Jets head coach Todd Bowles has made a quarterback switch, telling reporters today that fourth-year QB Geno Smith will get the start against Baltimore on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, in his 12th pro season and his second with the Jets, had started all 22 previous games since Bowles took over as head coach of the Jets last year. But with Fitzpatrick's and the offense's struggles this season through Monday night's 28-3 loss at Arizona that dropped their record to 1-5, Bowles made the decision that Smith, the Jets starter for 29 of 32 games in 2013-14, will get the start against the Ravens.

"I felt like it was time for a change," Bowles said at his news conference following today's practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. "We had six games and we didn't play well in five of them. I felt like it was a good time to make a change and see what [Geno] can do. When you have guys of equal talent, an equal talent level, and one's not playing as well, you turn to the other one and that's what I did."

Bowles said the switch was strictly his call and stated that the team's struggles are not all on Fitzpatrick.