OWINGS MILLS — It’s been a frustrating month for Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton.
He dealt with elbow and leg injuries in training camp. This past week, Hamilton landed on the injury report with a back issue.
He is starting to turn the corner health-wise and ready to play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.
“I’m feeling good. [I] practiced [in] full the last few days [and] don’t think it will be a problem,” Hamilton said about the back issue. “Everybody deals with stuff throughout the season and mine just started a little early this year, so, yes. [The] guys in the training room did a good job to get me back right.”
Hamilton became a playmaker last year, earning First-Team All-Pro honors. He hasn’t made any significant plays in the Ravens’ losses to the Chiefs and Raiders to open the 2o24 season.
He acknowledged the injuries have held him back a bit.
“It’s been kind of annoying a little bit, even starting in the spring with the elbow,” Hamilton said. “I kind of fell behind the 8-ball a little bit. [I] had to work that much harder, come in earlier, get treatment [and] get treatment after practice, stuff like that.”
The Ravens’ secondary hasn’t played well in the first two games.
In the season opener, Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice caught seven passes for 103 yards in the Ravens 27-20 loss. The Ravens’ secondary also had a communication breakdown on a 35-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Xavier Worthy. Last Sunday, the Ravens struggled to cover Davante Adams, who finished with 110 yards on nine receptions with a touchdown, and tight end Brock Bowers, who had nine catches for 98 yards, in the Raiders’ 26-23 victory.
Entering Week 3, Baltimore has the NFL’s 32-ranked pass defense, allowing 257 yards per game.
Hamilton said the stats don’t tell the whole story.
“I don’t think we get caught up too much in numbers, but I think we’re knocking the run out so much that teams kind of abandon it,” Hamilton said. “That kind of skews the passing numbers a little bit, because maybe, I think they might have had 5 yards rushing in the first half and maybe 30 [yards] for the game, maybe. So, once you can’t run the ball, you have to pass it or punt it, so I think we’re getting a lot more passes because of that.
“We have to be more tied up in the back end. We’ve been having extra meetings as players to go out there and right the stuff that’s not going right.”
