Wide receiver Rashod Bateman was forced out of last Sunday’s loss to the Browns with a shoulder injury, but he was able to get on the practice field Wednesday.
The Ravens listed Bateman as a limited participant in practice, which suggests that he’ll have a chance to play against the Bengals if all goes well the next couple of days.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson (ankle) was also listed as a limited participant. Jackson was missing at the open portion of practice on Wednesday, but head coach Jesse Minter said he was able to do some work later in the session.
Center Cam Jurgens was a full participant in practice for the first time since joining the team. Jurgens has been in the concussion protocol and appears to be on track to make his debut for the Ravens.
Safety Jaylinn Hawkins (knee), tight end Matthew Hibner (hand), guard Vega Ioane (ankle), guard John Simpson (groin), tackle Ronnie Stanley (not injury related), cornerback T.J. Tampa (rest, toe, ankle), guard Andrew Vorhees (knee), and defensive tackle Broderick Washington (foot) were listed as limited.
Tight end Mark Andrews (hand) and linebacker Trey Hendrickson (finger) were full participants. Defensive lineman Calais Campbell (rest) and linebacker Tavius Robinson (pectoral) did not practice.
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Lamar Jackson was not dressed for Wednesday’s practice at the portion open to the media. Ravens coach Jesse Minter, though, said the quarterback got “a little bit” of limited work.
The Ravens have not yet released their injury report, so it’s possible he’s still officially listed as did not practice.
“Lamar was actually able to get a little bit of limited work in today in preparation, so that’s where that’s at,” Minter said, via video from Jamison Hensley of ESPN. “Again, it’s a day-by-day thing. But he was able to get a little bit of work in and be involved in the preparation.”
Jackson has missed the last two games while recovering from an ankle injury.
Minter said Monday that Jackson could “potentially” return to practice this week, while classifying Jackson as still day-to-day.
Tyler Huntley has started the past two games for Baltimore.
As the practice week begins, Lamar Jackson is still not ready to practice.
According to multiple reporters on the scene, Jackson was not on the field for Wednesday’s session as the Ravens begin preparing to play the Bengals on Sunday.
Jackson has missed the last two games while recovering from an ankle injury.
Head coach Jesse Minter mentioned on Monday that Jackson could “potentially” return to practice this week, while classifying Jackson as still day-to-day.
Tyler Huntley has started the last two games for Baltimore.
Minter is slated to speak with reporters after practice. The Ravens’ first injury report of the week is due out later on Wednesday afternoon.
Former Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, who finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting last year, currently is a man without a team. That will apparently be changing in 2027.
Pavia said on Tuesday night that he plans to join the UFL.
"[M]y agent . . . and the UFL are currently in negotiations to make this happen!” Pavia tweeted. "[W]hatever team I end up at, I can promise you one thing- You will get everything I got.”
Pavia signed with the Ravens after going undrafted in April. He was cut just before the opening of training camp.
The UFL draft is set for November 18. The Columbus Aviators hold the first pick, followed by the new, to-be-named team in Colorado. Which was relocated from Dallas, after the Dallas franchise was swapped with Houston.
Pavia’s presence could give the UFL the boost it needs, from a ratings and P.R. perspective. Still, the UFL needs to do plenty more work to get to where it wants to be. It needs to work harder, and it needs to work smarter. On Sunday, for example, the spring league announced — during NFL games — that the team relocated from Birmingham to Rhode Island will be named the Breakers.
Regardless of the existing depth chart at the position, every team should want Pavia. He’ll sell tickets. He’ll create buzz. He’ll help the UFL be something more than a collection of unknowns and marginally recognizable names.
Along the way, Pavia will get the kind of opportunities that could, if maximized, secure an opportunity in the NFL. Like plenty of other UFL players have done.
The Dolphins worked out five kickers after cutting Riley Patterson, who missed an extra point in Week 5 after missing two field goals earlier in the season.
Among those trying out, though, was former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, according to the NFL’s personnel notice.
Since serving a 10-game suspension for violating the league’s Personal Conduct Policy over sexual misconduct allegations, Tucker has tried out for the Saints, Colts, Jets, and now Dolphins over the past two seasons.
Multiple women accused Tucker of misconduct during massage-therapy sessions. He denied the allegations, and he was never charged criminally or sued civilly.
He has not signed anywhere since, last playing in the league in 2024.
He is a five-time first-team All-Pro, who has made 89.1 percent of his field-goal tries. Tucker, though, converted a career-low 73.3 percent of his field-goal attempts in his last season. He also missed two extra points.
Michael Badgley, Will Ferrin and Joshua Karty were the other kickers who tried out for the Dolphins on Tuesday.
With the Eagles slipping to 2-4 and the Commanders sliding to 1-4-1, the two teams have a Week 8 prime-time date looming. And if the league is considering a flex (as it reportedly was out of last week), the clock is ticking.
By rule, Tuesday, October 20, is the deadline for moving the Sunday night game.
