Mike Smith says that Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan worked to get stronger this offseason. "He was the first guy in the weight room this offseason. I think he took somewhere between two or three weeks off before he popped back up here in the building," Smith said. "When you have your quarterback as the first guy in I think that's a positive thing. It's funny how other guys started to trickle in when he came in. We couldn't work with him because of the rules associated with collective bargaining agreement. We were not allowed to have interaction with him, but we could open the facilities and allow them to work in the facilities. I see it in Matt's strength. I know some of you are saying, 'He doesn’t look like he's that much bigger,' but when you're slight like Matt is and have the body type that he does you're working in percentages. Matt's done a good job with his body. He looks stronger throwing the football, and if you start the season stronger you're obviously going to finish the season stronger. That's something that we have talked to our entire football team about is finishing. Finish everything we do."