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Rukkr Original NFL · BAL By The Beat Guy Sep 20, 2026

Flowers Is Out for Week 2. Chris Moore Is What's Left.

Zay Flowers has been ruled out for Sunday, the hamstring he aggravated in the opener not ready to go five days into the season. He put up 150 receiving yards before leaving that game, which is the good news. The bad news is everything that follows.

Baltimore's receiver room behind him is thin by any measure. Chris Moore is the only wideout who logged meaningful snaps last season. Rashod Bateman is available — his legal situation remains unresolved but he cleared active status before Week 1 — and the Ravens added Gage Larvadain off the Cleveland practice squad this week to patch the depth. Rookie Ja'Kobi Lane, who was hurt in the same opener, is already on injured reserve after wrist surgery and won't factor in for at least a month. That's essentially the group.

Mark Andrews and Derrick Henry will absorb more of the load. Jackson is good enough to manage a week without his top receiver, but this is the exact scenario the Flowers extension was supposed to prevent Baltimore from worrying about — and here it is, in Week 2.

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