Jacoby Brissett didn’t get much time to settle in after arriving in Maryland late last week, but that’s been the point. The Baltimore Ravens brought him in from the Arizona Cardinals for a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 seventh-round pick, and almost immediately the veteran quarterback was buried in the work of learning the offense and getting comfortable with a new group of teammates.
By earlier this week, head coach Jesse Minter had already named Brissett the starter for Baltimore’s Week 10 primetime game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Since then, Brissett has spent his time around the building with offensive coordinator Declan Doyle and the rest of the support staff, trying to catch up fast.
“It’s definitely a crash course,” Brissett said..“ No question. [I want to] really just come out, try to do my job to the best of my ability, be a good teammate, kind of keep things simple [and] try not to overcomplicate this thing right now and just take it one day at a time.”
He said the learning hasn’t stopped, even as he’s grown more comfortable with the playbook and the people around him. Brissett pointed to the coaches helping him along and the players around him in the huddle as part of that process.
“I don’t think my preparation is stopping today, but I think I have the right coaches that are helping me along the way. Obviously, the players are helping me when I’m in the huddle and things of that nature, so it’s been good. Like I said, I feel confident, but obviously [there’s] still some work to do.”
Brissett also made time after the Ravens’ first two practices of the week to throw with some of the team’s top pass catchers, including two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers, talented rookie wideout Ja’Kobi Lane and vertical speedster Devontez Walker. That extra work has been part of the adjustment, along with the walkthroughs and the conversations that come with a new offense.
“It’s just going through the plan,” Brissett said. “We do a bunch of walk-throughs.
You see the practice, stuff after practice and things of that nature. I just think it’s that, and then just them telling me what they need from me more than I need from them.
They have to do the hard part. I have to do the easy part and find them and put the ball where it’s supposed to go.
It’s just [about] the communication on both sides.”
The timing of his arrival could matter most for Flowers, who has managed only three catches for six receiving yards on 11 targets over the last two games after averaging just over 101 receiving yards in his first six appearances. Brissett’s accuracy over the middle and at the intermediate level also gives Lane a chance to cash in on the buzz he built during training camp and the preseason.
Doyle said Brissett’s experience is a major asset.
“He’s a guy who’s played 11 years, so he’s seen a lot of football,” Doyle said. “He’s seen a lot of these pictures, and he’ll let it rip.
He can really drive the ball. Those are all things that I’m really excited about with him.”
Brissett’s first impression of Doyle has been just as strong. He described the coordinator as someone who has made the transition easier by being direct and open about how the offense is being built.
“He’s a great football mind,” Brissett said. “He’s been very receptive to information from me and getting to know each other, whether that’s on the field and off the field and trying to bridge the gap over a relationship that you kind of have to fast-track before Monday.
“But he’s been awesome. What he’s thinking as far as the play structure and then obviously how we’re attacking the defense, he’s very vocal about it.
I think that cleans up the communication. I know what he’s thinking.”
Even before the Ravens and Minter made Friday’s official statement confirming reports about Lamar Jackson’s thumb injury and laying out a possible return timeline, Brissett said he wasn’t spending much time looking ahead. He’s focused on the job in front of him, not what might come later.
“I don’t even really want to get into it,” Brissett said. “It’s one of those things where you kind of just take it day by day, and then future things happen when future things happen.
But, I’d be a fool to look forward. I’m trying to learn teammates, players, coaches, plays and get ready for a game.
The last thing I’m worried about is something that’s going to happen down the road.”
For Brissett, this is familiar territory. The Ravens are the seventh different team of his 11-year career, and he has already been pulled into a season as a stop-gap solution before, when the Indianapolis Colts acquired him ahead of the 2017 season after Andrew Luck’s shoulder injury ended Luck’s year before it began.
Brissett’s career has also made him one of the league’s more adaptable quarterbacks. He owns a 23-50 record as a starter and has moved through multiple offensive systems, something he believes has prepared him for exactly this kind of moment.
“I think that’s just it. You are around a lot of different people, a lot of different systems, different situations, every year,” Brissett said.
“Just being able to be flexible, that’s what’s kept me in this league for so long, and this is no different. [I’m] just excited for this opportunity, and [I’m] trying to make the most of it.”
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