{"id":17383,"date":"2025-01-07T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17383"},"modified":"2025-01-07T02:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:24:08","slug":"update-on-stratus-of-wr-zay-flowers-rb-justice-hill-for-playoff-game-vs-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17383","title":{"rendered":"Update on stratus of WR Zay Flowers, RB Justice Hill for playoff game vs. Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hidden-xs\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-varnish.triblive.com\/2025\/01\/8089211_web1_8085919-64fb22c92ed848f385abf16d18502c2d.jpg\" alt=\"8089211_web1_8085919-64fb22c92ed848f385abf16d18502c2d\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<aside class=\"related hidden-sm hidden-xs\">\n<div class=\"preview\" data-sj-ignore=\"\">\n<p class=\"newsletter\">TribLIVE&#8217;s Daily and Weekly\u00a0email newsletters\u00a0deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"storyContent\">\n<p>Baltimore Ravens No. 1 wide receiver Zay Flowers hasn\u2019t been ruled out for Saturday\u2019s playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. But Ravens coach John Harbaugh was far from sounding optimistic Flowers\u2019 knee injury would be healed well enough for him to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a season-ending injury, so it\u2019s just going to be day-to-day,\u201d Harbaugh told reporters in Baltimore during a virtual news conference Monday. \u201cZay is going to try to do everything he can do to get back as soon as he can, and we\u2019ll see where that takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flowers suffered the injury during the first half of this past Saturday\u2019s regular-season finale against the Cleveland Browns. Harbaugh declined to confirm reports that characterized the injury to Flowers\u2019 knee as a \u201csprain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his second pro season, Flowers easily led the Ravens in receptions (74) and receiving yards (1,059). In his stead, Baltimore relied more on its other starting WR, Rashod Bateman, as well as Tylan Wallace and rookie Tex Walker. Veteran Nelson Agholor did not play in the final three games of the regular season because of a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh called Bateman \u201ca tremendous player\u201d but said that possibly having to replace Flowers is about more than \u201cjust one guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s everybody. We have a lot of weapons,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cWe can move guys around in different ways, scheme those guys up, and they can all make plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">RB Hill \u2018trending well\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No. 2 running back Justice Hill has not played since suffering a concussion during the regular-season meeting with the Steelers on Dec. 21. Harbaugh said Hill also was among a handful of Ravens players who were ill last week.<\/p>\n<p>Among that group was starting left guard Patrick Mekari. Mekari started against the Browns but played only one series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trending well,\u201d Harbaugh said. \u201cPatrick\u2026 I wanted to help him. \u2026 He would have played (the whole game), believe me. He would have played. He wanted to play, Justice wanted to play, too, but he wasn\u2019t as close at Patrick, so those guys will be much stronger this week than they were last week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh did not sound confident that reserve defensive back Arthur Maulet \u2014 a former Steeler \u2014 could return to game action Saturday. Maulet has been limited to three games this season because of a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s up in the air,\u201d Harbaugh said of a Maulet return this postseason. \u201cI don\u2019t have a great handle on that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_vertical_sharing heateor_sss_bottom_sharing\" data-heateor-sss-href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/sports\/ravens-notes-update-on-stratus-of-wr-zay-flowers-rb-justice-hill-for-playoff-game-vs-steelers\/\">\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateorSssSharingArrow heateorSssPullOut\" title=\"Hide\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"credits\">Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. 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