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There were murmurs throughout the press box when the list of inactive Ravens players was released about an hour before kickoff in Buffalo and Jonathan Ogden’s name was nowhere to be found.
The 10-time Pro Bowler made a two-series cameo against the Bills, his first action since the inaugural quarter of the season because of a nagging turf toe injury.
Ogden
Ogden was sharp in two series of work, but said he needed to work on his conditioning.
Ogden had been practicing more and more in recent weeks, although it was with the second team. The Ravens had listed him as inactive for each game since the opener in Cincinnati, but head coach Brian Billick suggested that the team would evaluate Ogden’s roster status - and possibly place him on Injured Reserve - if the tackle couldn’t play Nov. 5 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For the 6-foot-9, 345-pounder, playing two series was a proper warm-up to test his left big toe.
“That was the plan: get two series in and just kind of see where it stood,” he said after the game.
Ogden stood tall against talented Bills pass rusher Aaron Shobel, who was held without a sack by Odgen and backup Jared Gaither, who started at left tackle.
The toe did not seem to hinder anything the 12-year veteran wanted to do.
“I felt okay,” he cautioned. “It didn’t feel great, but it felt okay. I was able to complete everything I had to do. I didn’t struggle with any of my movements so that was a good thing.”
Ogden was happy with his ability to deal with the pain that comes from supporting his massive frame on such a concentrated injury.
“I can always take some pain,” he said. “When the pain shuts you down that’s when you have to say ‘whoa.’ But it didn’t shut me down today, so I’m very optimistic about the future here.”
There were murmurs throughout the press box when the list of inactive Ravens players was released about an hour before kickoff in Buffalo and Jonathan Ogden’s name was nowhere to be found.
The 10-time Pro Bowler made a two-series cameo against the Bills, his first action since the inaugural quarter of the season because of a nagging turf toe injury.
Ogden
Ogden was sharp in two series of work, but said he needed to work on his conditioning.
Ogden had been practicing more and more in recent weeks, although it was with the second team. The Ravens had listed him as inactive for each game since the opener in Cincinnati, but head coach Brian Billick suggested that the team would evaluate Ogden’s roster status - and possibly place him on Injured Reserve - if the tackle couldn’t play Nov. 5 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
For the 6-foot-9, 345-pounder, playing two series was a proper warm-up to test his left big toe.
“That was the plan: get two series in and just kind of see where it stood,” he said after the game.
Ogden stood tall against talented Bills pass rusher Aaron Shobel, who was held without a sack by Odgen and backup Jared Gaither, who started at left tackle.
The toe did not seem to hinder anything the 12-year veteran wanted to do.
“I felt okay,” he cautioned. “It didn’t feel great, but it felt okay. I was able to complete everything I had to do. I didn’t struggle with any of my movements so that was a good thing.”
Ogden was happy with his ability to deal with the pain that comes from supporting his massive frame on such a concentrated injury.
“I can always take some pain,” he said. “When the pain shuts you down that’s when you have to say ‘whoa.’ But it didn’t shut me down today, so I’m very optimistic about the future here.”
