How Good Has Matt Ryan Been This Season

[wilco]

http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/third-down-conversion-pct

No need to tell you that we cannot run for the first on 3rd and short even if our life depends on it, so yeah...Ryan has been unreal this year.

Edited December 26, 2012 by wilco

[maxatlanta]

_{Can't look anything up at work. But am really curious why we are better away than at home. Was it the quality of the competition? Injuries? Anyone know the answer?}

[SkerFalcon8710]

In before swift

Ryan has been lights put on 3rd dow at away games and thats including that horrible carolina game

[J the Bird Dog]

To answer your question, Ryan has been excellent. His worst games have all been at home, and against subpar opponents.

It seems we have played our best teams at home as well. Our road schedule for this year includes KC, Saints, Bucs, SD, Philly, and Detroit, not exactly defensive excellence there. I believe that is the difference between home and away.

However, this is the NFL, and 52% is an incredible number, regardless of opponent.

Edited December 26, 2012 by J the Bird Dog

[FalconFanSince1970]

_{Can't look anything up at work. But am really curious why we are better away than at home. Was it the quality of the competition? Injuries? Anyone know the answer?}

Probably has a lot to do with the ARI game and the second half of the NO game.

[LightningDawg58]

The offense in general has clicked better on the road this year scoring almost 28 points a game whereas at home we seem to go to prevent offense too much or generally wait until the last quarter to get it together

Conversely

The defense plays lights out at home averaging 16 points givin up compared to 20 on the road.

If we make it to the Super Bowl it will be on the backs of the defense as the offense is too unreliable at home this year

[Miller2Rison]

as bad as our offense has been at home we are undefeated at home

[wilco]

There were a couple of games in which Ryan played mediocre on 3rd down, but he's on fire in last two games.