Lamar Jackson Says He’s Ready For Sunday’s Game Against The Cleveland Browns

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson says helium thinks he’s backmost to normal.

“I privation to get retired determination and conscionable go. I don’t privation to bounds myself oregon person manager bounds maine oregon thing similar that,” Jackson said. “I privation to grind with my guys, due to the fact that I haven’t successful a full week.”

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Last week, Jackson said his unwellness whitethorn person been a cold, but that was earlier helium took different crook for the worse and missed the game.

“I person nary clue. I conscionable got fatigued, had immoderate small chills, was retired of it,” Jackson said Wednesday.

Baltimore (7-3) plays lone its 2nd AFC North crippled of the play this weekend. The Ravens pb the division, but are lone 1 1/2 games up of the last-place Browns.

The Ravens managed to bushed the Bears 16-13 portion Jackson was retired — with backup Tyler Huntley guiding the squad to a melodramatic winning touchdown successful the last minute.

“When helium did that past drive, I felt similar I wasn’t sick anymore,” Jackson said.

Huntley went 26 of 36 for 219 yards with an interception. The Ravens were capable to power the shot for 38:50, but that was against a Chicago squad that is good nether .500. And adjacent against the Bears, Baltimore was outgained connected the time and averaged lone 3.9 yards per play.

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This week, Jackson is not lone trying to travel backmost from his illness, but he’s besides trying to rebound from possibly Baltimore’s worst show of the play — a 22-10 nonaccomplishment astatine Miami connected Nov. 11, the astir caller crippled helium played in. The Ravens had a hard clip dealing with the Dolphins’ blitzing, truthful that mightiness beryllium a strategy they spot from Cleveland this weekend.

In summation to Jackson’s absence, the Ravens were besides without their apical receiver against Chicago. Marquise Brown was retired with a thigh injury. He was backmost connected the signifier tract Wednesday.

Tight extremity Nick Boyle has returned arsenic well. He played his archetypal crippled successful much than a twelvemonth against Chicago aft dealing with a fig of leg-related problems.

“I had a hamstring, meniscus, PCL, MCL, small fracture,” Boyle said. “And past I had a cleanup late.”

Jackson’s unwellness whitethorn look mild compared to each that, and it’s noteworthy that helium has mostly stayed steadfast contempt the information that helium runs the shot rather a spot for a quarterback. Still, the past mates of seasons haven’t been casual for him.

He missed a crippled past play erstwhile the squad was dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak, and past helium tested affirmative astatine the commencement of grooming campy this year. Coach John Harbaugh made it wide that Jackson’s astir caller unwellness wasn’t COVID-19, but it was atrocious capable for the prima backmost to miss a game.

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“I’ve been steadfast each my life. I’ve ne'er had a occupation being sick astatine each until I’m here,” Jackson said. “So I don’t truly cognize what that is, but hopefully that’s done with.”