Lamar Jackson doubtful for Saturday's critical Packers-Ravens game; Jordan Love, Malik Willis both questionable
There's more bad news for a Baltimore Ravens team that's fighting for its playoff life.
Lamar Jackson is listed as doubtful for Saturday's game against the Green Bay Packers with the back injury that sidelined him for the second half of last week's loss to the New England Patriots.
The Ravens announced Jackson's status on Thursday, listing him as doubtful after he didn't participate in practice for a third straight session since sustaining the injury. Jackson's status leaves Tyler Huntley in position to make his second start of the season against Green Bay.
Ravens' outside shot at making playoffsThe Ravens enter Saturday's game as a long shot to make the playoffs at 7-8. But they have a chance. They need to win their last two games against the Packers and Steelers. They also need the 9-6 Steelers to lose their last two games against the Browns and them in order to overtake Pittsburgh for the AFC North title. The Ravens don't have a path to earning a wild-card bid.
If the Steelers beat the Browns on Sunday, the Ravens will be eliminated from the playoffs, and their season finale against Pittsburgh would be irrelevant. So the Ravens will obviously go into Saturday's game motivated to win.
Beating a motivated Packers team that has an outside shot of winning the NFC North won't be easy if Jackson can't go. But the Packers are dealing with their own quarterback concerns.
Jordan Love remains in concussion protocol with a concussion sustained in last week's loss to the Chicago Bears. The Packers listed him as questionable on Thursday. He'll need to pass concussion protocol to be cleared to play against Baltimore.
His backup, Malik Willis, is also questionable with an undisclosed illness and a right shoulder injury. Willis returned to practice in a limited capacity on Thursday after missing Wednesday's session with the illness.
If neither quarterback can play, the Packers will likely be left to elevate Clayton Tune off the practice squad to start against the Ravens. Tune is a third-year pro who's thrown 23 NFL passes and has thrown just two passes since the 2023 season. He hasn't played in 2025.
The 9-5-1 Packers are in position to clinch a playoff berth and have an outside shot of overtaking the 11-4 Chicago Bears for the NFC North title if they win out and the Bears lose their remaining two games against the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions. The Packers will close their season against the Minnesota Vikings after facing the Ravens.