The Baltimore Ravens have been busy preparing for 2021 training camp. Their first full team practice will take place on July 28th, but some players won’t be on the field due to previous injuries that they suffered last season and are still recovering from.
On Thursday, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic shared that according to Thursday’s transaction notice, Baltimore had placed four of their players on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.
Per today's transaction notice, the Ravens placed TE Nick Boyle (knee), LT Ronnie Stanley (ankle), ILB Otaro Alaka (knee) and CB Iman Marshall (knee) on the active PUP list. They can come off at any time when they're ready to practice.
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) July 22, 2021
The placement of Boyle, Stanley, Alaka and Marshall on the list doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Back in June, head coach John Harbaugh said that they “might” be ready for the first day of training camp when asked about the health of the injured players by Jonas Shaffer of The Baltimore Sun.
When I asked John Harbaugh in June about the recovering Ravens' chances of practicing on Day 1 of training camp, he said they "might" be ready. But …
"We might want to wait a couple of days and get them moving around and doing football things to make sure."
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) July 22, 2021
All four players that Baltimore placed on the list suffered a major injury at some point during 2020. Marshall was hurt in training camp, while the others got hurt during the regular season.
In being placed on the Active/PUP list, a player can start practicing immediately after they’re activated.
