FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Even though all signs point to Joe Flacco as the New York Jets' season-opening quarterback, coach Robert Saleh refused to rule out Zach Wilson, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles. «I don't know if I have an opinion on that one,» Saleh said Thursday, commenting on whether he expects to start Flacco against the Baltimore Ravens in the opener — his first public remarks since Wilson's procedure. «If Zach is ready to play, he's going to be the Week 1 starter.
If he's not, Joe will. That's no secret. »We're going to take it by how Zach looks, how he feels, how he moves, what the doctors tell us.
Whenever that moment is, he'll step on the field." Wilson flew back from Los Angeles on Wednesday night and was back at the team facility by Thursday morning.
He's «already walking» and looking forward to beginning his rehab, according to Saleh. The calendar is working against Wilson, who tore his meniscus and suffered a bone bruise last Friday night in a preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.