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Seahawks vs. Falcons: Matt Ryan following Peyton Manning playoff track 

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Seahawks vs. Falcons: Matt Ryan following Peyton Manning playoff track

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Thomas Emerick Sporting News
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Matt Ryan has been called many things in his career—franchise savior, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, borderline elite, and Matty Ice all among them—but is vying to put to rest some of the glass-half-empty descriptors as the Atlanta Falcons host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
These less-than-praising words are tied to his 0-3 NFL playoff record since entering the league in 2008, magnified by the fact he has rattled off a 56-22 record serving as the best mark through the first five seasons of any starting quarterback in league history.
Seahawks vs. Falcons: Matt Ryan has struggled in his first three NFL playoff appearances, but so did a guy named Peyton Manning. (AP Photo)
This elephant in the room is so palpable that even Archie Manning spoke directly to it, via Ray Glier in USA Today, "You get to the point of labeling people chokers or losers, and that's not fair. It's one of the worst things in sports."
Peyton Manning is a sensible comparison in the sense of early career success without postseason glory, having started from Week 1 his rookie year and reached the playoffs during three of his first five seasons. Both had teams fall to the eventual conference champ at home in the divisional round: Tennessee bounced Indy in January 2000, while Green Bay did the same to Atlanta in 2011.
This is indicative of the other shortcomings. Ryan's infamous 0-3 record is comprised of losses to conference champions, quality defenses and future Hall of Fame quarterbacks including Kurt Warner's Cardinals, Aaron Rodgers' Packers and Eli Manning's Giants.
We'll find out Sunday if for Ryan, like Manning in the postseason, the fourth time's a charm
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