It is cro sroads time in Baltimore, with the sitting at 4-5, set to play a run of potential playoff teams with questionable defenses, and badly needing a win against the on Sunday to get back to .500 and try and save people's jobs/just make the playoffs.Which means it's time. is hurt -- he's battling a hip injury that could result in him just being questionable or mi sing up to a couple of weeks -- and Jackson is a first-round pick chosen to kickstart a new era for the franchise.As Darryl Strawberry Jersey and I discu sed on the Pick Six Podcast Wednesday ( ), the injury and Flacco's performance add up to the Ravens needing to make the switch.La Canfora actually believes the switch is likely to happen this week, although about their quarterback depth chart. "I believe it will end up being Lamar Jackson. Flacco may respond to treatment in a way that makes him more viable to play by the weekend. But my read on that situation is there's going to be a lot of reps for in practice this week and I'd be surprised if it's not Lamar," La Canfora said.Will this make the Ravens better? Worse?"I think it could make them ... more difficult to defend. Big part of playing quarterback is throwing the football right? Joe Flacco doesn't do that all that well," La Canfora said. "But it's also managing the offense, it's putting yourself in positions that are conducive to game management, winning football, situational football and also a defense that has been on the field almost an average of 35 minutes a game and that relies on a 36-year old pa s rusher and a 33-year old free safety and a bunch of linebackers who can't run."JLC spent his Tuesday evening poring through NFL gamebooks to look at how the team is rushing the ball with Jackson under center vs. Flacco and, in what shouldn't be a shock to anyone, they're better when Lamar, a mobile, lighting-quick quarterback, is taking snaps. "I went through the gamebooks, through every play, every snap of Lamar Jackson, when New York Mets Jersey he's in at quarterback and compared it to the running game when Joe Flacco is under center," La Canfora explained. "Lamar has played 63 snaps by my count as a quarterback. He's thrown the ball 12 times -- they don't always label when the quarterback changes, so I've identified 62 of the 63 plays he's been on the field. The 50 run plays I found with Lamar Jackson at quarterback -- 50 carries, 232 yards, 4.64 per carry. That would be 10th in the NFL in per carry rushing."With Joe Flacco at quarterback, they've run the ball 181 times for 502 yards, 2.77 per carry. The league average is 4.38. The worst team in the league is Arizona at 3.41. Baltimore's second worst at 3.61. But with Joe Flacco under center it's 2.77."That, my friends, coupled with a quarterback who's 27th in QB Rating, 20th in touchdowns, 8th worst in interception percentage, 31st in yards per attempt, 20th in 25 yard plays, is that winning football?" Spoiler alert: IT IS NOT.And coming up on the docket are a group of games that make for an absolutely perfect spot to start Lamar. The Bengals (Week 11) defense is in freefall right now -- Marvin Lewis just fired Teryl Austin and took back playcalling duties after they became the first NFL team to give up 500 yards in three straight games. The (Week 12) are a JV team on that side of the ball right now. The (Week 13) can't stop anyone, including another AFC North rookie quarterback. The (Week 14) are getting better, but more than willing to acquiesce to quarterback demands. The (Week 15) are the worst defense in football by many metrics. More NFL You can't ask for a better spot to start Lamar Jackson right now. Flacco is injured, ineffective and the Ravens are desperate with a group of difficult offensive-first teams who don't stop anyone on the schedule. Just run RPOs and read options for the next five weeks and let Lamar do what he did to win the Heisman.Pull the Neil Walker Jersey trigger, John Harbaugh.To the rankings:QB Rankings Week 111 Kansas City Chiefs QB The only real complaint about at this point is that he puts ketchup on his steak.2 Drew Brees New Orleans Saints QB could easily be No. 1 on this list -- he's locked in and has thrown 13 touchdowns to 30 incompletions (!) in the last five games. The are destroying everyone.3 Los Angeles Chargers QB Casual day at the office against the Raiders for , who continues to help the linger in the AFC West race, much closer to the Chiefs than people are letting on.4 Andrew Luck Indianapolis Colts QB Indianapolis is going to make a run in the AFC South and it's because the offensive line is keeping upright and he just keeps throwing three touchdowns per game.5 Pittsburgh Steelers QB Over the five-game winning streak that vaulted them to the No. 2 seed in the AFC, is completing 68 percent of his pa ses, averaging over eight yards per attempt, with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions. Pittsburgh is scary again.6 Carolina Panthers QB Bad game on Thursday for , but I would expect a big bounceback against the -- Carolina needs to pick up a decisive victory on the road, since they're likely playing there in the playoffs if they make it.7 Los Angeles Rams QB Very good chance to put up stats on Monday against the Chiefs, but also very curious how responds without . The struggled a bit against Green Bay in his first action last time he was hurt.8 Steven Matz Jersey Atlanta Falcons QB Not an outstanding effort against the by , but I would expect a bounceback against the at home, where Ryan is infinitely more efficient.9 Philadelphia Eagles QB Can't blame for the losing -- they're 3-2 over their last five games, but he's been incredible, completing 73 percent of his pa ses for eight yards per attempt, 300 yards per game, 12 touchdowns and just two interceptions.10 Green Bay Packers QB So this feels weird, because is incredible and he's averaging over 300 yards pa sing per game over this last five games, but he is completing le s than 60 percent of his pa ses and the are either losing or barely beating inferior opponents. QB Wins isn't a thing but the Packers clearly need Rodgers to be perfect to win games. He can obviously make this look stupid on Thursday night.11 Houston Texans QB Badly needed bye week for the to get some rest -- they've been easing the burden on him the last few weeks in terms of the offense. He averaged 38.4 pa sing attempts the Keith Hernandez Jersey first five weeks of the season and just 23.3 pa sing attempts the last four.12 New England Patriots QB Last year hit a stretch of the season where he looked quite mortal and he's coming up on the time where that would usually happen for him. Very curious how the four weeks after the bye look.13 Seattle Seahawks QB The don't have a really terrible lo s on their slate, but they have five of them nonethele s. been good this year, but they haven't asked him to do as much, leaning heavily on the ground game. Curious to see how Thursday night plays out if a shootout er