Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters returned to follow on Aug. 15, virtually a yr after tearing his ACL within the 2021 preseason and virtually month earlier than the workforce’s 2022 season opener.
Coach John Harbaugh mentioned he seems good. Safety Chuck Clark mentioned Peters picked off a move in a current follow. Peters himself mentioned Thursday that he missed the sport. His Week 1 position, nevertheless, stays unclear.
“Whenever my body tells me he’s ready to go,” Peters mentioned, “we’re going to go.”
In his first public feedback since struggling a season-ending knee damage at a Sept. 9 follow, Peters was candid about how a lot he’d missed being on the sphere final season with “my guys.” He joked about how he’d first had a soccer season taken away from him within the tenth grade, when his mom barred him from the game. (“What Mama said goes.”) He acknowledged the significance of endurance in his knee rehabilitation.
But Peters, one of many NFL’s most prolific ball hawks, sidestepped a query about the place he was bodily. The Ravens open their season on Sept. 11 towards the New York Jets.
“I feel like I’m doing what I need to do necessary to get me back on the field, and it’s been a process that myself and this training staff and the coaching staff have come up with,” he mentioned. “And we’re going to stick to it until I can get back out there.”
Peters’ rehab work has impressed Harbaugh, who mentioned the 29-year-old appeared “really good” even throughout offseason exercises.
“You could tell, he had really put the work in,” he mentioned. “He’s been in that weight room. I tell you, the guy’s been living in the weight room. He’s been living in the training room. He’s been living out here running, all the way through, even through training camp, when he wasn’t practicing. Then he kind of pushed his way out to practice and has looked good at practice. So he’s done a great job.”
Peters, who’s getting into the ultimate yr of his contract, is projected to begin alongside Marlon Humphrey, when wholesome. Kyle Fuller, Brandon Stephens, and rookies Damarion “Pepe” Williams and Jalyn Armour-Davis spherical out the workforce’s depth chart at cornerback.
Stanley ramping up
Left sort out Ronnie Stanley, who was cleared to follow Friday however was not current through the open portion of the workforce’s three exercises this week, took half in “individual stuff” Wednesday, Harbaugh mentioned.
Harbaugh mentioned there’s “not a set timetable” for the return of Stanley, who final yr underwent his second straight season-ending ankle operation. The Ravens had hoped Stanley, an All-Pro choice in 2019, would be capable to follow for 2 to a few weeks earlier than the season opener.
“He knows his ankle,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I know Ronnie’s very determined to be really at his very best when he comes back. I think that’s kind of part of his thinking on it, so I trust him with it. I know he’s going to do the right thing and be out there as soon as he can, and I’m hopeful for sooner rather than later, for sure.”
Extra factors
- Harbaugh mentioned the discharge of guard Tyre Phillips is “just part of the roster moves right now,” and mentioned he hopes the Ravens can re-sign the 2020 third-round decide to their follow squad. “We’ll see. It may not happen. But that’s what I’m hoping for.”
- Asked in regards to the Ravens claiming linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips off waivers Wednesday, Harbaugh mentioned that there’s “a lot of moving parts to that one still. Physicals have to be passed, those kinds of things.”
- Harbaugh mentioned newly signed operating again Kenyan Drake “has had a lot of exciting plays in this league. He’s a big, strong, fast, kind of slasher-type back, experience in pass protection. Catches the ball well out of the backfield.”
- In addition to Drake, the Ravens introduced the re-signing of defensive lineman Brent Urban, who was launched Tuesday as a part of the workforce’s 53-man-roster cut-down.
Week 1
RAVENS@JETS
Sunday, Sept. 11, 1 p.m.
TV: Chs. 13, 9
Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM
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