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This may be why the NFL owners dissolved the old agreement
2008-05-21 23:34:00 Newly drafted Atlanta Falcons quarterback, Matt Ryan, is in a new tax bracket. The particulars of the contract are a six-year, $72 million contract with a hefty $34.75 million bonus. This deal is exactly why there needs to be a cap on rookie contracts. Ryan has yet to play a down and has received almost a ...
By: Sportaphile
Comparing The Deals: Jake Long vs Matt Ryan
2008-05-21 06:15:00 Incase you missed it, the Falcons yesterday reached an agreement with the 3rd overall pick in the draft, Matt Ryan. And the deal is ridiculous. It's a 6 year, $72 million deal that includes $34.75 million in guaranteed money. Yes, that's right. Matt Ryan is getting $72 million from the Falcons as the #3 overall pick. And we wonder why the owners opted out of the current CBA. Consider this. Last season's #1 overall pick, JaMarcus Russell, signed a 6 year, $61 million deal which included $29 million in guarantees (that could increase up to $32 million). And he had to hold out until September 10 to get that deal. Matt Ryan, on the other hand, gets a deal that is worth $11 million more in total value and $5 million kore in guaranteed money less than 4 weeks after he was drafted 3rd overall. Not first. Third. Wow. OK. Let me take a deep breath before continuing. Alright. The point of this post, though, is no...
By: The Phinsider
Replacing Ryan at BC won?t be easy
2008-04-30 04:55:00 Story by Patrick Hite patrick@accnation.com There’s good and there’s bad that comes with having a quarterback throw more than 99 percent of a team’s passes in a season. Just ask Boston College. Matt Ryan was Mr. Everything for the Eagles in 2007, throwing for 4,507 yards and 31 touchdowns while leading BC to 11 wins, a berth in ...
By: ACC Nation
NFL Draft Preview: Dorsey To Rams, Ravens Want Ryan, Pats Want Out Of Top S
2008-04-26 09:01:00 I?m not sure if I like Todd McShay because he?s a good draft analyst or if I like him because he?s not Mel Kiper. In any event, I?m enjoying him on both Mike & Mike in the Morning and on Sports Center. ESPN?s draft day coverage can?t hold a candle to the NFL Network?s, but since Comcast is evil I?m stuck with ESPN only today.Which means an afternoon of the two most annoying, pompous talking heads in all of sports, Chris Berman and Mel Kiper, Jr. (whose autograph, interestingly enough, I?m on pace to get in the Draft Article Contest). Thanks to Team Parcells, the first pick lacks drama, as the Fins have had Jake Long signed for almost a week now?and we?ve known about it for even longer.The rest of the first round is steaming with drama. Heading into today, there?s still no consensus on who?s going number two to St. Louis. Nobody knows for sure what the Falcons are thinking. And it?s next to impossible to figure out what the Raiders are thinking.Anyway, with the draft a few ...
Broncos? Draft Fate Tied to Matt Ryan?s
2008-04-25 17:30:00 The Denver Broncos could see a slew of different options at 12 depending on how the first eleven picks pan out, but one things for certain: where Boston College QB Matt Ryan falls will have a bigger effect on their options than just about anything else. There are thought to be three to four teams ahead ...
By: BroncoTalk
Quick Nuggets: John Beck/Matt Ryan comparison & some trade talk
2008-04-18 21:50:00 I was just reading Jeff Darlington's Q&A over on the Miami Herald's website and two of his responses peeked my attention. The first one is about Matt Ryan and where John Beck would rank if he was in this draft. The second is Jeff's view on why the Dolphins won't be able to trade the #1 pick. Q: What do you think of the Dolphins taking Joe Flacco in the second round? I love what I've seen from the kid, but I haven't heard anything about the Dolphins being interested in him (which I guess could be a good thing if they want to hide their interest). A: I'm actually not expecting the Dolphins to draft a quarterback on the first day of this year's draft. I just think this team has too many other needs. Plus, Flacco, in my opinion, doesn't come close to comparing with John Beck's potential. If Beck were in this draft, I think we'd be talking about him in the same breath as Matt Ryan. Like Jeff, I, too, am thinking that the Dolphins will not take a QB in the fi...
