The Ravens’ quarterback depth chart has taken another hit, and Tyler “Snoop” Huntley is now expected to be done for the year.
According to ESPN, Huntley’s turf toe injury, suffered against the Buffalo Bills in Week 8, will keep him out for the rest of the season. He had already started three games this year and was in the middle of another stretch of filling in for Lamar Jackson when the injury struck.
Huntley has been a familiar face in Baltimore for most of his NFL career. He’s played for the Ravens in six of his seven seasons, and after a winding 2023, he was back in the building and back in the mix.
He began training camp with the Cleveland Browns last year, then landed on the Ravens’ practice squad. When Jackson went down in Week 4, it took a game and a half before Huntley beat out offseason free-agent addition Cooper Rush for the backup role.
That run earned him another deal. After appearing in five games and helping Baltimore win both of his starts, Huntley signed an extension in March that keeps him with the Ravens through the end of Jackson’s current contract, which runs through the 2027 season.
This season, Huntley first saw the field in Week 4 after Jackson suffered a high-ankle sprain late in the first half against the Tennessee Titans. Huntley helped preserve the lead in a win, though he didn’t direct a scoring drive.
The following week, he steered Baltimore to a comeback overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons. In the two games after that, both losses, the offense opened fast before losing steam.
The Bills game was supposed to mark Jackson’s return. Instead, Jackson played one snap and then injured his thumb when he hit his hand on the arm of outside linebacker Gregory Rousseau on the follow-through of his first throw. Head coach Jesse Minter said Jackson needed surgery and would go on injured reserve for a “potentially” season-ending injury.
Huntley then entered and played 15 snaps before going down with the toe injury. Minter said Monday that Huntley would “probably not” be able to play this week, but they’d “see how it goes” to determine whether he would be out long term.
Now the Ravens are turning to rookie Joe Fagnano, who will start Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars on “Thursday Night Football.” Fagnano is also dealing with an ankle injury.
Baltimore added two more quarterbacks this week, signing Austin Reed and Kedon Slovis. If things get any worse, running back Justice Hill is the emergency quarterback.
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