Matt Ryan is entering his 12th season as the Falcons’ unquestioned starter at quarterback, and he’ll go down as the best ever to do it in Atlanta. As usual, though, there’s a battle looming over who gets to be his backup.
For the last few years, that’s been Matt Schaub, who has fended off a series of challengers with relative ease as a coach-in-training and break-glass-in-case-of-emergency-QB. This year, Schaub’s under what’s effectively a one-year deal with a team option for 2020, and the cap hit is significantly less...significant. While he’s still the odds-on favorite to make the final roster, his competition this year is actually worth mentioning.