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With his future as an Atlanta Falcon now in some doubt, here are three teams who can make a case to trade for Matt Ryan.
It took the fifth loss of an 0-5 start for it to happen, but the Atlanta Falcons have fired head coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff. Now the focus will shift toward the future, and on Monday owner Arthur Blank spoke about quarterback Matt Ryan.
'I love Matt, much like I love Dan [Quinn], I love Thomas [Dimitroff],' Blank said in a press conference that featured a pool reporter asking pre-submitted questions, as to the specific topic of Ryan's interest in playing until he's 40. 'Matt's been a franchise leader for us. A great quarterback. One of the leading quarterbacks in the last 13 years in the NFL. So I hope he's gonna be part of our plans going forward. But that will be a decision that I won't make.'
Blank gets credit for letting the people he hires make the football decisions, and the new people he ultimately hires won't have to deal with a meddling owner. Something else Blank said is interesting.
Arthur Blank asked about Matt Ryan's future with the #Falcons: 'I love Matt. … I hope he's going to be part of our plans going forward but that won't be a decision I make.' Also says the decision will be 'partly up to the player.'
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 12, 2020
So if Ryan, 35, wants to play until he's 40 but wants no part of a rebuild in Atlanta, he may have some say in being traded and where he goes. It's also possible, if not likely, that a new coaching staff will want to start from scratch with a young quarterback right off the bat.
The Falcons are set to wait for that new regime to make big decisions, but the door seems to be open to deals before the deadline if a team came with a good enough offer.
No fire sale for the #Falcons this year. Rich McKay says he will let the next regime come in and evaluate this roster. If they get an offer they can't refuse in the coming weeks, different story. But no active teardown is imminent.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) October 12, 2020
There is the small matter of Ryan's contract. After this season, he has three years left on a five-year, $150 million deal he signed in 2018. He has a $40.9 million cap hit for 2021, and if he were cut before June 1, 2021, the Falcons would take a $49.9 million dead money hit. A trade before that date would give Atlanta a $44.4 million dead money hit for next year (a Over The Cap).
According to Spotrac, Ryan's contract has an opt-out after 2021 that would create $26.525 million in dead money.
Another contract restructure will probably be required for Ryan to extend his stay in Atlanta, since they are in deep cap trouble looking to next year. A restructure could also help pave the way for a trade.
With all that's in play, these three teams can make a case to trade for Ryan.
3 teams who could trade for Matt Ryan
The Bears are moving on from Mitch Trubisky (even if he plays again this season), and Nick Foles is not the answer long-term. With a 4-1 record right now, they might end up being just good enough to not be in position to draft one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2021 class. That's not a good place to be in, without mentioning their cap situation in 2021.
Top 10 teams estimated to be over the salary cap in 2021
($s amount OTC so bigger is worse)
1. Saints- $82.8M
2. Eagles- $72.6M
3. Falcons- $37.5M
4. Steelers- $28.3M
5. Rams- $23.9M
6. Chiefs- $22.1M
7. Texans- $14.6M
8. Vikings- $14.1M
9. Raiders- $13.3M
10. Bears- $7.7M
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) October 11, 2020
So the Bears would have to find a way to clear a ton of cap space to make room for Ryan. Multiple contract restructurings looks like the best path to get that done. But if GM Ryan Pace is on the hot seat, in concert with head coach Matt Nagy, some tough decisions on cuts also could come if it means adding a credible quarterback in win-now mode.
Out of desperation, a lack of patience or bad luck, the Bears never seem to make the right decision at quarterback. Adding Ryan doesn't feel like it would be to the level of previous mistakes, and they would not necessarily be married to him past 2021 if the aforementioned contract out remains as is.
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The Colts have Philip Rivers on a one-year deal. Any earlier talk of him coming back for a second season in Indianapolis is all but gone with the way he's looked at times this season.
The Colts are also likely to move way from No. 2 quarterback Jacoby Brissett, either via a trade before the upcoming deadline or surely come the offseason when he becomes a free agent. That leaves 2020 draft pick Jacob Eason as the only quarterback currently under contract for the Colts in 2021.
The Colts can go a lot of different directions at quarterback looking to next year. With projected cap space in the $76 million range (via Over The Cap), a significant run at someone in free agency is not out of the question. More narrowly, making room to take on a huge cap hit in a trade would seem to require no significant cap maneuvering.
When they signed Rivers, the Colts went into a win-now mode for 2020 while maintaining their substantial flexibility in the future. Trading for Ryan would be another short-window, win-now move at quarterback, while still not necessarily hampering the broader construction of a good roster. The idea of Ryan to Indianapolis in 2021 is sure to pick up steam.
Matt Ryan Trade
He was clearly not operating at 100 percent coming off an ankle injury, but Jimmy Garoppolo was so dreadful in Week 5 against the Miami Dolphins that he was benched in a blowout loss. That has invited talk about his future in San Francisco, and more specifically if/when the 49ers could move on.
Garoppolo is under contract through 2022, with cap hits of $26.9 million for 2021 and $27 million. But, according to Over The Cap, if he were cut or traded before June 1 next year the 49ers would clear $24.1 million in cap space with $2.8 million in dead money. So moving on would not be hard to do, if Garoppolo continues to be an average quarterback who is paid like he's something more.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator in Atlanta in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Ryan had the best season of his career (4,944 yards, 38 touchdowns, 7 INT, 9.3 yards per attempt, 117.1 passer rating) and won league MVP.
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The 49ers would need to clear some cap space, as most teams who'd even think about trading for Ryan would. But with a projected $15 million in space right now, moving on from Garoppolo would be the big (and easy, if the situation goes that direction) move to get it done. If Ryan has a say in picking his trade destination, San Francisco and a reunion with Shanahan might be it. And all things considered, Shanahan may want Ryan and he'll tell GM John Lynch so.