Voight
#winning
I think Jimmy G potential/talent is greater than Ryan. My issue is this. Ryan wasn't leaving the Falcons and has a great relationship with ownership. He's a top 10 QB for sure. But with so much invested in that City you would think he'd take a lesser contract.
QBs would never do that seeing as they have all the power. Now you do get guys like Brady who take massive payouts after accomplishing everything but those are rare cases. Big Ben, Eli & Rivers didn't even approach the idea of a "hometown" discount.
He has the ability to play like a top 5 QB, which he did in his MVP season. Is he consistently a top 5 QB? Probably not.
He was a top 5 QB once in his career. Likely won't ever reach that level again.
I think Matt Ryan would garner a good return in a trade.
So trading Ryan is another option.
A) While teams are hungry for QBs, you're not getting a huge return for a QB who will be a free agent in less than a year
B) Like GKJ said,m who becomes QB then? They have nobody waiting in the wings
C) Try to explain to your paying fans that you traded your franchise, MVP, SB-finalist QB because you didn't want to pay him