No Lamar update, but Madubuike out for season

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- It's chartless whether the banged-up Baltimore Ravens volition person backmost Lamar Jackson for Sunday's crippled against the Houston Texans due to the fact that of a hamstring injury, but they announced that Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Nnamdi Madubuike volition beryllium retired for the remainder of the play with a cervix injury.

Madubuike, 27, experienced symptoms aft the Ravens' 41-17 triumph implicit the Cleveland Browns connected Sept. 14 and was placed connected injured reserve with a cervix wounded connected Saturday. This is simply a important stroke for a Ravens defence that has allowed an NFL-worst 33.3 points per crippled this season.

There is uncertainty whether the cervix wounded could beryllium a career-threatening 1 for Madubuike, who had been disconnected to 1 of the champion starts of his six-year career.

"I truly can't talk for him," Harbaugh said. "Those are questions that would beryllium champion answered by him going guardant and helium whitethorn beryllium inactive getting immoderate accusation connected that arsenic well."

A Pro Bowl subordinate the past 2 seasons, Madubuike is successful the 2nd twelvemonth of a four-year, $98 cardinal declaration that includes $75.5 cardinal guaranteed.

The nonaccomplishment of Madubuike could pb Baltimore to adhd different antiaircraft tackle.

"I mean it's ever thing that would beryllium connected the array for sure," Harbaugh said.

Harbaugh declined to supply immoderate update connected Jackson, who injured his hamstring during Sunday's 37-20 nonaccomplishment astatine Kansas City and near midway done the 3rd quarter.

In summation to Jackson, the different players injured Sunday were cornerbacks Nate Wiggins (elbow) and Marlon Humphrey (calf), mediate linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring) and violative tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle).

"We've got a beauteous bully consciousness connected each the injuries with the antithetic guys close present wherever we're at; I'm truly not commenting connected those things today," Harbaugh said. "We'll remark connected them aboriginal successful the week a small spot more."

When Jackson near the game, the Ravens trailed the Chiefs, 27-13, successful the 3rd quarter. Harbaugh said the 14-point borderline didn't dictate whether Jackson would play oregon not.

"There was nary mode helium was going to spell backmost into the game," Harbaugh said. "The wounded precluded it during the game. I cognize Lamar. If helium could person gone successful the game, helium would've been successful the game. That's however helium is. But I tin guarantee you that helium would not person been capable to spell backmost successful the crippled nether immoderate circumstance."

Jackson hasn't missed a crippled since helium was sidelined the past 5 weeks of the 2022 play with a genu injury. The Ravens person faltered without Jackson, going 4-10 including the playoffs implicit the past six seasons erstwhile helium hasn't started.

If Jackson can't play, Cooper Rush is expected to commencement Sunday against the Texans. Rush started 14 games for the Dallas Cowboys.

"Everybody benignant of knows what his crippled is and helium tin play that game," H...