Huntley Again, and Now the Center Spot Is a Problem Too

Lamar Jackson has been ruled out for the second straight week, so Tyler Huntley gets another start. That part was expected after Jackson missed the Cleveland game. What's new is that Cam Jurgens is also sidelined, which strips the offensive line of the veteran center Baltimore acquired specifically to stabilize a position that has been unsettled since Danny Pinter tore his patella tendon in August.

The depth chart at center is thin by any measure. Adam Redmond and Andre James are the names behind Jurgens, neither of whom has logged meaningful snaps in the regular season. The Ravens spent real capital this offseason trying to fix the interior line — the Vega Ioane pick, the Pocic signing, the Jurgens trade — and they keep running out of bodies anyway.

Huntley is active and will start. Derrick Henry is active. Mark Andrews is active. The skill pieces are mostly there. But a backup quarterback running an offense behind a makeshift center is not what this team drew up, and it's the second consecutive week they're doing it.