Ravens QB Lamar Jackson will miss his third straight game due to knee injury

Lamar Jackson will miss his third straight game when the Baltimore Ravens travel to Cleveland to face the Browns on Saturday.

The former MVP has been absent from practice this week as he recovers from the knee injury he sustained two weeks ago. Backup Tyler Huntley has participated in practice, despite being placed on concussion protocol after leaving Sunday’s win over the Pittsburgh Steelers following a blow to the head.

“As he goes through protocol, we’re allowed to do certain things,” offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Wednesday of Huntley. “He seemed great after the game, and once he clears that protocol, I think all the systems work.” Then we’ll just make some decisions after that.’

Lamar Jackson will miss his third straight game when the Baltimore Ravens travel to Cleveland to face the Browns on Saturday.

Baltimore Ravens backup quarterback Tyler Huntley is in line to start against Pittsburgh

The Ravens are currently tied with the Cincinnati Bengals at 9-4 atop the AFC North.

If Huntley and Jackson aren’t available for Saturday’s game in Cleveland, the Ravens would have to turn to rookie third-string Anthony Brown at quarterback.

Huntley passed for 88 yards and rushed for 31 against Pittsburgh after starting in place of Jackson. His skill set isn’t too dissimilar to Jackson’s, but Roman said he wants Huntley to be careful when taking big hits.

“We had a nice little chat about it, and it’s something he’s very aware of,” Roman said. ‘We have to do a much better job in that area, and we have to emphasize it more. He’s definitely more aware of it now.

Other than the players who were simply resting, Jackson was the only person on Baltimore’s injury report to miss practice entirely on Wednesday. Tackle Morgan Moses (knee), guard Kevin Zeitler (knee) and punt Jordan Stout (knee) were limited.

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson injured his knee after a sack by the Broncos’ Jonathon Cooper.