Quarterback Joe Flacco will remain the Jets starting quarterback and will be in the lineup Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini.
Joe Flacco will remain the Jets’ starting QB this week, per source. Not a surprise. On Monday, Robert Saleh indicated Flacco would “likely” start, although he did open the door a crack. Don’t get the impression that benching Flacco for Mike White was strongly considered. #Jets
— Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) September 14, 2022
Head coach Robert Saleh hinted Monday in his press conference that Flacco would remain the quarterback. Sure enough, per a report from Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic, the Jets never seriously considered turning to Mike White.
The #Jets never seriously considered benching Joe Flacco for Mike White this week, a source told The Athletic.
It was always going to be Flacco in Cleveland.
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) September 14, 2022
As Connor Hughes of SNY reports, part of the reason was New York didn’t believe Sunday was 100 percent Flacco’s fault, citing pass protection from the offensive line and drops from wide receivers as reasons the Jets struggles on offense against the Ravens.
Among reasons #Jets sticking with Joe Flacco is they don’t think the offense’s problems on Sun were 100% QB.
OL’s pass blocking, specifically interior & LT, ruined chance for success. Drops & MEs from WRs (can’t see unless know assignment) bad, too
Given time, Flacco executed
— Connor Hughes (@Connor_J_Hughes) September 14, 2022
Zach Wilson is returning to practice this week on an individual basis and could still be on target to return in Week 4 against the Steelers. For now, it remains Flacco’s offense.
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