Baltimore Ravens CB leaves game due to injury

According to Brian Wacker of The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Ravens cornerback Trayvon Mullen left Saturday's game against the Green Bay Packers in the first quarter due to injury.

Mullen, 26, recently returned from a shoulder injury sustained early in training camp, but his return went unnoticed. At the time of the injury, head coach John Harbaugh said Mullen would be out for “a couple of weeks.”

“Trayvon Mullen landed on his shoulder [and] He suffered a subluxation, so it will be a couple of weeks and then we expect him to be back,” Harbaugh said on July 31.

Unfortunately, injuries have been an issue for Mullen in recent years. He missed all of last season, his first in Baltimore, while on the non-football injured list. In 2021, he played in just five games for the Las Vegas Raiders due to multiple foot injuries.

Mullen, cousin of Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson, is currently fighting to even make the 53-man roster, but the aforementioned shoulder injury was a major blow to his chances. Baltimore will likely have seven cornerbacks: Marlon Humphrey, Brandon Stephens, Nate Wiggins, TJ Tampa, Jalyn Armour-Davis, Damarion Williams and Ar'Darius Washington, the latter of whom plays more of a safety. And that's not even counting Arthur Maulet, who will begin the season on the injured list.

This is a tough group, but the Ravens know as well as anyone that there is no such thing as too much depth at cornerback. With Maulet, Wiggins and Tampa all dealing with injuries in the offseason, keeping Mullen as a backup might be a good idea. Of course, that assumes he's healthy himself.

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