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New York Jets announce Joe Flacco as their Week One starter, with QB1 Zach Wilson out until at least Week Four after knee surgery... as injured star insists he 'won't play any differently' when he returns to the field Zach Wilson suffered non-contact injury that required surgery during preseason Joe Flacco is slated to be the Jets starter when they take the field on Week One Jets hinted Wilson may play this week, before declaring him out until Week Four Wilson also says he 'won't play any differently' when he returns to NFL action

By Tyrell Feaster For Dailymail.Com

Published: 05:06 BST, 8 September 2022 | Updated: 05:06 BST, 8 September 2022

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The New York Jets have officially named Joe Flacco as their Week One starter against the Baltimore Ravens, in the wake of Zach Wilson's knee injury.

The Jets had spent the first two days of the week hinting at the possibility of Wilson playing this week, following a workout on Monday, however, it has now been confirmed that he will spend a longer period on the sidelines.

As part of the announcement, Jets coach Robert Saleh said that the earliest Wilson would be back on the field was Week Four against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The New York Jets plan to start Joe Flacco for at least the first three games of the season

Zach Wilson has been out of action since tearing his meniscus and suffering a bone bruise to his right knee in the first week of preseason action

'We're going to make sure mind and body are 110 percent and make sure we do right by him,' Saleh said of Wilson.

'We feel like, from talking to the doctors and everyone, it's going to be that Pittsburgh week.'

Wilson has been recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, after suffering a torn meniscus and bone bruise in the Jets