Zay Flowers is a 'True Pre-Game Decision' Which Usually Means He's Sitting

Zay Flowers is officially a "true pre-game decision" for tonight, which is usually just NFL front-office translation for a guy who is about to watch the game in premium athleisure.

According to Adam Schefter, the Baltimore Ravens are putting their star wide receiver through a pre-game workout to test his lingering hamstring injury. However, the report makes it painfully clear that the team is not actually counting on him to suit up.

"One source called it a 'true pre-game decision', but the team doesn’t sound as if it is counting on him playing."

Hamstring injuries are the check engine lights of professional sports. You can try to ignore them and keep driving, but eventually, the whole operation is going to smoke out on the highway.

The timing could not be worse for Baltimore. The Ravens are heading into a massive primetime showdown against the Dallas Cowboys tonight and desperately need all their offensive firepower.

They are already trying to wash the taste out of their mouths from last week's 24-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Missing your most explosive perimeter weapon when you are trying to avoid a losing streak is a brutal spot for this offense.

If the coaching staff is already leaking pessimism to insiders, anyone holding a receiving prop ticket for Flowers should probably start making peace with a voided bet.

We will get the final verdict when the official inactive list drops 90 minutes before kickoff. If Flowers is officially ruled out, expect Baltimore to completely abandon the forward pass and try to run the ball down the throat of the Dallas defense.