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Matt Ryan praises Julio Jones: ‘He’s probably impacted my career more than any other player’

Amid speculation and trade rumors, Matt Ryan sure sounds like he doesn’t want the Atlanta Falcons to part with longtime teammate and All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones, but knows it’s out of his control. That’s what we took away from his press conference today, at least.

While Ryan has the “coach speak” filter at a maximum in all of his press conferences, he demonstrated something resembling more of a personal touch when speaking about Jones, his teammate and partner in crime in one of the greatest quarterback-wide receiver connections in league history.

Matt Ryan on what an offense without Julio Jones would look like: "I don't know.