The Jacoby Brissett trade is done.
The Ravens and Cardinals were said to be finalizing a deal that would send the veteran quarterback to Baltimore earlier this week. The trade was officially announced on Friday morning.
Neither team specified the draft compensation that will go to Arizona in exchange for Brissett, but Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Ravens will send a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 seventh-round pick to the Cardinals for Brissett and a 2027 5th-round pick.
Brissett started every game for the Cardinals this season before being demoted to the third team this week. Gardner Minshew is now the Cardinals starter with rookie Carson Beck in the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.
With Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley on injured reserve, the Ravens turned to undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano for Thursday night’s loss to the Jaguars. Brissett will have over a week to familiarize himself with the team’s offense before a Monday night game against the Chargers in Week 10.
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No team in the NFL has been as bad as the Ravens recently: Baltimore is on a four-game losing streak, and has lost three consecutive games by more than 21 points apiece. Ravens coach Jesse Minter wants his players to know that getting blown out every week is not OK.
The Ravens have been playing without star quarterback Lamar Jackson, and since last week they’ve been without backup quarterback Tyler Huntley as well, but Minter says that’s no excuse. Minter says there is no excuse at all.
“Obviously, [it’s] a tough situation for our guys, but I just told them there’s no excuses, there’s no whatever, ‘We don’t have this guy; we don’t have that guy,’” Minter said. “The results are not acceptable for us and what we’re after.”
Minter said he still thinks he can win with the players he has.
“I believe in our guys,” Minter said. “There’s spurts of good enough football. There is a real inconsistency, I would say, at all three levels, all three phases. And again, some of that is due to whatever, but that is what it is. Nobody cares about that stuff.”
What everyone cares about is winning, and the Ravens aren’t doing that. Not even close.
The Ravens got blown out for the third straight game on Thursday night and they lost their fourth straight overall, which led running back Derrick Henry to call it the “same story” after the Jaguars rolled to a 33-10 win in Baltimore.
Lamar Jackson only saw brief playing time in one of those losses, so the Ravens have been starting games in a hole throughout their losing streak. Jackson may not be back this season and that makes it hard to see any reason why the story that’s frustrating Henry is going to change before the year is out. Given the stage Henry’s at in his career, it wasn’t unusual that he was asked after the game if he was reconsidering his plan to remain with the Ravens until he hangs up his cleats.
Henry said that he isn’t thinking about changing uniforms.
“I have not mentioned me going anywhere else,” Henry said, via a transcript from the team. “I’m saying, ‘Let’s go back to work. Let’s try to get better and turn this thing around.”
The trade deadline is Tuesday and any team looking to bolster their backfield could do a lot worse than adding one of the most prolific backs in the history of the league. While a move may not be Henry’s first choice, it could turn out to be the best course of action for the Ravens and he might find he likes being back on a team that can seriously talk about contending during the second half of the season.
Without quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Ravens want to be able to rely on running back Derrick Henry. That plan isn’t working.
In Thursday night’s 33-10 loss to the Jaguars, Henry managed just 57 yards on 17 carries. That continues what has been happening all season, with Henry struggling to get anything going without Jackson on the field.
It was a bad omen in Week 4 against the Titans, when Jackson left at halftime with an ankle injury and Henry was ineffective in the second half. In the first half of that game, with Jackson on the field, Henry had seven carries for 38 yards, an average of 5.4 yards per carry, and a touchdown. In the second half with Tyler Huntley, Henry had 16 carries for 35 yards, an average of 2.2 yards per carry, and no touchdowns.
Jackson has played one snap since that Titans game, and the story has been the same, with Henry not able to do much of anything.
Overall this season, in three and a half games playing with Jackson, Henry has 73 carries for 339 yards, an average of 4.6 yards per carry and 97 yards per game, and seven touchdowns. In five and a half games without Jackson, Henry has 102 carries for 350 yards, an average of 3.4 yards per carry and 64 yards per game, and one touchdown.
At 4-5 and in last place in the AFC North, the Ravens, who entered the year with Super Bowl aspirations, are on the verge of their season collapsing. They need to turn things around, and they need Henry to turn things around.
The Jaguars didn’t eat the cheese. They didn’t overlook the Ravens.
Jacksonville cruised to a 33-10 victory, moving to 6-2. Baltimore lost its fourth consecutive game to fall to 4-5.
Without starting quarterback Lamar Jackson and backup Tyler Huntley, and with undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano making his first start, the Ravens’ game plan was simple: Run the ball and shorten the game. They didn’t stand a chance despite 34 runs and 19 passes and a slight edge in time of possession (30:45 to 29:15).
The Jaguars won for the eighth time by 20-plus points since the start of last season.
The Ravens didn’t have a first down in the second half until Justice Hill ran for a 65-yard touhdown with 7:15 remaining. Baltimore ended with three first downs in the second half and 10 for the game.
