By Besting Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan Proves Falcons Are Legitimate Contenders

October 31, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Last week, after the Atlanta Falcons dropped a second consecutive game thanks in part to another fourth-quarter interception from franchise quarterback Matt Ryan, you couldn't blame Falcons fans for panicking.
This, after all, is a team that had made a habit of spoiling close games with late miscues—a team that finished 3-8 after a 5-0 start in 2015.
That would have been an overreaction, but what are sports without overreactions?
And I wouldn't blame Falcons fans for having the opposite reaction to the team's 33-32 Week 8 victory over the Green Bay Packers because, on Sunday, Ryan did everything necessary in order to prove that Atlanta isn't fading from contention in 2016. 
How so?
       
He outplayed the real Aaron Rodgers
This wasn't the Aaron Rodgers who, for much of the first two months of the season, was plagued by inconsistent mechanics and lackluster execution. It wasn't the Aaron Rodgers who entered Week 8 ...

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