Pressuring Falcons QB Matt Ryan

Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan just does not take sacks. So far this year he has been sacked only twice in 156 pass attempts. After watching the Falcons-Bears game again, the reason is simple: he does not do many seven-step drops, he will not hold on to the ball, coordinator Mike Mularkey does a good job of getting him outside the pocket. By my unofficial count, Ryan took only four seven-step drops against Chicago and his interception came on the last one. They like to work him out of the shotgun too (12 times). I was interested to see an NBC stat that had Ryan with a 129.8 passer rating when defenses bring five or more rushers, but the Bears had success bringing five-, six- and seven-man pressure on him. "The main thing with him he he doesn't get sacked," linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. "He doesn't hold the ball. We have to get pressure on him because he will throw the ball away. That's one thing he'll do. He'll throw it out of bounds. We're ...