Ravens Break the Glass on Emergency QB Joe Fagnano After Tyler Huntley Injury

The emergency third quarterback rule is exactly like a fire extinguisher. You know it is mounted on the wall, but if you actually have to break the glass, your house is already burning down. The Baltimore Ravens just broke the glass.

According to Ian Rapoport, undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano has officially entered the game against the Buffalo Bills. He is the first emergency No. 3 QB to see the field all season, stepping in because Tyler Huntley is now questionable with a toe injury.

"Ian Rapoport reported that Fagnano is the first emergency No. 3 QB to be used all season."

Huntley was already the backup plan, filling in while Lamar Jackson nurses an ankle sprain. Huntley had been managing the offense decently this season with 727 passing yards and five touchdowns, but a sudden toe issue just derailed the entire operation in Buffalo.

The Ravens are currently trailing the Bills 13-7, and anyone holding a live ticket on Baltimore just felt their stomach drop. Handing the keys to an undrafted rookie in the middle of a tight road game against a playoff contender is the definition of a bad beat.

If you are frantically searching for Fagnano's Wikipedia page, save your data. He is a former UConn quarterback who had his 2023 college season wiped out by a shoulder injury before eventually catching on with Baltimore as a camp arm. Now he is taking meaningful NFL snaps.

Going from Lamar Jackson to Tyler Huntley is a downgrade a good roster can survive. Going from Huntley to a guy who was probably expecting to hold a clipboard and drink blue Gatorade all afternoon is how a competitive football game turns into a preseason broadcast.

We will see if Huntley can tape up the toe and get back out there, or if Fagnano has to finish this out. Either way, the Ravens need Jackson's ankle to heal immediately, because the depth chart has officially run out of names.