Zay Flowers injury update: Ravens make final decision on star WR

The Baltimore Ravens will be without key receiver Zay Flowers for a Divisional Round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, the franchise revealed just hours before kickoff.

Flowers is among the inactives listed by the Ravens.

Zay Flowers missed last weekend’s NFL Wild Card round win over the Steelers after being injured during the regular season finale against the Cleveland Browns. He was a non-participant at Wednesday’s practice, meaning it was always going to be tough for him to suit up in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs.

“It looks like the Ravens could be without their standout wide receiver Zay Flowers, who hurt his knee in the regular season finale against the Cleveland Browns… missed last week’s wild card game,” ESPN insider Adam Schefter said. “The Ravens had thought that there was a chance that Flowers could make it back for Sunday afternoon’s matchup against the Buffalo Bills, but the first practice of the week is a no practice. Not a great sign.”

The former first-round pick out of Boston College led the Ravens with 74 receptions for 1,059 yards and four touchdowns during the regular season.

The Ravens had held out hope he could return.

“We’ll see if Flowers can make it back,” Schefter said mid-week. “Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said that Flowers doesn’t have to practice this week to be able to play on Sunday. One more element to keep in mind.”

Unfortunately for Baltimore, Zay Flowers wasn’t able to make it back in time.

You can view the complete list of inactives on Sunday evening for the Baltimore Ravens below:

Baltimore Ravens Inactives

WR Zay Flowers
FS Beau Brade
RB Rasheen Ali
FS Marcus Williams
OLB Asida Isaac
C Nick Samac
NT Josh Tupou

On3’s Matt Connolly also contributed to this report.