Harbaugh Plans To Have Jackson (Ankle) Back For Packers Game

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The injury that knocked Lamar Jackson retired of Sunday’s game against Cleveland was a sprained ankle, Baltimore Ravens manager John Harbaugh said Monday.

“Lamar has an ankle sprain,” Harbaugh told reporters during his media availability. “It’s not a high-ankle sprain, which is bully news, and we’ll conscionable person to spot what it is from determination and however helium feels this week going forward.”

Jackson went down aboriginal successful Sunday’s crippled erstwhile Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah fell connected his heels. Jackson was dilatory to his feet afterward and was carted to the locker room. Initially listed arsenic questionable, helium was aboriginal ruled out.

Asked however agelong the wounded could sideline Jackson, Harbaugh said helium anticipates having his starting backmost disposable this week erstwhile the Ravens big Green Bay, but helium near the doorway unfastened for backup Tyler Huntley to start.

“We’re going to spot wherever we’re at, you know, with the situation. The plans are close now, successful my mind, for Lamar to beryllium retired there,” helium said. “So, we’ll spot wherever it goes this week, and if helium tin go, he’ll go. If not, Tyler volition beryllium the quarterback.”

As for whether Jackson is connected way to signifier connected Wednesday, Harbaugh said helium couldn’t reply that question astatine this point.

The prima quarterback’s sprained ankle was the latest wounded to deed the injury-inflicted Ravens roster, which presently has 17 players connected injured reserve.

Despite a brace of fumbles, including 1 resulting successful a Browns touchdown, Huntley filled successful admirably for Jackson. He led Baltimore connected a 2nd fractional rally that included 2 scoring drives but yet came up short.

The Ravens backup backmost completed 27 of 38 passes for 270 yards and picked up 45 further yards connected the ground.

Harbaugh said the squad is playing things day-to-day with antiaircraft extremity Calais Campbell, who suffered a soft-tissue wounded Sunday.

Wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who missed the crippled due to the fact that his genu was bothering him, is expected to instrumentality for the Packers game.

“Everybody’s doing their best, warring their hardest,” Harbaugh said. “I’m truly highly arrogant of each idiosyncratic connected the team…and very, precise confident. We person 4 games left. Each of those 4 games represents an accidental to get wherever we privation to go.”

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