We can all breathe a little easier right now. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was back on the practice field Friday after missing back-to-back practices this week.
Jackson was initially held out of Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury suffered at the tail end of Week 4’s game against the Washington Football Team. Then Jackson missed Thursday’s practice with an illness, prompting quite a bit of panic from Ravens fans. However, both the knee injury and illness appear to have been minor with Jackson’s return on Friday.
After being rather coy about Baltimore’s injury issues over the last few weeks, coach John Harbaugh offered some transparency about Jackson’s week.
“What happened was Wednesday, his knee just felt sore and he felt like he needed to try and rest it a bit. Between him, coach Roman, [quarterbacks coach James] Urban, and Ron Medlin our trainer felt like that was the best course.
“Then Thursday, he was ready to go but he got sick — his stomach was really bothering him so he had to go home. I don’t know if he ate something bad or what it was, but we all get something like that periodically.”
Though the Ravens haven’t released the official injury report for Friday and the game status for Week 5 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Harbaugh said Jackson is “good to go.”
