Ravens explain they changed Lamar Jackson’s practice status

The Ravens apparently made a mistake over Lamar Jackson’s Friday practice status.

Following the practice, Baltimore initially listed Jackson — who has been sidelined by a right hamstring injury — as a full participant, but changed it Saturday to say he was limited after consulting with the league.

He was officially ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Bears.

“Lamar Jackson was present for and participated fully in our entire Friday practice ahead of Sunday’s game against the Bears,” the Ravens said in a statement Saturday. “Upon further evaluation today and after conferring with the league office, because Lamar didn’t take starter reps in practice, we updated our report to reflect his practice participation.”

Since Jackson, 28, was taking reps with the practice squad — as apposed to the starters — the Ravens listing him as a full participant is a violation of the NFL’s injury report.

“A player who participates in individual drills, but for medical reasons does not take his normal repetitions during the team portion of practice and is assigned to the scout team should be listed as ‘Limited Participation,’” the NFL injury report rules state. “Participation on the scout team, no matter how extensive, by a player whose normal repetitions would be with the starters but for his medical condition, would not alter the player’s proper designation as ‘Limited Participation.’”

The NFL said it will investigate the matter, ESPN reported.

“The league will look into this,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said, per the outlet. “The league reviews any matter involving a change to a player’s status.”

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Jackson “plans to return” when the Ravens play the Dolphins on Thursday, according to NFL Network.

Before going down with the injury in late September, Jackson appeared en route to replicating his All-Pro 2024 season, throwing for 869 passing yards with 10 touchdowns through four games.

The Ravens have struggled with the absence of Jackson, putting up just 13 points across their past two games — losses against the Texans and Rams.

Tyler Huntley is expected to start Sunday in place of Cooper Rush, who struggled as Baltimore’s quarterback, throwing four interceptions in the two games.