The COVID-19 epidemic wreaked havoc on the Baltimore Ravens last week, and is now reported to have affected its best player. Thursday night, Ian Report of the NFL Network Reported that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for coronavirus. The Pittsburgh Steelers were due to face off on Thursday night, but the Ravens’ Covid-19 outbreak forced the league to reschedule the match. The decision was made with great care to ensure the health and safety of the players, coaches and sports-day staff and in consultation with medical experts. The current game is scheduled on Sunday at 1:15 p.m. ET and will be on NBC and will be broadcast nationally.
According to ESPN’s Adam Shafter, Four more Ravens players and one more staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 – which should include Jackson. While the game against the Steelers has already moved to Sunday, the chances of it playing are reportedly “rapidly declining.” Many Steelers players took to Twitter to resent the decision to reschedule the league’s original match, and one can only imagine how they would feel if the game was moved again.
Revenge is reportedly dealing with a number of positive COVID-19 tests between the players and staff, and it was already known that if the game were to be played on Thanksgiving, they would have Mark Ingram and JK Dobbins would be without his top two running backs. . Mike Gerafolo of the NFL Network Wednesday reported that the Ravens would also be severely limited on the offensive line if he actually played on Thursday. Dan Graziano of ESPN Reportedly, seven players tested positive before Thursday, including Pernell McPhee, Trace Maxorley, Matt Scura, Patrick McRae and Claes Campbell.
Baltimore has now lost two straight games, including a 30-24 overtime loss to the Tennessee Titans last Sunday. That loss puts them third behind AFC North behind the Cleveland Browns and Steelers, and this recent development certainly casts doubt on how they will position themselves in the next field.
