"Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was in Houston for Matt Schaub's charity golf event earlier this week and he's been in touch with wide receiver Julio Jones.

"I talked to him just via text just after the draft and just said 'I'm excited to have you, ready to get to work whenever we end up getting to work,' " Ryan said to Matt Rybaltowski, the Texans reporter for CBSSports.com. "I think it was a great move by Thomas Dimitroff and our staff to kind of move up and get him and fill up one of the spots we felt like we needed to fill. I'm excited to play with him."

Most thought the Falcons were looking to improve their defense in a draft that was expected to be rich in defensive talent. But a few days before the draft, it leaked out that they were trying to move up to snag Jones of former Georgia receiver A.J. Green.

At the Pro Bowl, Ryan fell in love with wide receivers Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson. Now, he has his very own big receiver.

"I was very impressed with the aggressiveness of what we did, but also the mentality that we do need to improve and we do need to improve in different places, but we're very close," Ryan said. "I felt like we were last year, too. Obviously, 13-3, one seed in the NFC, that's good, but we need to get over the top, we have to break through that glass ceiling.

"I think Julio is going to help especially offensively, but it doesn't surprise me. Thomas has done a lot of really good things for us the past couple years especially since I've been here. He's done a great job bringing in different guys through free agency, guys like Tony Gonzalez. He hasn't been afraid to make those aggressive moves, so I was impressed when Julio came in, but it didn't shock me."

Ryan was impressed with Jones' toughness. Especially, that Jones ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds with a stress fracture in his foot at the NFL scouting combine."