Another head injury for Gooden

Starting "Jack" linebacker Tavares Gooden didn't practice yesterday with a head injury, which was a little surprising considering the Ravens are coming off a bye and Gooden had been OK prior to the week off.

Turns out, the second-year man suffered the injury at practice earlier this week.

"It's not even that serious," Gooden said. "It was more of I just kind of got caught off guard with my chin out, running through a gap, and got a little dizzy. One of those things.

"[I'm] just a little dinged up, that's all."

This isn't Gooden's first head injury this year; he suffered a concussion in the Ravens' Week 3 win over the Browns, and he was held out of the following game against the Patriots.

The Miami product said that this injury isn't as bad as the first one, and when he was asked what his expectations are for Sunday, he said he hopes to suit up.

"I'm out there, I'm watching," Gooden said. "I'm going out there and talking with the trainers and seeing what's the best thing for me to do. But right now I'm ready to go out there and play, we're just going to take it one day at a time.
"I'm cleared with all my tests and things like that, so I'm just ready to go out there and see how it feels."



(masnsports.com)