The Ravens lost one of their important pieces to their offensive staff when QB Coach Hue Jackson accepted the job to become the offensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders. While most wonder why Jackson would leave such a stable organization to one that has been a disaster the past few years, most coaches strive to move up in the ranks and possibly become a head coach one day. I hope Jackson does well and has much success in Oakland.

With loss of Jackson, leaves a huge hole for the Ravens to fill. The development of Joe Flacco has been largely accredited to Jackson's work with him since he was drafted in 2008. While Flacco has shown nothing but potential, having someone help him grow will be key in his continuing progress.

According to Ravens Insider Aaron Wilson, former Redskins head coach Jim Zorn would be interested in filling the position. Wilson tweeted the following this afternoon,

"Talked to Jim Zorn today at the Senior Bowl. He's definitely interested in the Ravens' QB coaching job. Nothing concrete yet."

In addition to Zorn, the Ravens also have Ravens offensive consultant and former offensive coordinator Al Saunders possibly eyeballing the position as well. Wilson also tweeted this info regarding Saunders:

"Zorn will face competition, though, from Ravens offensive consultant Al Saunders, a former NFL offensive coordinator."

The Ravens can't go wrong with either candidate at the position. While Zorn's head coaching career wasn't so bright, Zorn was a well known QB coach for many years, tutoring players such as Charlie Batch and Matt Hasslebeck. Both QBs had success with Zorn as their coach. Al Saunders is very well known around the league as being an offensive mastermind, most noted under the Chiefs and Rams when they were high powered offenses. To have either guy as the next man up to help Flacco would be a plus.

Hue Jackson will be very hard to replace. But having Jim Zorn and Al Saunders fight for the open position isn't so bad either.