Yanda activated from PUP

Guard not expected to play Thursday; K. Young gets first-team reps

Ravens guard has passed his physical and is off the physically-unable-to-perform list, coach announced Saturday.

Yanda, 33, suffered a season-ending left ankle fracture Sept. 17, but Harbaugh said early in training camp last month that Yanda underwent an operation on his shoulder shortly after the end of the season. He said the team would be “very cautious of that” and work on preparing the six-time Pro Bowl selection for the regular season.

“He’s starting to work his way in,” Harbaugh said Saturday. “That’s a huge plus for us. We’re excited about that.”

Harbaugh said he doesn’t expect Yanda to play in Thursday night’s preseason game against the visiting Los Angeles Rams. He estimated a two-week process for Yanda to be available for a game. Yanda’s return would move

who has been lining up at Yanda’s usual right guard position, back to right tackle, where he and rookie would compete for the starting job. Hurst, who is entering his fifth season, has more experience playing against NFLcaliber opponents, but is valued for his ability to play four of five spots on the offensive line.

Meanwhile, Brown, the organization’s first of two third-round selections in April’s NFL draft, started at right tackle in Thursday night’s 17-16 win against the Chicago Bears in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Brown earned the third-highest grade among Ravens offensive players by Pro Football Focus.

who is projected to be the starting center, said he was unaware of Yanda’s status until after practice.

“That should be awesome,” he said. “We love having Marshal out there. He just has great insight and so many things he can see technique-wise that he can help us out with. He’s a really good communicator as well. So just having him back out there will be great.”

Guard said he too is looking forward to Yanda’s presence.

“He’s a future Hall of Famer,” Eluemunor said. “So it’s good to have him back so we can just learn from him and see him on the field. He’s an amazing player.” K. Young fills in: With

sitting out practice Saturday for unspecified reasons, rookie lined up next to as the inside linebackers in the first defense’s 3-4 alignment.

Young, the second of the team’s three fourth-round draft picks in April who tied for fourth among Ravens in tackles with four in Thursday night’s game against the Chicago Bears, hurried quarterback into dumping a pass off to running back

during practice. “It felt good to get back in practice after a win, after a day off, getting back in the groove, running to the ball, working on your technique,” Young said. In addition to Onwuasor, safeties and wide rookie cornerback and guard did not practice for undisclosed reasons. On the flipside, running back

(hamstring), outside linebacker (unspecified) and a pair of rookies, tight end

(muscle tissue) and offensive tackle (undisclosed), did practice — although all four left practice early.

“Some guys returned to practice,” Harbaugh said. “You saw that. Those guys, as we said, had minor issue-type things they were working through. And they didn’t practice the whole practice either. We’re working them back in, and hopefully as we go, they will practice more. Some guys that weren’t practicing, same issues — whether it was the PUP guys that were out or they had small things from the game that we just didn’t think they were ready to practice today.” receiver Offensive line problems: While the Ravens wait for Yanda to return, their larger priority is shoring up an offensive line that showed its youth against the Bears.

In that game, the quarterback trio of and rookie was sacked eight times with Griffin and Jackson getting taken down three times each. A fourth sack of Griffin was negated by an offsides penalty on the Bears, but Harbaugh made it clear the offensive line’s play is an area that will continue to be address ahead of Thursday’s game.

“We’ve got to be better up front with our young offensive linemen,” he said. “Our quarterbacks don’t need to be under that kind of duress, and we need to block the run game better. So we expect more out of those guys.” Extra points: Two days after the Ravens were flagged for two penalties involving defensive players leading with their helmets, Harbaugh said he is remaining open-minded about how the NFL intends to remove helmets out of tackles. “The officials on the field, they expressed, ‘It’s tough,’ ” he said. “It’s a new rule for them, and all these new rules always kind of get worked out in the preseason. So we just have to see what they can actually see and what they can’t see, and I told our guys, ‘There are going to be some called that they’re going to come back and say shouldn’t have been. And there are going to be others not called that should have been.’ We’ve just got to tackle the right way – with our heads up, see what we tackle, and use our shoulders and not use our head as a weapon. That’s what we’re striving to do.” … Harbaugh said he, defensive coordinator outside linebacker

punter quarterback Yanda, long snapper

kicker and Mosley traveled to Canton to attend Hall of Fame induction ceremony before returning in time for Sunday’s practice scheduled for 8:40 a.m.