The Ravens are moving to shore up their quarterback room, with Adam Schefter reporting Wednesday that Baltimore is finalizing a trade for Jacoby Brissett from the Cardinals.
The deal is expected to be completed this weekend, which would keep Brissett out of the lineup for Baltimore’s Week 9 Thursday Night matchup against the Jaguars.
Arizona had already pushed Brissett down to third on the depth chart behind Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck, making him available on the trade market. Baltimore’s need is obvious: Lamar Jackson is on injured reserve with a thumb injury, and Tyler Huntley is out for the season after suffering turf toe.
Brissett, 33, entered the league as a third-round pick by the Patriots in 2016. New England later dealt him to the Colts after the 2017 preseason in exchange for wide receiver Phillip Dorsett.
His career has taken him through a long list of stops since then. Brissett was in the final year of his four-year, $3.411 million contract when he agreed to a two-year, $30 million deal with the Colts in 2019, a contract that included $20 million guaranteed at signing. After a season with the Dolphins, he signed with the Browns in 2022, then joined the Commanders as a free agent in 2023 before returning to the Patriots on a one-year deal in 2024.
Arizona signed Brissett to a two-year contract last March, and he was in the second year of that deal when the team reworked his situation. The Cardinals then re-signed him to a one-year contract worth $15.5 million, with a chance to earn $21 million in incentives, while he was scheduled to make $4.88 million in base salary.
In 2026, Brissett has played in eight games for Arizona, completing 63.3 percent of his passes for 1,719 yards, 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
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