Ravens QB Lamar Jackson questionable vs. Bears; Tyler Huntley to start if necessary

Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun on Oct 24, 2025

Published in Football

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BALTIMORE — Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson fully practiced for the first time this week Friday in Owings Mills. Whether he’ll start Sunday against the Chicago Bears, however, remains up in the air.

“We’ll see where we’re at going forward,” coach John Harbaugh said of Jackson (hamstring), who was listed as questionable on the final injury report. “I just think we’re gonna talk about it as we go and figure out what we gotta do to try to win the game.”

Harbaugh did say, however, that if Jackson is unable to play that Tyler Huntley would start in his place.

That’s a departure from the past two games when Cooper Rush started. Baltimore lost both, 41-10 to the Houston Texans and then 17-3 to the Los Angeles Rams, with Rush struggling mightily in each.

Against the Rams, Rush, 31, completed just 57.9% of his passes and threw for a meager 72 yards with no touchdowns and one interception before Huntley relieved him. The week before against the Texans, he threw for 179 yards and no touchdowns with three interceptions.

When Huntley entered in the fourth quarter against the Rams, he briefly energized the offense with three runs for 39 yards, but he also had had share of struggles, completing 10 of 15 passes for 68 yards and getting sacked four times.

This is Huntley’s third stint with Baltimore. He spent his first four seasons with the Ravens after signing as an undrafted free agent in 2020. He then spent 2024 with the Miami Dolphins after being on the Cleveland Browns’ and Ravens’ practice squads earlier that year.

Huntley appeared in five games for the Dolphins and helped lead them to a 2-3 record last year. For his career, he has completed 64.7% of his passes for 2,854 yards and 11 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. He also has 144 career carries for 683 yards and five more scores.

Should he start Sunday, it also wouldn’t be his first time facing the Bears for an injured Jackson.

In November 2021, Huntley started in Jackson’s place and completed 26 of 36 passes for 219 yards in a 16-13 win in Chicago.

Jackson, who suffered a hamstring injury in the third quarter of last month’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, has missed each of the past two games. The Ravens have fallen to 1-5 in his absence this season and are 4-12 in games in which the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player has not played since becoming the starting quarterback in 2018.

Besides their star quarterback, the Ravens enter Sunday’s game in relatively good health. Linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring) and safety Kyle Hamilton (groin) are expected to play, as is left tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle), who missed Friday’s practice to rest.

The Bears are not so fortunate, ruling out five players in starting defensive backs Kyler Gordon (groin/calf) and Tyrique Stevenson (shoulder), tight end Cole Kmet (back), left tackle Braxton Jones (knee) and running back Roschon Johnson (back). Starting running back D’Andre Swift (groin) and kicker Cairo Santos (right thigh) are questionable.