FLOWERY BRANCH – Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan suffered a hip injury on the hit by Carolina safety Kurt Coleman on Sunday, but he will be at practice on Wednesday.
“He got a good shot on my hip, that kind of side area,” Ryan said on his radio show on 680 The Fan on Tuesday. “I’m feeling good now. I’m really a lot better that I was Sunday. (I’ll) be ready to roll tomorrow for practice.”
On the Falcons’ first drive of the game, Ryan escaped the pocket and picked up the first down before Coleman pummeled him. Ryan was clearly in pain. He dropped to his knees after one play, but continued to play through the pain.
“It was obviously a play that you have to make in third down situation,” Ryan said. “To be able to extend the play, to move the chains with your feet is important at times. But yeah, I was close enough to the end zone at that point and I had free enough lane to just keep going.”
Ryan continued to take on hits throughout the game. Carolina defensive tackle Kawann Short and linebacker Thomas Davis also had hard hits on Ryan, who says he can block out the pain when he’s on the field.
“It’s one of those things when you sit down on the sideline…things feel worse when you are sitting there,” Ryan said. “But when you are out there playing, in between whistle, you are just not thinking about those things. You are just playing and letting your adrenaline take over.
“For me, that’s one of the things throughout my entire career, there’s been different things that have come up, but when you in that snap, and you’re locked in, you don’t think about any of those things.”
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