstanding pass catching skills (40-50 receptions per season are a norm for Jackson) which should help Ryan continue his strong showings as a fantasy quarterback. Under Ryan's leadership, the Falcons finished first in the NFC South last year with a 13-3 regular season record, earning a first-round bye, and won a playoff game vs. the Seahawks during the divisional round before losing to San Francisco in the NFC conference championship game - Ryan threw three TDs in each playoff game, with 24/35 for 250 yards passing, three TDs and two interceptions against Seattle and then 30/42 for 396 yards, three TDs ad one interception vs. San Francisco. Ryan wound up the 2012-13 post-season with a bang, not a whimper.

Overall ADP   (full ADP report)

45	Reggie Wayne
46	Wes Welker
47	Aaron Hernandez
48	Matt Ryan
49	Montee Ball
50	Hakeem Nicks
51	Ryan Mathews

Position ADP

3	Peyton Manning
4	Tom Brady
5	Cam Newton
6	Matt Ryan
7	Colin Kaepernick
8	Matthew Stafford
9	Russell Wilson

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YR	TM	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK
2008	ATL	434	3440	16	11	104	1	15
2009	ATL	451	2916	22	14	49	1	19
2010	ATL	571	3705	28	9	122	0	10
2011	ATL	566	4177	29	12	84	2	8
2012	ATL	615	4719	32	14	138	1	6

2012

WK	OPP	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK	TEXT
1	KC	31	299	3	0	25	1	1	+
2	DEN	36	219	2	0	19	0	16	+
3	SD	40	275	3	1	4	0	9	+
4	CAR	40	369	3	1	0	0	6	+
5	WAS	52	345	2	1	4	0	7	+
6	OAK	37	249	1	3	15	0	21	+
8	PHI	29	262	3	0	18	0	5	+
9	DAL	34	342	0	0	8	0	16	+
10	NO	52	411	3	1	2	0	2	+
11	ARI	46	301	0	5	-3	0	23	+
12	TB	32	353	1	1	13	0	11	+
13	NO	33	165	1	0	-2	0	28	+
14	CAR	49	342	2	1	0	0	6	+
15	NYG	28	270	3	0	-1	0	8	+
16	DET	32	279	4	0	25	0	4	+
17	TB	44	238	1	0	11	0	17	+
19	SEA	35	250	3	2	6	0	7	+
20	SF	42	396	3	1	3	0		+

2011

WK	OPP	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK	TEXT
1	CHI	47	319	0	1	0	0	24	+
2	PHI	28	195	4	2	6	0	11	+
3	TB	47	330	1	1	12	0	13	+
4	SEA	42	291	1	0	26	0	15	+
5	GB	32	167	1	2	9	0	25	+
6	CAR	22	163	1	0	7	1	14	+
7	DET	34	218	1	2	2	1	11	+
9	IND	24	275	3	1	0	0	5	+
10	NO	52	351	2	1	9	0	5	+
11	TEN	32	316	1	0	3	0	14	+
12	MIN	34	262	3	0	3	0	6	+
13	HOU	47	267	1	2	10	0	20	+
14	CAR	38	320	4	0	0	0	2	+
15	JAX	26	224	3	0	0	0	8	+
16	NO	52	373	1	0	-3	0	9	+
17	TB	9	106	2	0	0	0	23	+
18	NYG	41	199	0	0	3	0	8	+

2010

WK	OPP	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK	TEXT
1	PIT	44	252	0	1	4	0	21	+
2	ARI	32	225	3	0	6	0	9	+
3	NO	30	228	2	0	26	0	13	+
4	SF	43	273	1	2	15	0	14	+
5	CLE	28	187	1	0	5	0	18	+
6	PHI	42	250	2	1	3	0	10	+
7	CIN	33	299	3	1	5	0	4	+
9	TB	36	235	1	0	5	0	18	+
10	BAL	50	316	3	0	5	0	8	+
11	STL	39	253	2	0	8	0	13	+
12	GB	28	197	1	0	0	0	23	+
13	TB	36	205	2	2	-3	0	15	+
14	CAR	34	227	1	1	4	0	19	+
15	SEA	35	174	3	1	6	0	12	+
16	NO	29	148	1	0	26	0	24	+
17	CAR	32	236	2	0	7	0	8	+
19	GB	29	186	1	2	0	0	7	+

2009

WK	OPP	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK	TEXT
1	MIA	36	229	2	0	-4	0	9	+
2	CAR	27	220	3	1	3	0	10	+
3	NE	28	199	0	0	-1	0	26	+
5	SF	32	329	2	1	3	1	2	+
6	CHI	33	185	2	2	8	0	14	+
7	DAL	35	198	2	2	6	0	12	+
8	NO	42	289	1	3	9	0	10	+
9	WAS	24	135	1	1	6	0	23	+
10	CAR	41	224	1	2	4	0	19	+
11	NYG	46	268	2	0	14	0	8	+
12	TB	3	15	0	0	0	0	35	+
15	NYJ	34	152	1	0	-2	0	25	+
16	BUF	35	250	3	0	0	0	5	+
17	TB	35	223	2	2	3	0	12	+

2008

WK	OPP	A	YD	TD	IN	RSY	TD	RNK	TEXT
1	DET	13	161	1	0	-2	0	25	+
2	TB	33	158	0	2	10	0	25	+
3	KC	18	192	1	0	15	0	17	+
4	CAR	41	158	0	0	11	0	25	+
5	GB	26	194	2	1	16	0	11	+
6	CHI	30	301	1	0	1	0	10	+
8	PHI	44	277	2	2	4	0	10	+
9	OAK	22	220	2	0	1	0	12	+
10	NO	23	248	2	0	-2	0	11	+
11	DEN	33	250	0	1	18	0	19	+
12	CAR	27	259	0	0	2	0	22	+
13	SD	23	207	2	0	-3	0	10	+
14	NO	33	315	1	1	13	1	3	+
15	TB	23	206	0	2	19	0	28	+
16	MIN	24	134	1	0	2	0	24	+
17	STL	21	160	1	2	-1	0	25	+
18	ARI	40	199	2	2	6	0	4	+

WK		OPP	STATS vs QB
1	@	NO	12      11      10
2		STL	12      11      10
3	@	MIA	12      11      10
4		NE	12      11      10
5		NYJ	12      11      10
7		TB	12      11      10
8	@	ARI	12      11      10
9	@	CAR	12      11      10
10		SEA	12      11      10
11	@	TB	12      11      10
12		NO	12      11      10
13	@	BUF	12      11      10
14	@	GB	12      11      10
15		WAS	12      11      10
16	@	SF	12      11      10
17		CAR	12      11      10