Lamar Jackson missed his second straight day of practice on Thursday while nursing the ankle injury that knocked him out of the second half of Week 4. The Ravens insist Jackson doesn't need to practice to play, but it hasn't looked great thus far.
With Jackson's status still up in the air for Sunday's game against the Falcons, offensive coordinator Declan Doyle is prepping two separate game plans. One for Jackson. Another for Tyler "Snoop" Huntley.
"You have to have this avenue of, if Snoop's going, this is the way I wanna call it, this is the direction I wanna go," Doyle said Thursday, via The Baltimore Sun. "And yet, if L's going …"
Huntley has shown an ability to manage the offense when Jackson has been out in the past, but doesn't bring the same explosive ability as either a passer or runner. If Huntley starts Week 5, it would be his fifth different season starting a game in place of the injured/resting Jackson (2021-23, 2025). Huntley went 2-0 in 2025 as the Ravens starter.
First-year coach Jesse Minter echoed Doyle's thoughts on the difference in the QBs.
"I mean, look, there is only one Lamar Jackson," Minter said this week. "I think Snoop as a backup quarterback in this league, and even as a starter at times, has shown the ability to come in and really kind of run the offense, make plays with his legs and be able to make plays on third down."
The Ravens have gone 6-11 in games Jackson has missed since his first full season as the starting QB in 2019.
Last week, when Huntley took over in the second half, the Ravens offense stalled out, generating 116 total yards on 28 plays. Huntley completed eight of nine passes but mustered only 63 yards in the conservative game plan.
With a full week to prep a plan for Huntley, the hope is the Ravens can find some explosives if Huntley starts.
"He has kind of got a really cool, good mentality to be that guy," Minter said of Huntley. "He does not really get bothered, and so he keeps a pretty cool head about himself. [He] does not feel pressure too much. And to me, when a guy is needed to go in there, and he has that type of mentality, that is what allows him to be successful."
Whether it's Jackson or Huntley, Derrick Henry should see a ton of totes, even against a Falcons defense that ranks No. 1 against the run through four games.
