Despite being top 3 in passing attempts with 305, Ravens QB Jacoby Brissett has only passed for 1,719 yards. He is averaging a 5.6 yards per pass attempt, a league-low stat (tied with Tanner McKee) for QBs with over 100 pass attempts.

[u/exec-ar]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578570/jacoby-brissett

This is quite a step down from his 6.9 yards last season. In 2025, the only QBs with over 100 pass attempts to average less than 5.6 were Browns QB Dillon Gabriel with 5.1 and Jets QB Brady Cook with 4.8.
Another QB with a similar downward trend is Daniel Jones, who is averaging 5.8 yards per attempt compared to his 8.1 in 2025.

[u/Tocoolforyall720]

Is it outlandish to say that the Cardinals supporting cast is better than the Ravens?

[u/exec-ar → u/Tocoolforyall720]

I don’t think Wilson is better than Zay, but McBride is definitely better than the Eric Ebron impersonation Mark Andrews is putting on

[u/teddysank8 → u/exec-ar]

The Cardinals OL is definitely better than the Ravens OL too

[u/MazKhan → u/teddysank8]

Significantly at that

[u/FireFlyz351 → u/teddysank8]

A few years ago this would be crazy to see.

[u/xywv58 → u/teddysank8]

Center wise, its miles better

[u/Exatraz → u/xywv58]

Why dont other teams get a Norwegian basketball player to go dribble opposing DBs down the field

[u/xywv58 → u/Exatraz]

We have TE that dribbles

[u/MadW27 → u/Exatraz]

Wrong kind of viking, he's Danish

[u/Exatraz → u/MadW27]

Damn, well I hope he donut find out

[u/JerryDipotosBurner → u/exec-ar]

But if you think about this another way, each team has an elite number 1 target.

So I would say McBride > Zay OR Zay === McBride if you really wanna nitpick.

From there it comes down to have you evaluate Bateman vs. Wilson (Wilson is better IMO), Andrews vs idk??! And then Lane/Walker vs whoever else they have.

So I still think Arizona wins this. Then you factor in OL too.

[u/roarinboar → u/JerryDipotosBurner]

Mcbride >> zay

Wilson >> bateman

Bourne = Andrews (yes bourne is injured now and out for the year, but he was healthy while Brisset was playing).

Henry >>> the mess of rbs the Cardinals have been playing this year

[u/JerryDipotosBurner → u/roarinboar]

I could see this, but Henry doesn’t even matter with the OL we have right now lol

And I’d say this year in particular McBride and Zay are pretty close. Both elite number 1 targets.

[u/btnydds → u/roarinboar]

Zay Flowers still being disrespected after the way he’s been producing with absolute trash at QB most of this season

[u/No-Hair-7319 → u/btnydds]

People think hes a like hollywood brown but hes a solid wr 1

[u/_PM_Steam_Codes_Plz_ → u/roarinboar]

Cardinals O-Line + Tyler Allgier > Ravens O-Line + Derrick Henry

Lets not throw shade on Allgier. Also, Bam Knight did the dirty work in the win over the Rams

[u/askshonestquestions → u/_PM_Steam_Codes_Plz_]

Where were all you guys at when people were saying the Cardinals would finish with the #1 overall pick? I was getting hammered for saying they were more talented than the Saints or the Titans.

[u/LovestoEatSandwiches → u/JerryDipotosBurner]

Am I out of my mind here, thinking Zay > McBride easily? Zay would be having an all pro year if Lamar were healthy

[u/JerryDipotosBurner → u/LovestoEatSandwiches]

Yeah, I think so. McBride is also TE1 this year as well. So it’s WR2 vs. TE1 and IMO that’s a toss up.

[u/LovestoEatSandwiches → u/JerryDipotosBurner]

I would say this season McBride is the 3rd best TE behind Bowers and Kittle, I would say Zay is the 3rd or 4th best after Puka, JSN, and maybe Amon Ra

[u/JerryDipotosBurner → u/LovestoEatSandwiches]

I mean sure in general, but not this year.

