DVR ALERT: Matt Ryan on NFL Network’s Top 100
100813 Atlanta - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) loosens up for the exhibition season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Friday, August 13, 2010. (Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com)
BIRDLAND — Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who has led the team to the playoffs in two of his first three years in the league, will be featured in this Sunday’s episode of ‘The Top 100: Players of 2011′ at 8 p.m. Sunday on the NFL Network.
Ryan is ranked between 60-51 by his own peers in the 100-player countdown. Ryan case will be presented by former Falcons coach Jerry Glanville.
As a team, the Falcons have a total of five players ranked in the Top 100.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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MountainDawg
May 27th, 2011
7:42 pm
The top of that list should be Manning, Brady & Brees with Urlacher in the top 10 as well. Wes Welker should be top 20…one of the best WRs in the league. Let’s not forget Madden 2012 cover(juggernaut) Peyton Hillis…he’s definitely a top 100 player.
TD has No clue
May 27th, 2011
7:43 pm
Hey Poop, if they don’t like their job they canalways flip burgers.
dawgforlife
May 28th, 2011
1:02 am
…I truly couldn’t care less about who the top 100 traitors to football are…and the owners are just as bad…I will cheer for the Falcons because they are from Atlanta and are my home team; however, I will never again be even the remotest fan of any player…add to that, Mr. Blank has lost all the respect I had for him. Also, if they mess up what football is..ie, abolish the draft or some other communistic thing like that…I will go to my grave hating them…I can’t wait til college football starts so the the money grubbing NFL can find out they are not the only game in town. For all Blanks letters to the fans, and Brees’ comments about the fiendish owners, it still boils down to one thing: neither players nor owners care one wit about us…and we have not forgotten…and we will not forget…bunch of money grubbing traitors.
The Truth
May 28th, 2011
9:06 am
To sickofstupid…
Could the owners do all the stuff you named without the players??? Who does the customer come to see, the player or the owner??? Can you find a better Qb than peyton if the players decided not play? Nope, but can we found more rich people to buy teams? Lol, absolutely… You are sick of stupid, so obviously you hate yourself.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
May 28th, 2011
10:09 am
FYI — The NFL Network didn’t reveal the other Falcons. Just gave us a heads up that they are coming. I guess so we can watch and push up their ratings. I’m not holding back.
Larry
May 28th, 2011
12:28 pm
Well said, Najeh!! I don’t believe the misinformed can dispute your reply!
Your daddy
May 28th, 2011
1:43 pm
To those who keep saying the players are greedy,you do realize that the owners and players both agreed to a contract a couple of years ago. It is the Owners who decided they did not like the deal and wanted more money therefore they backed out of the agreed upon deal and locked out the players. The players however have been training and preparing themselves to PLAY football this season while the owners continue to whine and complian about how the players have a “good deal”. It is the owners who are being greedy my friend. The workers aren’t asking their boss for more money, the boss is asking the worker to take a pay cut from a previously established deal and has basically told them you can’t come to work until you do so.
ueeediot
May 28th, 2011
4:05 pm
It is definitely not Ovie as the 5th. They have already said that there is only 1 FB in the list and its Vonta Leach, FB, Texans.
Grimes isnt on there either. That would just be silly. Granted the kid is playing out of his helmet, but top 60? doubtful. You will see Duanta on this list before Grimes.
Abraham #69
Ryan
Tony G will be a top 8 guy
Roddy White will be in the 40s
2008 First round draft (bust) Sam Baker? First Round draft choice Jamaal Anderson?(ha!), is it playmaker and game changer Harry Douglas (smirk), the rarely injured and extra speedy Jurious Norwood??
nope, it will be Turner the downhill pounder who destroys the defense in the 4th quarter.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top100-2011/09000d5d81fc88c4/Top-100-Bonus-Matt-Ryan
Hobbler
May 28th, 2011
5:55 pm
Turner the Fat Burner is probably eating even more doughnuts than last year so will be two steps slower.
John
May 29th, 2011
3:45 am
Well if it is just for 2011, I would have to say the five would be.
1) Ryan
2) White
3) Turner
4) Grimes
5) Abraham
X
May 29th, 2011
12:37 pm
@SickofStupid…Thank you ,Thank you, i get tired of people saying that the players take all the risk, they are EMPLOYEES! Yea there is risk in their profession, but that’s every job, just go check on the job injuries in Ga. alone!
Brady DeLonjay
May 29th, 2011
12:48 pm
Matt Ryan Is A Beast! Falcons Have The Potental To Win Super Bowl!!!!
