Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson practiced Thursday as his team prepares to play the Bears on Sunday in Baltimore.
Jackson, who has missed the past two games because of a hamstring problem, returned to practice for the first time this month on Wednesday. Coach John Harbaugh wouldn’t put a percentage on his likelihood to play, nor would he say whether he’d use backup Cooper Rush or Tyler Huntley in his place. Rush started the last two games, though Huntley replaced him last week.
The Ravens listed Jackson as limited both Wednesday and Thursday.
Asked Thursday whether the Bears would try to make Jackson run side-to-side instead of straight upfield, defensive coordinator Dennis Allen smiled.
“I’d rather him just stand there,” he said. “There’s a lot of challenges that go along with that. You can get so paralyzed in terms of not wanting this guy to be a runner and now all of a sudden you have nothing in terms of a rush and he’s able to stand back there all day and throw the ball.
“It’ll be a challenge for us in terms of how we have to rush him. Not only how we have to play him from a passing game standpoint, but how we have to play him in the run game. There’s a lot to contest with there.”
While Smith should’ve been a Bears cornerstone and has been an All-Pro selection three times for the Ravens, Edmunds is having a better season and chipping away at the gap between them.
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The Ravens running back averaged 73.2 rushing yards per game, which ranks ninth in the NFL but is still about 40 yards below last year’s mark.
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The Bears have scored touchdowns on only 30.7% of their trips inside the opposing 20-yard line the last three weeks, the third-worst mark in the NFL during that span.
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