Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson ‘has a chance’ of playing this week despite injury, coach says

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson hasn’t been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers even though he didn’t practice all week with a sprained right ankle and is officially listed as questionable.

“I’d say he has a chance [of playing Sunday],” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said about Jackson’s availability after Friday’s practice. “It’s just one of those things where it’s an ankle sprain where if he starts feeling good and we’ll check him out prior to pregame … and we’ll see where we’re at. But if not, we’ve got Tyler [Huntley] and he’ll be ready to go also.”

Jackson has never missed a game because of injury in his four-year NFL career, a streak which has never been more in jeopardy than now. This marked the first time an injury has sidelined Jackson for an entire week of practice. He was unable to participate Friday, when Baltimore held a walkthrough.

Harbaugh said Jackson’s ankle has improved and reiterated that it’s not a major injury. The Ravens injury report will come Friday afternoon.

If Jackson can’t play, Huntley would make his second career start, and recently added Josh Johnson would become the primary backup. Huntley led a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter to help Baltimore win at Chicago 16-13 four weeks ago, when he filled in for an ill Jackson. He then nearly rallied the Ravens from a 21-point deficit Sunday in Cleveland.

Huntley has taken the first-team reps all week in practice.

“It put me on a good track,” Huntley said.

Jackson has only missed three games in his career, getting sidelined twice by illness (including COVID-19 last year) and sitting out the 2019 season finale after Baltimore had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

This season, he has been listed as questionable three previous times. Jackson had an illness in Week 3 and a sore back in Week 4, but he played both times. In Week 11, he was added to the injury report a day before the game against the Bears and was a game-day…