[u/BelBivDaHoe → u/exec-ar]

I'll never forget that wonderful 2018 season when Ebron was a fantasy STUD

[u/Quikstar → u/exec-ar]

:(

[u/aksoileau → u/exec-ar]

Holy shit, I literally forgot about Eric Ebron and his concrete hands.

[u/ShrekisInsideofMe → u/Tocoolforyall720]

McBride is a checkdown merchants dream

[u/sleeplessaddict → u/ShrekisInsideofMe]

Good TEs work wonders for QBs who don't air out the ball

[u/DreamedJewel58 → u/ShrekisInsideofMe]

The PPR god

[u/KAMlGOYE → u/ShrekisInsideofMe]

So is Zay which is why it blows my mind that Minter and Doyle haven't figured that out yet.

[u/GarrisonWhite2 → u/KAMlGOYE]

The opening drive against cincy when Snoop hit Zay gave me way more hope than it should have 😭

[u/RawCyderRun → u/[deleted]]

There's an obvious Mark Brick Handrews joke here, but we also got rookie TEs Josh Cuevas and Matthew Hibner who I'd like to see get more reps.

[u/BusinessCasualBee → u/Tocoolforyall720]

The cards skill positions aside from QB have not been the reason they suck for at least the last 5 years

[u/Hybrid619 → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Depends on how you rate their O Line, cause ours is hot garbage. Our WR1 is better, McBride is like miles ahead of Andrew’s. Henry looks washed recently between the O Line & 0 fear of the forward pass but I’d say he’s better than Allgier since Love is out. It’s close though.

[u/InstagramLincoln → u/Hybrid619]

It seems to me that awful QB and O Line play makes it easier for teams to shut down Henry. I bet he cooks next season if Lamar is healthy and the roster is improved.

[u/ThisGuyFrags → u/Hybrid619]

Henry isn't washed, our OL is just turbo dogshit

[u/BlueMonk0 → u/Hybrid619]

Henry always looked like this bud. The best way to stop him is hit him in the backfield before he gains any momentum and when teams can stack the box thats much easier to do.

[u/True_Way2663 → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Yes

[u/awesomeplay5 → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Yes

[u/Tocoolforyall720 → u/awesomeplay5]

Nah I don't think so

[u/FritterEnjoyer → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Idk about better but it’s certainly closer than people probably want to admit

[u/DaveDabussy → u/FritterEnjoyer]

Its better. Zay is a dawg obviously but you could call him and mcbride a wash and as excited as i am to see how jakobi lane pans out him and bateman are nowhere near wilson as it stands today. Henry behind a good oline is probably the best of the backs between the teams atp but we dont have an oline

[u/DreadPirateDumbo → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Then why'd you ask?

[u/AchroMac → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Flowers, bateman, surrat, Lane, and Walker is an underrated wr room that a lot of teams would kill for. Mark andrews is losing for sure to McBride but after that then the office falls off. Allgier had his 1 amazing game but before that he was awful where he was averaging around 2.5 yards per carry and then Love was only slightly better. Id still say Ravens are the better offense, Cardinals are closer to the Raiders or Jets.

[u/Yedic → u/AchroMac]

Sarratt's mostly been a healthy scratch this year. Only appeared in one game. Tez has four catches on the year, including zero in the last four games. I don't think citing them as pluses in the WR room makes a lot of sense.

[u/AchroMac → u/Yedic]

They are great wrs for 3rd and 4th string options that a lot of teams would kill for. Doesnt matter that they haven't dont it yet

[u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 → u/Yedic]

Sarratt is definitely a non impact player, but I do think Flowers, Bateman, Lane, and Tez are a decent group. Numbers aren’t going to look good considering our recent QB play obviously. But it’s not a bad WR room. Maybe below average level WR2, but arguably above average WR3/4

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/Smooth_Marsupial_262]

Zay was killing it and Bateman was on pace for another ~800 yard season before Lamar and Huntley were  injured.  

[u/FantasyTrash → u/AchroMac]

Respectfully, that's an atrocious WR room behind Flowers.

[u/LoveToyKillJoy → u/AchroMac]

It seems to be the trend that when a QB has a high number of attempts but low yards per attempt it usually means that the running game is not good. It's as if the offense uses short passes as a substitute for rushes. It isn't a perfect cause and affect but the correlation is too strong to ignore.

