{"id":1288,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1288","headline":"Ravens still waiting on Lamar Jackson for Bills matchup","dek":"Head coach Jesse Minter says the quarterback is pushing to return from his high-ankle sprain but a decision likely won't come until Wednesday.","body":"Lamar Jackson's status for Baltimore's Week 8 game against the Bills remains up in the air. The quarterback looked like he was trending toward playing against the Bengals last week, only for the Ravens to downgrade him to out on Saturday, a surprising call given the team was playing at home.\n\nHead coach Jesse Minter addressed the situation in his Monday press conference, saying Jackson is \"working his butt off to be back and be out there.\" Minter noted Jackson got in a little bit of work toward the end of last week and should be in a decent spot, though he stopped short of any guarantee. \"We'll know a lot more on Wednesday,\" Minter said.\n\nThe injury is a high-ankle sprain, not something teams typically rush quarterbacks back from. There has also been reporting that the Ravens were caught off guard by Jackson's out designation before the Bengals game, adding another layer of uncertainty to how this week plays out.\n\nBaltimore will need clarity soon as it prepares for Buffalo, with Wednesday shaping up as the key checkpoint for Jackson's availability.","published_at":"2026-10-26T22:20:53.943122+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jesse Minter: Lamar Jackson is "working his butt off to be back"","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jesse-minter-lamar-jackson-working-194812744.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Jesse Minter: Lamar Jackson is \"working his butt off to be back\"","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jesse-minter-lamar-jackson-is-working-his-butt-off-to-be-back"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Would the Ravens be better with Lamar Jackson playing hobbled? Recent history says no","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7726069/2026/10/26/ravens-lamar-jackson-injury-bengals/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ravens QB Lamar Jackson’s Injury ‘Mystery’ Deepens After Another Loss","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ravens-qb-lamar-jackson-injury-031456497.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lamar Jackson will never win Super Bowl & he’s holding Ravens back","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lamar-jackson-never-win-super-110000674.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"With games against the Bills and Jaguars looming, the Ravens need Lamar Jackson","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/games-against-bills-jaguars-looming-133848904.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"With games against the Bills and Jaguars looming, the Ravens need Lamar Jackson","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/with-games-against-the-bills-and-jaguars-looming-the-ravens-need-lamar-jackson"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Fantasy Football Injury Update: Lamar Jackson Managers Receive Positive News Ahead of Showdown with Bills","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fantasy-football-injury-lamar-jackson-200932206.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Ravens have plenty of problems even if Lamar Jackson returns soon","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ravens-plenty-problems-even-lamar-221507392.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Adam Schefter’s latest Lamar Jackson update isn’t what Ravens fans want to hear","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/adam-schefter-latest-lamar-jackson-231313734.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lamar Jackson injury update Sparks hope for Ravens ahead of critical Bills game","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lamar-jackson-injury-sparks-hope-002519113.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ac6673/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F634%2F654%2Fnbc_pft_bengals_261026.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}