It would be fair to say that despite the misgivings I had when he was drafted, I’ve become a pretty big Matt Ryan fan over the years. That’s what happens when a quarterback spends more than a decade with a team, throwing for over 50,000 and 300 touchdowns and winning the only MVP award in team history, as well as piloting his team to a Super Bowl that we don’t really talk about for our own collective wellbeing.
While there have been hints over the years that Ryan has a fun personality—think him asking the Panthers politely and quietly to leave the field of play due to their losing ways—the general perception of Ryan in the land of fans and NFL media has been that he’s kind of a square.