When Joe Fagano was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted rookie at the start of this season, few people would have imagined he would be starting an NFL game, but that is the situation.
After a long wait for Lamar Jackson to return to full fitness, the Ravens' star quarterback immediately injured his thumb and will miss at least the next four weeks. Back-up Tyler Huntley went down with a toe injury and is also on the injured reserve.
That leaves Fagano, who will become just the second undrafted rookie in franchise history to start a game, even though he is dealing with an ankle injury of his own. If things weren't bad enough already for the 4-4 Ravens, they are facing a Jacksonville Jaguars team that has looked like a serious AFC contender this season.
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Undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano has been tapped as the Ravens starting QB Thursday after injuries to both Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley. Over the last seven seasons, undrafted rookie QBs are 1-5 in their inaugural starts, totaling just five touchdown passes against 12 interceptions. Additionally, among that group of six, only one passed for more than 180 yards: Anthony Brown for the Ravens in 2022. Like Fagnano, Brown was thrusted into starting duty because of injuries to both Jackson and Huntley.
Derrick Henry has rushed for 755 yards over his last five home games against the Jaguars, all with the Titans between December 2018 and January 2024. The NFL record for rushing yards by a player over a span of six home games against a particular opponent is 881 by Jim Brown versus the Eagles from 1960 to 1965. Can Henry break Brown's record?
In their last three games, the Ravens have been outscored in the fourth quarter: 10-0 (at Cleveland), 21-0 (vs. Cincinnati), and 13-0 (at Buffalo). The NFL record for consecutive fourth quarters getting shut out 10-0 or worse is four, by the Boston Patriots in 1960, Washington in 2001, and Denver in 2009.
Trevor Lawrence has passed for three more touchdowns than interceptions in each of his last two games (4/1 TD/INT vs. Eagles, 3/0 vs. Colts). No Jaguars player has ever done that in three consecutive games. The last NFL quarterback to pass for three or more TDs than INTs in three straight contests was Matthew Stafford last October/November.
Last week against the Colts, Bhayshul Tuten became the first Jaguars player since James Robinson in Week 1 of 2022 to score both rushing and receiving touchdowns in the same game. No Jaguars player has ever done that in two straight contests. The only NFL player since 2024 to score both types of TDs in consecutive games is the Patriots' Rhamondre Stevenson in the final two weeks of the 2025 season.
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