>> WELL, THE RAVENS GOT BACK TO WORK TODAY TO BEGIN PREPARING FOR SUNDAY'S HOME OPENER AGAINST THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS. BUT AS THE TEAM HIT THE PRACTICE FIELD, THEIR QUARTERBACK WASN'T WITH THEM. WMAR 2 NEWS SHAWN STEPNER HAS MORE ON THAT. AND JOHN HARBOUR STICKING UP FOR HIS OFFENSIVE LINE. >> A SURPRISE ABSENTEE AS THE RAVENS GOT BACK ON THE FIELD MONDAY, LAMAR JACKSON MISSING PRACTICE THE MVP NOT TAKING PART IN THE HOUR AND A HALF SESSION AT THE UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER. HEAD COACH JOHN HARBAUGH NOT PROVIDING MUCH OF A REASON AS TO WHY NUMBER GUYS THAT WERE OUT THERE ON SOME PERSONAL, SOME PHYSICAL. SO, YOU KNOW, ANDREW PERKINS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SO YOU'LL BE BETTER ADVISED ON THAT JACKSON DID NOT APPEAR TO BE HURT AT ALL DURING THURSDAY'S LOSS TO THE CHIEFS. AS FOR THE GUYS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM, HARBAUGH NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS REBUILT OFFENSIVE LINE AFTER WEEK. ONE, ONE OF THE QUESTION MARKS HEADING INTO THE SEASON. THE RAVENS REPLACING 3 STARTERS AND WORKING IN ROOKIE RIGHT TACKLE ROGER ROSENGARTEN COLLECTIVELY THE LINE HAD THEIR ISSUES WITH RUN, BLOCKING PROTECTION AND PENALTIES. >> BUT ONLY ALLOWED ONE SACK AND ONE QUARTERBACK HIT. I ASKED THE HEAD MUCH PROGRESS HE WANTS TO SEE FROM THAT UNIT IN WEEK. 2, HOW MUCH I LIKE TO SEE IT BE. >> 10 MILLION TIMES BETTER. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. THINK IT'LL BE TIME MANY TIMES BETTER. IT WILL BE TWICE AS GOOD DEFENSE IN THE BASEMENT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU GOING TO GET. THE BASELINE IS NOT AS PRETTY GOOD. THEY SAY PRETTY GOOD ENVIRONMENT AGAIN SAID AGAINST THAT DEFENSE DOESN'T BOTHER ME AS MUCH AS A FATHER'S. YOU OBVIOUSLY. >> WITH SOME OTHERS, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE I KNOW HARD THEY WORK. IN A NOTE OUT OF I WATCH ALL THE OTHER OFFENSIVE LINES IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. I THINK IF YOU APPLY SOME OF THE SAME STANDARD TO THE OTHER OFFENSIVE LINES OUT THERE, YOU'D BE LIKE BOY. IT'S A TOUGH POSITION TO PLAY, GETS HIS GUYS SO OUR OFFENSIVE LINE IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR. >> WHEN I ASKED HARBAUGH HOW MUCH SIMPLY PLAYING TOGETHER, MORE GAINING CHEMISTRY WILL HELP HIS OFFENSIVE LINE. HE RESPONDED, QUOTE, MASSIVELY. HE ADDED PLAYING AT KANSAS CITY WITH THAT CROWD NOISE AGAINST THAT DEFENSE IN THAT TYPE OF A GAME. >> QUOTE, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY TOUGHER THAN THAT.