The Ravens are moving quickly to shore up their quarterback room, with Adam Schefter reporting Wednesday that Baltimore is finalizing a trade for Jacoby Brissett from the Cardinals.
The deal is expected to be completed this weekend, which means Brissett won’t be available for the Ravens’ Week 9 Thursday Night matchup against the Jaguars.
Baltimore’s urgency is easy to understand. Lamar Jackson is on injured reserve with a thumb injury, and Tyler Huntley is out for the season after suffering turf toe. That leaves the Ravens in a tough spot under center, and Brissett gives them a veteran option with plenty of starting experience.
Arizona had made Brissett expendable after demoting him to third-string quarterback behind Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck. Once that happened, he became a logical trade candidate.
Brissett, 33, entered the league as a third-round pick by the Patriots in 2016. New England sent him to the Colts after the 2017 preseason in a deal that brought back wide receiver Phillip Dorsett.
His career since then has taken him through a long list of stops. Brissett was in the final year of his four-year, $3.411 million contract when he agreed to a two-year, $30 million deal with the Colts in 2019, a contract that included $20 million guaranteed at signing. After a season with the Dolphins, he joined the Browns in 2022, then signed with the Commanders in 2023 before returning to New England on a one-year deal in 2024.
Arizona brought him in on a two-year contract last March. He was in the second year of that deal and set to earn a $4.88 million base salary before the Cardinals re-signed him to a one-year contract worth $15.5 million with a chance to make $21 million in incentives.
This season, Brissett has played in eight games for Arizona and completed 63.3 percent of his passes for 1,719 yards, 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
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