In 2015, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was neither at his best or his worst, but he would’ve liked to be a lot better. The next season, he was a lot better.
From 2013-2014, Ryan had experienced Atlanta’s two worst seasons with him as their quarterback, going 10-22 in the final two years of the Mike Smith era and posting a passer rating of 91.7 and an adjusted net yards per attempt of 6.2 under offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter. Then in 2015, the Falcons hired Dan Quinn as head coach and Kyle Shanahan as offensive coordinator but an 8-8 transition year inspired a lot less confidence in Shanahan than we currently remember with hindsight.