Matt Ryan

Following Sunday's 19-10 loss in which Ryan threw two interceptions, head coach Frank Reich said the veteran was still the strting quarterback. According to ...

Ehlinger brings much more mobility to the quarterback position after being selected in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL draft. Through seven games, Ryan leads the NFL with nine interceptions and 12 total turnovers. Through the team’s first seven games of the season, Ryan has dealt with a porous offensive line.

Second-year quarterback Sam Ehlinger has been named the Colts' starter over veteran Matt Ryan, coach Frank Reich announced Monday.

"Excited for Sam and the opportunity this presents for him," Reich said. [acquired Ryan in a trade](https://www.nfl.com/news/matt-ryan-colts-falcons-trade-2022-third-round-pick) with the Atlanta Falcons this offseason. The seismic decision in Indy could have lasting reverberations as Ryan couldn't slow the QB carousel. "We are going to elevate Sam to be the starting quarterback. "We are going to make a significant change to the starting lineup," Reich said. [Nick Foles](/players/nick-foles/) would be the No.

The Indianapolis Colts suffered another ugly loss in Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans in which quarterback Matt Ryan struggled mightily on the day.

The intent behind this move is that Ehlinger will start the rest of the season for the Colts, so it doesn’t appear this is just a one game trial for the young quarterback. That’s quite a tall task for the inexperienced quarterback, but the Colts clearly believe he gives them the best shot at winning now, and it will be interesting to see how he performs throughout the rest of the season. The Indianapolis Colts suffered another ugly loss in Week 7 against the Tennessee Titans in which quarterback Matt Ryan struggled mightily on the day.

Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has seen his time in the same role with the Indianapolis Colts come to an early end.

He ranks first in pass completions with 203, spearheaded by a 42-completion effort in Week 6 against the Jacksonville Jaguars. [Click Here.](https://www.si.com/nfl/falcons/) Ryan, 37, guided the Colts to a 3-3-1 record. Ryan led the league in several categories - some good, some bad. Indianapolis coach Frank Reich announced that Ryan has been benched for the remainder of the season. With Indianapolis seemingly a quarterback away, the acquisition of Ryan seemed to be the move that would put the team over the top.

Matt Ryan might have played the last game of his career. The Colts benched the former Falcons quarterback in favor of Sam Ehlinger.

[trading Ryan to the Colts for a third-rounder](https://www.sportstalkatl.com/breaking-falcons-trade-qb-matt-ryan-to-colts/). The Falcons and Terry Fontenot came out ahead on this transaction, but it’s still sad to see for Matt Ryan. The veteran led the Colts to a 3-3-1 record with a pretty horrific offensive line. Before the season, it was thought that Ryan would be the missing piece to a Super Bowl-ready roster, but the experiment is over after just seven games. [Matt Ryan](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanMa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)‘s Colts career could be over. To clarify: the Colts are making the switch at QB regardless of Matt Ryan's injury.

The Colts will start Sam Ehlinger at quarterback for the remainder of the season, coach Frank Reich announced Monday.

On Sunday, Ehlinger will become the seventh quarterback to start a game for the Colts since Reich became the team's coach in 2018. "He might lead the way in some certain ways, but it's really owner, GM and head coach talking through a decision of this magnitude." "We thought the marriage of Matt Ryan and his history with our running game, he's had 14 years of incredibly productive quarterback play with great play-action. Given our crazy quarterback scenarios over the last five years, it wasn't a move of desperation. [19-10 loss](/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401437797) at Tennessee, the first one returned for a touchdown by [Andrew Adams](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2576599/andrew-adams). And that starts with me.' That was basically my message to Matt," Reich said. I just think it's the best decision for our team moving forward." Ryan won't play or practice this week because of the injury, Reich said, but he emphatically stated that the move is intended to be for the remainder of the season. "This is a point that needs to be made crystal clear, and I told this to Matt. He has never thrown a pass in the regular season. "Just the total package. Meanwhile, the Colts are 29th in scoring, averaging 16.1 points.

Colts veteran quarterback Matt Ryan isn't having the season that many expected, having arguably shown his age so far.

