Sources: Lamar may miss Ravens' next 2 games

Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson whitethorn not play again until Christmas Eve arsenic helium continues to retrieve from a genu injury, league sources told ESPN.

Jackson is dealing with a sprained PCL, according to sources, an wounded that often sidelines players from 1 to 3 weeks.

The erstwhile league MVP is officially listed arsenic doubtful and is not expected to play Sunday against the AFC North rival Steelers, and it volition beryllium challenging for Jackson to instrumentality successful clip for adjacent week's crippled against the Browns, though the Ravens inactive are holding retired hope, according to sources.

Jackson's astir realistic instrumentality date, arsenic of Sunday, would beryllium Baltimore's Saturday day crippled connected Christmas Eve against the Falcons, according to sources. There besides is simply a beardown accidental Jackson volition not beryllium astatine afloat spot for the remainder of the regular season, astatine least.

Other players who person battled PCL sprains person struggled to regain their pre-injury signifier successful the clip soon aft their injury.

Cowboys moving backmost Ezekiel Elliott played done his sprained PCL past season, and was not the aforesaid player. Jets backmost Zach Wilson missed 4 games this play with a sprained PCL, and Cowboys choky extremity Dalton Schultz did not nutrient the mode helium had earlier helium injured a PCL earlier this season.

Jackson typically has been a speedy healer and played done different nagging injuries, but sources acquainted with this wounded judge it volition beryllium hard for the two-time Pro Bowler to beryllium the aforesaid benignant of unsafe and explosive backmost helium was earlier his injury.

For arsenic agelong arsenic Jackson is sidelined, the Ravens program to commencement backmost Tyler Huntley, who posted a 1-3 grounds past play erstwhile filling successful arsenic Baltimore's starting quarterback. The Ravens promoted backmost Anthony Brown from their signifier squad Saturday.

The Ravens importune the discourtesy doesn't alteration with Huntley, who is simply a dual-threat backmost similar Jackson. As a starter, Huntley has completed 64.7% of his passes for 772 yards with 2 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. He besides has rushed for 239 yards connected 38 carries, averaging 6.29 yards.

"The much reps [you get], the much assured a idiosyncratic feels," Huntley said this past week. "That plays a batch into it."

In the 10-9 triumph past Sunday implicit the Broncos, Huntley filled successful for Jackson for the last 3 quarters and ran successful the 2-yard winning touchdown with 28 seconds remaining.

ESPN's Jamison Hensley contributed to this report.