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“I’m just going to follow the NFL protocols as much as I can, as best as I can,” said Jackson, who missed the Ravens’ Week 12 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last season while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. “I’m not worried about it. Last year, [when] I came off COVID[-19], I felt like we did pretty good, and this year, I’m trying to do the same thing, if anything. So, just like I said, I’m just going to follow the protocols.”

Nose tackle Eddie Goldman, who tested positive and went on the list on Aug. 3, remains out. Goldman, who opted out of the 2020 season because he was high risk for the virus, has not indicated whether he is vaccinated. Unvaccinated players who test positive and are asymptomatic must isolate for 10 days before returning, while any player who tested positive and experienced symptoms must isolate for 10 days after symptoms appeared.

Yet, like the vision of Ray Kinsella, the obsessed farmer played by Kevin Costner in “Field of Dreams,” Stillman’s plan is slowly being realized. Her husband, Tom Mietzel, hopes the major league game Stillman envisioned years ago will be the spark that finally makes the development, dubbed “All-Star Ballpark Heaven,” bloom around the onetime movie set.