Likewise, Ryan has largely refrained from challenging opposing defenses downfield—which has allowed defenses to force the Colts to take short completions underneath, limiting their ability to have big plays deep and sustain long scoring drives, behind an offensive line that no longer blocks well in either facet offensively. It’s not the best receiving corps, but big wideouts like Pittman Jr. Quite frankly, it’s more plays for the unit to get soundly beat in the trenches or make mistakes. However, some of Ryan’s throws on interceptions have been downright bonehead—and cannot always be blamed on the offensive line’s problems in pass protection. Ryan leads the league with 11 fumbles and 9 interceptions and has been highly turnover prone for Indianapolis so far this season. Ryan shoulders a lot of the blame.

INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Ryan has lost his job as the Colts quarterback after just seven starts, benched in favor of second-year quarterback Sam Ehlinger.

It is a painful injury and can result in a quarterback being sidelined for 2-4 weeks, though the time lost varies from injury to injury. Nick Foles will be the backup quarterback, and Reich stopped short of saying where Ryan would have fallen on the depth chart if he was fully healthy. “He did get banged up in the game, he does have a Grade 2 shoulder separation,” Reich said.

"Right now the move is for Sam to be the starter for the rest of the season," head coach Frank Reich said, via the Colts' official website. The Colts fell to 3- ...

In the preseason this year, Ehlinger completed 24 of 29 passes for 289 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions. Ehlinger was a sixth-round pick of the Colts in 2021 out of Texas. While Ryan is injured, the Colts plan to make Ehlinger the starting quarterback for the rest of the season -- starting this Sunday against the [Washington Commanders](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/WAS/washington-commanders/). He's also been sacked 24 times, which is tied for most in the The Colts sent the [Per the team](https://www.colts.com/news/sam-ehlinger-starting-quarterback-matt-ryan-frank-reich-commanders-2022-season), Ryan suffered a Grade 2 shoulder separation in the 19-10 loss to the [Tennessee Titans](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/TEN/tennessee-titans/) on Sunday.

The salary cap situation regarding Matt Ryan isn't encouraging next offseason—unless the veteran quarterback retires.

Something that’s not completely out of the realm of possibility given that Ryan would likely be competing and not handed a starting job in 2023—for any NFL team. In fact, Ryan might even be relegated to a top veteran backup quarterback option at this late stage of his playing career—meaning the options to extend his football days may not be all that abundant or optimistic. It’s going to be a significant salary cap hit for the Colts unless Ryan elects to retire all together with his wife and two small children.

What the Colts brass has said about the 37-year-old quarterback from the time he was acquired to the time he was benched:

A 34-27 win over the Jaguars featured more Ryan heroics — this time, it was a game-sealing touchdown pass to Alec Pierce in the closing seconds — and looked like it might serve as a turning point. “There are other guys (who can do that too), but (Ryan) is unflappable.” A similar up-tempo strategy employed for the second straight week, but the results were disastrous. “You sense a confidence from the team, and I think that’s where we feel right now with Matt as our quarterback. He threw for 352 yards in the team’s season-opening tie against Houston, rallying the team from a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter. The team rallied for an upset win over Kansas City the next week, where Ryan threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions, albeit while being sacked five more times. Reich called Ryan “a model of consistency, but also a model of consistency at a very high level. You’re on this hamster wheel.” But he hoped Ryan would be the solution to the problem. The team was shut out by Jacksonville the next week, when Ryan threw three interceptions and was sacked five times. The Matt Ryan era in Indianapolis was short and anything but sweet. "Talking to Matt was a lot like talking to Phillip (Rivers). Getting Ryan was no sure thing when the Colts moved on from Carson Wentz.

Thanks to the nflFastR project and NFL NextGen Stats for the timely sources of data. For those of you new to this, I will publish key QB stats each week ...

With bad net yardage, it is tough to move the chains and Ryan logged the 22nd-ranked conversion rate (1st%). The difference this week was that those passes did not gain many yards after the catch (23rd YAC), so yardage efficiency was bad (22nd ypa). Similarly, Ryan was accurate again with a high completion rate (6th cmp, 8th cpoe). He had the 3rd lowest EPA per dropback of any QB this week. [Colts](https://www.stampedeblue.com/) passing game performed. (click charts for larger view)

Yet, after agreeing to trade their third-round pick for former NFL MVP Matt Ryan, coach Frank Reich likely finally believed their stressful days without a top ...

