John Harbaugh Addresses Lamar Jackson Practice Designation Controversy

After nan Ravens hit nan Bears connected Sunday, coach John Harbaugh was forced to reside nan contention complete Lamar Jackson's believe nickname connected Friday.

The NFL is presently investigating nan Ravens aft they listed Jackson arsenic a afloat subordinate successful believe connected Friday erstwhile he should person been designated arsenic "limited" because he didn't return reps pinch nan first-string offense. The squad yet ruled its backmost retired for Week 8.

After Baltimore's 30-16 triumph complete Chicago, Harbaugh claimed it was an honorable mistake.

"I’m not progressive successful those rules," he said. "I don’t cognize those peculiar rules. That was probably, I deliberation successful their defense, you know, he practiced a afloat practice. I deliberation they felt like, because he did nan aforesaid number of reps, it was a afloat practice. But erstwhile you excavation successful and you publication nan rule, astatine nan extremity of nan day, it wasn’t right. So that’s what it was. That’s why arsenic soon arsenic we recovered out, we changed it."

Harbaugh continued by saying nan training unit is successful complaint of those designations, and they don't travel from nan "football side" of things. Then said, "It's an honorable mistake. I mean, it really is an honorable mistake."

He added that location was nary advantage to beryllium gained from nan situation.

It will beryllium up to nan NFL to find if it was conscionable a correction aliases not. If nan convention rules against nan Ravens, it could consequence successful fines and moreover mislaid draught picks.

Jackson has been retired since Week 4 owed to a hamstring injury, and his squad desperately misses nan two-time MVP. Backup Tyler Huntley led Baltimore to its triumph complete nan Bears and nan squad improved to 2-5 pinch nan victory.

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