The Ravens enter their wild-card round game at Cincinnati in a familiar position: weighing the absence of quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Though the quarterback’s knee injury sidelined him for the final five games of the regular season, he was expected to return for Baltimore’s postseason. That may no longer be the case.
“Lamar Jackson faces an uphill battle to be able to get out on the field, in the playoffs against the Cincinnati Bengals,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said on Wednesday. “He’s working, he’s trying, he’s rehabbing but the knee is just not quite right.