On Monday, in the preseason game against the New York Jets, the Baltimore Ravens won over the Jets by 24-23 but had two players injured. Defensive tackle Kelly Gregg hurt his shoulder and an MRI Tuesday showed no damage. The injury of tight end L. J. Smith seemed much more serious-the pulled hamstring may prevent him from playing in the rest of the preseason.
“It’s a concern,” Coach John Harbaugh said about Smith’s injury Wednesday. “It’s a hamstring pull. It’s going to take him a little while. I don’t know how long. You never know with those things. It’s in a different spot from the other one. He’s been working incredibly hard to get right.”
A former Philadelphia Eagles standout, Smith was signed by the Ravens as a free agent during the offseason. But injuries had been tormenting him for the past two years. He suffered an upper hamstring pull, a hip flexor problem as well as the effects of a sports hernia procedure during the offseason. It was not easy for him to get play time in games, so he worried about the injury a lot. The team also hoped he would be ready for the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 13.
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