Ravens Hit the Panic Button, Trade for Jacoby Brissett to Save Their Season
Per Adam Schefter, the trade involves Brissett and a 2027 5th going to Baltimore for a 2027 4th and 2028 7th.
The Baltimore Ravens are so desperate for a quarterback with a functioning throwing hand that they just traded for Jacoby Brissett.
According to Adam Schefter, Baltimore is sending a 2027 fourth-round pick and a 2028 seventh-round pick to the in exchange for the veteran quarterback and a 2027 fifth-rounder.
Trading future draft capital for a guy with a 5-17 career record in the desert sounds like a panic move until you look at Baltimore's depth chart. Right now, the Ravens' quarterback room looks like a triage center.
Lamar Jackson is out with a right thumb injury, and backup Tyler Huntley is sidelined with a bad toe. That left the Ravens starting Joe Fagnano, who just endured a brutal 33-10 thrashing by the Jacksonville Jaguars while dealing with an ankle issue of his own.
When your starter cannot grip a football and your backup cannot plant his foot, you do not have the luxury of haggling over late-round draft picks. You just need a guy who knows how to put on a helmet.
At 4-5 in a crowded AFC North, Baltimore is watching their season slip away. Bettors who backed the Ravens as a playoff lock are sweating right now, and bringing in a veteran game-manager is strictly about stopping the bleeding before the math gets impossible.
Meanwhile, the 3-5 Cardinals get to stockpile a little future capital before they head off to play the . Brissett will need to learn the Baltimore playbook on the flight over, but if he can just hand the ball to Justice Hill and avoid throwing it to the other team, it will be a massive upgrade over whatever happened against Jacksonville.