Ravens Trade for Jacoby Brissett Raises Lamar Questions

The Ravens now, and I don't think we have actually, it has not been finalized. Have you seen what it cost the Ravens to get him? What did they give up to get him? Because I have not seen it yet. I have not seen anything on what it cost them. Based on this show, probably a fifth round pick would be a guess. But they have to take on the contract, right? Which was guaranteed. I don't know if next year's is. I have to double check that. It probably is guaranteed for next year. But it's not a lot of money. It's backup money. $20 million? $15 million? It's backup money. What was it? It wasn't? I don't even think it was that much. I don't know. But the Ravens are now on the hook for that regardless, right? So that's one way. That makes sense. So anything that they give in addition. Makes sense, by the way. Think about it. If Lamar somehow is gone and, I mean, Jacoby Brissett is the perfect quarterback to have when you want to go, like, 2-15. Like, he is the guy. Like, that's perfect. Hold it down. Keep us in games. Make it look interesting. He did it all last year. By the way, going into last year, who was Arizona's quarterback? Oh, it's Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray. It's fair, yeah. What is it fair? Kyler Murray was. Yeah, that worked out well. But I'm curious. You make this trade. How much better are the Ravens around Jacoby Brissett than what Arizona was? Because that's got to factor in, right? You know, I don't know enough about the offensive lines, but Arizona, better tight end. Arizona. Zay Flowers, equal wide receiver to Wilson, maybe a little better. Probably a little better. Defensively, they're better, right? Arizona to, oh gosh. Baltimore, right? So chances are he won't always be playing from behind. That was kind of what I'm getting. So there's a good chance that he's likely not always playing from behind. They couldn't run the ball, Arizona, by the way. No, not until this past week. And amazingly enough, and Love goes on, I believe the IR, It was Algier. It was Algier. That was Algier. Yeah. Go figure. So Algier runs for those 123-something-plus yards. Yeah, great game. He was amazing. So they can run the ball just not with Love. The guy they spent a fourth overall pick on, which is a whole other story here. But surroundings matter. Jacoby Brissett is good enough with the right pieces, like Sam Darnold. With the right pieces around them and the right system, you could win a Super Bowl, can't you, Craig? No, but I think Baltimore could expect to play 500 football the rest of the season and finish 9-8. Is that good enough to make the postseason? Probably not, probably not, no. You don't think? Nah, I don't think so. But probably can keep them in some games, probably. Look, in the end, it's... The Ravens play the Steelers, okay? And you can't get... That's the most important game on the NFL schedule for any team. Denver, Kansas City, yes, that's important. All those East matchups, yes. Baltimore and Pittsburgh. It is your LSU-Alabama. It is your heated rivalry. It is your game that's 17-14 every single time, coming down to a kick at the end of the game. You can't get embarrassed. You cannot be embarrassed in that game. They would have been embarrassed by the Steelers. And so that's a factor. That's a factor in this. And the truth is, is that they want to make sure. I think at the end of the season, if Brissett plays halfway decent, which is possible. That it would soften the blow to what, Joe, I hate to say it, a potential, like, the R-word, I mean, rebuild situation maybe in Baltimore. If Lamar Jackson leaves, Derrick Henry's old, like, I mean, what are we doing? You know, it may just be Zay Flowers and what? Defense still pretty good, though. Defense still pretty good. But what is the record, Baltimore? Let me see. Four and four? Yes, nine and eight. Four and four, so they're 500. Nine and eight. Very plausible, nine and eight. Not going to win tonight. So they'll lose tonight. They'll be four and five. They would have to go, it's going to be tough to go 9-8 for them. 8-9, 9-8.