Ravens RB Mark Ingram is doubtful to play Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to Jamison Hensley of ESPN.

Related Players: Gus Edwards, J.K. Dobbins

Ingram was heading towards an out designation because he had not practiced all week. There is pretty much no chance Ingram plays against the run-stuffing Steelers defense.

Ravens RB Mark Ingram’s MRI showed a mid- to high-ankle sprain.

Related players: Gus Edwards, J.K. Dobbins

Pelissero went on to tweet the injury isn’t considered severe, per source. The Ravens are on a bye this week, and coach John Harbaugh said Monday that Ingram probably will be back Nov. 1 against Pittsburgh. If Ingram owners see a chance to grab Edwards, he seems next in line for carries should Ingram miss time, but as of right now it looks like he's expected to be back.

John Harbaugh believes RB Mark Ingram doesn't have a significant ankle injury and thinks he has a chance of playing against the Steelers on Nov. 1.

Related players: J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards

Ingram has perhaps escaped a serious ankle injury, but may or may not be available after the Ravens bye in Week 7. If Dobbins or Edwards are on your wire, it may be a good time to try and snag them up in case Ingram misses time.

The reality is, the Ravens just aren’t running many offensive plays. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The Ravens had two- and three-play touchdown drives Sunday. You’ll take the quick strikes all the time. But they do impact how much the Ravens are able to get their myriad offensive players involved. Take away nine plays per game and about four minutes of possession time and that’s significant in terms of how many touches certain players are able to get and how many snaps guys play.

Mark Ingram, Gus Edwards, J.K. Dobbins, Mark Andrews, Marquise Brown, Lamar Jackson

Ingram who is second on the team to Jackson with 34 carries, is already averaging five fewer carries per game than he got through the course of last year. Edwards, who has looked like the Ravens’ most effective back, is on pace to average two fewer touches per game than he got last year. Wide receiver Brown has 24 targets and 16 catches. Last year, he had 34 targets and 18 catches through this point. Tight end Andrews has 12 catches on 20 targets. Through four games last year, he had 23 catches on 32 targets. The Ravens haven’t been able to spread the ball around and get as many players as involved as they’d like. They just haven’t had enough plays to do that, the story went on to say.

The Ravens released a depth chart for the first week of the regular season and it shows J.K. Dobbins on the bottom looking up at the team’s other running backs.

Dobbins is listed as the fourth of the team’s four backs. Mark Ingram is the starter with Gus Edwards and Justice Hill behind him.

This isn't too much of a surprise but it's definitely worth noting. Depth charts don't always mean a lot, but the Ravens have a crowded backfield and while Dobbins has looked good in camp he's a rookie behind three other pretty good backs. He likely won't be a safe fantasy start Week 1 and he'll have to earn his touches going forward before being trusted in lineups.

Mark Ingram is 30 and while he remains the team’s lead back and the tone-setter on offense, he doesn’t have to carry the load. The Ravens can spread the ball around and make sure they have fresh legs on the field late in games. J.K. Dobbins had a strong training camp and he’ll have a role and Gus Edwards is too effective to not remain involved. Justice Hill is a wildcard. Any way you look at it, this group should pose weekly problems for defenses and put up big numbers.

But it may be a tough go for fantasy owners. Ingram seems to be the safest back for now, but the backup role looks like it will come down to Dobbins and Edwards. We've seen several reports that Hill could find a role as the team's third-down back. All four backs seem to have some fantasy value and are worth drafting depending on the round you can get them.

John Harbaugh said that Mark Ingram remains the No. 1 back and that J.K. Dobbins will probably have a “significant role” in the backfield as well.

“Confidence plus coachability plus talent, that’s a pretty good combination and he’s got all of that,” Harbaugh said, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com.

Ingram got 202 carries last season, Gus Edwards got the ball 133 times and Justice Hill ran 58 times, so there are a lot of carries to be had in the Baltimore offense.

That number could go up if Lamar Jackson handles less of the duties on the ground, but the team isn’t saying what’s going to happen on that front. There are a lot of options to run the ball but not all can be fantasy-worth every week. For now, it looks like Ingram is the RB1 and a lot will need to be sorted out behind him.