The injury to Baltimore left guard Alex Lewis on Sunday in the Ravens' 21-0 victory over the Tennessee Titans turned out to look worse than it was.
Lewis left the field strapped to a backboard. He was carted to the locker room and taken to a hospital. Lewis came home from Nashville with the Ravens, though, and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh described Lewis' injury as something like "a pinched nerve." But it's kept Lewis out of practice so far this week, calling into question his availability for Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints.
"We have several young men that are fine football players that we'll plug in," Ravens offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said on Thursday about the plan if Lewis can't play.