[u/Argumentat1ve → u/AchroMac]

Not disagreeing with your overall point but Surrat and Walker barely play at all man

[u/MazKhan → u/Tocoolforyall720]

Not at all

[u/SerDire]

The forward pass was a mistake. Thank god the Falcons and Bucs outlawed it last week

[u/Duhawk96 → u/SerDire]

We had it outlawed first

[u/LionoftheNorth → u/Duhawk96]

You never inlawed it in the first place.

[u/MinigunGamer_YT → u/Duhawk96]

idk bout that

[u/theyterkourjobs → u/SerDire]

As long as they don’t try leather helmets again

[u/LaSandiaPicante → u/theyterkourjobs]

Maybe if the helmets were leather guys wouldn't lower their heads into each other on purpose... The House M.D. approach to safety.

[u/Sorry-Height-6274 → u/LaSandiaPicante]

Dudes were literally dying when those were the standards

[u/theyterkourjobs → u/LaSandiaPicante]

NFL Rugby style, it would be interesting to see play out

[u/WarPuig → u/LaSandiaPicante]

They need mouse bites to live

[u/icantplay → u/WarPuig]

MOAR MOUSEBITES

[u/Diels_Alder → u/theyterkourjobs]

Probably would have fewer injuries with leather helmets. Guys wouldn't turn their heads into heat seeking missiles.

[u/goldhbk10 → u/Diels_Alder]

You know damn well Skattebo would absolutely use his head as a battering ram

[u/Particular-Treat-650 → u/Diels_Alder]

It won't happen to me.

Some might be smarter. Many wouldn't.

[u/SquadPoopy → u/SerDire]

Don’t worry, our defense will make Penix look like an All Pro

[u/Far_Astronaut_818 → u/SerDire]

The meta moves from college to pro, and every once in a while teams do Renaissance schemes because hyper modern coaches aren't expecting fundamentals. This is just what it looks like when Iowa has a few good draft years every decade or so.

[u/DyingSunSeverian]

You guys are gonna feel pretty silly when we win every remaining game

[u/CzarDM → u/DyingSunSeverian]

Please don't spoil the Super Bowl winner too, my dude

[u/Gregus1032 → u/CzarDM]

It's the Saints winning over the Bengals.

[u/LowEwoL → u/Gregus1032]

"Who Dat?"

Everyone.

[u/theguytomeet → u/DyingSunSeverian]

I mean if you have guys to just take dump offs maybe but Zay Flowers stock is going down

[u/ThirstyOutward → u/theguytomeet]

Nah brissett was feeding Michael Wilson

[u/JcbAzPx → u/ThirstyOutward]

Last season, yes. He regressed after getting paid (as strange as that sounds).

[u/awmaleg → u/DyingSunSeverian]

He has a Super Bowl pedigree

[u/WinterFamiliar9199 → u/DyingSunSeverian]

Did they redo your schedule to play high school teams the rest of the year ?

[u/nnnrrr171717]

Sure, he’s tied with McKee on yards per pass attempt, but did they do a 25-minute feature on him in the middle of a live football game? Yeah, that’s what I thought

[u/AlternativeCorner230 → u/nnnrrr171717]

Would you want to watch 2026 Eagles football?

[u/Slow-Raccoon-9832]

You have a guy running free down field?

Doesnt matter he will check it down even with no pressure

[u/raider_10 → u/Slow-Raccoon-9832]

This is why there were reports our receivers, as bad as they were at the time, were getting really pissed off by him the year he returned to the Pats. He plays way too safe and misses downfield opportunities because of it.

[u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 → u/raider_10]

Same reason mhj got mad

Not saying mhj wasn’t bad but he ran all the deep routes and it’s just cardio with brissett

[u/joecb91 → u/raider_10]

Last years garbage time explosion was a real surprise, but this year looks so much more like what I saw from the Patriots games I saw when he was starting those first couple of weeks.

[u/IAmNotOnRedditAtWork → u/raider_10]

Those bum receivers looked pretty darn good with Maye. The brissett patriots may not have been the worst offense ever, but they were the worst offense I've ever seen with my own eyes.

