BakoSaint

If this ever happens, I will gladly wager against you. I think it is completely illogical how our society openly accepts the concept that certain players are 'good under pressure' and 'come up big in the when it counts' but just assumes the rest of players are just normal and that there is not a subset of players who perform very poorly under pressure. Performing worse under pressure is probably more common and for every Mr. October and Tom Brady there are probably 2-3 Matt Ryan's. Having a QB who performs great under low pressure and terrible when expectations build or the game and moment are critical is worse than having no QB like the Broncos. You don't get the draft picks nor do you have a chance to win it all. Your fans are trolled with false hopes over and over and over. I would take a $50 million hit to get rid of Matt Ryan. No team should lose on purpose but no team should stick with a player who is clearly not the answer. If Atlanta was smart they would trade Ryan while there is a market and take the $50 million hit. $25 million hit the following year is a no brainer, much better to pay a player you can't rely on in the playoffs to not play for you than to pay them the same to play for you. He is not a bad guy, he doesn't lack talent, its just that he is uncomfortable performing under pressure or expectations that will always happen before a season can culminate in a championship. If he loses in the first round of the playoffs enough years in a row he may get to a super bowl again due to lowering expectations, but if he gets to a super bowl again it will elevate expectations, and he will choke again. No reason to pay for that doom. There are other QBs who can put up decent numbers with two pro bowl receivers and don't have that flaw.