Patrick Queen trolled by Ravens teammates after injury scare
When third-year linebacker Patrick Queen was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 10-9 win over the Denver Broncos, the Baltimore Ravens were presumably preparing for the worst.
But after Ravens head coach John Harbaugh revealed after the game that Queen was simply dealing with a thigh bruise, his teammates decided to prank him for making a spectacle of a marginal injury.
“We came out of that one really happy about that,” Harbaugh told reporters. “I was out there [when Queen got injured], and he was saying, ‘Don’t bring that cart out.’ He was hurting though; those bruises can really hurt. Some of us will bang something on a table and we can’t take it. That play was like a car wreck right there; there were four guys that came together there, smashed into each other I think it was. He’s going to be OK.”
Queen’s injury was initially believed to be much more serious, as his teammates and Broncos players surrounded the fallen linebacker after he laid on the turf and waited for a medical cart.
Queen’s day against the Broncos ended with nine tackles and a tackle for loss on 44 defensive snaps. The 23-year-old LB, who leads Baltimore in tackles (85) and tackles for loss (8), was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice and he’s expected to be available for Sunday’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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