With Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley on injured reserve, the Ravens were down to Joe Fagnano, an undrafted rookie out of UConn, to start Thursday night against the Jaguars. That setup never looked promising, and the game played out like a team trying to survive on fumes.
Baltimore hung around early and even scraped through a 10-3 first quarter, but Jacksonville took control before halftime with a 50-yard Parker Washington touchdown. From there, the rain turned the night into a mess, and the Jaguars kept cashing in on short fields. They settled for three field goals inside the 30-yard line before adding another late touchdown on the way to a 33-10 win.
Fagnano was dealing with a heavily-bandaged right ankle, and it showed. He couldn’t plant or drive the ball the way Baltimore needed, which left offensive coordinator Declan Doyle leaning on motion, misdirection and even a healthy dose of Derrick Henry wildcat.
None of it changed the basic problem. Jacksonville sat in base personnel, crowded the line and held Henry to 57 yards on 17 carries.
Fagnano finished 10 of 18 for 60 yards and two interceptions, with most of his completions coming on screens and other simple throws.
The offense around him did no favors. Baltimore was playing its first full game with its best starting-five offensive line, but pre-snap penalties and missed blocks kept the unit behind the chains and wrecked any chance of building drives.
Offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford could be seen showing his frustration on the sideline. Outside of Justice Hill’s 65-yard garbage-time rushing touchdown, the Ravens managed just three points and 162 yards on 53 plays, a meager 3.05 yards per play.
The defense wasn’t any sturdier. Jacksonville opened with a 77-yard march in seven plays and finished it with a goal-line touchdown, then later delivered the kind of coverage bust that has haunted Baltimore all season when Washington turned a catch into a 50-yard score. The Ravens did settle in some after that, but the damage was already done.
There were a few brief signs of life in the second half. Baltimore forced three-and-out field goals twice after a Fagnano interception and kept the Jaguars out of the end zone until the game was effectively out of reach.
But that only softened the edges. A team with a defensive-minded head coach, a respected defensive coordinator, an exciting young staff of defensive assistants and one of the most expensive defensive rosters in football should be better than this, even with all the quarterback chaos.
Special teams had its moments, too, starting with Jake Moody’s 53-yard field goal in his Ravens debut. But the phase soon joined the rest of the operation in the slop. Rasheen Ali was flagged for an illegal double-team block on a first-quarter return, and LaJohntay Wester’s fourth-quarter return fumble only handed the exhausted defense another short field.
The loss drops Baltimore to 4-5 and leaves the Ravens in last place in the AFC North. They now get 10 days before their next game, a Monday night matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Jacoby Brissett should be in Baltimore by then, assuming Eric DeCosta finalizes the reported trade with the Arizona Cardinals. He would be an upgrade over Fagnano, and over the ankle injury too, but the same problems will still be waiting - along with the possibility of even more procedural issues with a fourth quarterback under center.
If the Ravens’ 2026 season is over, it did not end on a rainy Thursday night in Baltimore. It ended on a sunny afternoon in Buffalo, as soon as Jackson rushed off the field cradling his throwing hand. The loss to the Jaguars shows something else entirely: just how ugly things can get.
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