OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) 鈥� Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike has passed his physical and been removed from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
Madubuike didn’t do too much at practice Wednesday, but his return is a boost for a Baltimore defense that lost him early last season to a neck injury.
鈥淚t is phenomenal. We needed him back,” quarterback Lamar Jackson said. “I cannot say 100% yet 鈥� I do not know about the medical 鈥� but he is back, and I am looking forward to seeing him get a lot of sacks and disrupt a lot of offenses.鈥�
Coach Jesse Minter indicated the Ravens will still be careful with Madubuike, a Pro Bowler in 2023 and 2024 who gives Baltimore a presence in the middle of the defensive front.
鈥淚t鈥檚 still a process to get ready to play football, and that鈥檚 something we鈥檙e going to work through over these next couple of weeks,” Minter said. 鈥淚 think everybody has a good feeling about where he鈥檚 at and where it鈥檚 headed. But again, those things 鈥� there鈥檚 a timeline involved, and that could go wherever.鈥�
Veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell wasn’t practicing, weeks after his brother was after police found their 71-year-old mother dead at her home in Atlanta.
鈥淥bviously he dealt with personal tragedy over the summer. So, from a preparation standpoint, that took up a lot of his time and his mental focus and energy,鈥� Minter said. 鈥淎gain, we鈥檙e here for Calais to get ready at the rate that he can get ready at. This guy 鈥� it鈥檚 different than a 25-year-old that鈥檚 played maybe only a year or two. This guy has so many banked reps of experience of getting himself ready in camp. We鈥檙e going to work together with Calais to have a great plan to, again, have him ready for September, December, January, February.鈥�
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