Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot says that doing right by Matt Ryan was more important to the franchise than getting the best return in a trade for the quarterback.

The Falcons dealt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts for a third-round pick this year.

"It was more important to us to do right by Matt than to try to maximize compensation," Fontenot said. "We could have probably traded Matt to somewhere he didn't want to be and gotten more. We said, 'If we're going to go down this road, we want to do right by Matt.'"