Jets Planning To Start Joe Flacco Against Dolphins In Week 11

According to Rich Cimini, the Jets plan to start veteran QB Joe Flacco against the Dolphins in Week 11. 

First-round QB Zach Wilson still isn’t 100 percent recovered from his knee injury and previous starter Mike White had a rough outing with four interceptions against the Bills in Week 10. 

Cimini says Flacco’s experience likely played a factor, as the coaching staff knows it’ll be facing a blitz-heavy defense against Miami. 

Flacco, 36, is a former first-round pick of the Ravens back in 2008. The Broncos agreed to trade a 2019 fourth-round pick to the Ravens for Flacco.

Flacco was in the fourth year of a six-year, $125 million contract that contained $44 million guaranteed and set to make a base salary of $20.25 million for 2020 when Denver released him with a failed physical designation.

He signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million worth up to $4.5 million with the Jets last year before joining the Eagles this past March. Philadelphia traded him to the Jets ahead of the deadline for a conditional sixth-round pick. 

In 2020, Flacco appeared in five games and recorded 74 completions on 134 pass attempts (55.2 percent) for 864 yards, six touchdowns, and three interceptions.