Get through the bye week. That was what every pundit, and even the Baltimore Ravens’ themselves, advertised. Sitting at 1-5 with a litany of injuries, the Ravens path to getting back in the AFC North race was Week 7’s precious time off. To get healthy and return QB Lamar Jackson, out since injuring his hamstring during a Week 4 loss. While Baltimore indeed has a healthier roster, it’s missing its most valuable player. Jackson will miss tomorrow’s game against the Chicago Bears as he continues to recover.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news Saturday afternoon.
More QB news: Ravens QB Lamar Jackson will miss his third straight game Sunday due to his hamstring injury and Ravens QB Tyler “Snoop” Huntley is set to start vs. the Bears, per league sources.
Jackson is expected to return from his hamstring injury Thursday night in Miami… pic.twitter.com/lNZ8mWXSCl
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 25, 2025
Jackson is expected back for Week 9’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, a short turnaround for a Thursday night contest.
The signs were already bubbling of Jackson missing another game. Held out Monday, limited Wednesday and Thursday, he practiced fully on Friday. But per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, that was only with the scout team, an indication Jackson wasn’t getting starting reps with the first-team offense and would miss Sunday’s contest.
As Schefter notes, Tyler “Snoop” Huntley will start. A change from the team’s original plan turning to Cooper Rush, who struggled during the Ravens’ two losses with him at the helm. Over that span, Baltimore posted just 13 combined points with Rush throwing zero touchdowns and four interceptions. Huntley will get the nod. The man who replaced Jackson during previously injury-marred seasons.
Ahead of the bye, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh painted a rosy picture of Jackson’s outlook. An expectation Jackson would return for the Bears game. And, as many analysts outlined, a chance to run the table and get back into the divisional race. Patient oddsmakers defied history and banked on a weaker division coupled with improving Baltimore health to close the gap on the division-leading Steelers. Many oddsmakers still have the Ravens as division-favorites.
Another loss to a hot-Chicago team should dash those embers. If Baltimore loses and drops to 1-6, any optimism would border on delusion. Since the league expanded to a 16-game season in 1978, 180 teams have begun a season 1-6 or worse. Only two of them finished with a winning record, the 2021 Miami Dolphins and 2022 Detroit Lions, and none of them made the postseason. Even in an AFC that looks comparatively weak to its NFC counterpart, the Ravens’ path shrivels up.
That’s without even considering what the Bears have done. Chicago has won four-straight games for the first time since 2018 under new head coach Ben Johnson and an offense that has come alive. The Bears rank 10th in scoring offense and defense settling in after a difficult start to the season.
Baltimore could still win. But it’s a lot harder than it was thought to be. And the Ravens’ plan of the bye week curing all the team’s problems are up in smoke. The Ravens will have to win without Lamar Jackson, something they’ve done little of throughout his career.
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