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Another Critical Start for Tyler Huntley with Ravens

While the Ravens have gone 3-1 in games Tyler Huntley has started this season, the offense has been mostly inconsistent.

Todd Karpovich

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley will have another opportunity to show that he can be a consistent NFL starter with Lamar Jackson still sidelined with a knee injury.

Huntley has a chance to keep the Ravens in the hunt for an AFC North title with a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 17. 

While the Ravens have gone 3-1 in games that Huntley has started this season, the offense has been mostly inconsistent.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Huntley has nothing to prove. 

"He doesn’t surprise you because he does in games what he does in practice," Harbaugh said about Huntley. "It’s never too big for him. He operates well, he makes plays, obviously under pressure and duress. He manages situations of games well. I just love the way he plays the position, and I think he continues to improve every time he goes out. It’s Tyler; we’re past that. We’re not, ‘Oh, what surprises you? What impresses you?’ It’s like, ‘We expect him to play well.’” 

Huntley has thrown for 528 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for a 76.6 rating this season. 

The Ravens have scored three touchdowns in the last four games.

Last year, Huntley played effectively at times but finished 1-3 as the starter. He completed 122 of 188 passes for 1,081 yards and three touchdowns and four interceptions.

Huntley and the rest of the offense will need to play better against a Pittsburgh defense that has played at a high level for the past several weeks.

“They just fly around," Huntley said about the Steelers. [They’re a] physical defense. We’ve just got to just execute and do our job, and everything else is going to take care of its part.”

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Todd Karpovich
TODD KARPOVICH

Twitter: @toddkarpovich Email: todd.karpovich@gmail.com Skype: todd.karpovich Todd Karpovich has been a contributor for ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Lindy's, and The Baltimore Sun, among other media outlets nationwide. He is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box,” “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles,” and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs).” Karpovich, a Baltimore native, is a graduate of Calvert Hall College high school, Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, and has a Masters of Science from Towson University. 

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