Ravens vs Bills Final Score: Buffalo Wins 36-10 as Lamar Jackson Faces Thumb Surgery Before the Jaguars Visit

The game Jacksonville was watching finished as badly for Baltimore as it started. The Bills beat the Ravens 36-10 at Highmark Stadium on Sunday, Baltimore's third straight loss, in a game the Ravens played with three quarterbacks before halftime, the Ravens' official site and NBC Sports reported in files opened by the desk this run. Buffalo improved to 6-1; Baltimore fell to 4-4.

Lamar Jackson's return from a three-game ankle absence lasted one play: his right hand hit Bills pass rusher Greg Rousseau's arm on the Ravens' first offensive snap and he was ruled out with a thumb injury. Backup Tyler Huntley left in the second quarter with a toe injury, and undrafted rookie Joe Fagnano made his NFL debut, finishing 10-of-21 for 91 yards with an interception and a lost fumble, the Ravens' site reported. Baltimore managed 144 total yards to Buffalo's 426, and 52 yards in the first half. Josh Allen went 21-of-34 for 289 yards with two passing touchdowns and one interception and ran for a score, and Derrick Henry's 2-yard touchdown was Baltimore's only trip to the end zone. Baltimore is the first team to have three quarterbacks throw a pass before halftime of a game since the 2017 Dallas Cowboys, the Ravens' site noted, citing ESPN's Jamison Hensley.

After the game came the update that reshapes Thursday night. Jackson will have thumb surgery and could miss the rest of the season, coach Jesse Minter said, according to The Banner's report opened by the desk this run. Jackson is going on injured reserve, which means a minimum of four games missed and the earliest possible return in Week 14 against Tampa Bay, Heavy reported, citing The Ringer's Tom Pelissero and ESPN's Adam Schefter. Huntley's status after his toe injury is uncertain, leaving Fagnano as the only healthy quarterback on Baltimore's roster, the reports state.

What it means for Jacksonville is concrete and short-fused: the Ravens host the Jaguars on Thursday night, four days after this game, and the desk makes no claim beyond the reports about who Baltimore signs or starts - none of that had been announced in the files read this run. What is verified is the depth chart as it stood Sunday evening: a starter headed for surgery and injured reserve, a backup hurt, and a rookie who debuted Sunday as the only healthy quarterback, on a team that has lost three straight. Jacksonville, 5-2 after its 42-7 win over Indianapolis, travels into that on the short week.