Ravens QB Lamar Jackson knee injury suffered vs. Broncos not season-ending, John Harbaugh says

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson left Sunday's Week 13 game against the Denver Broncos with a knee injury and did not return.

On the final play of the first quarter, Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper veered around the right edge and sacked Jackson from that side. Head coach John Harbaugh said the injury is not season-ending and that the team will know more later in the week.

The current timeline is "days to weeks," Harbaugh said, without specifying the type of knee injury.

"We’ll get more tests tomorrow and let you know how long it’s going to be. We’ll see," Harbaugh said after the team's 10-9 last-minute victory. "Hopefully, I’ll have something for you tomorrow afternoon, certainly by Wednesday it will be more definitive, but’s it’s going to be a number [of] days to weeks. We’ll see; we’ll see if he can go back this week. If not, it’ll be some time after that shortly."

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Following Jackson's exit, backup Tyler Huntley came in for a third-and-13 attempt and completed an 11-yard pass to Devin Duvernay. On his first full drive, Huntley led a drive that ended in a field goal and tied the game at 3-3. Huntley finished the game 27 of 32 passing with 187 yards and an interception, and his 2-yard rushing score with 28 seconds left gave the Ravens the 10-9 win after the extra point.

The man his teammates call "Snoop" has the full support of the locker room.

“That’s big on ‘Snoop,’" outside linebacker Odafe Oweh said. "A lot of people doubted him, but he came in here, was calm and collected. He had some growing pains throughout the game, but that last drive was surgical, precise. And, he really showed why he can be a starting quarterback in this league.”

Jackson went into the blue medical tent on the sideline before limping to the Ravens locker room. The CBS broadcast showed the former MVP was heavily favoring his right leg while climbing stairs in the tunnel.

Huntley, who started four games in Jackson's stead last season, took his first snap of the 2022 campaign last week. The third-year player from Utah had a career record of 1-3 in games he's started entering Sunday.

"It's not even surprising to us. Even going back to last year, time and time again, when Tyler is in the game, good things happen," right guard Kevin Zeitler said. "We’re lucky on this team to have him. He can be a starting quarterback on almost any other team in the league. Calm, cool and collected in the huddle and he is able to make the plays.

"It wasn’t a pretty day for us overall, but give a big shoutout to our defense for taking us into the fourth quarter and giving us a chance. However long we need Tyler for, we are in good hands."

Jackson has carried a series of ailments on injury reports over the last month. He's either missed or been limited in practice with a hip injury, illness or a quad, his latest injury that caused the Ravens training staff to pull him early from practice for treatment.

Jackson completed three of his four passes for 11 yards and had one rush for 9 yards prior to his exit.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ravens' Lamar Jackson knee injury from Broncos game not season ending