The Baltimore Ravens have dealt with a massive amount of injuries so far during their 2021 training camp. However, none have been as scary as the situation surrounding Mark Andrews during Thursday’s joint practice with the Carolina Panthers.
Andrews began to deal with serious cramps, and an ambulance was brought over to where the tight end was.
Mark Andrews has had serious cramping. They’ve been treating him for a while.
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) August 19, 2021
Was a scary scene with Mark Andrews. They brought him under tent, ambulance down to side of field. Seems like situational has settled down.
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) August 19, 2021
Ravens TE Mark Andrews was not hospitalized after his severe cramping bout, despite the arrival of a couple ambulances at practice.
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) August 19, 2021
Ravens TE Mark Andrews, who was dealing with cramps, is being treated on site. He was not transported to the hospital.
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) August 19, 2021
Ravens spokesperson says Mark Andrews was not hospitalized & returned to the hotel in the team bus.
— Mark Viviano (@MarkWJZ) August 19, 2021
Luckily, Andrews didn’t go to the hospital and returned with the team to their hotel. The tight end has Type-1 diabetes, so it was a scary sequence to have him be in a great deal of pain with an ambulance needing to be called. It was a very hot and humid day on Thursday in South Carolina, which is where the Ravens currently are during their joint practices. Head coach John Harbaugh commented on Andrews’ status after practice.
Coach Harbaugh said that TE Mark Andrews dealt with cramping during today's practice. pic.twitter.com/IPntdxQnmG
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) August 19, 2021
Guard Kevin Zeitler also spoke about Andrews and his injury scare, saying that he trusts the doctors to “get him right”.
“It’s always unfortunate. Camp – it’s a hard time, and down here in South Carolina, it’s hot as heck. But it does show one thing: he worked his ass off down here. He wasn’t worried about it, and I trust the doctors and everyone to get him right.”
If everything checks out with Andrews, he could end up playing for a series or two against the Carolina Panthers on Saturday. However, it wouldn’t be shocking for the Ravens to take the cautious approach and rest him just incase. It’s a relief to know that nothing serious happened, and hopefully he can return to the field as soon as possible.
