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3 intriguing storylines for Jets vs. Ravens in Week 1

3 intriguing storylines for Jets vs. Ravens in Week 1

Week 1 is finally here. The New York Jets take on the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium to kick off the 2022 season. Despite not exactly being a highlight game of Week 1, there is still some intrigue in this game. Let’s talk about some of the interesting storylines surrounding this game.

The 2022 Joe Flacco Bowl

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We’ll start with the obvious one. Joe Flacco is one of three quarterbacks facing his former team in Week 1. The others are Panthers QB Baker Mayfield against the Browns and Broncos QB Russell Wilson against the Seahawks.

Flacco will get at least three games running the show for the Jets while Zach Wilson recovers from his knee injury. His first comes against the franchise he led to a Super Bowl victory in the 2012 season when John Harbaugh defeated his brother, Jim, in New Orleans in Super Bowl XLVII. In fact, this will be his first time facing the Ravens. The Jets haven’t played the Ravens since 2019 and Flacco didn’t play the Ravens in 2019 during his one season with the Broncos. There is sure to be some emotion heading into this one. Can Flacco play spoil against his former team?

 

Lamar Jackson playing first game since contract talks halted

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The biggest talk all offseason for the Ravens was whether the team and quarterback Lamar Jackson would strike a new long-term deal. A deadline was set for Friday to reach such a deal or else Jackson would play out the final year of his contract.

Friday came and went and no deal was reached, so Jackson will now play out this last year. While that would mean he’d be set to be a free agent in 2023, the Ravens can just slap the franchise tag on Jackson if need be.

Will there be awkwardness in Baltimore going forward? Will Jackson drive his price up in 2022? Sunday will be his first game since those contract talks came to an end. Jackson is also hoping to shake off the injury bug that bit him, and the rest of the Ravens team, in 2021, leading to their collapse from 8-3 to 8-9.

Rookie tackle immediately thrown to the fire

With Duane Brown out for at least four weeks with a shoulder injury, the Jets are turning to a fourth-round rookie to man the right side of the offensive line.

With George Fant moving back to left tackle, the Jets are going with Max Mitchell at right tackle over veteran Conor McDermott. He gets a strong…

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