The Jaguars outgained the Ravens 319 to 227, and the visitors forced Baltimore into three turnovers. Jourdan Lewis and Montaric Brown each had an interception of Fagnano, and linebacker Jalen McLeod forced and recovered a fumble by LaJohntay Wester on a kickoff.
Fagnano finished 10-of-18 for 60 yards and two interceptions. Hill had nine carries for 85 yards, and Henry moved up to seventh on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with 57 yards on 17 carries.
Lawrence went 16-of-26 for 242 yards and a touchdown. Jakobi Meyers had four catches for 65 yards; rookie tight end Nate Boerkircher caught two passes for 61 yards; and Parker Washington had two catches for 61 yards and a touchdown.
Bhayshul Tuten had 12 carries for 29 yards and a touchdown, and Ameer Abdullah had seven carries for 30 yards.
Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton was injured in the second quarter and briefly returned after halftime. His night, though, is finished.
The Ravens ruled out Hamilton with a hip injury.
He has three tackles, including a tackle for loss, and a pass defensed.
The Jaguars lead 23-3 in the fourth quarter after Cam Little’s second-half field goals of 45 and 47 yards.
The Ravens had 25 yards and no first downs in the third quarter and have only 126 yards and seven first downs for the game.
The Ravens haven’t had much to celebrate Thursday night, but Derrick Henry gave the home fans something to cheer.
Henry had 51 first-half rushing yards, which was enough to move him into seventh on the all-time rushing list. He passed Jerome Bettis (13,662) and LaDainian Tomlinson (13,684) in moving from ninth to seventh.
Curtis Martin is next on the list, with his 14,101 career rushing yards ranking sixth all time.
Henry entered the night with 632 yards for the season and 13,650 in his career.
Over the past four seasons, Henry has averaged 1,578 yards. He has averaged 85 yards per game in his career.
Henry will need to play another three to four years to break Emmitt Smith’s record of 18,355 yards.
Smith was 35 years old in his final season of 2004. Henry turns 33 in January.
Smith said earlier this year that he believes Henry has a chance to break his record.
The Ravens were hanging . . . until they weren’t.
Baltimore was within one score with less than 2 minutes to play in the first half. But Parker Washington beat Malaki Starks, and after a bobble of Trevor Lawrence’s pass, secured the catch and raced 50 yards for a touchdown with 58 seconds left in the half.
The Jaguars lead the Ravens 17-3 at halftime.
The Ravens started undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano with Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley on injured reserve. They opened the game with Derrick Henry in the wildcat and called seven plays out of the formation.
The Ravens had 17 runs and 12 passes as they shortened the half. Henry had 12 carries for 51 yards and threw a pass that lost 3 yards.
Zay Flowers had two rushes for 16 yards and two catches for 2 yards.
Fagnano, who lined up at quarterback for only 12 plays, was 7-of-11 for 30 yards.
The Jaguars outgained the Ravens 223 to 101, with Lawrence going 9-of-15 for 197 yards and a touchdown.
Running back Bhayshul Tuten, who was questionable to play with ankle and foot injuries, scored a 1-yard touchdown on the team’s opening drive. He has 22 yards on eight carries.
Jakobi Meyers has four catches for 65 yards, with Washington adding two for 61 and rookie tight end Nate Boerkircher one for 52.
Linebacker Foyesade Oluokun leads the Jacksonville defense with six tackles and a sack.
The Ravens held the ball for 17:31 of the first 30 minutes.
The Jaguars didn’t waste any time in showing off on national television.
They took the opening kickoff and moved 77 yards on seven plays, with running back Bhayshul Tuten scoring from the 1 on third down. Tuten was questionable to play with ankle/foot injuries.
It was the only third down the Jaguars faced on the drive.
Trevor Lawrence was 3-for-4 for 72 yards, including a 52-yarder to rookie tight end Nate Boerkircher. Boerkircher got lost by the defense as Lawrence rolled to his right to avoid pressure.
Lawrence also threw a 16-yard pass to Jakobi Meyers.
Tuten has two carries for 5 yards.
The Jaguars will have running back Bhayshul Tuten and defensive end Travon Walker for Thursday Night Football against the Ravens.
Both players are active after being questionable on the final injury report.
Walker has a rib injury and Tuten injured his ankle/foot last week.
Walker has played in every game, seeing action on 330 defensive snaps. He has totaled three sacks, seven quarterback hits, one pass defensed and 18 tackles.
Tuten has played 241 snaps in seven games, totaling 125 touches for 673 yards and six touchdowns.
The Jaguars’ inactives are wide receiver CJ Williams, cornerback Alijah Huzzie, safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig and defensive end Wesley Williams.
The Ravens’ inactives are quarterback Kedon Slovis, wide receiver Elijah Sarratt, offensive lineman Emery Jones Jr., defensive lineman Aeneas Peebles, cornerback Nate Wiggins (stinger/illness) and safety Jaylinn Hawkins (knee). Slovis is the emergency third quarterback, meaning Austin Reed, who the Ravens signed on Monday, will be the No. 2 quarterback behind Joe Fagnano.