Brady DeLonjay
May 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
O Yeah.. Hobbler Nice Way To Talk About Yourself. Lets See Ur Butt On The Feild. And By The Way Hes Making Stacks Of $ So Y Does It Matter??
SeenThisB4
May 29th, 2011
2:32 pm
Then again, falcan’ts have as much potential of winning the Super Bowl next year as do the Carolina panthers — assumming there is a Super Bowl next year of course.
Billy
May 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
I think they said the Packers have the most players, 7
AIN'T NO FALCONS FAN
May 29th, 2011
9:58 pm
MATT RYAN SHOULD STAY RIGHT WHERE HE’S AT -UNDER 60. THAT’S A PLUS BECAUSE DUDE IS NOT IN TOP 10, 15, 25, 35, 45 FOR THAT MATTER. END OF STORY.
RO SAID SO
May 29th, 2011
10:02 pm
MATTY ICE IS A POO POO PANTS. GREEN BAY SLAUGHTERED THEM. CLEAN IT UP MATTY AND HE WILL RISE.
The Joker...
May 31st, 2011
11:16 am
“There are not thousands of people out there who can tackle a 230 pound man running at 4.3 40 speeds or who can throw perfectly accurate spirals to moving targets 70 yards away from them”
Great Point Najeh, but on the other hand, with practice, playing a sport isn’t very hard at all….nothing some weight training can fix.
Real American
May 31st, 2011
2:03 pm
Clearly The Joker was making a joke….GOOD ONE!
GTPhenom
May 31st, 2011
2:42 pm
Lol, first of all, it is the Steelers who have the most players on the list with seven people, they have hinted at it in multiple episodes. Secondly, the list is honestly a pretty big joke. For instance, Lamarr Woodley, perhaps one of the top OLBs in the game, was only 82. Heck, on the whole reaction show, they even said it was asinine for him to be so low. And Ryan at this high? Lol, that proves it further. Joe Flacoo, a QB with Playoff victories, and more wins than “matty ice” was only 89. Same stats, and yet Joe has more playoff success, but Matt is thirty spots higher? All I am saying is that just like with the media, it is a complete and utter popularity show
Truth no apology
May 31st, 2011
8:35 pm
And for all those who side with the owners. Its the players that make the league successful not the owners. Several NFL owners Jerry Jones and Arthur Blank were also AFL owners. The original AFL went bankrupt. If these guys were such geniuses why didn’t they turn the AFL into a flourishing league? They didn’t have the start power.
Truth no apology
May 31st, 2011
8:37 pm
I meant star power. Its almost like the music industry. The owners provide the medium for the public to see the talent. In the same sense the owners have no problems making money under the current agreement.
Falcons Chic
May 31st, 2011
10:52 pm
I’m doing the math: 32 teams, so each expects to get 3 guys in (except Seattle which will take its entire stadium.) So if we got 5, that is great. Wish it were more, but we are still building. Why the angst? I’m happy for any of our guys to receive kudos from their peers… even if Glanville leaves tix at the welcoming ceremony for Elvis. Wouldn’t it be a shin stopper if Brent Grimes got all five of Drew Brees’ votes for best player in the league? (Deservedly so, Mr. Vertical.) It might be Special Weems channeling his predecessors in amazing returns, NFL CRIBBS & HESTER. Keep it going, Falcs.
Tom
June 1st, 2011
10:42 am
Afrter knocking up that transgendered “Housewife” chick, can we assume Biermann’s nickname in the locker room is now “Biergoggles”?
DawginLex
June 1st, 2011
11:01 am
Hey DOL,
Still want to talk and defend Ohio State football?
How does that crow taste?
The last 10 years down the crapper. Who is the better program now-OSU or Georgia?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1ST ROUND PICK
June 1st, 2011
11:27 am
You the people pay me. But I earn every penny. To you I say THANK YOU!!!!!
1ST ROUND PICK
June 1st, 2011
11:43 am
If the owners are willing to open their books and allow us players to see the loses that they are reporting and then work out an agreement that is beneficial to all three sides, (Owners, Players, and Retired or Injured Players). We could possibly get this thing resolved before the season begins. You have to remember, all of the players on the teams aren’t millionaires. Those are the guys we are fighting for. Their health after the game matters to me. As well as their ability to continue to take care of their families.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 2nd, 2011
4:51 pm
DawginLex – Ummmm, 1 National Title, 0 National Title. That’s about all for now.