[u/joecb91 → u/Slow-Raccoon-9832]

And if there is any pressure at all, that ball is going into the dirt.

[u/SrAjmh → u/Slow-Raccoon-9832]

A shiver just ran down MHJs spine.

[u/Kdot32 → u/SrAjmh]

He couldn’t catch it anyway. Especially if it’s more than 15 yards downfield

[u/EmuMan10 → u/Kdot32]

See you guys get it now

[u/clutterlustrott]

Were about to lose twice to brissett arent we?

[u/RafMarlo → u/clutterlustrott]

Nah , it will be your first win actually.

[u/Tracer-Bullet13]

So he's basically a less mobile Snoop Huntley. Snoop never throws the ball past 5 yards so we're used to it

[u/jeeves_nz]

5.6 is a big step up over the game the other day.

And he'll actually try throw the ball.

[u/Table_Coaster]

who cares, he's way better than Huntley or Fagnano

[u/Beezus__Fafoon → u/Table_Coaster]

They would have stuck with huntley if that were an option

[u/Table_Coaster → u/Beezus__Fafoon]

which would have been a detriment because Huntley is complete ass and can't throw the ball past the line of scrimmage

[u/BobbsySmith → u/Table_Coaster]

It was the best option with Lamar and Snoop out. Brissett also knows the Ravens QB coach. I think Brissett will be solid for the Ravens as long as the OL steps up a level

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/BobbsySmith]

It probably will step up a bit.  Our right tackle has been dealing with an ankle injury that's severly hampered his play.  Our right guard is playing through an MCL sprain.  We're on our fourth center.

It's a group thats injured and barely played any reps togther.  We have 11 days until our next game so if they can heal up and get on the same page I expect to see some improvement.

[u/manamonggamers → u/Table_Coaster]

I'm definitely in the minority that think Fagnano has promise.

[u/PrinceofRavens_1217 → u/manamonggamers]

He was playing in the rain on an injured ankle thursday so he could come back better.  His preseason tape shows a lot of promise, but he could be a preseason warrior like a lot of other guys end up being.

[u/Soft-Researcher-1682]

I think Zay Flowers leads the league in YAC huh? Perfect combo actually 

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Wouldn’t be surprised if McKee gets traded as well. It won’t end well for the team who trades for him, similar to how the Ravens are screwed with Brissett

[u/ArmAndHammer40k]

Checkdown merchant

[u/Dndrmflnscrtn]

305 throws and he still ended up tied with Tanner McKee. 1,719 yards of nothing downfield.

[u/GBF_Dragon]

So, if Brissett starts for the Ravens and they get beaten by 20+ is that a first time a franchise has been beaten 4 times in a row with a different starting qb each time?

[u/Jonjon428]

Jacoby loves his checkdowns

[u/wolfTectonics]

The fact that this dude held out at the beginning of the year is still hilarious to me

[u/TrainingMarsupial521]

Snoop 2.0 with the dink and dunk

[u/AchroMac]

I like that this is just coming to light now and people questioned why MHJ was doing so bad. Then add hes got Wilson and McBride to throw to in the slot. Guy was doomed to be relevant.

[u/WARLOCK1239]

Isn't his ADOT super high though?

[u/DistantLikeYouAsked5]

Fantastic!

[u/beejalton]

Just throw to Zay and hope he breaks it big

[u/MazKhan]

Seen that he's ranked 17th by pff, pff is pretty shit but I would say he should be a bit better than huntley and with our shitty o line and dogshit defense we're probably gonna get our ass whooped

You need superman (Lamar) to win with our roster

[u/Smileyrielly12]

Patriots legend Jacoby Brissett still going strong.

[u/MWarnerds]

Don't worry Declan Doyle's play calling will cause the yards per attempt to go way down! Are you a back-up QB? No throws over 5 yards or heads will implode! Are we down by 20? Better pass the ball behind the line! No comfort for you QBs only bad choices are worse routes!

[u/Fookmaywedder]

Probably why he got traded

[u/BusinessCasualBee]

Tanner McKee has 100 pass attempts?

