A week later than expected, Lamar Jackson’s first full week of training camp is in the books.
The Ravens quarterback, who returned from an illness last weekend, completed his sixth straight full day of practice and seventh overall on Saturday, when the Ravens held a situational intrasquad scrimmage.
Unofficially, Jackson finished 10-for-16 in action against the team’s first- and second-string defenses, leading just one touchdown drive in a practice when the Ravens’ offense struggled. Here’s how Jackson’s day as a passer unfolded, period by period, throw by throw, along with other notes from the scrimmage.
11-on-11: 3-for-3
1. Jackson looked for wide receiver Rashod Bateman on his first drop-back and found him for a short, sliding grab.
2. Jackson scrambled for a solid gain up the middle.
3. Jackson connected with Bateman again on an underneath crossing pattern.
4. On third-and-5, Jackson scrambled for a first down but had the run wiped out by an illegal-motion penalty.
11-on-11: 2-for-2
5. Jackson opened another drive with a pass to Bateman, finding him crossing behind the Ravens’ linebackers after a play-action fake for a good gain.
6. Jackson scrambled again for a few yards.
7. On a designed red-zone rollout to his right, Jackson hit tight end Mark Andrews, who broke the plane for a 3-yard touchdown before safety Daryl Worley could knock him out of bounds.
11-on-11: 2-for-4
8. Jackson missed tight end Charlie Kolar on a throw down the seam, aiming for his back shoulder when Kolar seemed to be expecting to be led upfield. Safety Kyle Hamilton had Kolar well covered.
9. Andrews settled into a sliver of space between inside linebacker Trenton Simpson and outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy and caught a pass for about a 10-yard gain.
10. Jackson looked for Bateman on another short crosser, but Bateman didn’t appear to realize the ball had left Jackson’s hand until after it flew by him. A crowded pocket could’ve been to blame.
11. On third-and-long, Jackson hit wide receiver Zay Flowers on a crosser underneath. Flowers appeared to get a first down before inside linebacker Roquan Smith could corral him, but the play was ruled short of the sticks.
11-on-11: 1-for-2
12. Jackson scrambled for a minimal gain up the middle.
13. Facing third-and-long, Jackson waited patiently in the pocket before floating a pass about 15 yards downfield to Bateman, who rose for a catch over the middle against cornerback Damarion “Pepe” Williams, then added another 5 to 10 yards with some stop-and-start moves. Bateman finished with four catches on five targets from Jackson, a notable improvement from their recent practices.
14. On a bootleg to his right, Jackson turned down a short gimme throw to tight end Scotty Washington and scrambled for a solid gain up the right sideline.
15. On third-and-4, Jackson lofted a short pass from a congested pocket to running back Justice Hill, who was coming out of the backfield. After the ball landed in front of Hill for an incomplete pass, Jackson took off his helmet in apparent frustration, which seemed to draw a flag from a nearby official.
11-on-11: 2-for-5
16. Jackson connected with Flowers, running a curl route against Stephens, for a decent gain along the left sideline.
17. Facing pressure upfront, an off-balance Jackson missed Hill again in the left flat.
18. Jackson hit wide receiver Nelson Agholor for a short gain.
19. Jackson went deep to Flowers, who was working against Stephens along the left sideline, but the route was well covered and the pass ended up out of reach.
20. On fourth-and-4, with none of the Ravens’ top three wide receivers on the field, Jackson tried to squeeze a pass to his right to wide receiver Malik Cunningham. But safety Ar’Darius Washington broke up the pass to end the drive — and Jackson’s day.
Notes
- Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum (soft-tissue injury), wide receiver Deonte Harty (soft tissue) and cornerback Trayvon Mullen (shoulder) were missing, while rookie wide receiver Devontez Walker was also unavailable after practicing Friday. Running back Keaton Mitchell (knee), rookie outside linebacker Adisa Isaac (hamstring) and rookie cornerback T.J. Tampa (sports hernias) remain sidelined.
- Running back Derrick Henry and Bateman had impressive afternoons, but neither could come through to keep one Jackson-led drive alive. After the catch by Flowers was ruled short of the sticks, the Ravens hurried to the line on a fourth-and-short play. But Bateman had to be redirected after lining up on the wrong side of the formation initially, and after the snap, Henry had to bounce the run outside. There, he was stopped short in the open field by linebacker Malik Harrison, who wrapped the hulking runner up without any help.
- Running back Owen Wright, competing with rookie Rasheen Ali for third-string snaps, continued his solid camp with a few nice runs, including one he bounced outside in an early period. Wright appeared in one game as an undrafted rookie last season and spent the year on the practice squad.
- Defensive lineman Justin Madubuike was disruptive against the run and pass, finishing with a tackle for loss in an early period, then bull-rushing guard Sala Aumavae-Laulu into quarterback Josh Johnson’s lap and knocking down one of Johnson’s passes at the line of scrimmage in another period.
