Step right up, Matt Ryan. At some point before the start of the coming season, perhaps in the next month or so, the Atlanta Falcons will make [Ryan] the league's next $20 millionayear quarterback. The move is hardly a risky one, given Ryan's emergence as the face of the club, his fiveseason track record, his leadership and endurance, and the fact he helped rescue a franchise that had become irrelevant.Generally, teams arrange themselves according to defensive and attacking positions, although unlike other sports there are no fixed positions, even goalkeepers are not required, though it is usual for one to be designated in order to take advantage of the specific game advantages that position attracts. Goalkeepers are the only members of the team that can use their bodies to block the ball and use their feet to kick the ball, but only when defending within their own shooting circle (see below). For this reason they often wear protective clothing.

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