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Now we can say that Ryan has earned the name "Matty Ice".


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He earned it his rookie year. Why it has taken another year and a half to trust him to do what he did well as a rookie is anyone's guess.

Amen.

This isn't a new development for most of us.

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Amen.

This isn't a new development for most of us.

Thank you, he was doing this stuff back at BC. That Virginia Tech game was an instant classic. It's what people have been referring to as "intangibles" ever since the '08 draft. Most just didn't understand or appreciate a QB's "intangibles" because they aren't easily measured.

Before we began our drive with a minute left, does anyone believe that a single player in that huddle doubted each other? They all visualized success and it couldn't have happened without total confidence in their QB. And for Ryan to stay so dialed in with guys dropping the ball on him was beautiful. How do you think the higher rated Phillip Rivers would have handled things after the 3rd drop???

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i personally think he earned it by the 11 second game

The 11 second one, I considered maybe a fluke.. But last night was almost the EXACT same situaition, Jenkins catch on the sidelines under mad pressure that sets up the game winning fieldgoal.. It only happens we had 40 seconds instead of 11 seconds, and Roddy took it over instead of the fieldgoal. But same situation.

That is not a fluke.

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I'm not gonna lie...after a couple of games last year and the start of this season I had started to worry about his late game decision-making. Not anymore. Sure, he'll make some mistakes at some key moments but I think he's more than proven that he's $ in the clutch.

And this is why I say that he has earned the name. Some of these folks need to stop acting like they knew all along b/c they didn't. There were a lot of threads on this board questioning Matty's decisions, arm strength and/or mobility. Thursday's game made me a believer.

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He earned it his rookie year. Why it has taken another year and a half to trust him to do what he did well as a rookie is anyone's guess.

He earned it in college. I watched a ton of his games being a fan of a team from the ACC. It was truly undeniable in that game vs VA Tech! Arguably the most epic thing I have ever seen in college football.

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He earned it in college. I watched a ton of his games being a fan of a team from the ACC. It was truly undeniable in that game vs VA Tech! Arguably the most epic thing I have ever seen in college football.

Yeah but no one could really say for sure how he would turn out in the pros. There's a lot of elite college players that comes out but don't make it on the pro level. Griffin won two heisman trophys but couldn't make it in the pros, so no one reeally knows for sure. The Thursday night game confirmed that Ryan is a pro bowl type QB.

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Ryan's really only made one bad decision that I can remember during a game winning drive and that was against the 9er's this year and that didn't even cost us cause Roddy bailed him out.

In all fairness he also threw a bad pick at the Panthers last year that hurt our chances of a comeback. This is addressed to certain individuals who think we have selective memories when in fact it's quite the opposite.

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In all fairness he also threw a bad pick at the Panthers last year that hurt our chances of a comeback. This is addressed to certain individuals who think we have selective memories when in fact it's quite the opposite.

Thank you. We also had the Steelers game INT and the Saints MNF game where he threw one late. I'm not throwing this out there b/c clearly I love Matt Ryan as our qb but acting like it was unfair to question his play at times late in games... <_<

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Thank you. We also had the Steelers game INT and the Saints MNF game where he threw one late. I'm not throwing this out there b/c clearly I love Matt Ryan as our qb but acting like it was unfair to question his play at times late in games... <_<

He ain't Brett Favre. Which at this point is probably a good thing for us...

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if he makes a mistake then its not a game winning drive wtf lmao did you read that before you typed it?

umm..yea it is...if he leads us down the field and we score, and then win...i'm pretty sure its still a game winning drive..being that the drive was game winning...did you read what you typed before you posted that one?

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The 11 second one, I considered maybe a fluke.. But last night was almost the EXACT same situaition, Jenkins catch on the sidelines under mad pressure that sets up the game winning fieldgoal.. It only happens we had 40 seconds instead of 11 seconds, and Roddy took it over instead of the fieldgoal. But same situation.

That is not a fluke.

I knew after the Chicago game he had ice in his veins BUT I told my wife we will probably never see that again. :huh: Well I was wrong it was the exact same play to Jenkins with the game on the line. I can't believe I got to see that play again it was so satisfying. :D

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He earned it his rookie year. Why it has taken another year and a half to trust him to do what he did well as a rookie is anyone's guess.

****, he earned it in college and perhaps before with all those 4th quarter come backs. He had a nice one against Clemson that Tiger fans don't forget. :)

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