OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens are unsure who is lining up in front of quarterback Lamar Jackson on Sunday.
Baltimore's top two centers -- starter Jovaughn Gwyn (ankle) and backup Ethan Pocic (knee) -- were injured during the Ravens' dramatic 34-31 win in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
"Both look like they'll be a little bit long-term type of things," Ravens coach Jesse Minter said Monday.
Asked if Gwyn and Pocic will be placed on injured reserve, Minter replied, "They're both going to be in that range. We'll figure it out here over the next couple days."
Rookie first-round pick Vega Ioane, who is the Ravens' starting right guard, is preparing to play center. Ioane finished Sunday's game at center but only lined up at center for 17 of his 2,149 snaps at Penn State.
"We'll figure out the best five guys to put out there for this particular week as we may add a piece or two obviously from losing a couple guys," Minter said.
It's been a struggle for Baltimore to replace Tyler Linderbaum, a three-time Pro Bowl center who signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in free agency. The Ravens lost Danny Pinter, the frontrunner to take over for Linderbaum, to a season-ending leg injury in August. Now, Baltimore has had two more centers suffer injuries.
So, the Ravens are already on their fourth option at center heading into the fourth game of the season. But the team is confident Jackson can handle any adjustment.
After Pocic was injured Sunday, Jackson took some shotgun snaps from Ioane off to the side. The first one to Jackson had some extra zip to it.
When Minter asked Jackson if he wanted to talk to Ioane, Jackson said, "No, I'll make it work."
"To me, Lamar's the ultimate 'make it work' player," Minter said. "He will make it right. That's how he is. That's how great of a player he is. He doesn't let stuff like that bother him. He doesn't make excuses. He is just that type of guy."
The other injury issue on the offensive line is left tackle Ronnie Stanley, who missed his first game of the season. Stanley has been dealing with a toe injury.
"I think [the missed game] was a good opportunity to allow this to be something that he might not have to deal with just over and over again [and] that it gave it a chance to hopefully get right," Minter said. "I think he'll be a lot closer this week to being able to push back."
Also, wide receiver Zay Flowers is expected to get a bigger workload after being limited to 21 snaps on Sunday in his return from a hamstring injury. Flowers still led Baltimore with 85 yards receiving on five catches, including a 27-yarder that set up the winning field goal.
"I think now he's coming out of this thing really ready to push to be back in there closer to full time," Minter said.