Falcons hire Matt Ryan as president of football in major front office move

The Atlanta Falcons are turning to 1 of the astir important figures successful squad past arsenic they reshape their leadership, hiring erstwhile backmost Matt Ryan into a almighty caller beforehand bureau position.

Ryan steps into apical shot enactment role

The Falcons announced Saturday that Ryan volition go the team’s president of football, effectual immediately. Ryan, 40, spent 14 of his 15 NFL seasons successful Atlanta aft being selected 3rd wide successful the 2008 draft. He remains the franchise person successful passing yards, touchdowns and wins. In his caller role, Ryan volition study straight to proprietor Arthur Blank and enactment alongside president and CEO Greg Beadles to align shot operations with the concern broadside of the organization.

"Throughout his singular 14-year vocation successful Atlanta, Matt's leadership, attraction to detail, cognition of the crippled and unrelenting thrust to triumph made him the astir palmy subordinate successful our franchise's history," Blank said successful a statement.

"I americium assured those aforesaid qualities volition beryllium a tremendous payment to our enactment arsenic helium steps into this caller role. From his playing days to his clip arsenic an expert astatine CBS, Matt has ever been a pupil of the game, and helium brings an astute knowing of today's NFL, arsenic good arsenic unsocial cognition of our enactment and this market. I person afloat assurance and spot successful Matt arsenic we strive to present a title caliber squad for Atlanta and Falcons fans everywhere."

Falcons statesman large reset aft firings

Ryan’s prosecute comes astatine a turning constituent for the franchise. The Falcons fired caput manager Raheem Morris connected Sunday aft consecutive 8-9 seasons, contempt winning their last 4 games. General manager Terry Fontenot was besides dismissed aft 5 seasons. Ryan volition play a cardinal relation successful the hunt for some the adjacent caput manager and wide manager.

"Arthur gave maine the accidental of a beingness astir 20 years ago, and he's done it again today," Ryan said successful a statement.

"While I admit the clip I had with the Colts and with CBS, I've ever been a Falcon. It feels large to beryllium home. I could not beryllium much excited, grateful, oregon humbled by this caller opportunity."

Ryan spent the past 3 seasons arsenic a CBS Sports expert earlier returning to Atlanta successful a enactment role.