The Good, Bad, and Ugly From Ravens Week 9 Loss
Nov 6, 2026 11:50 PM

A look at the good, bad, and ugly elements from the Baltimore Ravens' Week 9 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Baltimore Ravens have now fallen to 4-5 this season and are currently on a four-game losing streak. A big reason for the slide is due to the loss of quarterback Lamar Jackson. 

Jackson and backup quarterback Tyler Huntley being out led the Ravens to have to rely on rookie Joe Fagnano, who struggled mightily in both of his opportunities. 

With the Jacoby Brissett trade being finalized, the Ravens may have some relief coming, but it did not come fast enough on Thursday. Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly from Baltimore's Week 9 loss.

The Good

Justice Hill

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Garbage-time touchdowns should never be anything more than what they are, but there is nothing but good coming from running back Justice Hill. Hill continues to show some dynamic playmaking abilities when he gets loose.

That was evident when he rifled off a huge 65-yard rushing touchdown well into the fourth quarter. Hill now has 240 yards and one touchdown on 33 carries. 

The Ravens may need to rely on Hill in a split-carry situation if Derrick Henry cannot get over his struggles.

Jake Moody

Jake Moody has taken over kicking duties due to Tyler Loop being placed on IR. Even if Loop had not been injured, he may have lost the job to Moody eventually.

Moody may have only had one kick all night, but he drilled a 53-yard field goal. That is enough of a beginning audition to prove the Ravens may have some smoother sailing in that area moving forward.

The Bad

Derrick Henry

Maybe this might be a bit unfair to put squarely on Henry, but the run game has been mediocre at best. It could be that age is finally starting to slow down the veteran, or it could be Declan Doyle not calling the right scheme.

It was another night of a team figuring out they could all but silence the Baltimore offense by stalling Henry. After a string of Wild Cat runs, the run game seemingly took a backseat.

In a rain-filled night led by a rookie starter, Henry needed a big night. He has been held to under 60 rushing yards in the last four games.

Penalties

Defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike committed a very costly neutral zone infraction on a 4th-and-4, which would have stopped a Jaguars drive. 

It was another night of the Ravens shooting themselves in the foot with false starts and seven penalties for 46 penalty yards. Head coach Jesse Minter harped on the penalty issues, but it appears he did not harp enough.

Playcalling

There needs to be something said to Doyle, as his playcalling was nowhere near what it should have been for Fagnano. Granted, he is a rookie starter who is nowhere near being trusted, but his plant-foot style should have been capitalized on.

Baltimore should have figured out a way for the young passer to take some shots downfield, or at least some deeper cross routes with Mark Andrews or Zay Flowers. None of that happened, and the dink-and-dunk style was simply not good enough to get the chains moving whatsoever.

The Ugly

Joe Fagnano

I really did not want to have to say anything wholly negative about a rookie starter who was thrown into the proverbial fire, but Fagnano said it himself; he needs to play better.

Protecting the football is the top job of any player on the offensive side of the ball, apart from scoring points. The two interceptions that came were simply bad decisions and were the kind of rookie mistakes that need to be avoided.

Fagnano got somewhat of a two-game audition, but he will return to the bench once Brissett is ready to roll. The rookie tried his best, but it was simply not good enough.

Defense

Is there a big change that needs to happen? Should Minter give up playcalling and surrender it to defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver?

Is it Weaver that is the problem?

There are too many questions regarding how a defense that is jam-packed with talent cannot simply get anything going to stop teams. 

The Ravens have given up over 30 points to their last three opponents, and things are not looking good in the pass rush, secondary, and pretty much every single avenue of what was expected to be a top-level unit. 

Something needs to happen to get the unit gelling the right way, and quick. 

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