I guess my point is I consider Ryan an elite passer. Can make all of the throws and is extremely accurate. While Julio Jones is a stud, it's not as if Julio Jones makes Matt Ryan. He's not some clown throwing up bad passes or jump balls hoping his receiver can overcome it with great plays. If he throws 40 times, he should have 300+ yards and probably a couple TD's by default. Whether that's Gonzales, White, Douglas, RB's out of backfield, etc.
I completely disagree with these statements and pretty much everything you've just said. I do not consider Ryan elite. Sure he can put up elite numbers, but he's a product of the people around him. They make him, he does not make them.
I think we see just how good Ryan
isn't while Julio and Roddy are out. He does not have an elite arm and while he's somewhat accurate, he completely misses guys quite often. For instance, the ALMOST game winning pass to Roddy 2 weeks ago against the Pats to tie it up. If he makes that pass, they likely tie and go to OT... but he completely misses him. Shocker. Again, Ryan has no elite attributes in my eyes. Arm... meh, Accuracy... meh, Strength... meh, Touch... meh, Toughness... meh, Mobility... mega meh, Pocket Awareness... meh. List goes on. Without the elite WR Julio and likely Roddy missing, I think he's going to flounder.
They're going to be lucky if they're a 5 win team this season and I highly doubt they ever win a championship with him at the helm. Mediocrity does not win championships. Ask the Texans.
ETA: To answer the question in the title... He's a solid fantasy QB when he has his weapons. If you're already giving up on your season and think they'll give him more weapons (like an RB) next season, sure. I want nothing to do with him though.