Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers will not play in this weekend’s wild-card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers after sustaining a knee injury in Saturday’s Week 18 regular-season finale.
Flowers, the Ravens’ leading receiver, did not practice all week. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after Thursday’s practice “we’ll see how it looks next week,” adding that it will be a group effort from the team to make up for the loss of Flowers: “he’ll get started again next week and we’ll move forward with the guys we have. We’re excited about the guys we have, which is everybody else.” (per ESPN.)
Flowers exited Saturday’s game against the Cleveland Browns after going down hard on a catch-and-run. The 24-year-old receiver immediately grabbed at his right knee and was in visible pain; and was brought to the medical tent. The Ravens initially announced Flowers as questionable to return with a knee injury, but later downgraded his status to out.
Now in his second NFL season, Flowers finished with 1,047 receiving yards and four touchdowns for the AFC North division champions, earning him his first career Pro Bowl selection (and becoming the first Ravens player to reach the Pro Bowl as a wide receiver). He leads the Ravens with 74 receptions and 1,059 receiving yards and also has four touchdown catches.
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