{"id":20064,"date":"2025-01-17T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20064"},"modified":"2025-01-17T09:12:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:12:30","slug":"report-ravens-wr-zay-flowers-has-a-chance-to-play-against-bills-in-divisional-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20064","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Ravens WR Zay Flowers \u2018has a chance\u2019 to play against Bills in Divisional Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens toppled the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round of the playoffs without one of their top players on the field. Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers\u2019 absence was not felt against the Steelers, as the Ravens ran the ball at will, racking up 299 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/12\/2191412325.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=600&amp;crop=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, Baltimore will likely need to rely more on the passing game this week in a potential shootout with the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. Flowers returning to action this week would make the Ravens\u2019 offense harder to defend while giving quarterback Lamar Jackson his leading target back in the passing attack.<\/p>\n<p>While appearing on the Pat McAfee Show, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter indicated that Flowers has a chance to return for the Divisional Round showdown with the Bills.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1878862372770820244&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fravenswire.usatoday.com%2F2025%2F01%2F14%2Fzay-flowers-injury-updates-baltimore-ravens-buffalo-bills%2F&amp;sessionId=d4a132e04d28a896ce6812503c44c205dd5df39c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1878862372770820244\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flowers led Baltimore in receiving yards with 1,059, becoming the first wide receiver to cross the 1,000-yard mark for the Ravens since Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers offers the most after-the-catches in an offense filled with dangerous playmakers due to his speed and shiftiness. 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