The Baltimore Ravens completed an amazing comeback against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 5, winning 31-25. Baltimore saw themselves go down by 19 points late in the third quarter, but outscored Indianapolis 28-3 after that point, securing a victory.
There were many positives to take away from the game, but some of the negatives that came out of the game were injuries to key contributors. Both OL Ben Cleveland and WR Sammy Watkins left the game with injuries, and neither returned to the game. On Tuesday, the Ravens announced that they had placed Cleveland on injured reserve with a knee injury.
We have placed Ben Cleveland on IR. pic.twitter.com/Yz2Jum2gmr
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) October 12, 2021
In Baltimore’s announcement, they put a screenshot of a tweet that Cleveland had sent out earlier in the day, saying that he received positive news from doctors in regards to his injury. The rookie offensive lineman was carted off of the field on Monday night, but his tweet seems to indicate that he could be back at some point this season.
The Ravens are already very thin on offensive line depth, so they will have to find ways to make up for the loss of Cleveland while he remains out. Hopefully he can make a full recovery and get back on the field soon.