The Ravens are making the quarterback move they needed, but not in time for Thursday night.
Baltimore is finalizing a trade for Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, after losing Lamar Jackson for maybe the remainder of the 2026 regular season and with Tyler Huntley also set to miss the rest of 2026. It’s the kind of addition that makes sense on paper for a team suddenly thin at the most important spot on the field.
But for Week 9, it won’t change a thing.
Joe Fagnano is still lined up to start for Baltimore against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday Night Football, and that was always the plan for this week before the Brissett deal surfaced. The timing simply doesn’t work out for the Ravens to get Brissett in place and ready to go before kickoff.
“Trade: the Arizona Cardinals are finalizing a trade to send QB Jacoby Brissett, per @RapSheet and me,” Schefter reports. “Deal is expected to be completed this weekend.”
That means the Ravens will have to ride with Fagnano against Jacksonville, even though Brissett is expected to become the answer at quarterback once the trade is completed. After Week 8, the Cardinals had moved Brissett to their third-string role, with Gardner Minshew taking over as the starter and Carson Beck becoming the QB2, making Brissett available.
So while Baltimore is clearly trying to stabilize the position and stay in the playoff hunt, this particular move won’t help them on Thursday night. Brissett is slated to start for the Ravens in Week 10, not Week 9.
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