A third quarterback will take the reins for the Jets this season. Weeks after coming over from the Eagles in a trade, Joe Flacco will be given the nod against the Dolphins on Sunday, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com tweets.
Flacco went from being inactive to being Mike White‘s backup. After White’s four-interception day against the Bills, Robert Saleh will give Flacco a try. This will be Flacco’s fifth Jets start. He appeared in five games and started four in relief of Sam Darnold last season. This will be Flacco’s 176th career start. Among players never selected for a Pro Bowl, that is first all time.
Zach Wilson suffered a PCL injury Oct. 25 and initially faced a two- to four-week timetable. Although the rookie has returned to practice, the Jets do not view him as being 100%, Cimini adds. This, along with a Dolphins blitz-heavy defense that limited Lamar Jackson last week, will lead to Flacco. A 14th-year veteran, Flacco did not see any time for the Eagles this season.
Saleh previously said the Jets’ quarterback situation would sort itself out organically, with signs pointing to White having a legitimate chance to keep Wilson on the bench. Despite White’s 400-yard day that keyed a Jets upset of the Bengals, the fourth-year passer’s stock has undoubtedly dipped a bit after his outing against the Bills. White will be Flacco’s backup in Week 11, keeping Wilson out of action.
Flacco, 36, completed a career-low 55% of his passes for a woeful Jets team in 2020, averaging 6.4 yards per attempt. He signed with the Eagles on a one-year deal worth $3.5MM in March. Flacco’s playing-time increase would be good news for the Eagles, who could see their trade compensation rise from a 2022 sixth-round pick to a fifth. Flacco would need to play 50% of the Jets’ offensive snaps in at least four games for the pick to move into Round 5, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets.
Man that mike white hype train crashed and burned real quick lol. Just the other day they were talking about him pushing Zach Wilson for the starting job
People always jump the gun on young inexperienced guys who start off well. People don’t think about the fact that the team already knows him better then us from practices. These days as a QB, if you’re not starting within a year after being drafted it’s probably for a reason.
Why does Josh Johnson get zero respect?
Played pretty well against the Colts…
My condolences to Jets nation. This breaks my heart. No fan should have to endure this.
It could be worse….they could be Lions fans
What’s the point? The Jets aren’t going to the playoffs. White had a bad game. Let him try to bounce back. He has more upside at this point than an old goat like Flacco.
I’ve got to agree with you. Nothing against Flacco per se, if this was a situation where White wasn’t fully healthy or had been terrible for multiple games then maybe going to Flacco might make sense. Heck, going to Josh Johnson would make more sense, he did pretty well when he got into a game earlier.
Keep playing Flacco so that 6th Round pick to the Eagles turns into a 5th 😉
Roger that!
The disrespect to every other QB out there lol
Yes, this should fix everything…
Let’s play fix the headline…”Jets plan on losing to the Dolphins this week.” or “Joe Flacco stunned he actually has to play.”
I guess if Joe is a disaster we can expect the Jets to give Christian Hackenberg another chance.
Why the hell on earth would the jets who have holes everywhere … risk a 5th round pick on Joe Flacco? That is seriously so stupid, it makes me sick to even think about.
At the time, Mike White was pretty much unknown and it was obvious that Wilson needs a veteran presence (especially in the absence of an experienced offensive coach) to help transition to the NFL. A sixth or potential fifth round pick is a relatively small price to pay for insuring your hopeful franchise quarterback, even if it’s pricey for an older backup. So I do see the thinking there.
No
…yes?
Joe Banner likes the Eagles.
I have an idea. Let’s put a statue out there against a blitz happy D. What could go wrong?
I don’t think Flacco will be the QB the rest of the way, so I don’t see them risking going over four games at 50%.
The new Browns.
Playing Flacco is idiotic. Robert Saleh seems to be panicking…