Lamar Jackson cleared for “playoff game” as Ravens host Steelers

The Baltimore Ravens volition person Lamar Jackson connected the tract Sunday. The backmost practiced afloat connected Friday and is acceptable to commencement against the Pittsburgh Steelers aft an ankle contented successful midweek.

"I consciousness beauteous good," Jackson said aft practice.

Baltimore and Pittsburgh are some 6-6, with the victor taking power of the AFC North race. Team estimates accidental the Ravens’ playoff likelihood emergence with a triumph and autumn with a loss. Jackson is framing it successful elemental terms. "Right now, for the concern we're in, it's decidedly a playoff crippled for us," helium said.

Form concerns conscionable a accidental to reset

Jackson reaches this crippled successful a agelong of his career. The two-time MVP has missed a signifier successful 4 consecutive weeks due to the fact that of issues including genu soreness and a toed problem. During that spell helium has gone 3 games without a touchdown, the longest drought of his 8 NFL seasons.

He says helium is focused connected results alternatively than statistics. "If I'm not scoring a touchdown, but we're winning, who tin beryllium huffy astatine a win," Jackson said. "I'm [only] huffy astatine the losses."

There has been scrutiny of his production. His ratio numbers and passing yards per crippled person dipped, and helium is moving little than successful erstwhile years, which is notable for the NFL’s astir prolific rushing quarterback.

Jackson’s reply is to spot what brought him here. "I conscionable enactment the course," helium said. "I don't alteration up anything. I inactive conscionable beryllium [myself] astatine the extremity of the day, and conscionable bash what I'm expected to do, bash my job."

Criticism of his elusiveness has followed him onto societal media. Jackson does not program to fto that sound specify him. "There's ever going to beryllium noise," helium said. "I consciousness similar astir of america NFL players are built disconnected sound -- a small adversity, a small rivalry, the small tactics they effort to bash -- but I don't interest astir it. I play football."