Lamar Jackson was not close to playing Sunday against the Chicago Bears, as Head Train John Harbaugh shed light on the star quarterback's ailment after the team's 16-13 return win behind backup Tyler Huntley.
Harbaugh said Jackson was not pressing him to wear against the Bears.
" There was no way he might play. He understood it," Harbaugh claimed. "There was just no way he was going to have the ability to play.".
That decision had not been made until Sunday early morning, however, at the final thought of a strange week of injuries-- even by the Ravens' 2021 standards.
Jackson missed Wednesday as well as Thursday's practices yet returned Friday and seemed prepared to go. Jackson informed reporters he was "really feeling wonderful" on Friday.
Yet on Saturday, Jackson woke up ill once more. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey stated Jackson was "snuggled in a round" on the flight to Chicago as well as was so out of it that he didn't even realize when the plane had landed.
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The Ravens still held out hope that Jackson would certainly really feel better on Sunday, however when he woke up, it was also worse.
" He simply got ill again. He kind of went right back to where he was on Tuesday and Wednesday with all the symptoms that he had," Harbaugh said.
" You have actually all been sick before. All the congestion and all the various other stuff that chooses it. He had it as well as he had it the other day. He had it on the plane. He really did not go to the meetings at night. We thought he would certainly get up this morning maybe feeling much better however he didn't; he felt even worse.".
Harbaugh claimed he obtained a text from Quarterbacks Coach James Urban early Sunday morning that "it wasn't excellent and also it really did not look great." Harbaugh remained hopeful, yet as Tyler Huntley was strolling to jump on the team bus leaving for Soldier Field, Jackson texted his back-up that he was out.
Even though he had actually seen exactly how negative Jackson was, Huntley was still amazed.
" Lamar, he's a challenging soldier, so I'm believing he's going to play no matter," Huntley said. "He could be fearing and also I feel like he's going to play.".
Harbaugh said Jackson will fly back with the team, but whatever he has is still a bit of an enigma.
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" They checked. There's no flu, there's no COVID, so I don't know," Harbaugh stated. "I'm sure if he doesn't clean up they'll keep screening, however I've reached believe it's going to clear up. We'll wish that. ... No one is going to get as well close to him would certainly be my guess.".
Jackson's health problem wasn't the only secret of the week. On Friday, cornerback Anthony Averett (thigh) was included in the injury record. Fellow cornerback Jimmy Smith appeared with a hip/neck injury. Neither had the ability to play against the Bears.
Wide receiver Marquise Brown (upper leg) remained two practices however returned Friday as well as was listed as questionable to play. He was strangely dismissed a day later.
" There's been so many crazy points occurring this year, nothing is actually too crazy. Yet today was actually unusual," Humphrey claimed. "One of the men that obtained hurt [in practice last week], I was standing appropriate beside him, and he just got injured. Literally, it simply felt like out of no place.
" All these game-time decisions ended up not going in our favor. So, it was certainly weird. It was very hard. Yet I assume once we reached pre-game, everyone kind of knew, 'Hey, this is that we've obtained, this is all we require.' And we went from there.".
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