While we wait for the Falcons to either smooth things over with Matt Ryan—that undersells the job here a bit, I think—or trade him, it’s worth thinking about the succession plan at quarterback. The only scenario in which you’d throw that notion out of the window entirely is if the Falcons do wind up giving Ryan a multi-year extension, at which point you’re probably not drafting someone in the first couple rounds to be Jordan Love 2.0.
Arthur Blank alluded to that succession plan in comments that sure look different now in light of the team’s doomed pursuit of Deshaun Watson, which is the only reason any talk of an extension is on the table right now.