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Ryan provides cool, confident leadership for undefeated Eagles

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- It's not as if Matt Ryan began the season unknown to the football world. He had been a starter at quarterback for two seasons at Boston College. He has NFL size (6-foot-5, 218 pounds) and good numbers. And it's not as if Ryan's statistics this season have moved the needle very much off his career averages in completion percentage, yards per attempt and passing efficiency. But this is not the same No. 12 wearing maroon and gold. No one knew this quarterback, who would a ...

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