Once originally thought to have suffered a season-ending injury, the Ravens’ Ray Lewis could return by Week 15. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis could make what was once an unthinkable return to the field by Week 15, after the team initially determined he would miss the rest of the season with a torn triceps.

Yahoo Sports’ Michael Silver, citing more than six sources, reported Monday that Lewis could come back in as little as three weeks, when the Ravens are set for a showdown at home with the Denver Broncos.

“At the end of the day, you’re gonna see Ray Lewis again,” linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo told Yahoo’s Silver. “For the greatest player in Ravens history to be able to return from this injury and come on this championship run with us? When he was said to be down and out? Man, that’s critical mass. When he comes through that tunnel, that’s gonna be the earthquake and the tsunami.”

Lewis, Ravens coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome wouldn’t outwardly confirm Silver’s report. But they did offer speculative hints like “stay tuned” and that it was “possible.”

Lewis originally suffered the injury in an October victory over the Dallas Cowboys, during which the Ravens also lost cornerback Lardarius Webb for the season with a torn ACL. Silver, citing a source close to Lewis, reported that he is undergoing a form of platelet-rich plasma therapy to treat the triceps injury.

The Ravens have won four consecutive games and are three games ahead of their closest challengers in the AFC North. They sit one game back of the Houston Texans for the AFC’s best record.

Lewis had 57 tackles in six games before suffering the injury. And as the team’s unquestioned leader, his return would provide a huge boost for a Ravens team that once faced the prospect of playing the rest of the season without three of its biggest defensive stars. Linebacker Terrell Suggs, who was originally thought to be out for the year after an Achilles injury, returned in late October.

Terrell Suggs is shooting for a return to game action on Sunday against the Texans. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs is expecting to play Sunday in Houston against the Texans just days after returning to practice after being out since April with a torn right Achilles tendon, according to a report Thursday morning from ESPN NFL analyst Adam Schefter:

But more and more it’s looking like there’s a real chance, maybe a better than real chance, that Suggs will make his season debut Sunday.

Schefter also offered up the note that Suggs’ family and friends are making the trip to Houston in anticipation of his return to the field. But Schefter also said that Suggs has put on considerable weight during his time away from game-action and might need more than a few days to return to form.

Though Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has remained mum on a timetable for Suggs’ return, Schefter reported that many sources believe the earliest he would return is November. Suggs, the 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is reportedly at the Ravens training facility today, one day after returning to his first practice since the injury. The team will be without its other star linebacker, Ray Lewis, who went down with a torn triceps in a win against the Dallas Cowboys Oct. 14 and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

The Ravens aren’t ruling out a return for Ray Lewis this season. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

When Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis had surgery on Oct. 16 to repair a torn triceps that he suffered days earlier in a win against the Dallas Cowboys, the prognosis was reportedly that he would miss the remainder of the season. The team, as expected, placed him on the injured reserve list but with a tag attached to it; Lewis is listed as ”designated to return” and Ravens head coach John Harbaugh told the media on Wednesday that he’s leaving open the possibility of Lewis’ return this season, according to Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com:

“Obviously, it’s a very serious injury. But there’s an opportunity, and we’re going to keep the door open, and we’ll just see where that goes, going forward. We really don’t know any more than that. He will have surgery today.”

Because he was placed on the injured list, by rule, Lewis, who leads the team in tackles, has to now sit out for the next eight weeks. But he will be eligible to practice with the Ravens in six weeks and could return to game-action for Week 15.

The news of Lewis’ possible return this season also comes on the same day that linebacker Terrell Suggs returned to practice after missing several months with a torn right Achilles tendon. Suggs, who was named the 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, isn’t expected to play in the Ravens’ game on Sunday at Houston against the Texans.

The Ravens listed Jameel McClain as the starting middle linebacker. Daniel Ellerbe was promoted to outside linebacker.