By: The Phinsider
Quick Nuggets: John Beck/Matt Ryan comparison & some trade talk
2008-04-18 20:50:00 I was just reading Jeff Darlington's Q&A over on the Miami Herald's website and two of his responses peeked my attention. The first one is about Matt Ryan and where John Beck would rank if he was in this draft. The second is Jeff's view on why the Dolphins won't be able to trade the #1 pick. Q: What do you think of the Dolphins taking Joe Flacco in the second round? I love what I've seen from the kid, but I haven't heard anything about the Dolphins being interested in him (which I guess could be a good thing if they want to hide their interest). A: I'm actually not expecting the Dolphins to draft a quarterback on the first day of this year's draft. I just think this team has too many other needs. Plus, Flacco, in my opinion, doesn't come close to comparing with John Beck's potential. If Beck were in this draft, I think we'd be talking about him in the same breath as Matt Ryan. Like Jeff, I, too, am thinking that the Dolphins will not take a QB in the firs...
By: The Phinsider
The Case For Matt Ryan
2008-04-01 07:06:00 First, before we get into anything here, I did want to just point out that the 2008 SB Nation Mock Draft is officially underway. I've made the first overall pick for the Dolphins and Ryan of Turf Show Times has made the second pick for the Rams. You can follow along with this mock draft, as well as get insight from the owner of New Era Scouting, Matt Miller, by heading over to Matt's SBN blog, Mocking The Draft. Alright. Now onto the business at hand. Some people here have been clamoring for me to lay off Matt Ryan a bit. And perhaps I've been a little hard on the kid. So with that in mind, here are some of the things I like about the player affectionately known as "Matty Ice." The first thing that stands out is his size. He's got the prototypical size that people look for in a quarterback, measuring in at just under 6'5 and 228 pounds. And he's got a frame which would allow him to even add 5 to 10 pounds of muscle. So he'...
By: The Phinsider
The Case Against Matt Ryan
2008-03-14 06:05:00 Alright, I guess it's time for me to lay it all out on the line. So that's what I'm going to do. I'm here today to tell you all (like you really care, but I'm going to do it anyway) that I am completely against the idea of the Dolphins taking Matt Ryan with the #1 overall pick. I'm sure many of you have assumed this based on some of the things we've talked about recently, but now I will go on record and say that I hope the Dolphins do not take Matt Ryan first overall. So, why am I against Matt Ryan? Well, despite what some think, it's not because I'm 100% sold on John Beck. After all, how could anyone be sold on him after last season? My feelings on Beck are that I think there's more of a chance he becomes a very good quarterback in this league than there is of him turning into a total bust. But that's not what this is about. What this is about is me not being sold on Matt Ryan enough to take him #1 overall and pay him the $35+ ...
By: The Phinsider
Comic Review: Only In Whispers #1
2008-02-29 17:57:00 Free Lunch Comics brings the spooky back in their new supernatural anthology series, written by Steve Kanaras and Andrew Pollock.
By: Geeks of Doom
Matt Ryan vs Chris Long
2008-02-19 03:31:00 The NFL Scouting Combine opens in Indianapolis this week and the big news is that two players from the ACC are the top dogs. The question is who will go first? Boston College’s Matt Ryan or Virginia’s Chris Long. Ryan is considered the top QB prospect while Long is being touted as the top prospect period. ...
By: ACC Nation
2008 NFL Mock Draft: Atlanta Falcons
2008-01-30 06:31:00 Previous Picks: 1) Miami Dolphins: Glenn Dorsey, DT, LSU2) St. Louis Rams: Jake Long, OT, MichiganThe Longest Mock Draft in NFL History Continues We've reached the point in the Mock Draft where every team sucks equally.So equally that, as of right now, we still don?t know for sure who?s picking third.Here?s how it breaks down:The Falcons, Raiders, Chiefs, and Jets all finished 4-12. Either the Falcons or the Raiders will pick third. The Jets don?t get to play because they sucked against better competition.The Chiefs don?t get to play because they sucked less than the Raiders against common opponents.So at the NFL Combine, the Raiders and Falcons will flip a coin. The winner picks third. The loser picks fourth?unless the Raiders win. If that happens, we get ANOTHER coin flip to decide if the Chiefs or Falcons pick fourth.Coin flips are stupid, so until the NFL decides otherwise we?re going with the Falcons picking third for a very simple reason: they were the worse of the two te...
Dolphins Intrigued By Matt Ryan
2008-01-06 22:24:00 A league source tells the Boston Herald that the Dolphins’ new front office is “intrigued” by Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan. The last time Bill Parcells had the No. 1 pick, he used it on Drew Bledsoe and turned the Patriots around. (Boston Herald)Share This
By: SporTech Matter
The ACC, Butch Davis, Al Groh, Matt Ryan, Sean Glennon
2007-09-03 15:00:00 Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham accnationchris@comcast.net WINNER: The ACC Georgia Tech got us off to a good start - taking out Notre Dame in a nationally-televised 33-3 thrashing in South Bend. A win by Virginia Tech at LSU this weekend, and you can forget all that talk from last month about the ACC being overrated.
By: ACC Nation
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