Ravens QB Lamar Jackson absent at practice a day after returning from ankle injury

A time aft returning to practice, Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson was not contiguous for the information of Thursday’s league unfastened to reporters, a imaginable setback successful his betterment from an ankle injury.

Jackson was a constricted subordinate successful Wednesday’s practice, his archetypal since being carted disconnected the tract successful a Week 14 nonaccomplishment to the Cleveland Browns. But manager John Harbaugh had said earlier the signifier that helium was “really hopeful” Jackson would commencement successful Sunday’s fundamentally must-win crippled against the Los Angeles Rams.

Offensive coordinator Greg Roman acknowledged earlier signifier Thursday that the Ravens, losers of 4 consecutive games, didn’t cognize who their starting backmost would beryllium Sunday. He said the squad would “spread the reps around” this week to “be acceptable for anything.” Backup Tyler Huntley, who’s impressed successful 5 games this season, returned to signifier Thursday aft missing Sunday’s nonaccomplishment to the Cincinnati Bengals and Wednesday’s signifier portion connected the reserve/COVID-19 list.

“You evidently privation to get your starter the reps,” Roman said Thursday. “But erstwhile there’s a accidental that aggregate guys could play, you’ve got to commencement to consider: Should we springiness this feline immoderate reps? Can this feline grip each those reps? Are we amended disconnected benignant of putting him connected a transportation count, spreading them out?

“So I deliberation there’s decidedly immoderate options there, and arsenic unsocial arsenic these situations person been, they’ve been beauteous straightforward up until this point, due to the fact that we knew who our starter was going to be.”

Also absent Thursday were wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, choky extremity Nick Boyle (knee), near tackle Alejandro Villanueva, near defender Ben Powers (foot), close tackle Tyre Phillips (knee), antiaircraft tackle Brandon Williams, extracurricular linebacker Odafe Oweh (foot) and cornerback Anthony Averett (ribs/chest). Powers, Phillips, Oweh and Averett each missed Wednesday’s signifier arsenic well.

Along with Huntley and antiaircraft lineman Justin Madubuike (reserve/COVID-19 list), 4 Ravens returned to practice: wide receiver Devin Duvernay (knee), fullback Patrick Ricard (knee), wrong linebacker Malik Harrison (illness) and antiaircraft backmost Anthony Levine Sr. (knee).

Harbaugh is scheduled to talk to reporters Friday.