The Ravens are likely to be without their top cornerback for Sunday’s AFC North showdown against the Browns in Cleveland.
Marlon Humphrey, who did not practice for a third straight day Friday because of a knee injury, was listed as doubtful for the game. He suffered the injury late in the second quarter of Baltimore’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night and did not return.
Humphrey leads the Ravens (5-2) with a career-high four interceptions this season and is coming off having two last week.
Baltimore will be without rookie running back Rasheen Ali (ankle) and rookie cornerback T.J. Tampa (ankle), neither of whom practiced Friday and were ruled out.
Several other players, meanwhile, were listed as questionable, including wide receiver Zay Flowers (ankle), who returned to practice after being absent the past two days with an ankle injury. The 2023 first-round draft pick suffered the injury Monday night, though he finished the game.
Flowers leads the Ravens in catches (34) and receiving yards (412) and has one touchdown.
Also questionable for Baltimore are cornerback Nate Wiggins (shoulder/illness) and defensive tackle Travis Jones (ankle). Both were limited at Friday’s practice. Cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis (hamstring) was limited as well and likewise listed as questionable. Defensive back Arthur Maulet, who missed the first seven games after arthroscopic knee surgery and a subsequent hamstring injury, will make his season debut.
As for the Browns, they’ll be without running back Jerome Ford (hamstring), safety Ronnie Hickman (ankle), linebacker Jordan Hicks (elbow/triceps) and left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. (knee). Guard Wyatt Teller (knee) is questionable.
With Wills sidelined, the Browns (1-6) will again have to shuffle the offensive line and coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed one option is sliding right tackle Dawand Jones to the left side.
Jones started the first five games at right tackle as Jack Conklin worked his way back from reconstructive knee surgery. Conklin, a two-time All-Pro, was hurt in last year’s season opener and returned to the lineup two weeks ago.
The Browns are expected to get back Teller, who missed the past four games with a knee injury. One of the league’s best run blockers, Teller was designated to return from injured reserve and practiced all week.
That’s good news for Cleveland’s league-worst offense and quarterback Jameis Winston, who will make his first start this week after Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury last week. Watson is scheduled to have surgery Friday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Stefanski said second-year QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson will back up Winston against the Ravens. Thompson-Robinson came in after Watson got hurt and injured the middle finger on his throwing hand on a sack. The Browns signed QB Bailey Zappe earlier this week off Kansas City’s practice squad.
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