Matt Ryan News Archives

Perhaps Smith was trying to deflect the blame from second-year quarterback, Matt Ryan , who appears to have taken a step backward.

On Monday night at the Louisiana Superdome, the visiting Atlanta Falcons will be trying to stop the freight train that is the New Orleans Saints.

New Orleans' Darren Sharper leads the NFL with six interceptions this season. He also has returned 11 interceptions for touchdowns in his career, second only to Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.

Q: Can you talk about the performance of Darren Sharper ? A: Hea s certainly done a great job this year.

Though its early and anything can happen, it isn't a stretch to say that this Monday's game versus the New Orleans Saints is a must win for the Atlanta Falcons .

While rummaging through the scrap heap of the Dallas game, there was one little gem the Falcons could pick up and carry forward.

Getting to Matt Ryan was one of the Cowboys' keys going into the game and by the fourth quarter the second-year quarterback was seeing ghosts.

The Atlanta Falcons are facing their biggest test of the season as they hope to get back in the NFC South race.

The Mutual Admiration Society for Tight Ends will gather at Cowboys Stadium today for a debate.

Tony Romo returned to his swashbuckling style, keeping drives alive by improvising and turning one near-disaster into a touchdown, and Miles Austin proved his breakout game was no fluke by coming up with big play after big play as Dallas beat Atlanta 37-21. With Romo and Austin bringing the offense to life and the defense giving up little more than ...

The Dallas Cowboys come into this game as the favorites, but they have looked like an inferior team so far in the season.

Tony Romo is running around and having fun again, and Miles Austin is the reason for it.

Every week during the season, we'll scout out the Cowboys next opponent. This weekend, that opponent is the Atlanta Falcons .

Michael Turner doesn't want to talk too much about Atlanta's inconsistent rushing attack.

The Atlanta Falcons have so far been able to successfully navigate through a challenging stretch of games that followed a bye week.

There's been a lot of talk this week about how much the Cowboys need to pressure Matt Ryan .

Shame on the Bears coaches. I don't say that too often, but last night you would have thought that we had to play that game on short notice.

Despite Matt Ryan's attempts to sway the judges, the Falcons held their place as No.

The NFL schedule makers might want consider pitting the Chicago Bears and the Atlanta Falcons against each other more often.

Whatever reasons the Atlanta Falcons had for giving up on linebacker Keith Brooking, the Dallas Cowboys are sure glad they did.

Chicago's defense was stuffing the Falcons rushing attack early, before the speedy Norwood changed the pace of the attack and got things going.

Atlanta Falcons running back Jerious Norwood leaps past the defense of Bears safety Kevin Payne in the first half of Sunday's game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Complete Team Victory It wasna TMt quite the barn-burner that occurred last year in the Georgia Dome between the Falcons and Bears, but it was pretty close.

Thomas DeCoud intercepted only one pass in 45 college games at California. He topped that total Sunday night.

Just 11 ticks remained on the game clock. Trailing by a point, the Falcons appeared headed for a near-certain defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bears.

Cutler has a 100-plus quarterback rating in three straight games, a first for the Chicago Bears in 45 years - since Rudy Bukich in 1964.

While beating Chicago in the final second last year helped define Atlanta's season, quarterback Matt Ryan has little interest in reminiscing.

The Football-viewing public probably gets what it wants when quarterbacks garner all the attention.

Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan has a lot weapons at his disposal, including one familiar to Bears fans.

Roddy White did everything right at San Francisco last week - except stick his landing.

FLOWERY BRANCH Marty Booker was minding his own business when the ringtone on his cell phone started humming.

There's a top-five intruder in the Week 6 edition of ESPN.com's 2009 NFL Power Rankings.

Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner scores a touchdown as San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis , left, attempts to stop him in the first quarter during their NFL football game in San Francisco, Sunday, Oct.

Tony Gonzalez and the Falcons will take on San Francisco today on the road after a bye week.

The big news coming out of the Bay area this week wasn't how the San Francisco 49ers scored 21 combined points on defense and special teams to improve to 3-1, but that the team finally got first-round draft pick Michael Crabtree to sign on the dotted line.

Oh, yeah, there's a game. With all the focus on Michael Crabtree's arrival this week, the intriguing matchup between the 49ers and Falcons has been overlooked.

While Matt Ryan is getting a taste of what it's like to be star NFL quarterback, the adulation is nothing like his Falcons predecessor Michael Vick received as an Atlanta celebrity.

With the bye week here only four weeks into the season it's as good a time as any to reflect on what we have seen thus far.

Randy Moss wears pink gloves during Monday's practice in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness week.

The tarp has been removed, but this is how it looked earlier this morning. . THE HOUSE THAT STEVE GROGAN BUILT -A Got up early with colleague Mark Bradley , who'll be blogging live during the game, and drove on down to Gillette Stadium from Boston.

Fans can boo and chant all they want. Flood the message boards, blogs and forums, if you so desire.

FRED TAYLOR POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE Coming into today, did you know that you were going to get as many touches as you did? Didn't have to.