John Harbaugh Gives Cryptic Answer About Diontae Johnson's Future with Ravens

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh offered a fairly vague answer Monday while discussing why Diontae Johnson didn't see the field against the Philadelphia Eagles during Sunday's 24-19 loss.

"At this time, I'm going to have to wait just to clarify it," he told reporters .

"There's some moving parts there that we're going to have to figure out and explore and just see where we're at.

I know that's not the answer you want, but that's the best I can do in fairness to everybody right now." The Ravens traded a fifth-round pick to the Carolina Panthers for Johnson and a sixth-round selection on Oct.

29, but in four games with the Ravens, he's managed just one catch for six yards.

He's so far down the pecking order that he didn't even see action on Sunday after starter Rashod Bateman left the game in the third quarter with a knee injury.

In the past three games, he's played a grand total of 17 snaps and has been targeted just three times with no catches, leaving his future in Baltimore up in the air as the team heads into its bye.

"We'll just work it out [and] see where we're at over the next few days this week," Harbaugh said when asked if Johnson would remain with the Ravens.

The Ravens have a number of mouths to feed, with quarterback Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry proving a major threat in the run game and Zay Flowers, Bateman, Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely headlining the passing game.

Johnson has clearly not been able to break through, even ceding snaps to the inconsistent Nelson Agholor, and Harbaugh's comments on Monday made it seem as though a release could be an option, potentially one even requested by Johnson behind closed doors.

Despite that fact, Lamar Jackson has said he wants the veteran receiver to stick around.

"We want him out there," Jackson said.

"He's a great receiver.

We didn't get him from the Panthers for nothing." Maybe not, but it doesn't feel like Johnson has a future in Baltimore..

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