GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson won’t play Saturday night against the Green Bay Packers due to the back injury that knocked him out of a loss to the New England Patriots last weekend.
The Ravens listed Jackson among their inactive players for Saturday’s must-win game. The two-time MVP hadn’t practiced all week and was listed as doubtful on the Ravens’ Thursday injury report.
That means neither team will have its starting quarterback available. The Packers (9-5-1) announced Friday that they wouldn’t have Jordan Love, who has been in concussion protocol since absorbing a helmet-to-helmet hit in the second quarter of a 22-16 overtime loss at Chicago last weekend.
This will be the fourth game Jackson has missed for the Ravens this season. He was injured in the second quarter of the Ravens’ 28-24 loss to New England. Jackson also missed three games earlier this season with a hamstring injury.
Baltimore (7-8) has gone 1-2 in the games Jackson has missed. The Ravens beat Chicago 30-16 on Oct. 26 in the lone game started by Tyler Huntley, who is expected to start in Jackson’s place.
The Packers elevated quarterback Clayton Tune from their practice squad to their active roster for Saturday's game, so he is expected to back up Malik Willis. The Packers also elevated tight end Drake Dabney from their practice squad to their active roster for Saturday.
Green Bay also will be missing right tackle Zach Tom for a second straight game as he deals with a knee injury. Packers safety Evan Williams, who didn't play against the Bears because of his own knee issue, is available for Saturday's game.
Joining Love and Tom on the Packers' inactive list are defensive linemen Collin Oliver, Nazir Stackhouse and Barryn Sorrell and wide receiver Savion Williams.
The Ravens' other inactive players are wide receiver Tylan Wallace, cornerback Keyon Martin, offensive tackle Joseph Noteboom and defensive tackle Aeneas Peebles.
Baltimore's only route to the playoffs is a victory at Green Bay on Saturday, a Pittsburgh Steelers loss at Cleveland on Sunday and a victory over the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Jan. 4.
Green Bay already has clinched a playoff berth.
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaves the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaves the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaves the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jeffrey R. Holland, a high-ranking official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was next in line to become the faith's president, has died. He was 85.
Holland died early Saturday morning from complications associated with kidney disease, the church announced on its website.
Holland, who died in Salt Lake City, led a governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, which helps set church policy while overseeing the many business interests of what is known widely as the Mormon church.
He was the longest-tenured member of the Quorum of the Twelve after President Dallin H. Oaks, making him next in line to lead the church under a long-established succession plan. Oaks, 93, became president of the church and its more than 17 million-strong global membership in October.
Henry B. Eyring, who is 92 and one of Oaks' two top counselors, is now next in line for the presidency.
Holland had been hospitalized during the Christmas holiday for ongoing health complications, the church said. Experts on the faith pointed to his declining health in October when Oaks did not select Holland as a counselor.
His death leaves a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve that Oaks will fill in coming months, likely by calling a new apostle from a lower-tier leadership council. Apostles are all men in accordance with the church’s all-male priesthood.
Holland grew up in St. George, Utah, and worked for many years in education administration before his call to join the ranks of church leadership. He served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University, the Utah-based faith's flagship school, from 1980 to 1989 and was a commissioner of the church’s global education system.
Under his leadership, the Provo university worked to improve interfaith relations and established a satellite campus in Jerusalem. The Anti-Defamation League later honored Holland with its “Torch of Liberty” award for helping foster greater understanding between Christian and Jewish communities.
Oaks, also a former BYU president, reflected Saturday on his more than 50 years of friendship and service with Holland, calling their relationship “long and loving.”
“Over the last three decades as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he lifted the weary, encouraged the faithful and bore a powerful witness of the Savior — even through seasons of significant personal trials,” Oaks said.
Holland was known as a dynamic orator whose sermons combined scholarship with tenderness. In 2013 he spoke to church members about supporting loved ones with depression and other mental illnesses, sharing openly about times when he felt “like a broken vessel.”
Holland is widely remembered for a 2021 speech in which he called on church members to take up metaphorical muskets in defense of the faith's teachings against same-sex marriage. The talk, known colloquially as “the musket fire speech,” became required reading for BYU freshmen in 2024, raising concern among LGBTQ+ students and advocates.
Holland was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia Terry Holland. He is survived by their three children, 13 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
This story has been corrected to show that Holland was preceded in death by his wife.
Associated Press writer Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed.
FILE - Jeffrey R. Holland, member of the quorum of the twelve apostles, speaks during a news conference at the Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File )
