Ravens steamed by hit on Flacco

The Ravens are angry and calling for a review of the rule book after watching Joe Flacco being helped off the field, bleeding and disoriented following a late hit.

Flacco sustained a concussion Thursday night during a 40-0 victory over the Dolphins after he went into a slide designed to prevent the quarterback from being tackled. The Ravens were off Friday and provided no update on the quarterback’s condition.

It is unclear if Flacco will be ready when the Ravens play the Titans on Nov. 5.

Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso crushed Flacco late in the first half. Alonso received a penalty for unnecessary roughness on the play, but that was of little consolation to the Ravens.

“He was sliding, and the guy came in high. They’re trying to take that play out, but it happens,” safety Eric Weddle said. “Maybe they’ll look at it in the offseason, and in that situation, the guy should get ejected.”

Flacco helped the Ravens take a 13-0 lead before Alonso’s hit ripped the helmet from the quarterback’s head and put a gash near his ear that required stitches.

“Was it clean? Was it dirty? It doesn’t matter,” Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley said. “At the end of the day, our quarterback went down, and the whole team took it personally.” Texans owner apologies: Bob McNair, the chairman and chief executive of the Texans, apologized after a report said he declared “we can’t have the inmates running the prison” during a meeting of NFL owners over what to do about players who kneel in protest during the national anthem.

McNair said he regretted using the expression and that he was “not referring to our players.”

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