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Ravens hope benching ticks off struggling receiver Breshad Perriman

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Breshad Perriman's disappointing career continued to spiral downward Sunday, when the Baltimore Ravens benched the 2015 first-round pick who has become a liability for the passing game.

"He’s probably a little ticked off. I hope he is," coach John Harbaugh said after Sunday's 23-0 win over the Green Bay Packers. "I want him to be ticked off. I want him to come out there and show it in the way he practices. He’ll do it."

Perriman's struggles caused many to wonder about his confidence and the team's trust in him to make plays. Perriman has seven catches, three drops and no touchdowns in eight games this season.

After Sunday's game, Harbaugh said he expected Perriman to return and be a downfield threat for the Ravens. But, when asked if Perriman would play again this season, Harbaugh indicated he wouldn't guarantee who would be active for Monday night's game against the Houston Texans.

"Breshad Perriman has a lot of character and he’s got a lot of talent," Harbaugh said. "It could be like any sport. Sometimes you just kind of get reset a little bit."

The breaking point apparently came in Baltimore's 23-20 loss at Tennessee, where Perriman's inability to fight for a deep pass at its highest point led to a costly interception. For his career, passes thrown to Perriman have resulted in twice the amount of interceptions (six) as touchdowns (three).

Harbaugh talked with Perriman on the flight back from Tennessee, and spoke to him in the locker room after the win in Green Bay.

"He’s going to be OK,” Harbaugh said. "He’s confident. He’s tough. He wants to do well."

Perriman's career has been derailed by injuries and inconsistency. He missed the entire 2015 season with a partially torn PCL in his right knee, and he was sidelined for all of training camp last year with a partially torn ACL in his left knee.

This year, Perriman was sidelined for all of the preseason with a hamstring injury before missing one game with a concussion. Perriman, who has been the team's No. 3 receiver when healthy, has caught seven passes on 175 routes run (4 percent), the worst rate in the NFL this season.

With Perriman not suited up Sunday, backup wide receivers Michael Campanaro and Chris Moore made an impact on special teams with big returns but neither had a pass thrown in his direction.

“I just don’t want it to be taken as a negative with Breshad," Harbaugh said. "He’s not where we want him to be yet. He’s not where he wants to be yet. He wants to be a star in this league and making plays, and he’s going to be. I think his day is coming."