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Another week and it appears like one other begin for Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley. With Lamar Jackson nonetheless sidelined from follow attributable to a knee harm, head coach John Harbaugh informed reporters Friday that it is a “honest assumption” that Huntley will get the nod when Baltimore hosts the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17. The Ravens made it official by ruling out Jackson for a fourth sport in a row.
Jackson has not practiced since struggling that knee harm within the first half of the Ravens’ Week 13 matchup with the Denver Broncos. Harbaugh did add that Jackson has been “progressing nicely” in his restoration.
With Baltimore beforehand clinching a playoff berth, it has taken a number of the urgency away from getting Jackson again onto the sphere. That stated, the group may pressure a winner-takes-all matchup for the AFC North with the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18 if they will beat Pittsburgh on Sunday night time.
Huntley shall be beginning his fourth consecutive sport for Baltimore and second towards the Steelers. The 24-year-old squared off towards Pittsburgh again in Week 14 and helped the membership to a 16-14 win.
“It’s nothing shocking might be the factor that almost all impresses me,” Harbaugh stated of Huntley managing the offense, through NFL.com. “He would not shock you as a result of he does in video games what he does in follow. It’s by no means too huge for him. He operates nicely, he makes performs whereas he is beneath strain, duress, he manages the conditions of video games nicely. I simply love the best way he performs the place. I believe he continues to enhance each time he goes out. It’s Tyler. We’re previous that. We’re not at ‘What surprises you? What impress you?’ We count on him to play nicely.”
The Ravens are 2-1 in Huntley’s earlier three begins. He additionally accomplished 27 of 32 for 187 yards, an interception and a speeding rating when he got here in beneath duress following Jackson’s harm in Week 13.
