 Atlanta tried to pass the ball on second down, but Flowers sacked Ryan for a 12-yard loss on the Patriots 35-yard line.Ryan then completed a 9-yard pass to Mohamed Sanu on 3rd-and 23, but this was nullified due to an offensive holding penalty on Matthews.Now out of field goal range and faced with 3rd-and-33 from the New England 45-yard line, Ryan threw an incomplete pass, and the team was left with no good choice but to punt the ball to New England.