B.J. Sams Is Done, Everybody Else Is Hurting

Filed under: Ravens, AFC North, NFL Injuries

The news out of Baltimore just keeps getting worse: returner B.J. Sams is done for the year with a torn knee ligament. Sams, a former undrafted free agent, broke his ankle last last season and the team drafted Kansas State’s Yamon Figurs in the third round as insurance in case Sams didn’t make a full recovery.

Sams won the job in training camp, and played well during the preseason, but drafting Figurs is looking like a prescient move by general manager Ozzie Newsome. Sams is in the final year of his rookie deal, and he’s probably done in Baltimore if Figurs plays well.

In other injury news: head coach Brian Billick said that Jonathan Ogden didn’t re-injure his big toe, but “he’s going through the pain … I don’t know if Jonathan will be able to come back from this or not.” That’s a problem given the Ravens’ offensive line took the Wonder Twins form of: a sieve against the Bengals last night, and Steve McNair has the bruises to prove it.

In addition to McNair, Ray Lewis and Daniel Wilcox also received treatment at the Ravens’ facility today, and although Lewis’ torn triceps is now thought to just be a strain, no word on the status of the three players for Sunday’s Jets game.

In typical U fashion, running back Willis McGahee offered this on McNair, who left the game late in the third because of an injury:

“He’s a soldier … That right there shows the character of him. He’s out there playing hurt. He could have easily sat out, but he chose not to.”

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