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Ryan on fire

Posted Oct. 13 at 11:34 AM

Give it up for Matt Ryan. He keeps completing passes, winning games and avoiding the kind of mistakes that typically plague rookie quarterbacks.

Below, see how he stacks up so far against other quarterbacks selected in the first round in the last 30 years. Shown here are only the 33 players who attempted at least 150 passes in their first season.
The players are ordered by their completion percentage, and Ryan trails just a couple of very good ones -- Ben Roethlisberger and Dan Marino.

 Att  Com  Pct  Yds  TD  Int  
 295  196  66.4  2621  17  11  2004  Ben Roethlisberger
 296  173  58.4  2210  20  6  1983  Dan Marino
 161    93  57.8  1164  5  3  2008  Matt Ryan
 418  239  57.2  2819  14  16  2003  Byron Leftwich
 210  120  57.1  1501  9  7  1982  Jim McMahon
 377  214  56.8  2547  11  12  2006  Matt Leinart
 575  326  56.7  3739  26  28  1998  Peyton Manning
 486  274  56.4  2833  12  17  1993  Rick Mirer
 399  223  55.9  2447  15  13  1999  Tim Couch
 334  181  54.2  2152  16  13  1990  Jeff George
 270  146  54.1  1484  6  14  1979  Steve Fuller
 235  127  54.0  1465  8  10  1999  Cade McNown
 293  155  52.9  1749  9  18  1989  Troy Aikman
 444  233  52.5  2592  9  15  2002  David Carr
 153    80  52.3  805  2  6  1999  Akili Smith
 224  116  51.8  1260  7  9  2003  Kyle Boller
 159    82  51.6  1058  1  11  1981  Dave Wilson (supplemental draft)
 227  117  51.5  1539  9  8  2002  Patrick Ramsey
 357  184  51.5  2199  12  13  2006  Vince Young
 165    84  50.9  875  1  11  2005  Alex Smith
 265  134  50.6  1743  13  14  1979  Phil Simms
 219  110  50.2  1371  5  9  1989  Steve Walsh (supplemental draft)
 429  215  50.1  2294  12  16  2002  Joey Harrington
 248  124  50.0  1578  8  7  1985  Bernie Kosar (supplemental draft)
 429  214  49.9  2494  15  15  1993  Drew Bledsoe
 432  214  49.5  2717  14  19  1995  Kerry Collins
 216  106  49.1  948  8  7  1999  Donovan McNabb
 197    95  48.2  1043  6  9  2004  Eli Manning
 259  123  47.5  1663  7  14  1983  John Elway
 245  111  45.3  1289  2  15  1998  Ryan Leaf
 265  120  45.3  1658  10  12  1994  Heath Shuler
 165    71  43.0  1081  5  6  1987  Vinny Testaverde
 194    73  37.6  1170  7  8  1978  Doug Williams

—Ian Allan

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