Roddy White is still in a whole lot of pain.
But the Falcons wide receiver said he’s not concerned about what degree of pain, as long as he’s on the field.
He played nearly every snap of Monday’s loss to the Packers, and he said it didn’t matter how healthy he was.
“I don’t put percentage,” White said, via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. “If I line up, if I put on pads, that means I’m 100 percent, and I’m ready to go.”
That willingness to play in pain was noticed, and appreciated.
“Roddy is a guy that’s going to fight through injury, and he was injured,” Falcons coach Mike Smith said. “He’s had an ankle injury. He played, by the way, the most snaps of any wide receiver in the game last night. It’s hard to keep him out.
“When you look at the play count, Roddy had more snaps than any of the wide receivers. When Roddy had his opportunities and the ball went his way, he made some big-time catches. I think that’s why we threw the ball so efficiently there in the second half of the game.”
While he was far less than 100 percent because of an ankle problem, he was available, playing 63 of the 67 offensive snaps.
That availability is going to be crucial down the stretch, with teammate Julio Jones nursing a hip problem, and the 5-8 Falcons hanging onto the NFC South lead.