Matt Ryan: End of career with Colts was a ‘s–t show’

That’s one strategy to put it.

After a 15-year profession ended with the Colts final season, the now-retired Matt Ryan is unloading some baggage.

“I imply, it was a s–t present, you realize, it was a s–t present of 18 months principally is the easiest way to explain it,” Ryan told The Athletic. “However I feel everyone in our household dealt with it properly and got here out of it stronger and in a extremely great place.”

Ryan spent 14 with the Falcons, setting franchise information in practically each quarterback statistic and profitable MVP in 2016, earlier than being traded to Indianapolis in March 2022.

Ryan mentioned the tumultuous nature of his time with the Colts, which included his benching and the midseason hiring of Jeff Saturday as a coach, left a bitter be aware in his mouth.

“It was a kind of issues, you realize, I felt like I used to be going into it able the place I’d in all probability seen all of it in 14 years after which understand, ‘No you haven’t, you haven’t seen all of it,’” Ryan instructed The Athletic. “There’s quite a lot of different issues which might be going to return up. It was a troublesome 12 months, there’s little doubt about it.”

The veteran quarterback began 12 video games for the 4-12-1 Colts final season however was benched for a mixture of Nick Foles and Sam Ehlinger towards the tip of the season.

Saturday, who was an ESPN analyst and a Georgia highschool coach on the time of his hiring, didn’t have any school or NFL teaching expertise.

Ryan is set to work at CBS as a sport analyst alongside Tiki Barber and Andrew Catalon.

The Colts selected Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth decide within the 2023 NFL Draft and purchased Gardner Minshew as insurance coverage for the job.

Indianapolis additionally hired Shane Steichen, the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, to take over as head coach.