Watkins, Murray Still Not Practicing For Ravens

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens are backmost from their unfastened day — and they were inactive practicing without Sammy Watkins and Latavius Murray connected Wednesday.

It was a reminder that the team’s wounded issues are excessively important to beryllium cured by 1 week off.

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There was immoderate bully quality for the Ravens. Tight extremity Nick Boyle and cornerback Chris Westry were astatine practice. But Watkins and Murray weren’t arsenic the squad prepared for Sunday’s crippled against Minnesota. The Ravens person flooded their injuries, and they travel retired of their unfastened day with the pb successful the AFC North.

Watkins (thigh) and Murray (ankle) missed signifier a mates of days aft manager John Harbaugh said they had a accidental to return. Offensive lineman Patrick Mekari (ankle) and chemoreceptor tackle Brandon Williams (shoulder) did not enactment either.

“We’re going to adhd a mates guys with Sammy coming back, and Nick is going to beryllium backmost astatine immoderate point. At moving back, Latavius volition beryllium back,” Harbaugh said Monday. “I’m excited astir wherever our discourtesy could go. I conscionable privation to get it there.”

It’s not rather determination yet, if Wednesday was immoderate indication, and the Ravens person a caller wellness interest this week aft linebacker Malik Harrison was struck successful the limb by a stray slug portion astatine a gathering successful Cleveland implicit the weekend.

Harrison went connected the reserve/non-football wounded list, though Harbaugh maintained Wednesday that helium should beryllium capable to return.

“It’s a abbreviated term, it looks like. … His guardian angels were looking aft him,” Harbaugh said. “We had him successful the squad gathering connected Tuesday, and we each acknowledged that. We’re precise thankful for it. It’s arsenic overmuch arsenic it takes clip for him to heal up, past he’ll beryllium back.”

Safety DeShon Elliott echoed that optimism.

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“Happy he’s harmless and backmost present with us,” Elliott said. “He’ll beryllium each right. A mates weeks, he’ll beryllium back.”

Watkins was a important summation to the Ravens this past offseason, and helium has 18 catches for 292 yards successful 5 games. Any accidental of Baltimore being astatine afloat spot this play disappeared erstwhile the Ravens mislaid moving backs J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards earlier the season, and the receiving radical has had availability issues arsenic well. Rashod Bateman precocious returned from his ain wounded problems, but present Watkins has been out.

Boyle (knee) hasn’t played yet this season, but helium caught 31 passes successful 2019, his past afloat season.

“He brings a batch to the array for america — catching the ball, blocking. He’s doing it each for us,” backmost Lamar Jackson said. “And he’s got a small comic personality, too, truthful we missed that too. We’re gladsome we got him back.”

Boyle, Westry (knee) and antiaircraft extremity Derek Wolfe (back) person each been designated to instrumentality from injured reserve. Aside from that trio, Baltimore inactive has 13 different players connected IR. The Ravens had lone 50 players connected the progressive roster Wednesday.

“It volition settee into 53 present shortly, due to the fact that of the guys coming backmost from injuries,” Harbaugh said.

Harbaugh besides said this week that tackle Ja’Wuan James, connected the reserve/NFI database pursuing a torn Achilles tendon, could beryllium backmost earlier the play is over.

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“He would person a accidental successful December probably, I guess. There’s been nary setbacks,” Harbaugh said. “He looks good. I spot him walking around. He’s successful the meetings. He’s got large spirits. He’s been moving consecutive ahead.”