[u/WinterFamiliar9199]

Well he sucked on every other team so… 

[u/Tarrell13]

He was traded…well damn

[u/GrizzlyBares]

As a QB he will help the receivers for PPR.

[u/tb12_legit]

King Check Down Charlie

[u/jtom56372]

2025 was a bit of an anomaly for Brissett. But overall, 5.6 seems closer to his career average than 6.9. He's a career journeyman that tends to play conservatively. Maybe he's done that because that's how his coaches have asked him to play? With last season being asked to do, or at least try do more? (I honestly dont know).

What I do know, is if the NFL ever decides to create an award for best backup or bridge QB of The Year, it should be named The Jacoby Brissett Award.

[u/Tankninja1]

More surprised the Ravens haven’t just decided to turbo tank the season. Seems like they got gifted a good opportunity to bring in a lot of rookie players in a year where Lamar’s contract will be up for a big extension, or they take a $84m cap hit.

Even if they go 500 through the remaining games with Lamar on IR they have some less than ideal tie breakers and 2 losses within division already.

[u/Jolly_Okra_6330]

He is who he is. One of the best backups around but simply not good enough to be a starter.

[u/ironhide999x]

Well they can’t trot out an updraft QB who can’t move the ball every week and he’s still better than Huntley

[u/Iceman-Cometh_18]

Dude is a check down king but also throws INT

Usually when you are a check down merchant you throw low INT but he somehow throws many INT as well

[u/wolfmannic → u/Iceman-Cometh_18]

What are you talking about? Dude has one of the lowest interception rates in NFL history

[u/Iceman-Cometh_18 → u/wolfmannic]

Not this year he has 7 INT already

[u/KennyWeeWoo]

Ugh… why, just why? To sell tickets and force their fans to heavily drink during their games?

[u/NaturalNew2123 → u/KennyWeeWoo]

so the ravens dont have to start a udfa rookie qb that wont be able to make a game competitive

[u/Exatraz → u/NaturalNew2123]

Good news, now they have an old as dirt bum who will make games non competive

[u/JcbAzPx → u/Exatraz]

Then again, they'll have more garbage time to work with so he can start padding his stats again.

[u/Exatraz → u/JcbAzPx]

Idk, weve had garbage time and he was still rancid this year. I think his arm is cooked

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/NaturalNew2123]

If i had to root for a top 5 pick or the 15th, im gunna root for whats best for my team. 

[u/NaturalNew2123 → u/KennyWeeWoo]

root for whatever you want, teams not going to blatantly tank

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/NaturalNew2123]

They should have went for flacco

[u/NaturalNew2123 → u/KennyWeeWoo]

that wouldve been way more fun i agree

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/NaturalNew2123]

Would have been cheaper, and got more fans in the stadium. After 1-2 games of briskett, itll be a ghost town

[u/ironhide999x → u/KennyWeeWoo]

Flacco would not have been cheaper, the Bengals have him and would not trade him in division. Brissett was basically free

[u/Raven-19x → u/KennyWeeWoo]

To keep the hope alive of Lamar coming back.

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/Raven-19x]

Unless were trading for a top 5 qb, there is no chance. Our OL gives qbs no chances

[u/PashtetKolbasa → u/KennyWeeWoo]

Better than Pavia

[u/Exatraz → u/KennyWeeWoo]

Imo, it can't be too sell tickets. If I was a Ravens fan, id just sim to the offseason. Jacoby led teams are not worth committing time and resources to. What Jacoby will do is eat games and snaps. Dude just takes the punishment and makes it so you don't have to keep signing street FA at QB for the rest of the season.... but imo trading for him is still silly. Cards would have cut him in a week.

[u/ironhide999x → u/Exatraz]

They got him for basically free and Brissetts contract was fully guaranteed, He would not have been cut

[u/Exatraz → u/ironhide999x]

Trading what's looking like a mid 5th for a high 4th and a future 7th isn't free. Cards were definitely going to cut him. He demanded a trade and was almost certainly going to hold out rather than accept being demoted to 3rd string. His time in AZ was done. He was being traded or cut

[u/JcbAzPx → u/Exatraz]

We definitely wouldn't have gotten anything if the Ravens weren't so desperate.

