The Baltimore Ravens finished their week of practice Friday and once again have a very short injury report to take with them into the weekend.
Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers (knee) is officially doubtful to play Sunday evening against the Buffalo Bills. Flowers failed to practice all week, but the Ravens aren't officially declaring him out just yet.
Flowers, who suffered a knee sprain in Week 18's win over the Cleveland Browns , has now missed all six practices in the last two weeks. NFL Media's Ian Rapoport reported earlier in the week that Flowers had an "outside chance" to play Sunday, but now it may be whether or not he's able to play next week should Baltimore leave Buffalo with a win.
"If they get there, obviously it's a good problem to have," Rapoport said Friday morning. "But I would say, I think it's fair to say, is say his status, up in the air moving forward for the Ravens."
The Ravens started Tylan Wallace in Flowers' place last weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers in their 28-14 Wild Card Round victory. Wallace caught one of his two targets for 21 yards and led all receivers with 39 snaps.
Baltimore mostly relied on its running game against Pittsburgh as Derrick Henry had another monstrous postseason outing with 186 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Lamar Jackson contributed with 81 yards of his own on 15 carries. He only threw the ball six more times than he ran with it.
With the weather forecast calling for freezing temperatures and now a possible snowstorm on the way, don't expect the Ravens to deviate from what worked last week on offense, with or without Flowers.
If Baltimore emerges victorious, the conversation on Flowers can be restarted.
