OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was sidelined Wednesday with a sore back.
Jackson has never missed a game due to injury in his four-year NFL career. The only games in which he didn't play were the 2019 season finale (when the Ravens had already clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC) and Week 12 last season in Pittsburgh (after he had tested positive for COVID-19).
Jackson took some hard hits and got sacked a season-high four times in Sunday's 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions. In three games this season, Jackson seems like he has been taking on tacklers more than in the past and has been hit a league-high 44 times, five more than any other quarterback.