Mike Wells, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

Reggie Wayne on elbow injury: 'Don't panic'

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts receiver Reggie Wayne has a message for those worried about his injured elbow: Don't panic.

Wayne, who injured his elbow on his first reception in Sunday's victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, said on his weekly radio show Tuesday on 1260-AM WNDE in Indianapolis that he's still waiting on the MRI results to get the extent of his injury.

"I'm just like everybody else, waiting," he said on the show. "But I feel pretty good. ... I'll be fine. Everything will be alright. I can still do the wave and do everything else. I'll be alright."

Wayne won't practice Wednesday because coach Chuck Pagano has given him that day off each week of the season.

What about Wayne's status for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers?

"It's too early," he said. "Let me tell you this, if I'm not out there that means I probably would be hurting the team. I'm going to do everything I possibly can to rehab, get right. I'm going to wait for the doctors and see what they say. After I hear from them doctors, I'm going to hear from another set of doctors. We can all put our thoughts together and come to a conclusion."

T.Y. Hilton, Hakeem Nicks and Donte Moncrief will get more targets from quarterback Andrew Luck if Wayne is required to miss any games.

The injury occurred when Luck completed a pass to Wayne and he landed awkwardly on his elbow after Bengals linebacker Vincent Rey pulled him to the ground. Wayne immediately signaled to be taken out the game on the play.

Wayne returned and finished with four catches for only 15 yards.

"It just didn't feel right, didn't feel like it did before the game and I just wanted the doctors to take a look at it during the game because so much is going on," Wayne said. "You want to be out there so bad, so I didn't have much time to have a doctor go into much depth as far as examining it after it happened, so I just told them to give me a sleeve. Put a sleeve on, played three more quarters with it and just finished the game as much as I could."

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