DECATUR, Ga. -- About 20 minutes before Matt Ryan arrived at the Samuel L. Jones Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta Thursday, highlights of the Atlanta Falcons' deflating Super Bowl LI loss to the New England Patriots played on a big-screen television right inside the front entrance.
Had Ryan walked in to see such a sight, he might have laughed and shaken his head before proceeding about his business. Ryan has made a point of not dwelling on the implosion that makes the Falcons a national punchline to this day.
Instead, Ryan maintains the same confident approach heading into every season.