The Ravens had eight play­ers side­lined by injuries at Wednesday’s prac­tice ahead of Sunday’s piv­otal game against the Los Ange­les Rams.

Bal­ti­more had 13 play­ers total on the injury report, includ­ing quar­ter­back Lamar Jack­son, who was lim­it­ed in his return to the field for the first time since suf­fer­ing an ankle injury in a Dec. 12 loss to the Cleve­land Browns.

Cor­ner­back Antho­ny Averett (ribs/chest), out­side line­backer Odafe Oweh (foot), full­back Patrick Ricard (knee), left guard Ben Pow­ers (foot), wide receiv­er Devin Duver­nay (ankle), right tack­le Tyre Phillips (knee), line­backer Malik Har­ri­son (ill­ness) and defen­sive back Antho­ny Levine Sr. (knee) did not practice.

Averett, the Ravens’ top cor­ner­back in a deplet­ed sec­ondary, left Sunday’s 41–21 loss to the Cincin­nati Ben­gals in the first half after attempt­ing to tack­le tight end C.J. Uzom­ah. Duver­nay and Ricard, who were named to the Pro Bowl last week, remain side­lined after miss­ing Sunday’s game.

Three play­ers — out­side line­backer Justin Hous­ton, cor­ner­back Tavon Young and right guard Kevin Zeitler — received rest days.

In addi­tion to Jack­son, out­side line­backer Tyus Bows­er was lim­it­ed for per­son­al reasons.

Right tack­le Patrick Mekari (hand), tight end Nick Boyle (knee) and defen­sive line­men Calais Camp­bell (thigh) were full participants.

OT Ja’Wuan James won’t return this season

Offen­sive tack­le Ja’Wuan James was not added to the 53-man ros­ter by Wednesday’s dead­line, mean­ing he will revert to the non-foot­ball injury list and miss the remain­der of the season.

The Ravens signed the 29-year-old James, a 2014 first-round draft pick by the Mia­mi Dol­phins, to a two-year deal in June after he suf­fered a torn Achilles ten­don and was cut by the Den­ver Broncos.

Coach John Har­baugh said “I think that ship has sailed” when asked Wednes­day about James’ poten­tial return.

“My posi­tion on it was he’ll do the best he can and real­ly make the deter­mi­na­tion for him­self,” Har­baugh said. “You’re talk­ing about an Achilles, that’s some­thing that the play­er has to decide, real­ly, if he feels like he’s ready to go. There hasn’t been any talk along those lines. So, as a coach, we’re not prepar­ing for him to be back. Of course, you could always be pleas­ant­ly sur­prised, but that’s not where we’re going right now, I don’t think.”

James prac­ticed with the team Dec. 8, giv­ing the Ravens 21 days to move him to the active ros­ter or place him on sea­son-end­ing injured reserve. James, who’s start­ed 65 games for the Mia­mi Dol­phins and Bron­cos over his six-year NFL career, hasn’t played since a Decem­ber 2019 game with Den­ver. He opt­ed out of the 2020 sea­son because of the coro­n­avirus pandemic.