Still no clarity on Jackson's return after Ravens' loss
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - It feels as if every 週末 follows a familiar pattern for the Baltimore Ravens these days.
They play a hard-fought, low-得点する／非難する／２０ing game in which touchdowns are 不十分な. いつかs they 勝利，勝つ, いつかs they lose - and there's never any more clarity on when Lamar Jackson might be 支援する.
Coach John Harbaugh said Monday he doesn't know if Jackson will practice this week, and time suddenly isn't on Baltimore's 味方する. The Ravens are 長，率いるd to the プレーオフs, but their 16-13 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday night only 増強するd what has become obvious: They could really use Jackson, and he'll probably need to play his 絶対の best to make this 罪／違反 効果的な.
Jackson has 行方不明になるd four straight games with a 膝 傷害 and hasn't practiced at all in that （期間が）わたる. Even if the 星／主役にする quarterback returns by the team's first プレーオフ game, there are now real questions about whether he'll have enough time to work his way 支援する to 100% by then.
"I just can't think about that," Harbaugh said. "I'm just going to listen to the doctors and to Lamar, and we're 用意が出来ている."
The Ravens' status in the AFC North race is up in the 空気／公表する. Cincinnati went into Monday night's game against Buffalo with a chance to clinch the 分割, but that game was 一時停止するd after 法案s safety Damar Hamlin 崩壊（する）d on the field and was 入院させるd in 批判的な 条件. When or if those teams would return to the field was not immed iately （疑いを）晴らす.
Pittsburgh Steelers running 支援する Najee Harris (22) makes a catch for a touchdown over Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith (18) in the second half of an NFL football game in Baltimore, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Baltimore (10-6) is scheduled to end the 正規の／正選手 season at Cincinnati next 週末, in a game that would decide the AFC North if the Bengals lost to Buffalo. But that 明白に wasn't the main 焦点（を合わせる） Monday night.
"We 申し込む／申し出 our 祈りs and 井戸／弁護士席 wishes to Damar Hamlin and his family," the Ravens tweeted.
WHAT'S WORKING
It's hard to put too much 非難する on the 弁護, which has held seven of its past eight 対抗者s to 16 points or より小数の. The Ravens 許すd a last-minute touchdown to Pittsburgh, but that was the first TD 譲歩するd at home by Bal timore since Oct. 23.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
不快な／攻撃 balance has been poor for a while, with the passing game sputtering, but Harbaugh was also unhappy with the 配当 of carries between J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards.
Dobbins had 93 yards on 17 試みる／企てるs, while Edwards had three carries for 2 yards.
"I wasn't happy about that, in all honesty. Gus should have played more," Harbaugh said. "We should have had him out there more. Really no excuse for that."
STOCK UP
星／主役にする tight end 示す Andrews had 傷害 problems earlier this season, but he looks healthy with the プレーオフs approaching. He caught nine passes for 100 yards in his most 生産力のある 遠出 in more than two months.
"We´re a dangerous team, and I know there´s a 解雇する／砲火／射撃 in this group," Andrews said after the game. "There´s 解雇する／砲火／射撃 today, and I don´t think the 得点する／非難する／２０ 示すs that, but we´ll be alright."
STOCK DOWN
The Ravens mostly kept Pittsburgh out of the end zone, but they did 許す 198 yards 急ぐing. Najee Harris, with 111, became the first player to run for 100 against Baltimore this season.
"That was not what we 推定する／予想するd," Harbaugh said. "We're better than that. There's no question about it. It wasn´t any one thing. It was just not 存在 やめる up to 基準 across the board probably. Guys were fighting, and there was 成果／努力."
INJURIES
T Morgan Moses 負傷させるd his biceps, but Harbaugh said he didn't think it was serious. He also said he thinks DE Calais Campbell (膝) and CB Marcus Peters (calf) have a chance to play this week.
KEY NUMBER
2 - The number of 歓迎会s by Baltimore wide re ceivers Sunday. It's a problem that hasn't gotten any better, and there's only so much the tight ends and running 支援するs can do in the passing game to （不足などを）補う for it.
NEXT STEPS
The Ravens lost their previous trip to Cincinnati 41-21 in 2021, 許すing Joe Burrow to throw for 525 yards. But in the first 会合 this season, Baltimore won 19-17 at home.
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