Baltimore Beatdown
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson missed Wednesday’s practice with an ankle injury, per the team’s official injury report. Six other starters were listed as non-participants, along with undrafted rookie cornerback Keyon Martin, who has made a number of key plays in the last two games.
Jackson was sidelined for the Ravens’ first practice of Week 11 and quickly returned to full participation in the next two days. After practice, head coach John Harbaugh said that this week was the “same type of situation,” implying that the two-time MVP will return to practice on Thursday. However, Harbaugh declined to confirm that would be the case and had this to say about the team’s current injuries:
I really don’t have any information on that… – public information – that I want to share on any of those guys. It is Week 12, guys play, it’s the physical nature of the sport. Some guys don’t practice on Wednesday. We’ll try to get everybody available for Sunday that we can, and we’ll see as the week goes on, who becomes available.
Longer lists of Wednesday absences are common around the NFL at this time of year. Players are often playing through injuries on Sunday, so they get extra rest days during the week. There are two reasons to be optimistic: no Raven was documented leaving the game due to injury, and Harbaugh indicated on Monday that the team avoided any significant injuries.
Still, Jackson’s absence is always a concern. Harbaugh acknowledged as much on Wednesday and added, “It wasn’t in his best interest to practice today. And we’ll see where we’re at tomorrow.”
Here is the Ravens’ full Wednesday injury report:
Full participation
Limited participation
Did not participate
This story will be updated with more information.
