May 18

NFC South

Mark Bradley: Matt Ryan: Another year older and still Falcons' QB

ATLANTA — Matt Ryan, franchise quarterback, didn't know whom his franchise planned to draft in Round 1 until Roger Goodell spoke Kyle Pitts' name on April 29. The Falcons' new administration didn't have a sit down — or even a Zoom session — with this team's quarterback of 13 years to declare this club's intentions re: him. On Tuesday, speaking for the first time since the draft, Ryan fielded questions about what might have been had the Falcons taken Justin Fields, say, over a tight end from Florida. Ever the company man, Ryan drew a line of demarcation: "Those are not my calls, not under my jo…

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