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lay a long time Giorgio Tavecchio Jersey 2019 , with an assist from the referees.The 33-year-old Ryan joked on his visit to the set on Radio Row that he thinks he can play until he’s 50 or 55. But while that’s not realistic, Ryan did say that with today’s rules protecting quarterbacks, he doesn’t see any reason he can’t play for many years to come.“The rules are set up more favorable than they’ve ever been for the quarterback position to play longer,” Ryan said.Ryan acknowledged that the 2016 season was an outlier for the Falcons’ offense Black Logan Paulsen Jersey , and his numbers haven’t been as good in the two seasons since then. But he said he’s technically playing the position better than he ever has. And he thinks he can keep playing very well for a very long time. It’s the kind of ranking you give to a team with a wide range of potential outcomes, and that makes it seem fair."If the Saints are the darlings of NFL media at the moment—and with their position in ESPN’s latest power rankings and their post-NFC Conference Championship Game coverage, there’s little arguing to do there—the Falcons have faded back into their customary gloom. A large part of that is deserved after an ugly season, but an equally large part is the team’s uncertain immediate future.In the aforementioned ESPN power rankings Logan Paulsen Jersey 2019 , the Falcons place at #17, just ahead of the Panthers (#18), far ahead of the Buccaneers (#29), and well behind the Saints (#1). Here’s ESPN’s Vaughn McClure weighing in on the why: The reality is that the Falcons and Panthers both washed out of the playoff picture in extremely depressing ways in 2018 and both feature coaching staffs (and perhaps front offices) that can be considered to be on the hot seat. The Falcons have yet to make any major upgrades on the defensive side of the ball and the Panthers still have one of the league’s trainwreckiest offensive lines Qadree Ollison Atlanta Falcons Jersey , so the reasons to doubt a rebound exist for both. I like Atlanta’s chances better given their injury picture a year ago, but it’s little surprise that the believers aren’t exactly flocking to the Falcons until this team shows more in the draft and over the summer.The NFC South promises to be one of the more interesting teams in the NFL yet again in 2019, with four teams larded with real and evident talent and the kinds of question marks that could once again lead to unsettled outcomes in the division.