The Baltimore Ravens have seen injury after injury impact their team over the course of the 2021 season. Now with just three regular season games to go before the playoffs begin, COVID-19 has hit Baltimore hard, with many players being placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list over the past week.
On Saturday, it was announced that quarterback Tyler Huntley was added to the Reserve/COVID-19 list and quarterback Lamar Jackson wouldn’t be traveling with the team, leaving just Josh Johnson as the only healthy signal caller on the Ravens’ roster. In light of all of their absences, the team added 12 players to their game day roster for Week 16, including quarterback Kenji Bahar, wide receiver Sammy Watkins and outside linebacker Daelin Hayes.
We have activated QB Kenji Bahar, DB Robert Jackson, S Tony Jefferson, T Jaryd Jones-Smith, NT Isaiah Mack, DT/G Khalil McKenzie, S Jordan Richards, LB Joe Thomas, CB Daryl Worley and TE Tony Poljan from the practice squad.https://t.co/WoblRf7rBY
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) December 25, 2021
Total of 12 players added to gameday roster for Ravens QB Kenji Bahar, WR Sammy Watkins, TE Tony Poljan, OT Jaryd Jones-Smith, OLB Daelin Hayes, G/DT Kahlil McKenzie, NT Isaiah Mack, ILB Joe Thomas, DBs Tony Jefferson, Robert Jackson, Jordan Richards, Daryl Worley
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) December 25, 2021
Baltimore will need every one of the elevated players to make an impact against the Cincinnati Bengals in what is the biggest matchup of the season for the Ravens. If Johnson goes down, Bahar suddenly becomes next in line. Watkins provides wide receiver depth, while Hayes will help out the outside linebacker position that is currently missing Justin Houston and Pernell McPhee.