{"id":651751,"date":"2026-01-03T22:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651751\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:31:16","slug":"ravens-rule-out-defensive-tackle-ahead-for-week-18-game-vs-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/651751\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens rule out defensive tackle ahead for Week 18 game vs. Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/ravens-receive-positive-injury-ahead-120304153.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> made a big decision regarding one of their defensive tackles ahead of the Week 18 matchup against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-roster-move-ahead-week-211748805.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite practicing as a full participant on Friday, Ravens defensive tackle Taven Bryan will not be activated from injured reserve and was downgraded from questionable to out for Sunday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan was placed on injured reserve following a knee injury he suffered in the Ravens\u2019 Week 12 victory over the New York Jets. He was designated to return from IR on December 25, opening his three-week practice window.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens also ruled out another player for the Week 18 showdown with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> \u2014 wide receiver Rashod Bateman, who missed practice all week with an illness.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including Pittsburgh&#8217;s Week 18 matchup against the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday Night Football, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/01\/03\/steelers-ravens-injury-update-week-18-taven-bryan\/88009309007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers vs. Ravens: Baltimore rules out DT Taven Bryan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers vs. Ravens: Baltimore rules out DT Taven Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Ravens made a big decision regarding one of their defensive tackles ahead of the Week 18&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[117,2793,1487,7,1711,255,6,520,57,2360,13052,426,18262,2850],"class_list":["post-651751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-defensive-tackles","tag-football","tag-injured-reserve","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-rashod-bateman","tag-steelers","tag-taven-bryan","tag-the-ravens"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115833542054897287","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}