Derrick Mason Will Play on Sunday for the Ravens

With a playoff berth at stake, rookie quarterback Joe Flacco will be able to sleep a little better Saturday night. That's because his top receiver will be in the lineup for the possible must-win against the Jaguars.

ESPN's Sal Paolantonio is reporting that although Derrick Mason suffered three different separated shoulders in the win over Dallas last week, he will tough it out and play in the afternoon game on Sunday against Jacksonville.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh told Paolantonio that Mason's shoulder is improving, but that he's having some spasms in his neck. The plan is to give Mason some pre-game deep tissue massage and put him on the field.

Mason has pulled in 74 catches this year for 960 yards and five touchdowns. Since that is all you can really talk about, here is the video of last week when Mason had all those catches with basically one arm. If you don't mind watching it with the annoying (and at times, NSFW) music, watch it. The guy is tougher than a Dodge truck.