OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Baltimore Ravens had been fined $100,000 on Friday for violating the league’s harm report coverage by incorrectly itemizing quarterback Lamar Jackson’s follow participation final week.
Baltimore averted dropping a draft decide as a result of the league decided the violation was the results of negligence and never an try to achieve a aggressive benefit.
The Ravens won’t attraction the tremendous.
Shortly after the NFL’s announcement, the Ravens wrote in an announcement: “It’s vital that the Baltimore Ravens all the time function with integrity and in full accordance with NFL tips. We clearly made an error relating to participant harm reporting and cooperated transparently with the league’s investigation. We settle for the choice by the NFL that we violated the coverage and have taken steps to make sure that we shall be compliant transferring ahead.”
In keeping with a league supply, the Ravens cooperated totally with the investigation. If the investigation had decided the violation was intentional or aggressive in nature, the self-discipline would have been extra important, together with the potential lack of draft picks, the supply added.
The self-discipline stems from the Ravens itemizing Jackson as a full participant for an Oct. 24 follow the place he solely ran the scout group. Baltimore then modified Jackson’s follow participation to restricted a day later whereas additionally ruling him out.
The NFL harm report coverage states: “Participation on the scout group, irrespective of how in depth, by a participant whose regular repetitions can be with the starter however for his medical situation, wouldn’t alter the participant’s correct designation as “restricted participation.”
Jackson, who was coping with a proper hamstring harm, had been listed as a restricted participant for practices on Wednesday and Thursday for the week main as much as the Ravens’ recreation towards the Chicago Bears. When he was upgraded to a full participant on that Friday – which was the final full follow of the week – it urged that the two-time NFL Most Helpful Participant was trending towards taking part in.
After altering Jackson’s follow participation final week, the Ravens defined in an announcement that they made the choice to take action “upon additional analysis at the moment and after conferring with the league workplace, as a result of Lamar did not take any starter reps in follow.”
Filling in for the injured Jackson, Tyler Huntley led the Ravens to a 30-16 win over the Bears on Sunday. After the sport, Ravens coach John Harbaugh stated the violation of the NFL’s harm report coverage was “an sincere mistake.”
Bears coach Ben Johnson would not say how a lot the Ravens’ change in Jackson’s follow participation standing impacted Sunday’s recreation.
“Like I stated early within the week, we had been making ready for Lamar,” Johnson stated, “after which once we discovered he wasn’t taking part in, then we prepare for the subsequent man.”