Matt Ryan is not a Franchise Quarterback. Excuse me?

       To start off, I am back off a long hiatus and just in time to remark about some asinine comments made by 2 very good football players that have retired.  Watching the NFL Network's Total Access and Willie McGinest and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp were asked if Matt Ryan is a franchise quarterback. Warren Sapp said straight out no and Willie McGinest basically said he is with an asterisk.  As I was listening to this garbage, my first thought was are they doing this for ratings, say some crazy stuff so people will want to listen to you more or did they really mean this.  Of course, they both went to playoff wins, where he only had one, but he also helped them get byes into the second round, which should technically count for 2 more.  I always wonder why this point isn't brought up more by people.  If your team gets a bye, only 4 of the 28 teams in the league get a bye, you are essentially winning a playoff game as you don't have to play in the first week.  In the end, if you win one playoff game and lose in the second round, you are still in the same spot as the team that received a bye and lost in their first game.  We give more credence to the team that one a Wild Card game over the team that had one of the 2 best records in their conference over a grueling regular season.  I think that we as fans tend to not appreciate the regular season and discount its value greatly.
         Sorry, I got off a tangent and maybe should keep that as its own post down the road, but I feel I could write a full book on the subject.  Back to Matty Ice, who has had one of the best careers over his first 5 seasons over almost everybody as he was first in several big categories, except for the one people care about, playoff wins. Matt Ryan, has lost to the better team in the playoffs many times.  The fact that he was at home has little bearing in my opinion in a few of those, because he essentially lost to the NFC representative all 4 times that he made.  They lost to Arizona 30-24 in his rookie season, who would lose to the Steelers.  In 2010, they lost to the Packers, who went on to win the Super Bowl, but who barely made it to the playoffs.  This would happen again as they lost to the Giants, who much like the Packers, barely made it to the playoffs but got hot and again won the Super Bowl.  Finally, last season, where in my opinion, he made some bad mistakes along with throwing for 396 yards against a better 49er team.  Matty Ice and the Falcons are climbing the mountain, where each year they find another piece.  This could be the year, where this team puts it altogether and gets to the pinnacle.  We can only wait and see, but not putting Matty Ice in the franchise quarterback list is ludicrous.  These 2 clowns are trying to tell me, that the Falcons should maybe be thinking of another guy and letting go of Matt Ryan, which is all a franchise quarterback really is.  I don't think there is anybody else in the industry that would propose something of that ilk.  That is my rant for the day, I will keep them more concise in the future, but I am a little bit rusty at the moment.