Jamison HensleyESPN Staff Writer September 17, 2023, 3:12 PM ET1 minute read
CINCINNATI – Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. became the latest Ravens starter to leave a game with an injury, marking a difficult start to the season health-wise for Baltimore.
Beckham was sidelined with an ankle injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s 27-24 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. It emerged that he had injured his ankle in the opening attack as he briefly left the game and was examined by a doctor on the bench. He walked away with three catches for 29 yards.
That continued a poor trend for Baltimore, which entered Week 2 without five injured starters. The Ravens placed running back JK Dobbins (Achilles) on injured reserve and left four others inactive: offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley (knee), center Tyler Linderbaum (ankle), cornerback Marlon Humphrey (foot) and safety Marcus Williams (chest).
It was the third straight game against the Bengals that Beckham left with an injury. He tore his left knee ACL while playing for the Cleveland Browns in Cincinnati in 2020 and then injured his left knee in the February 2022 Super Bowl against the Bengals while playing for the Los Angeles Rams.
The Ravens have plenty of depth at wide receiver. Without Beckham, quarterback Lamar Jackson still has three wide receivers selected in the first round of the draft: Zay Flowers, Rashod Bateman and Nelson Agholor.