Both the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers won on Sunday, but neither team came out of those games feeling great after losing their quarterbacks to injuries.
San Francisco’s injury was more devastating as Jimmy Garoppolo is set to miss the rest of the season with a broken foot. Already having lost Trey Lance for the season, the Niners are down to third-string option and Mr. Irrelevant Brock Purdy. They still have the third-shortest odds to win the NFC at BetMGM, and they can survive with Purdy at QB, but it’ll be hard to trust them to go very far without starting-caliber QB play.
For Baltimore, a timeline on Lamar Jackson’s knee injury is unclear, but he is expected to return at some point. The issue is how much they could potentially slide without him. Baltimore’s offense has struggled in recent weeks. Now, they’ll potentially turn to backup Tyler Huntley for a stretch run, only holding on to first place in the AFC North by virtue of tiebreaker over the Cincinnati Bengals. Their -250 odds to win the division are still the shortest by a lot, but I don’t love Baltimore’s chances if Jackson misses any time.