The New York Jets are preparing to start Joe Flacco in Week 1, but Robert Saleh is refusing to rule out Zach Wilson, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery this week.

"I don't know if I have an opinion on that one," Saleh said, 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 tore his meniscus and suffered a bone bruise last Friday night in a preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Jets open the season in 24 days against the Baltimore Ravens. The initial timetable was two to four weeks, and there was no additional damage discovered in the arthroscopy, sources said.