Matt Ryan is a better quarterback than Dak Prescott

I agree completely with my opponent that Dak Prescott was the most valuable quarterback of week 9 but week 9 was only a tenth of the season thus far and we are actually debating who has been the more valuable quarterback over the entirety of the season. I think it's Matt Ryan, and here's why:1. Matt Ryan has been the more valuable quarterback this yearPer ESPN the most valuable quarterbacks this season have been:1. Matt Ryan- 69.9 EPA 2. Drew Brees- 62.6 EPA3. Dak Prescott- 60.3 EPANote that Matt Ryan is not ahead by a very significant 9.6 points (he has contributed 9.6 more points to his team over a replacement quarterback than Dak Prescott did).One could argue that therefore by definition Matt Ryan has been more valuable to his team than Dak Prescott. 2. Matt Ryan is a far superior passer than Dak PrescottMatt Ryan is by far the better passer than Dak Prescott, having not only a stronger but also a more powerful arm. Note the following statistics (I've bolded the categories in which Matt Ryan leads the league, note that for each not bolded statistic he is in the top four): Matt Ryan: Dak Prescott:Comp. percentage 68.2 66.8YPG 324.7 292.4 Touchdowns 24 14Passer rating 115.1 106.2EPA from passing 53.5 43.7 Yards per attempt 9.38 8.35I think its clear from these statistics that Matt Ryan is the superior passer. Keep in mind that he is of course doing all of this with an inferior running attack and a much worse offensive line. Defenses have gone in knowing that Matt Ryan would have to pass to give the Falcons any chance at winning, Dak Prescott can rely on Ezekiel Elliot to make major contributions to the running game. Matt Ryan hasn't had that luxury. (ALL STATISTICS TAKEN FROM ESPN AND ARE ACCURATE UP TO AND INCLUDING WEEK 10)3. The Atlanta Falcons desperately need Matt RyanThe Atlanta Falcons need Matt Ryan extremely badly. They have one of the worst defenses in the league (28th in PPG allowed with 28.3). This is permissible right now as the Falcons also have the league's most efficient offense (32.0 PPG). If you take away Matt Ryan and replace him with a league average quarterback the Falcon's record would change from 6-4 to 4-6. In other words they would change from a playoff team to a bad team (note that without Ryan Week 2 and Week 8 become losses, this was calculated by subtracting Ryan's EPA for that game and replacing it with the league's 15th best EPA total. If you do this Week 2 becomes projected to be 28-27.4 loss and Week 8 becomes a 32-27.7 loss). If you take away the EPA total from Dak Prescott and replace it with the average quarterback in the league the Cowboy's record stays the same, watch:WEEK 1: LossWEEK 2: Changes from 27-23 wn to 24.4-24 winWEEK 3: Changes from 31-17 win to 25.6-17 winWEEK 4: Changes from 24-17 win to 20.4-17 winWEEK 5: Changes from 28-14 win to 28-14 win (Dak Prescott was the 15th most valuable QB that week)WEEK 6: Changes from 30-16 win to 30.9-16 winWEEK 7: ByeWEEK 8: Changes from 29-23 win to 25.3-23 winWEEK 9: Changes from 35-10 win to 30.2-10 winWEEK 10: Changes from 35-30 win to 35-30 win (Once again Prescott was the 15th most valuable QB)As shown above without Prescott the Cowboys would still have a projected 8-1 record. They would still be great without Prescott, the Falcons wouldn't even be good without Ryan. Without Prescott the Cowboys would still have outscored opponents by a total of 28 points this year. Without Ryan the Falcons would have been outscored by 33 points (thus far they have outscored opponents by 37 points). I think I have shown that Ryan has been the superior quarterback this season. Looking forward to my opponent's response.