{"id":3234,"date":"2010-12-01T06:33:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2010-12-01T06:33:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T11:33:55","slug":"elite-status-for-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/12\/01\/elite-status-for-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite Status for Ryan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I should have ended the title with a period instead of a question mark.  ESPN NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas named Matt Ryan his <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/15857\/page\/player-of-the-week\/nfc-south-high-energy-player-of-the-week-11\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/15857\/page\/player-of-the-week\/nfc-south-high-energy-player-of-the-week-11', 'NFC South High Energy Player of the Week');\" target=\"_blank\">NFC South High Energy Player of the Week<\/a> after the Falcons\u2019 20-17 victory over the Packers last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>All Ryan did was complete 24-28 passes, and led the Falcons to a game winning drive with less than a minute to play.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve never been sure exactly what the qualifications are for that distinction. But I\u2019m pretty sure getting signature wins against very good teams and leading late game-winning drives must fall somewhere on that list.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a Falcons season ticket holder the last three years, all I can say is, been there and done that, and have confidence in Ryan\u2019s ability to overcome adversity.<\/p>\n<p>I know with the Vick resurgence there are plenty of ATL fans that think the Falcons should have waited on Vick to pay his dues to society, however the reality is that the franchise would not have back-to-back-to-back winning seasons if they did not opt to go with Ryan in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and for your Captain O. fans out there, you have to <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/15881\/video-how-to-beat-the-falcons-at-home\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/nfcsouth\/post\/_\/id\/15881\/video-how-to-beat-the-falcons-at-home', 'love this video segment');\" target=\"_blank\">love this video segment<\/a> where Trent Dilfer explains how to beat the Falcons at the Georgia Dome.  I\u2019ll save you the time \u2013 you have to score more points.  Gee, thanks Trent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I should have ended the title with a period instead of a question mark. ESPN NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas named Matt Ryan his NFC South High Energy Player of the Week after the Falcons\u2019 20-17 victory over the Packers last Sunday. All Ryan did was complete 24-28 passes, and led the Falcons to a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/12\/01\/elite-status-for-ryan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elite Status for Ryan?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,29],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3236,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/3236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}