Ravens’ Flacco ‘questionable’

Lee suspended

BALTIMORE, Dec 8, (RTRS): Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was a full participant in Friday’s practice for the first time since injuring his hip in Week 9, but he is officially questionable Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Flacco has not been cleared yet to play a game, but that could happen before Sunday.

Rookie Lamar Jackson, who has won all three starts since Flacco went down, is expected to start again, but head coach John Harbaugh declined to confirm as much. Harbaugh acknowledged it’s possible Flacco could be the backup against the Chiefs, but he did not address who will be the team’s starter over the rest of the season.

The Chiefs will be without wide receiver Sammy Watkins for four to six weeks, according to a Kansas City Star report.

Watkins has missed three of the last four games with a foot injury and reportedly re-injured the foot in Thursday’s practice. He’s officially listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Ravens and will be evaluated week-to-week after that.

Cam Newton cut the ball loose in Friday’s practice and received the all-clear from head coach Ron Rivera for the Carolina Panthers’ game Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.

Newton missed practice Wednesday with a shoulder injury after throwing four interceptions in defeat last week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

After making it through the week with no setbacks, Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is officially set to return to the starting lineup Sunday night against the Los Angeles Rams.

“He put together three really good days in practice,” head coach Matt Nagy told reporters of Trubisky, who missed the last two games with a right (throwing) shoulder injury. “The velocity on his throws was good. His decisionmaking, just getting in and out of the huddle, that part was easy.

New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee has been suspended without pay for the final four games of the season for a violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, the league announced.