The Ravens made it official, probably earlier than John Harbaugh would have liked, when they announced Tuesday that Lamar Jackson would be the starter. He’s since walked that back a little bit, saying that both Jackson and Joe Flacco may play, but that feels like more of an attempt to keep the Falcons on their toes than anything else.
The reality is that this is now Lamar Jackson’s job, and he’ll have to play poorly to lose it temporarily. Sometime in the next year or so, it’ll be his job, period, but for now Harbaugh has Flacco’s injury as a built-in excuse to keep him out of the lineup on Sundays.