downgraded to out<\/a> with a lingering ankle issue. It will be the third game missed due to the ankle sprain.<\/p>\nThe Ravens could have let the uncertainty ride until Sunday, since they\u2019re playing at home. Players listed as questionable often aren\u2019t downgraded on a Saturday unless they play for the road team and don\u2019t travel with the team.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Jackson expressed optimism that he\u2019d be able to face the Bengals.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, I\u2019m heading in the right direction,\u201d Jackson said. He added that pain, not swelling, was the biggest lingering problem. <\/p>\n
Jackson said it doesn\u2019t hurt when he walks, but that the pain increases when he runs. He explained that trying to play through the pain would only hurt the team\u2019s effort to win.<\/p>\n
Jackson confirmed that he has a high-ankle sprain, contrary to some of the reporting that described it as something other than that. Typically, a high-ankle sprain requires more time to heal, and it does indeed create more intense and more persistent pain.<\/p>\n
He also said that he could know on Saturday whether he\u2019ll be able to play, and that he otherwise has a \u201cgrace period\u201d until Sunday. The Ravens decided based on what they know as of Saturday to not wait another day before making it official that Jackson won\u2019t play.<\/p>\n
The team is 3-1 with Jackson starting, and 1-1 without him. Now at 4-2, they face the 3-2 Bengals on Sunday with Huntley getting his third straight start.<\/p>\n
The Ravens face the Bills in Buffalo next Sunday, followed by a Thursday night home game against the Jaguars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ravens will turn to quarterback Tyler Huntley once again. On Saturday, quarterback Lamar Jackson was downgraded to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-939623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}