The Ravens are making the move to Jacoby Brissett.
Head coach Jesse Minter said Brissett is expected to start Monday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, giving Baltimore a new quarterback after a brutal stretch that has left the team on the ropes. Jeff Zrebiec reported the update on X, formerly Twitter, and Minter made the call plain: “I expect him to be our starter Monday night,” Minter stated to the press.
Brissett arrives in Baltimore just a few days after being acquired from the Arizona Cardinals, and he steps into a situation that has gone sideways fast. The Ravens have dropped four straight and sit at 4-5, last in the AFC North.
Even so, the division is still within reach. Baltimore trails the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals by only two and a half games, with both teams sitting at 6-2.
The quarterback shuffle became unavoidable after season-ending injuries to Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley. That left undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano to start Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the results were rough. Baltimore fell 33-10, with Fagnano throwing for just 60 yards, two interceptions and completing 10 of 18 passes.
Now the Ravens are handing the offense to a veteran who has been around the league. Brissett has played for six different NFL franchises, including the Cardinals, and Baltimore will be asking him to steady things quickly. The next stretch gives him a chance to do exactly that, with Monday night’s game against the Chargers followed by road trips to Carolina and Houston before the bye week.
The schedule tightens again after that. Once Baltimore comes out of the bye, it hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the start of December and then finishes with four straight divisional games. Two of those are against the Steelers, home and away, in a closing run that could decide everything.
For now, the Ravens are betting Brissett can get them moving in the right direction. If he settles in fast, Baltimore still has a path back into the division race and the playoff picture. If not, the search for answers continues.
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