Matt Ryan won the 2016 NFL MVP award with an incredible campaign. He set career bests in completion percentage, yards, touchdowns, and interceptions, and led the league in touchdown rate and whichever raw or adjusted yards per attempt metric you prefer. In 2017, his numbers fell off substantially across the board, including a near-halving of his touchdown total. This year he is off to a torrid start, on pace to at least match the numbers he put up two years ago. So what gives? What happened last year?
It turns out that last year wasn't much of a down year at all, at least not one that was reflective of Ryan declining.