If the Baltimore Ravens are going to mount a playoff run over the next two months, they will have to do it without one of their most valuable players.

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Cornerback Jimmy Smith will miss the rest of the season after undergoing foot surgery, the team announced Thursday.

“With the exam this morning, the doctors decided that he needed surgery and they repaired the injury,” coach John Harbaugh said, via the team’s official website. “Jimmy is finished for the season, but will recover for our offseason program.”

via Chris Wesseling of NFL.com