Matt Ryan may have an outstanding career, or he may be a bust, but we do know now that the first minute of his career was perfect.On the first pass of his career, less than a minute into the game against the Lions, Ryan dropped back, looked around and found Michael Jenkins for a 62-yard touchdown. It was a perfect pass as Ryan hit Jenkins in stride as he split a cover two defense, throwing it behind the corner but in front of the safety, who blew his angle of pursuit.
To put it in perspective, Joey Harrington had an entire game last year where he started for the Falcons and threw for only 34 yards. Obviously this doesn't mean that Ryan won't have plenty of hiccups along the way, but on Week One of the new season, it's hard to imagine a better way to flush down the toilet all the crappy memories of 2007.
The only thing that could have made it better is if Bobby Petrino had lost yesterday.
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9-07-2008 @ 4:48PM
frank said...
I just seen the rookie outplay kitna,I must say "we all can see why the bengals released him", so why do detroit think they have a really good q.b.? A true contender needs a foundation (q.b.), to pass up quality for window dressing just shows the rag-a-muffin organazation the lions truely are. Fire the owner, g.m., and the majority of the players who can't get the job done. If you stop going to the games, it'll cause the reaction we all deserve. Stop going to the games, watch them on t.v. for a season. Then we'll get the right people in place, just look at the red wings, with the right people in place. The economy is too tuff for us the lovers of the game to put up with paying the salaries of this mess.
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