FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons working again Damien Williams will miss Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams as he continues to get better from a rib damage he suffered within the crew’s Week 1 loss to the New Orleans Saints.
Williams, who was injured on the primary play of the second drive of the sport however returned for situational work within the fourth quarter, didn’t observe all week.
“Oh man, all 300 kilos on that little child rib, man. That is all it was, man,” Williams mentioned Monday. “All 300 kilos on that little child rib, man. It received me, although. It received me.”
Williams mentioned “they received me good,” and mentioned he was sore from the hit — and from the ball additionally connecting together with his ribs on the autumn. Williams mentioned Monday that he was going to see the way it felt in the course of the week and would attempt to run.
Williams mentioned that when he was initially hit, it was fairly tough. He wasn’t involved about having damaged any ribs — he mentioned he can inform the distinction since he broke ribs as a child, plus you may hear it — however mentioned he nonetheless felt it dangerous.
“I used to be looking for that air, man,” Williams mentioned. “You ever been in a time the place you simply could not breathe? Oh man, I used to be looking for it. However like I mentioned, within the second, then you definately received your pads and every thing form of squeezing on you.
“When the trainers got here up, I used to be like, ‘Get me up proper now. Get me off this floor.'”
Whereas Williams was out Sunday, Cordarrelle Patterson had a career-high 22 carries for a career-high 120 speeding yards and a landing. Now realizing Williams might be out, it is attainable the crew will make fifth-round decide Tyler Allgeier, who had regarded as if he might need a job within the offense earlier than he was made a wholesome scratch in Week 1, an even bigger a part of the offense.
Atlanta additionally has Avery Williams, who had two carries for 7 yards however is primarily the crew’s punt returner, as a working again. The crew additionally has two observe squad backs it might name up: Caleb Huntley and just lately signed BJ Baylor, a rookie out of Oregon State.
The almost definitely situation is Allgeier sharing the workload with Patterson, somebody the Falcons like to maneuver round their formation between working again and receiver.
