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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson returns from a hamstring damage that has sidelined him since Week 4 as his crew takes on the Dolphins in Miami on “Thursday Night time Soccer.”
Comply with alongside beneath for play-by-play updates, evaluation, response and extra from our crew of reporters at The Athletic.
Ravens coaches and gamers got here away impressed with the physicality the Dolphins performed with Sunday of their victory over the Falcons. That manifested itself most in Miami out-gaining the Falcons, 141-45, on the bottom. The Ravens performed arguably their most bodily sport of the season, too, in beating the Bears.
Thursday evening soccer video games, notably for highway video games, could be a slog. Profitable the road of scrimmage feels crucial for the Ravens in the event that they’re going to come back out of South Florida with the win. Getting the run sport going can be a great way to assist Lamar Jackson ease his means again in after lacking greater than a month.
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The Ravens not have the last-ranked protection within the NFL, nor do they rank thirty second in any of the key defensive classes. No one within the Ravens locker room is celebrating that or the truth that they’ve held two fairly good offensive groups, the Rams and Bears, to 33 whole factors over the previous two video games. Baltimore nonetheless has issues about making a cross rush and forcing turnovers.
Nevertheless, they’re additionally cautiously optimistic in regards to the enhancements they’ve made with center linebacker Roquan Smith again wholesome and security Kyle Hamilton taking part in nearer to the road of scrimmage. Zach Orr’s group must discover a means tonight to disrupt Tua Tagovailoa and get off the sphere on third down.
Lamar Jackson did every thing within the days main as much as this sport and had no damage designation on the ultimate damage report. Nonetheless, on account of the quick week, the Ravens had just one full observe in preparation for tonight, that means Jackson’s time with the first-team offense has been extraordinarily restricted. He’s been out for greater than a month with the fitting hamstring pressure, so some rust feels inevitable. Nevertheless, Jackson loves the prime-time stage and he cherishes alternatives to play close to his hometown. He insists that he’s able to return in midseason type, however there will likely be loads of angst about how he’ll look and maintain up health-wise.
The Ravens will attempt to do one thing tonight that they haven’t accomplished all 12 months: win two straight video games. Listed below are three issues I’ll be watching because the Ravens tackle the Dolphins in primetime at Onerous Rock Stadium.
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As soon as upon a Thursday dreary, below floodlights vibrant and cheery, the pocket narrows, corners tremble, and the gang turns into a single roar. Snap and thunder make the reply: rely the yardage, write the rating. Quoth Lamar, one play extra. Quoth Tua, one play extra.
Hexes and curses can wait; begin with the scoreboard. Final week, the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins each acquired much-needed wins. The Ravens smothered the Chicago Bears 30-16, with 177 dashing yards, zero turnovers and two Derrick Henry touchdowns. In the meantime, the Dolphins dominated the Atlanta Falcons 34-10. Tua Tagovailoa threw 4 touchdowns, Miami ran 37 instances for 141 yards and the protection held Atlanta to 213 yards (45 dashing). With Tyreek Hill shelved, the explosives shift to Jaylen Waddle and second-year receiver Malik Washington.
However the Dolphins aren’t so fortunate. They’re sitting at 1 % in the playoff simulator heading into tonight’s sport.
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Even sitting at simply 2-5, the Ravens have a 57 % likelihood to make the playoffs, in accordance with The Athletic’s NFL playoff simulator. The Ravens’ possibilities of successful the AFC North are at 59 %.
Welcome to the Opening Line, the place we have a look at methods to have somewhat enjoyable whereas figuring out intriguing early wagers on the upcoming week’s NFL motion. The Multivariate Algorithm Deducing Each Final Payday (MADE UP) stayed scorching, going 4-1 per week after going 4-0.
I think about sorting by the nonsense on this column solely to seek out out it has not too long ago been selecting winners causes readers to resemble Michael Strahan reacting to Terry Bradshaw on the FOX pregame show. Certainly it should revert to the imply quickly, however within the meantime, somebody get me Andy Reid’s quantity as a result of Papa wants new pigs!
Now, let’s strive to not get slaughtered in Week 9…
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Sunday’s 30-16 victory over the Chicago Bears not solely stored the Baltimore Ravens within the playoff combine, nevertheless it despatched a subdued message to basic supervisor Eric DeCosta. The Ravens may ship a louder one with a win on Thursday over the Miami Dolphins.
Regardless of their litany of points over the primary two months of the season, the Ravens have constantly expressed confidence that they’ll flip issues round, that higher days are forward and that their season objectives are inside attain. They imagine their stable effort Sunday behind backup quarterback Tyler Huntley was the beginning of that turnaround.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – With Lamar Jackson again from a three-game absence with a proper hamstring pressure and Tyler Huntley entrenched because the crew’s No. 2 quarterback, veteran Cooper Rush is the Ravens' emergency No. 3 quarterback for tonight's sport at Onerous Rock Stadium.
