The Deshaun Watson trade reports came on so quickly and with so many conflicting indicators of interest that it was hard to parse them at first. One of the questions looming in the background of all that was this: Did Matt Ryan know the Falcons were going after Watson, and where would he be headed if they landed the soon-to-be-former Texans quarterback?
We don’t have an answer for the second item yet, and it turns out we may not even have an answer for the first. ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen are saying the Falcons told Matt Ryan about their interest in Watson over the weekend, well before the rest of us found about it.