No argument there.
"I don't know how to explain it," said Gonzalez, who retired in 2013. "He just has a different look, a different air of confidence. You never know where that ball is going. Julio Jones is one of the top two or three receivers in the game, but he's not just throwing to Julio. He's throwing to everybody."
Indeed, Ryan's touchdowns have been spread out among 13 receivers, an NFL record.
Ryan might be the favorite to capture the MVP award,
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Ryan shrugs off any speculation about what a victory might mean to his legacy.
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"I feel well-prepared week in and week out. I feel ready and confident when we get to games," Ryan said Wednesday. "Do I feel like I've gotten to a place where I'm doing it better than I've done it up to this point? Absolutely."
Like any top player, Ryan is fastidious about his preparation. But something really clicked this year in the way he gets ready for a game. Nothing seems to faze him. No situation appears to catch him off-guard.
"Yet," Ryan shot back, pointing toward the questioner with a big smile,
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The best is yet to come.
"I don't think about those things all that often," he said. "Certainly not at this time of the year."
Only one has failed to win a Super Bowl title.
"Absolutely it would change the national perception of him. It would change the perception he has of himself. ... It would change everything for him."
"He craves a Super Bowl," said former Falcons teammate Tony Gonzalez, now an analyst for CBS.
Ryan completed just under 70 percent of his throws during the regular season, and he's probably the most accurate deep passer in the league. He finished with a career-best 38 touchdowns and 4,944 yards — and a career-low seven interceptions — while leading the Falcons (12-5) to the NFC South title.
There are four quarterbacks still standing in the NFL playoffs.
With his greatest season, Ryan has guided the Atlanta Falcons within two wins of their first Super Bowl title.
"Sometimes, that's the best thing that can happen to you," said Gonzalez, who went on to play 17 seasons — the last five with Ryan and the Falcons — in a career that will certainly lead to the Hall of Fame.
Yet Ryan knows better than anyone he'll be judged by what he does in the playoffs, especially because he came into this year with only one victory in five postseason games.
Ryan is always cautious about what he says. He's the last guy in the league who would brag about his performance or do anything to provide the other team with bulletin-board material.
Ryan has certainly had a stellar career up to now, and even his performance a year ago — generally viewed as the worst of his career — really wasn't all that poor statistically.
It wasn't that way when Gonzalez was with the Falcons, even though they nearly reached the Super Bowl during the 2012 season, losing to San Francisco 28-24 in the only other NFC championship game hosted by Atlanta.
But others know how important this is.
Gonzalez compares it to his second season in the NFL, when he followed up a brilliant rookie year by leading the league in dropped passes.
"I think he's turned a corner," Gonzalez continued. "I expect the rest of his career — and the rest of these playoffs — to do what he's done this season. He's on a roll now and peaking as a player."
Now, it's on to the NFC championship game against Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, a dazzling matchup between two quarterbacks at the top of their games.
"But we've come to a day and age where it's how many Super Bowls were you in? How many victories did you have? How did you play in the so-called big games? It's really big for his — and it's a word I hate to use — but his legacy,
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— Atlanta Falcons (@AtlantaFalcons) January 19, 2017
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