Ravens were down to their third QB and had a predictably ugly performance in blowout loss to Jaguars

It was sad watching the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. The Ravens were a Super Bowl contender not long ago. Many thought they could bounce back from a bad year and be a top team again this season. It's a reason they were scheduled for a prime-time game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 9. But Lamar Jackson got hurt early this season, then got hurt again last Sunday, and Tyler Huntley got hurt too. That left the Ravens to play undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano, their third quarterback, on Thursday night. He played through an injured ankle and ended up having to deal with a rainstorm most of the night. He was the Ravens' only option left, and the results were predictable. The Jaguars caught the Ravens at the right time and had an easy night in a 33-10 win. The Ravens finished with 57 yards passing. The Ravens (4-5) have decisions to make before the trade deadline. They are reportedly on the verge of dealing for Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett, and while that will make them a functional offense, it's unlikely Brissett saves the season. Jackson might return from a right thumb injury but that's no guarantee, and the Ravens might be well out of the race by the time he is healed anyway. Thursday night was an uncompetitive, bad game. The Jaguars (6-2) are clearly one of the best teams in the NFL this season, but practically any team would have defeated Baltimore on Thursday night. There wasn't anything the Ravens or Fagnano could do, no matter how many tricks they had in the game plan. It was an unwinnable situation, which might be the case for the rest of their season too. Ravens try to get trickyThe Ravens opened in a wildcat formation with Derrick Henry getting the first snap of the game at quarterback. There were more wildcat plays, extra linemen and any other tricks the Ravens could figure out. Henry even had a pass completion on the first drive. No amount of trickery was saving the Ravens. The Jaguars are a good team with a strong defense and Baltimore couldn't move the ball. The rain didn't help. Baltimore had 27 yards passing in the first half. Its longest completion was 7 yards and its longest play was 9 yards in the first two quarters.Baltimore was trying to stay in it until Jacksonville hit a big play late in the half. Against a blitz, Trevor Lawrence found Parker Washington downfield, and he was in the clear to run for a 50-yard touchdown. Lawrence had 197 passing yards in the first half, more than six times what his counterpart Fagnano had at halftime. Washington's touchdown made the score 17-3. It's hard to count an NFL team out with a half to go, but it was hard to believe Baltimore would score 14 more points, much less outscore Jacksonville by 14. Jaguars pull awayComing out of halftime, Ravens head coach Jesse Minter optimistically told Amazon Prime Video he wanted to see his offense score on the first drive and see what happened after that. The Ravens threw an interception on the first drive. The Ravens were trailing 20-3 when they got a break, as Travis Hunter fumbled and Baltimore recovered near midfield. But the Ravens couldn't get a first down, and on fourth-and-inches tight end Mark Andrews, lined up for what looked like a tush push, fumbled the snap. It looked like he was going to turn and hand it off but it didn't matter because he couldn't hold onto the ball. It was that kind of night. The Jaguars caused some of those issues too. Their defense is very good, and the offense is capable of putting up a lot of points if there's not a downpour of rain. They have a good chance of making a deep playoff run. The same could have been said about the Ravens before Jackson's latest injury. Brissett will be an upgrade over what we saw against the Jaguars, but there was a reason he was demoted to third string by Arizona this week and then was available in a trade. The Ravens' season probably isn't going anywhere. Things could look even worse in Baltimore by Tuesday's trade deadline.