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The Athletic Football Show on Lamar Jackson

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You've got multiple centers on IR. You're going to probably be playing your backup quarterback for a couple of weeks just based off of some of the hinting and reporting around Lamar Jackson's ankle sprain.
Mentioned at 17:32 – 17:56

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Negative signalInjury

Ankle sprain sidelines Lamar for weeks; drove Ravens' Juergens trade urgency.

Suffered an ankle sprain; expected to miss a couple of weeks, forcing Baltimore to play backup quarterback; this injury context motivated the Ravens' aggressive trade for Cam Juergens to stabilize the offensive line during his absence.

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