Rush began the primary two video games through which Jackson was sidelined and he struggled, turning the ball over 5 instances. Huntley began Sunday in opposition to the Bears and led Baltimore to a 30-16 win. Jackson, who missed three whole video games with a proper hamstring pressure, returns tonight.
Cornerback Jaire Alexander, the veteran free agent acquisition, continues to battle to get on the sphere for the Ravens. He’s seen motion in simply two of the Ravens’ eight video games.
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Quarterback Lamar Jackson ran briskly out of the crew facility Tuesday and took his place with the Baltimore Ravens beginning offense for the start of observe.
This wasn’t like final week when Jackson moved methodically within the early levels of observe and largely hung again from fellow quarterbacks Tyler Huntley and Cooper Rush. Jackson now feels 100% and able to return to a crew that largely struggled in his absence.
The Ravens face the Miami Dolphins at Onerous Rock Stadium on Thursday in prime time, and for the primary time since Sept. 28, Jackson will likely be their beginning quarterback.
“Extraordinarily excited,” Jackson stated in his first feedback to reporters since he strained his proper hamstring within the second half of a Week 4 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. “Can’t wait to the touch the grass with my guys. It’s been some time.”
Learn extra on the Ravens quarterback beneath.
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Do the Baltimore Ravens nonetheless have hope to avoid wasting their season?
As a result of they’re the Ravens, my reply is: Completely. This franchise and head coach have a monitor file of taking part in significant video games in December and January, and with a transcendent participant like Lamar Jackson, there’s lots of inside perception that they will make a run and elevate when it issues. Shedding Sunday (with Tyler Huntley at QB) would have put Baltimore in a tenuous place. Now — starting tonight in Miami — the Ravens can envision a viable path to AFC North rivalry. They end the season in opposition to the Steelers in Pittsburgh. By then, we may be watching a pair of playoff groups vying for a division title.
Do the Baltimore Ravens nonetheless have hope to avoid wasting their season?
The Ravens are taking part in higher on protection, which is the place it’s all the time began for them. And so they have the potential to play higher nonetheless on that aspect of the ball. They’ve a stable roster and are effectively coached. It will likely be a shock in the event that they don’t proceed the turnaround. They’ll and may go on a tear in opposition to 5 consecutive opponents with sub-.500 data. Then they’ll have an opportunity to show themselves on the finish of the common season with video games in opposition to the Steelers, Bengals, Patriots, Packers and Steelers. If Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry play like they did a 12 months in the past, the Ravens will likely be within the playoff image.
Do the Baltimore Ravens nonetheless have hope to avoid wasting their season?
Sure. The Steelers dropping a sport in opposition to the Bengals on Thursday evening of Week 7 was enormous, after which the Ravens went and acquired a win with Tyler Huntley beginning at quarterback. The remainder of their schedule is favorable, and Lamar Jackson will likely be again. They appear to have discovered some issues on protection in the course of the bye week. I cherished the commerce for security Alohi Gilman. He’s a sensible DB who can play deep and permit Baltimore to maneuver Kyle Hamilton nearer to the road of scrimmage. The run protection seemed so much higher in opposition to a Bears crew that has been working wild over the previous couple of weeks. If Baltimore’s protection can no less than play at a median stage, the offense with Jackson can nonetheless be elite. With two video games in opposition to the Steelers left, the Ravens management their very own future. We’ll see how critical they’re tonight in opposition to a doubtlessly explosive Miami offense.
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(Editor’s observe: That is excerpted from Mike Sando’s Pick Six of Oct. 27, 2025.)
At about the identical time the NFL was producing a two-page memo to executives, head coaches, basic counsels and heads of participant engagement, the Baltimore Ravens had been itemizing two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson as “questionable” on their damage report.
It was customary protocol for an in-season Friday. It was additionally an invite to scandal, proper after federal authorities announced gambling charges in opposition to NBA coach Chauncey Billups, participant Terry Rozier and former participant and coach Damon Jones.
Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh stated it was an “trustworthy mistake” by the crew’s medical and public relations workers that led to incorrectly itemizing quarterback Lamar Jackson as a full participant on its damage report Friday.
The Ravens initially listed Jackson, who missed his third straight sport Sunday with a hamstring damage he suffered on Sept. 28, as a full participant on the sport’s ultimate damage report Friday. He was listed as questionable for the sport. On Saturday, the Ravens downgraded Jackson to out and clarified Friday’s damage report, saying the quarterback was restricted.
“That’s within the coaching room and PR and the opposite aspect — medical aspect,” Harbaugh stated of the error, which is topic to a league assessment. “It’s not within the soccer aspect. Nevertheless it’s an trustworthy mistake. It truly is an trustworthy mistake. I may inform you this: no person is making an attempt to cover something. There’s no benefit to be gained with that. He practiced; his standing is what it was. It was questionable.”
Seems to be just like the Dolphins coaches are free forward of tonight's sport.
