Matt Ryan

2023 - 3 - 15

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Colts release QB Matt Ryan (Colts.com)

The Colts on Wednesday released quarterback Matt Ryan. Ryan, 37, started 12 games for the Colts in 2022 and completed 309 of 461 passes (67 percent) for ...

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Matt Ryan landing spots: Colts release veteran QB after one year ... (CBSSports.com)

The Colts save $17,205,882 of cap space with the move, but took on $18 million in dead cap as a result. Ryan had a fully guarantted salary on the third day of ...

[Trey Lance](/nfl/players/2969444/trey-lance/), and [Brock Purdy](/nfl/players/2961306/brock-purdy/) -- there's no room for Ryan. With the free agent signing of [Sam Darnold](/nfl/players/2180320/sam-darnold/), that's an unlikely move -- but the 49ers probably regret striking to sign a quarterback as quick as they did. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/mock-draft/) and are expected to take a quarterback in that spot. A backup job in Washington could be good for Ryan if he doesn't beat out Howell, as he'll be the first option if Howell struggles in 2023. [Matt Ryan](/nfl/players/420095/matt-ryan/) experiment lasted just one season in Indianapolis. Ryan had a fully guarantted salary on the third day of the new league year (March 17), so the move was imminent.

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Colts, as expected, release Matt Ryan (NBC Sports)

As expected, the Colts have released the 2015 NFL MVP, one year after they acquired him in a trade with the Falcons. It's no surprise.

Regardless, that’s what he’ll be doing, if he signs with another team in 2023. That’s why the Colts put him in bubble wrap at one point during the season. No one will be offering him a starting job.

Colts Officially Release QB Matt Ryan (NFL Trade Rumors)

Ryan, 37, is a former first-round pick of the Falcons back in 2008. He was entering the final year of his six-year, $103.75 million contract when he agreed to a ...

Ryan’s contract has been restructured multiple times in recent years for cap space, which is why his cap figures have annually been so high. Ryan, 37, is a former first-round pick of the Falcons back in 2008. He was due base salaries of $17.2 million and $21.7 million in the final two years of his deal when the Falcons traded him to the Colts for a third-round pick in 2022.

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Indianapolis Colts releasing Matt Ryan: Four-time Pro Bowl QB set ... (247Sports)

“Listen to this — as part of that trade originally when he came over from the Atlanta Falcons — his agent Todd France of Athletes First negotiated a new ...

He was also the No. Ryan was the No. Ryan was benched again in Week 16 in favor of the veteran Foles. It was the biggest collapse in NFL history. [Ryan said in an interview with ESPN leading up to the Super Bowl](https://247sports.com/Article/Colts-QB-Matt-Ryan-says-he-still-has-a-lot-of-good-football-left-after-disappointing-2022-season-204362492/). The Colts went 4-13 as Ryan was a healthy inactive on multiple occasions.

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Colts Announce Official Decision On Matt Ryan (The Spun)

Stop us if you've heard this one before: The Indianapolis Colts will have a new starting quarterback in Week 1 of next season.

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AP source: Colts planning to release Matt Ryan in cap move (Greater Milwaukee Today)

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts acquired Matt Ryan last March thinking he would help them make a postseason run, maybe even win a Super Bowl.

He won the NFL's 2008 Offensive Rookie of the Award and his high school in Philadelphia was featured on ABC's hit comedy “The Goldbergs.” “But I still love playing and still feel like honestly, I still feel like there’s a lot of good football in my body. Ryan played his first 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, where he became the franchise's career leader in all of the major passing categories after being selected No. They must still decide what to do with 34-year-old backup Nick Foles, the Super Bowl 52 MVP who made two starts before an injury ended his season. “We get caught up in arm strength, but guys that are accurate and who makes plays when the game is on the line,” general manager Chris Ballard said two weeks ago, explaining what he values in quarterbacks. 4 overall pick in next month's NFL draft and most analysts expect it to select one of four quarterbacks — 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, two-time Big Ten offensive player of the year C.J.

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Colts, as expected, release Matt Ryan (Yahoo Sports)

For the first time in his career, quarterback Matt Ryan is a free agent. As expected, the Colts have released the 2015 NFL MVP, one year after they acquired ...

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Colts Officially Part Ways With Veteran Quarterback Matt Ryan (AthlonSports.com)

The Indianapolis Colts released Ryan after one season. While Ryan's future in the NFL is unclear, as he's 37 years old, the Colts are likely to draft their ...

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Colts officially release veteran QB Matt Ryan (Yahoo Sports)

"Honestly I still feel like there's a lot of good football in my body," Ryan said in January.

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Indianapolis Colts to release Matt Ryan, per report (247Sports)

“Listen to this — as part of that trade originally when he came over from the Atlanta Falcons — his agent Todd France of Athletes First negotiated a new ...

He was also the No. Ryan was the No. Ryan was benched again in Week 16 in favor of the veteran Foles. It was the biggest collapse in NFL history. [Ryan said in an interview with ESPN leading up to the Super Bowl](https://247sports.com/Article/Colts-QB-Matt-Ryan-says-he-still-has-a-lot-of-good-football-left-after-disappointing-2022-season-204362492/). The Colts went 4-13 as Ryan was a healthy inactive on multiple occasions.

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Colts Officially Release Veteran QB Matt Ryan (Stampede Blue)

The Colts released the longtime NFL veteran starting quarterback after a disappointing sole season in Indy.

However, the writing has been on the wall regarding his future in Indianapolis for a while. The Colts have to get younger and more dynamic at the starting quarterback position, and due a $35.2M cap hit in 2023, Ryan was way too expensive to serve as a veteran mentor backup to a top rookie quarterback in like a ‘Matt Hasselbeck role’ (2013-15). The former NFL MVP had a highly decorated career with the Atlanta Falcons, but he’s now in the twilight of his playing days—and it was an easy decision for the Colts to cut ties and save $17.2M in salary cap savings, given how cooked he looked last year.

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