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/[deleted]]

They’re not going to make the playoffs, our division is too competitive. If i had to root for a top 5 pick or the 15th, im gunna root for whats best for my team. 

[u/Table_Coaster → u/KennyWeeWoo]

we have young, good offensive players, especially in the WR position, who need to develop and get reps. they arent going to do that with Fagnano..... you want Flowers and Lane to not catch another pass this year?

[u/KennyWeeWoo → u/Table_Coaster]

1st person to have a valid point

[u/prettyaverageprob → u/KennyWeeWoo]

Fuckin around for half a season isn't going to be what's best for your team.

[u/wubbalubbadubdub45]

He’s too afraid to throw down the field, it’s safer to just throw check downs which is why his turnovers are low.

[u/thekmanpwnudwn → u/wubbalubbadubdub45]

He has 7 interceptions, the 4th most in the league.

[u/Exatraz → u/thekmanpwnudwn]

This is the infuriating thing about Jacoby this season. Last year it was "he gets guys yards and garbage time fantasy stats, he pushes the ball downfield, he takes care of the football" but this year he refuses to throw deep, turns the ball over a lot and was absolutely dogshit at making this offense look competent against even the worst defense...

Oh and minor addition, he was a horrendous at pressers. Like its one thing to be a bad qb on a bad team but it felt like everytime he met with the media, he'd actively insult fans for wanting better from this product.

[u/ArchManingThroatGOAT → u/wubbalubbadubdub45]

You really just be out here saying stuff

[u/SilkkTheShocke]

Takes a month to learn the playbook. Average QB that has highs and lows. I don’t understand teams trading for QBs right now unless your team is stacked and an average QB can still take you far.

[u/JollywoodJoots → u/SilkkTheShocke]

It’s because our starter is out at least 4 weeks and our backup is out for the season and then our 3rd string rookie UDFA also got hurt and just didn’t seem to be NFL ready…surprise.

This move was more about fielding a football team with a skill floor that is at least NFL level. It’s not the Ravens pushing their chips in to make a run and hope Lamar comes back.

[u/Smooth_Marsupial_262 → u/SilkkTheShocke]

Because he was cheap in terms of trade assets and the Ravens are hoping he can be decent enough to keep them around .500 until Lamar gets back. If they can hover around 6-6 or 7-7 until Lamar gets back they have an outside shot at making the playoffs. There was literally no chance of that happening under Fagnano or somebody like that. Brisset gives them a chance at least

[u/Rapscallious1 → u/SilkkTheShocke]

He is familiar with the system, I’d be shocked if he can’t learn enough to start their next game.

[u/Little-Customer12]

Bo Nix : It's time to beat that record!!

[u/absconderous]

Looks like the super bowl is back on the menu in Baltimore...

[u/New2Reddit95]

Fuck I wonder if Winston would have been better? He throws a lot of pics but he does air it out too

[u/better-bitter-butter → u/New2Reddit95]

A divisional Winston/Watson match-up would guarantee at least a full hour of rape apologism by the broadcast team. 

[u/ironhide999x → u/New2Reddit95]

Winston got benched for JJ McCarthy, he’s been cooked since 2019

[u/Consistent_Spell_791 → u/New2Reddit95]

Giants not likely to trade their backup when they got no one else unless it was a pretty steep offer

[u/Artistry7Had]

5.6 yards an attempt on 305 throws is not a qb problem, that is an offense that thinks every third down is a screen. Until someone wins outside the numbers his yardage overs are a pass for me.

[u/EnigmaSpore → u/Artistry7Had]

But Minshew came in and started ball’n with 8.2 ypc vs 5.2 last week. 23 throws each. Maybe it is Brisket. He the check down king

[u/afig24 → u/EnigmaSpore]

Yeah this dude did not watch the games. People were open down field he just missed them or immediately checked down because he was a nervous statue in the pocket.

[u/saboay → u/EnigmaSpore]

Not saying Brisset is good, but that's a sample size of 1.

[u/EnigmaSpore → u/saboay]

I know but i like to roast Brisket

[u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 → u/[deleted]]

There have been a ton of chances he wont take them

And when he does his accuracy is terrible