Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson misses practice with non-COVID-related illness

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Lamar Jackson has proved to be very durable despite taking more hits than any other quarterback. He's had many battles with illness and has had the most problems.

Jackson has been sick for the fourth time this season and missed practice on Thursday.

Greg Roman didn't have a complete update on Jackson's status.

"I think he's feeling better," Roman said.

John Harbaugh said that Jackson's illness is not related to carbon dioxide. The Ravens play the Bears on Sunday.

Despite taking 668 hits in his four-year career, Jackson has held up well as the Ravens starter. He missed two games in the season finale because Baltimore had already secured the top seed, and he was held out of a Week 12 game last season after testing positive for COVID-19.

It has been a challenge to stay on the field. He has missed a total of six practices in the first 11 weeks of the season, but only two of them were because of injury.

Tyler Huntley has been running the first-team offense.

Jackson is in the middle of another great season. He is eighth in the NFL in passing and seventh in rushing.

The challenge of a Ravens offense looking to get back on track is made worse by not having Jackson for consecutive practices. Jackson's scoring streak came to an end in Baltimore's last game, a 22-10 loss at Miami. It was the longest such streak since 1950.

When Jackson is not able to practice, the Ravens don't worry about the rhythm of the offense because center Bradley Bozeman doesn't mind.

"I don't think it's that big of a deal," said Ravens center Bradley Bozeman. I know that Lamar is at home doing his things. He is watching plays. He is getting everything right at home. He's not going to miss a step when he comes back in. He's continued to build on that and step up to the plate when he needs to. I don't think that's an issue.

Two of Jackson's top wide receivers, Marquise Brown and Rashod Bateman, did not practice Thursday. Brown didn't practice for the second day in a row.