Jets Will Start Joe Flacco in Week One on Sunday

 So much for the speculation that Zach Wilson was close to returning to the field for the New York Jets. 

Joe Flacco will instead start on Sunday when Gang Green takes on Flacco's old team, the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium. 

The decision was announced by Head Coach Robert Saleh on Wednesday. Oddly enough it comes just two days after Saleh indicated that Wilson, who is coming off of arthroscopic surgery to his knee to repair a torn meniscus, would be ready for the opener if he showed positive signs this week. 

Instead Saleh confirmed that Wilson is still not 100 percent, and would be out three more weeks until at least Week 4 when the Jets visit Pittsburgh. 

So it will be up to Flacco to lead this team to open the season. Ironically it all comes against teams Flacco is familiar with, the AFC North. 

It will be Flacco's first opening day start since 2019 with Denver and his first start for the Jets since 2020 when he started in a loss at the LA Chargers. 

Going up against his former team in the Ravens, the team that drafted him, and he won a Super Bowl with only adds to the intrigue of the match-up on Sunday.