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Perfect Attendance Ends, But Ravens Are Still Very Healthy

The Ravens are on a two-game winning streak, Lamar Jackson is feeling good, and the entire team is healthy.

That's a good place to be as the Ravens prepare to fly to Minnesota in Week 10, when most teams are dealing with a laundry list of injuries.

Baltimore has had a clean bill of health all week. Every player on the 53-man roster practiced fully on Wednesday and Thursday.

The perfect attendance streak was broken Friday, as left tackle Ronnie Stanley, who has occasionally taken rest days as he manages his ankle, was absent at the start of practice.

The injury report will provide more insight on Stanley, but the Ravens (3-5) will be very healthy when they take on the Vikings (4-4) Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

It's quite rare for a team to be this healthy in Week 10, and it's a dramatic turnaround for the Ravens, who ruled out four Pro Bowlers and had 14 players with injury designations heading into their Week 5 game against the Houston Texans.

"A healthy team is a good team, and your best ability is your availability, as they always say," said Roquan Smith, who is one of the key players who missed time earlier this season.

"So, it's about just continuing with that and just going out and being ourselves throughout the week and echoing that into the weekend on Sunday."

The Ravens are still dealing with the effects of the season-ending injury to Nnadmi Madubuike (neck), and several other key defensive players, including Tavius Robinson (foot), Broderick Washington Jr. (Achilles), and Ar'Darius Washington (Achilles), are still on the shelf.

But Baltimore made two trades to plug those gaps, adding safety Alohi Gilman to the secondary and dealing this week for Dre'Mont Jones, whose versatility will help at multiple spots in the defensive front.

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