No, stats never do but based on this measure, plus the eye test, and it’s not hard to see Ryan’s lost a bit on his fastball at the age of 37. Instead, Ryan has struggled greatly, leading the Colts to a 3-3-1 record that includes two losses to Tennessee, a loss to Jacksonville, and even a tie with Houston. Only that hasn’t been the case since touching down in Indianapolis. Still, we’ve seen Ryan do more with less in the past. Sure, Ryan has three games over 300 passing yards already this season, but he also is posting a career low ‘intended air yards per pass attempt’ averaging 5.7 per throw. Yet, after agreeing to trade their third-round pick for former NFL MVP [Matt Ryan](https://sportsnaut.com/player/matt-ryan/), coach Frank Reich likely finally believed their stressful days without a top quarterback were done.

The Indianapolis Colts are benching starting quarterback Matt Ryan and will start Sam Ehlinger in Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders.

Reich said he told the quarterbacks and their teammates Monday and that Ryan responded like a pro, promising to help the Colts. “I told this to Matt, ‘We did not hold up our end of the bargain here. “Right now, the move is for Sam to be the starter the rest of the season,” Reich said. We feel this is the best decision for our team.” “We haven’t discussed a package this week, so I don’t know what the plan for that is,” Ehlinger said last Wednesday. In October that season, he beat out Jacob Eason for the No. He was 18 of 21 with 123 yards and one touchdown in the second half, but couldn’t complete his fourth fourth-quarter comeback this season. “Last week, there were a few situations we talked about. The move comes one day after a 19-10 loss at Tennessee left Indy 1 1/2 games behind the Titans in the AFC South. I mean, you came here and we promised you one of the top NFL rushing games and we promised you great protection, and we haven’t really, as an offense, delivered on that, and that starts with me,’” Reich said. 3 job and wound up appearing in three games though Ehlinger did not throw a pass. Just talk to anybody in that locker room.”

Ryan's turnovers and lack of mobility were vulnerabilities behind a struggling offensive line, and the Colts are now turning to the unproven Sam Ehlinger.

First, the Colts have been intrigued by Ehlinger since his arrival but have yet to learn about him in the context of the regular season. At some point, the offense would need to produce more for the Colts to remain viable. The Colts would be wise to take advantage of it by moving the pocket or running bootlegs that set him up to throw or run. But Ehlinger will need to mostly operate from the pocket as defenses start to account for his mobility. He also is due a $7.5 million roster bonus in March, giving the Colts something of a deadline by which to decide his future. A quarterback change isn't likely to be a magic fix, but the Colts were fresh out of cards to play. [Quenton Nelson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3129308/quenton-nelson) and [Ryan Kelly](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578475/ryan-kelly) have been surprising, the Colts also took a passive approach to filling key spots at left tackle and right guard. It's taken remarkable defensive efforts for the Colts to eke out their three wins. But his promotion to the starter is a much different proposition. The Colts restructured Ryan's contract after trading for him. Will this prove to be the final scene of Ryan's career? Reich said the move would have been made regardless of the injury.

Since Andrew Luck retired, Indianapolis has gone through Jacoby Brissett, Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan. Next up: Sam Ehlinger.

At some point, they were destined to arrive at a place where their desire to continually boost a competitive roster met the limited basin of resources at their disposal. Perhaps we can chalk it up to the end of blind fortunes. The Colts have now dealt two third-round picks and a first-round pick for Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan, neither of whom will make it to a second season in Indianapolis (we assume). They could have made a more aggressive push to sign Tom Brady when Brady was available, instead of Philip Rivers, though one would imagine Brady wasn’t thrilled with the idea of boosting a club that ratted on him during Deflategate (Brady also knew Josh McDaniels well, and was certainly privy to the reasons why McDaniels bailed on the Colts at the last minute). Also saying Brady was, at the time, a markedly better option than Rivers was a bit of revisionist history. When fires start, they often seem to require a double-take in order for the brain to fully comprehend a sense of emergency.

This wasn't what Indy's brain trust envisioned when they acquired the veteran QB, but they decided a change was needed.

