Buffalo Bills reveal their plan to try and shut down Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens
The Buffalo Bills may have found a former Baltimore Ravens player who they believe could help them in their upcoming AFC Divisional round game against them this weekend.
Earlier Wednesday afternoon, the Bills signed former Ravens quarterback Anthony Brown to their practice squad.
Although Brown hasn’t played with the Ravens since the 2022 season, he could still be useful to Buffalo’s game plan for the upcoming playoff game.
Brown, who played college football at Boston College and Oregon, is a mobile quarterback who can be used as a duplicate of Lamar Jackson during the Bills’ practices.
In the NFL, Brown has made just one start and two appearances. This came during a season where Jackson went down early due to injury.
His first appearance came after Baltimore’s then-backup Tyler Huntley went down with a concussion in Week 14 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Buffalo Bills have added former Baltimore Ravens QB Anthony Brown to their practice squad
Brown likely won’t play Sunday because both Josh Allen (above) and Mitch Trubisky are healthy
But Brown could be used in practices to emulate Ravens starting QB Lamar Jackson
Brown then started the Ravens’ regular season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals. His overall NFL stat line reads 22 completions on 49 attempts for 302 yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions, five sacks taken and one fumble.
Since leaving Baltimore, Brown has been on the practice squads of the Raiders, Bills and Cardinals in 2024 – before being re-signed to Buffalo’s practice squad today.
It’s not likely Brown will be named to the Bills’ gameday roster on Sunday – with no reported injuries to starting quarterback Josh Allen or backup Mitch Trubisky.
The Bills and Ravens have only met once in the playoffs, in the Divisional Round in the 2021 season.
There, Buffalo defeated Baltimore 17-3. They then lost 38-24 to the Kansas City Chiefs.
The two teams met earlier this year in Week 4 of the NFL season. Baltimore won that game 35-10 – with Jackson throwing for 156 yards and two touchdowns while running for 54 yards and one touchdown. By comparison, Allen only threw for 180 yards and ran for 21 yards while scoring no touchdowns.
The biggest threat the Ravens had that day was running back Derrick Henry, who torched the Bills defense for 199 yards and a touchdown.