Matt Ryan’s thumb seems to be OK. His pride, on the other hand, might be a little sore.
The Falcons quarterback said his left thumb was no issue, after finishing Monday’s game with a glove on it following a hit from Nick Fairley.
“I’m good,” Ryan said on his weekly radio show on 680 The Fan, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It just got banged up kind of in the pocket. I wanted to make sure so I threw a glove on there so I could have a good grip, but I feel good this morning.
“I’m good to go. I’ll be ready to go out to practice on Wednesday.”
And when he gets there, he’ll probably still be hearing it from his friends and teammates about the flop he took late in the game, when he was in position to block Fairley on a cutback run by Devonta Freeman, but instead either got his feet tangled up or made a business decision and went down before the 308-pound Fairley could destroy him.
“That was bad,” Ryan said with a laugh, via ESPN.com. “Free did such a good job. I didn’t really anticipate the ball coming back that way. And when he did, I just kind of wanted to get in the way and make sure he could outrun him. And I caught an edge on my cleat and fell. It probably ended up for the best because [Fairley] was kind of eyeing on me pretty good. He would have hit me pretty good. Not my finest moment, but a good play for us nonetheless.”
Freeman gained 16 yards on the play, no thanks to Ryan.