Falcons know Ryan is next up for mega-QB deal
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has to appreciate the market that is being set for quarterbacks after the Lions gave Matt Stafford a five-year, $135 million extension on Monday.
Ryan is set to make a base salary of $15.75 million in 2017 and $19.25 million in 2018. Ryan will likely get an extension in the offseason and won’t play the 2018 season on his last contract, which was worth $103.75 million over six years.
“He’s another guy,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said recently of team contract talks. “He’s got a couple more years. We are going to settle in after this (Devonta Freeman) deal and see how the season goes on everything. Rest assured our time will come with Matt for sure. He knows that and we know that.”
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Honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his "long and distinguished reporting in the field of pro football," D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq. has covered the NFL 28 seasons. A graduate of Howard University, he's a winner of Georgia Sportswriter of the Year and three Associated Press Sports Editor awards.
