Sources: Ravens finalizing trade with Cardinals for QB Brissett

The Arizona Cardinals are finalizing a trade to send quarterback Jacoby Brissett to the Baltimore Ravens, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The deal is expected to be completed this weekend. The Ravens lost starting quarterback Lamar Jackson to a potentially season-ending thumb injury that will require surgery. Backup Tyler "Snoop" Huntley has a turf toe injury that will end his season, sources told Schefter and Rapoport earlier Wednesday. Undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Fagnano will start Thursday night's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Ravens (4-4) are currently in last place in the AFC North standings. Brissett's first start as the Ravens' starting quarterback could come as soon as Week 10 when Baltimore hosts the Los Angeles Chargers on "Monday Night Football." Brissett was benched by the Cardinals this week by the Cardinals, who named Gardner Minshew II their starting quarterback moving forward. Rookie Carson Beck was named the backup with Brissett as the third quarterback. Brissett had started the last 20 games for Arizona dating back to Week 6 of last season before he was benched late in the third quarter of Sunday's 33-30 overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Brissett asked for a trade on Monday, when coach Mike LaFleur called to tell him about the shake up in the quarterback room, a source told ESPN's Josh Weinfuss. Discussions about sending Brissett to Baltimore began Sunday after the game, a source told Weinfuss, and the conversation picked up steam Tuesday afternoon. The Cardinals were 3-5 this season with Brissett as the starter and 1-11 last season. Over the last 20 games, Brissett was ranked No. 1 in dropbacks, completions and attempts, third in passing first downs, fourth in completion percentage over expected, fifth in passing yards, and seventh in passing yards and broken sacks. He was sacked 62 times over that stretch, which is tied for the most in the NFL. He was contacted a league-high 241 times, as well. Brissett led an offense that ranked fourth in time of possession, 10th in yards and turnovers, 16th in total points and yards per game, and 21st in points per game. Brissett will reunite with Ravens quarterbacks coach Israel Woolfork, who held the same position last season with Brissett in Arizona. The two also worked together in 2022 with the Cleveland Browns. Brissett made headlines this past offseason when, after replacing Kyler Murray as Arizona's starting quarterback last season, he held out for a reworked contract, missing OTAs and holding in during mandatory minicamp. He was given $15.5 million guaranteed this season, which replaced the last season of a two-year contract that initially was supposed to pay him $4.88 million in base salary with $1.5 million guaranteed.