The problem is the absence of clear options. Ravens-Bills makes the most sense, but the Ravens play the following Thursday night. Vikings-Lions is a possibility, if the NFL is willing to commit now to flexing Lions-Vikings in Week 15 out of Sunday night.
Colts-Jaguars wouldn’t have as much sizzle as Eagles-Commanders, given the wide-open nature of the NFC East. The Jaguars are off this week, so they’re guaranteed to enter the game at 4-2. The Colts, who face the Vikings on Sunday and who have fired their G.M., could be 2-5 by Week 8.
Browns-Steelers and Chiefs-Broncos are presumably off the table because the first game between the rivals was televised in prime time. (By rule, at least one game of a home-and-home division rivalry must be televised on Sunday afternoon.)
It’s ultimately the league’s decision. By tomorrow night, everyone should know what it is.
Jesse Minter did not hide his frustration with Tyler Loop after the kicker missed a 49-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The Ravens led 10-3 at the time and lost 13-10.
“Confronting issues and confronting problems is really what this whole thing’s about,” Minter said Monday, via Clifton Brown of the team website. “There’s kicks that take a lead game from a two-score game to a three-score game … or take that from a one-score game to a two-score game. Those are critical misses.
“There’s a confidence level for how he prepares and how he practices and operates and strikes the ball. But at the same time, that position itself is completely results driven. We’ll continue to work with him and try to put him in position. But we need to make second-half kicks. You could argue that second-half missed field goals are no different than turning the ball over.”
Loop has made 10 of 13 field-goal attempts this season, including a walk-off 56-yarder in overtime to beat the Cowboys in Week 3. All three misses have come from 40-49 yards, with only two makes in five attempts from that distance.
The Ravens are signing kicker Jake Moody to their practice squad, bringing him back as competition for Loop.
They previously signed Moody after Loop missed three of his eight field-goal attempts in the preseason. They cut Moody from the practice squad on Sept. 15 after Loop made field goals of 57 and 45 yards against the Colts.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has missed two games with an ankle injury and head coach Jesse Minter didn’t offer much clarity about his chances of returning for Week 7 during a Monday press conference.
Minter said Jackson’s condition has improved during his time off the field, but that he’d “still put it in kinda the day-to-day thing” when asked about his status. Minter also kept it vague when it came to whether Jackson will take part in practice on Wednesday.
“Potentially, but we’ll see how it goes,” Minter said.
The Ravens beat the Falcons in overtime in Tyler Huntley’s first start, but the offense was shut out for the final three quarters of Sunday’s 13-10 loss to the Browns. Huntley was 19-of-31 for 165 yards and a touchdown while also running five times for 28 yards.
The Rams entered the season as overwhelming favorites to win the Super Bowl. After starting the season 2-4, their odds have fallen.
But they may not have fallen as far as some would expect for a team that just lost at home to the Cardinals: The Rams still have the fifth-best odds to win the Super Bowl, at +1000.
The four teams ahead of the Rams are the 49ers at +580, the Bills at +720, the Chiefs at +850 and the Ravens at +900.
Despite their shockingly bad start to the season, bettors and bookmakers still think the Rams have one of the best rosters in the NFL, with a team that should be playing very good football down the stretch. Making the playoffs is no sure thing after this start, but if the Rams do make it, there’s every reason to believe they’ll be a tough team to beat.
In Week 1, the Browns were embarrassed by the Jaguars. Former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, quoting JuJu Smith-Schuster, declared on NBC, “The Browns is the Browns.”
Since then, the Browns is 4-1.
The biggest win of the season came on Sunday, when the new Browns beat the old Browns to create a three-way tie atop the AFC North. Because the Browns have beaten both the Ravens and the Steelers, both of whom are 4-2, Cleveland is in first place.
And first-year head coach Todd Monken intends to relish it. Until tomorrow.
“I’m going to enjoy tonight,” Monken told reporters after the 13-10 win. “And that’s what you have to do in the NFL. These are the nights that you don’t ever want to end, because tomorrow it’s on to the next game. And so, I sit there, I know it sounds really goofy, but you sit there in bed and you don’t want the night to end. It’s 10:30 and you’re tired as hell and you want to be up another 15, 20, 30 minutes to enjoy it, because, shit, tomorrow I’ve got to look at the offensive tape and then you’ve got to move on to the next game.”
The next game could push the Browns to 5-2; they head to Tennessee to play the Titans. And the Browns are road favorites.
The best news is that the Browns are relevant. They’ll likely be jockeying for a playoff berth after Thanksgiving.
In a league littered with teams that claim they want to win the Super Bowl, the truth is that they hope to still be in the mix after the fourth Thursday in November. Because that’s when the NFL season truly starts.
This year, the Browns will likely be one of the teams that is hoping to finish strong enough to earn a spot in the AFC playoff field, and to win as many games as they can once the single-elimination phase commences.
