Matt Ryan Ate Dinner And Did All His Homework, So He Gets To Be President Of Football

The Atlanta Falcons have kicked off another rebuild, and their old quarterback is coming back to help them with it. The team announced Saturday that Matt Ryan will return to the franchise and serve in a newly created role: President of Football. Yep, that's it. Just "President of Football." Ralph Wiggum must have consulted on the name.

Before hiring Ryan for the new position, the Falcons put together a pretty farcical interview process. Did anyone really think the team wouldn't hire the guy who owns basically every meaningful franchise passing record? As funny as it is to imagine Matt Ryan getting a form rejection email from Falcons HR, telling him the company's going in a different direction, that wasn't happening. The role will have Ryan reporting to team owner Arthur Blank, and "collaborating with Falcons President and CEO Greg Beadles" as they search for a new general manager and head coach to replace Terry Fontenot and Raheem Morris, who were both fired after an 8-9 season. The new GM and HC would then report to the ex-QB.