The Baltimore Ravens announced that tight end Mark Andrews would not be playing against the New Orleans Saints owing to his right shoulder injury that he suffered against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 8.
During the match that the Ravens won, he was forced to leave the field due to the injury. He was also dealing with a knee injury prior to it. Even with extra days to recover, the player was not ready and did not travel with the team to New Orleans.
Baltimore already needs to replace Rashod Bateman in the offense in addition to missing Andrews. The wide receiver decided to have surgery on his injured foot, which will cause him to miss the remainder of the season.
Aside from quarterback Lamar Jackson, the tight end is arguably Baltimore’s most important offensive player. He currently leads the team with 42 catches, 488 receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns (five). after a season in the All-Pro last year.
A user tweeted, before the game started, that ‘Lamar Jackson is not a very accurate passer and without his security blanket in TE Mark Andrews he is even worse!
QB Jackson was one of the leading candidates for the NFL MVP honors going into this season, along with Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Los Angeles Chargers.
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The player has led the team to a 5-3 record but also suffered big defeats at the hands of the New York Giants, Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins which have definitely hurt the player’s chances of recapturing a title he won in 2019, more importantly winning it unanimously. With this, he became just the second player in NFL history to be credited with such a title. Tom Brady, while playing for the New England Patriots in 2010, was the first player to win the MVP award unanimously.
The 45-year-old finished the 2010 season with 4,806 passing yards, 50 touchdown passes, eight interceptions, and a career-high 117.2 passer rating, becoming the first quarterback to pass for 50 touchdowns. He led the Patriots to the first undefeated regular season since the 16-game schedule was implemented in 1978
