From 2008-2021, the question of who would lead the Falcons in passing would have been an enormous waste of time, even by the standards of fans killing hours arguing in the offseason. Matt Ryan was in Atlanta, he was the starting quarterback, he was going to lead the team. End of story.
If all goes well, we won’t be offering this prompt in 2023 and well beyond, because it’ll be beyond obvious Desmond Ridder is the starting quarterback and will be leading the Falcons in every single consequential passing statistic. If this year is a tire fire, there’s always the chance that Atlanta’s investing a draft pick in a franchise option instead, but either way you’d expect them to be set with a potential long-term option by the time next September rolls around.