Atlanta Falcons: Week Seven Grades Versus New York
Atlanta Falcons Head Coach Dan Quinn improved his Monday Night Football record to 5-0 with a 23-20 win over the New York Giants. Lets dive deeper to see who played well and who struggled.
Offensive Player of the Game: Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan continued his stellar play, completing a strong 31 of 39 passes for 379 yards and a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons. He completed an astounding 18 straight passes to close out the win. He thew a dart that traveled nearly 55 yards in the air, on the touchdown pass to wide receiver Marvin Hall.
Matt Ryan was so accurate in the game that there was never a pass that appeared to be in jeopardy of being intercepted. The Falcons running game was inefficient, so offensive coordinator chose to use Matt Ryan short passes to move the chains and keep the clock moving late in the game with the lead.
Matt Ryan finished with a 115.7 quarterback rating, completing 79.4 percent of his passes. Matt was particularly sharp on play action passes completing 13-14 for 189 yards. Over his last four games, Matt’s thrown for at least 350 yards and zero interceptions, becoming the first quarterback to do so.
ESPN Stats and Info provided the information in this tweet:
Matt Ryan is the 1st QB in the Super Bowl era with 350 Pass yards and 0 Int in 4 straight home games.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 23, 2018
Ryan was 13-14 for 189 yards off play action on Monday. That’s the most play action completions and 2nd-most yards he’s had in his career using play action. pic.twitter.com/yt1ANiuIDl
Pro Football Focus gave Matt Ryan a grade of 90.1 for the game. ATL All Day gives Matt Ryan a high grade as well.