Something changed with the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday, December 3. For the first time since November 5, franchise quarterback Lamar Jackson took the practice field on a Wednesday, breaking a pattern that had held for a month. Head coach John Harbaugh , who’d been saying for weeks that “it wasn’t in Lamar’s best interest to practice” on Wednesdays, made an exception. Perhaps the stake ahead demanded it.

Harbaugh had built a routine to keep Lamar healthy and healing, repeatedly calling them “rest days” or explaining, “some guys don’t practice on Wednesday.” Rest on Wednesday, return Thursday and start Sunday; predictable and safe. But Week 14’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the M&T Bank Stadium isn’t just another game.

Both teams sit at 6-6, tied atop the

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