There’s more bad news for a Baltimore Ravens team that’s fighting for its playoff life.
Lamar Jackson is listed as doubtful for Saturday’s game against the Green Bay Packers with the back injury that sidelined him for the second half of last week’s loss to the New England Patriots.
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The Ravens announced Jackson’s status on Thursday, listing him as doubtful after he didn’t participate in practice for a third straight day since sustaining the injury. Jackson’s status leaves back Tyler Huntley in position to make his second start of the season against Green Bay.
The Ravens enter Saturday’s game as a long shot to make the playoffs. But they have a chance. They need to win their last two games against the Packers and Steelers. They also need the Steelers to lose their last two games against the Browns and them.
If the Steelers beat the Browns on Sunday, the Ravens will be eliminated from the playoffs, and their season finale against Pittsburgh would be irrelevant to their playoff chances. But the Ravens will obviously go into Saturday’s game unaware of the outcome of Sunday’s Steelers-Browns game. And they will be motivated to win.
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Beating a motivated Packers team that has an outside shot of winning the NFC North won’t be easy if Jackson can’t go. But the Packers are dealing with their own quarterback concerns.
Jordan Love remains in concussion protocol with a concussion sustained in last week’s loss to the Chicago Bears. The Packers listed him as questionable on Thursday. His backup, Malik Willis, is also questionable with an undisclosed illness and a right shoulder injury. Willis returned to practice in a limited capacity on Thursday after missing Wednesday’s session with the illness.
This story will be updated.