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Last week, many football found themselves worrying about whether or not a coin toss would determine home-field advantage for this weekend’s game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.
The Bengals made sure that wouldn’t be an issue when they beat the Ravens in Week 18.
Now Ravens fans have much more important issues to worry about.
Earlier this week, it was being reported that there was optimism about Lamar Jackson playing for the Ravens this weekend after he has missed more than a month with a knee injury.
Unfortunately, his chances of playing against the Bengals in the playoffs appear to be growing slimmer by the day as he was once again not practicing today.
To make matters worse for the Ravens, back quarterback Tyler Huntley also didn’t throw a pass during the portion of practice open to the media because of tendinitis.
In addition to Lamar Jackson not practicing today, Ravens’ QB Tyler Huntley did not throw a pass during the media viewing of Wednesday’s practice due to tendinitis in his right shoulder, via @jamisonhensley.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 11, 2023
Neither quarterback played in the Week 18 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, leaving Anthony Brown to make the first start of his NFL career.
It didn’t go well for him. Brown completed just 43.18% of his passes against the Bengals while throwing a pair of interceptions.
At this point, it doesn’t seem likely that Jackson will suit up this weekend. Even if he does, there will definitely be some rust for him to deal with after not even practicing for more than a month and jumping back in after just a couple of days of practice.
Huntley doesn’t give the Ravens a very good chance of getting the win after the team failed to score more than 17 points in any game he started.
However, he still gives the Ravens a much better chance than Brown based on what we saw from him in Week 18.
The Baltimore Ravens are going to need some positive news over the next couple of days if they are going to have a chance of pulling off the upset in Cincinnati on Sunday.