The Ravens are slated to enter their regular season opener against the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs with nearly a fully healthy roster.
Only linebacker Adisa Isaac and running back Rasheen Ali were listed on the team’s first injury report of the season Monday afternoon. Isaac did not practice Monday with a hamstring injury and Ali was a limited participant with a neck injury.
All 51 other players were full participants in Baltimore’s penultimate practice before leaving for Kansas City.
Isaac has been hampered with two separate hamstring injuries throughout the summer. The third-round draft pick suffered the first during rookie minicamp, then returned only to have a similar setback in his other leg. He was in line to play a sizable role as Baltimore searched for additional outside linebacker depth but has struggled to stay on the field long enough to earn more opportunities.
Ali, a fifth-round draft pick, missed time in the preseason with a stinger, but his participation Monday indicates he cleared the league’s concussion protocol.
Both Isaac and Ali made the Ravens’ initial 53-man roster with no injury designations but are candidates to be placed on injured reserve before Thursday’s game. Practice squad elevations for another outside linebacker or running back are also possibilities.
For the Chiefs, only former Raven Marquise Brown was held out Monday. The wide receiver signed a one-year, $7 million contract with Kansas City this offseason after spending the last two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals.
Baltimore used the draft pick it received from Arizona in the trade for Brown on center Tyler Linderbaum, who is expected to play after returning to practice as a full participant this week following an extended absence with a neck injury. Mark Andrews, who missed the final weeks of training camp and preseason following a car accident, is also expected to play.
