During the past two weeks, Lamar Jackson has not been a full practice participant. John Harbaugh told us all that Lamar was simply getting some rest – something that all teams allow for veterans in-season. The designation for such rest is “NIR”, not injury related. Yet beside Lamar’s name on the injury report, sat the designation “back/knee”. The Ravens would offer no further explanation on the official designation. Harbaugh would provide no additional insight for the man at the end of the bar.
But as more games are properly recorded in the history book of the 2024 season, as more games go by where the Ravens defense looks more and more like the broken squad that patrolled Memorial Stadium in the late 90’s, it becomes increasingly clear why Lamar had the words back/knee beside his name.