He got a vote of confidence Monday from one of the stalwarts of the Colts defense. Roughly $12 million of the $29 million he’s due in 2023 is guaranteed, and there is a $7.5 million roster bonus that kicks in March 17. This is, ‘Let’s talk this through.’ He might lead the way in certain ways, but it’s really owner, GM, head coach talking through a decision of this magnitude.” “You want to make sure you make this move that it is truly the best thing for the team and you don’t want to rush into this kind of a judgment. Reich and Irsay typically speak in the locker room after each game, but meetings like the one Sunday night are extremely rare. “This is another point that needs to be made crystal clear, and I told this to Matt,” Reich said. It’s worth noting that the Colts always saw Ryan as at least a two-year answer, and Monday’s decision puts that in peril. But the upside is higher, and Ehlinger’s scrambling ability might prove to be a spark this offense desperately needs. The Colts weren’t just unproductive — a 16.1 points-per-game average, 29th in the league — they were predictable. And publicly, Reich billed Ehlinger’s promotion to the backup job 10 days ago as nothing more than a schematic move, something that would give the offense another weapon in short-yardage situations. No, they didn’t rush into this, because this call was weeks in the making. The fumbles were a problem, his interceptions were costing them games and his leash was getting shorter.

The sudden retirement of Andrew Luck continues to reverberate through the Colts organization. It's not Luck's fault. Any NFL player can leave whatever he ...

Maybe, but the Colts (as the story goes in some league circles) didn’t want to risk another Josh McDaniels outcome, if they flirted with Brady and then he eventually went elsewhere. Would they have gotten farther in the 2020 postseason with They’ve been just competitive enough to not be in position to draft a high-end rookie quarterback. The problem is that no one they’ve plugged in has played well enough. If it doesn’t, maybe they finish poorly enough to get themselves in position to draft another franchise quarterback. Rivers took them to the playoffs but retired.

Los Colts de Indianápolis deciden enviar al lesionado Matt Ryan a la banca y el quarterback de segundo año Sam Ehlinger debutará como titular el próximo ...

Ryan lanzó dos intercepciones y fue capturado tres veces, la primera resultó en una aparente lesión en el hombro al final de la primera mitad. “En este momento, la decisión es que Sam sea titular el resto de la temporada”, indicó Reich. Habla con cualquiera en el vestuario”.

Baja de juego y una lesión de hombro provocaron la decisión.

Una vez que comenzó la temporada, la mirada que está dando en el equipo de cazatalentos, la calidad de sus lanzamientos, la forma en que se controla a sí mismo, el paquete total. Reich señaló que Ryan está lidiando con una separación de hombro de grado 2, y Nick Foles sería el pasador número 2 esta semana. "Vamos a ascender a Sam para que sea el quarterback titular.

El head coach Frank Reich ha decidido darle la titularidad a Sam Ehlinger para el resto de la temporada en lugar de Matt Ryan.

Además, el head coach señaló que Ryan estará inactivo durante la semana porque sufrió una separación en el hombro derecho. En su etapa universitaria generó 11,436 yardas, 94 touchdowns y 27 intercepciones tras completar 923 3de 1,476 lanzamientos. Por ahora, Nick Folk será el QB2 detrás de Ehlinger

Cambio de quarterback en Indianapolis. Tras la derrota 19-10 en Tennessee, Frank Reich anunció que Sam Ehlinger tomaría el puesto de Matt Ryan a partir de ...

En la pretemporada de 2022, completó 21 de 31 pases para 288 yardas, con 55 yardas en 11 acarreos, superando a Nick Foles para ser el suplente de Ryan. Terminó con marca de 27-16 en cuatro años en Austin, siendo segundo en la historia del programa con 11,436 yardas, solo superado por Colt McCoy. En la pretemporada de su año de novato, completó 24 de 29 pases para 289 yardas, con 71 yardas más en 6 acarreos. Se medirán en la semana 8 a los Commanders, otro equipo que cambió de quarterback, con Atlanta buscó a Deshaun Watson en la temporada baja, por lo que Matt Ryan pidió el cambio. Sus 24 capturas comparten el liderato de la liga con Joe Burrow.