Harbaugh Says Jaire Alexander's Return Could Be 'Much Sooner Rather Than Later'
Jaire Alexander was inactive Sunday against the Browns after playing in Week 1 and practicing all week leading up to Sunday's game. The decision was made to give Alexander more time to ramp up after missing a month of training camp managing his knee.
Harbaugh said Alexander could return to face the Lions, but the Ravens want to see what transpires this week.
"I wish it was really black and white, but I think he'll be out there soon," Harbaugh said. "It could be as early as this week. But it's going to be when you can see that he's right, to just play like top-level Jaire."
Harbaugh has confidence in the Ravens' depth at cornerback until Alexander is ready.
"That's almost a great problem to have, that you don't have to force a player out there," Harbaugh said. "That's a tough injury he had last year. He's been rehabbing that thing in the offseason. He ended up rehabbing it for about three or four weeks in training camp, [with] no practice. That was probably the toughest part.
"It's good now. We'll just see practice. He and I will sit down and talk about it, and we'll get him out there just as soon as we can. But I think it's going to be real soon, much sooner rather than later. Maybe it will be this week."