Ravens Down to Third-String QB Joe Fagnano After Tyler Huntley Exits

The Baltimore Ravens are officially down to their emergency glass-break option at quarterback. According to Mike Garafolo, Tyler Huntley has been ruled out for the rest of Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills, handing the offense over to Joe Fagnano.

Going down to your third-string quarterback mid-game is the football equivalent of finding out the pilot and co-pilot both ate the bad fish, and now a guy who plays flight simulators is being asked to land the plane.

"Mike Garafolo reported that Huntley is done for the day and it will be Joe Fagnano the rest of the way."

Lamar Jackson was already sidelined with an ankle injury that kept him out of practice all week. Huntley stepping in usually keeps the Baltimore offense at least functional, considering he has plenty of starting experience in this exact system.

But with Huntley now done for the day and the Ravens trailing the Bills 16-7, the playbook is about to get extremely weird.

Live betting markets usually panic when a backup goes down, but anyone holding a Baltimore ticket right now is staring at a truly bleak reality. Fagnano is an undrafted rookie who was fighting just to make the roster a few months ago, and now he is tasked with mounting a comeback on the road in Buffalo.

This is a nightmare scenario for a Baltimore team trying to survive Jackson's absence. You can scheme around one missing MVP, but scheming around the guy who replaces the MVP is where offensive coordinators start aging in dog years.

For now, Fagnano just has to survive the second half without turning the ball over. But if Huntley's injury lingers alongside Jackson's bad ankle, the Ravens are going to be making some very desperate phone calls to whatever veteran quarterbacks are currently sitting on their couches.