Ravens’ Harbaugh calls the mix-up over Jackson’s injury status an ‘honest’ mistake

BALTIMORE AP Baltimore coach John Harbaugh called his organization s injury list mix-up an honest mistake after the Ravens listed Lamar Jackson as a full participant in practice Friday then retroactively changed the designation to limited the following day Nobody s trying to hide anything Harbaugh noted after Baltimore s - win over Chicago on Sunday There s no advantage to be gained with that On Friday the Ravens listed Jackson as a full participant in practice and as questionable for Sunday s battle Then on Saturday Baltimore ruled Jackson out for Sunday and disclosed he d indeed been limited Friday The unit s explanation was that Jackson had practiced fully but that because he didn t take starter reps he should have been listed as limited The NFL explained it would look into the matter According to league guidelines full participation means of a participant s normal repetitions I m not involved in those rules I don t know those particular rules I think in their defense he practiced a full practice Harbaugh reported I think they felt like because he did the same number of reps it was a full practice but when you dig in and you read the rule at the end of the day it wasn t right As soon as we unveiled out we changed it Harbaugh was inquired who he was referring to as they in that comment That s in the training room and the PR and the other side he stated Harbaugh seemed unclear on what status designations are available I do think if we d had the old status maybe they would have explained doubtful Maybe I don t know he explained But questionable or out we weren t going to say out because he wasn t out until Saturday when that conversation was had on the anatomical side Doubtful is still a designation that can be used on the injury review Tyler Huntley ended up starting in Jackson s place and led the Ravens to their highest-scoring battle since Week the last time they had Jackson for a full match We perpetually prepare for Lamar Chicago coach Ben Johnson disclosed Then when we determined out he wasn t playing it was get ready for the next guy AP NFL https apnews com hub NFL Source