However I think what this team needs is for the defense to stand the test of time, get turnovers. Our defense is young and a turnover here or there can result in big wins.

Matt certainly has played out of his skin to this point and I think Philly is where the rookie title will come racing back to his persona. The Bears are great don’t get me wrong but Philly are a better team despite the Bears beating Philly earlier this year (Westbrook and his backup were injured?).

So I don’t think you can compare him with other future hall of famers, however I do believe you can’t completly reject how well he has played and some of the mature things he has done to this point.

Out of my cold, dead hands!

Ryan is the first competent and promising quarterback that the Falcons have had since…ever. The reason the receivers are catching the ball is because Matt’s getting it there to them. Just look at the dropped passes that killed us a few weeks ago. The balls were thrown perfectly. It was the receivers that flubbed the catches, not the QB. Ryan did his job. White, Jennings, Jenkins are all good catchers but couldn’t catch a badly thrown ball. No good receiver could. Matt is throwing the ball well, on time and target. Mr. Vick would’ve just ran with the ball before ever thinking to throw it. In Ryan, we have the true blue NFL winning QB: pocket passer that will do what he has to in order to get the first down. Matt throws it away when he has to. He runs for the first down when he has to. He throws the ball for the catch when he has to. Yes, his numbers aren’t that great, but even at 15th in the league, that’s saying something. That’s 15 out of how many? 32? 64? Not a bad spot to be in for a first-year QB.

What we (may) have on our hands here is a franchise quarterback to make up for the loss of Brett Favre and the heinous blunder of Mike Vick (who, let’s face it, was a mediocre QB even on his A game). We (hopefully) have our Peyton Manning, our Tom Brady, our Brett Favre in Mr. Ryan.

Yes, it’s early. Entirely too early to call Ryan “the next best QB ever.” But it’s entirely time for the talent-deprived Falcons fans to celebrate a wonderful draft choice by a team that has had more draft busts and free-agency mishandles than winning seasons.

There is not one person who thought that before this season started, Ryan would have those kinds of statistics and would have lead the Falcons to a 4-2 record. Nobody. Not Mike Smith, not Arthur Blank, and probably not any member of the Ryan family. He is playing much better than even the most optimistic fan could have hoped for. Of course the “OMG next Brady” stuff is premature, but thats the way the media works. If everything isnt the best of all time or the worst ever, nobody reads your column/listens to your show/whatever. No matter how much hyperbole is attached, all that matters is Ryan is showing ability we were praying he might show in three or four years, not after six games. It is ok to be excited.

Yea I don’t really buy into any sort of Brady comparisons, but I think everyone should be excited about what the guy has shown so far. The throw at the end of the game against Chicago was mega-clutch, and he at least looks like he is a guy who can be here for a long time and help us win. I don’t think comparing him to Brady or Manning makes sense yet, but that still doesn’t mean we can’t be pumped up about what he’s doing.

The Brady comparisons came from Lawyer Milloy.

If you don’t think it’s appropriate to make the comparison, tell Milloy. FWIW, I’m pretty sure the point he was making that the leadership and mental toolbox were set up much in the same way Tom Brady’s are.