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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Lamar Jackson will not play in Baltimore's regular-season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers this weekend, coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday.
Harbaugh said Tyler Huntley will start for the Ravens, who have already clinched the top seed in the AFC. Josh Johnson will be Huntley's backup.
"I'm cool with it. Me and Coach talked about it," Jackson said. "I felt like it was best suitable to sit me."
The announcement was no surprise now that Baltimore has wrapped up a first-round bye in the postseason. Jackson, who missed the end of 2021 and 2022 seasons because of injuries, has started all 16 games so far this season.
Huntley has started eight games in his pro career, four each for the Ravens in each of the past two seasons.
It will be the sixth game against the Steelers that Jackson has missed since he became the full-time starter in 2019 due to different circumstances. He also sat out the 2019 regular-season finale against the Steelers when the Ravens had already clinched a bye. Jackson was asked whether there was an extra motivation to play against the Steelers, who need a win to have a chance of making the playoffs.
"I believe Snoop will get the job done," Jackson said of Huntley. "We have guys that can go out there and ball out."
-- From Mirror, wire reports