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When Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson throws a touchdown pass this season, there's a chance it will come on a route that he suggested. One of the biggest changes in the Ravens' first season under new offensive coordinator Todd Monken is more freedom and input for Jackson. In addition to giving Jackson the leeway to audible, Baltimore is using plays that Jackson has sent to the coaching staff.

"I was just on social media, and I saw a couple of routes, and I sent it to [quarterbacks] Coach Tee [Martin] and he was like, 'I'm going to relay the message to Coach [Todd] Monken,' Jackson said after Tuesday's joint practice with the Washington Commanders. "Coach Monken liked the play, so he put it in practice. We didn't show it today, but I feel like it will be good for us."

Dalvin Cook is arriving soon and Breece Hall is practicing again after a long layoff, creating a first-class problem for the backfield-heavy New York Jets.

"There's only one football," offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said Tuesday. "You always want everybody to want the ball at all times, and I think we have a lot of people that want the ball and deserve the ball."

Less than 24 hours after agreeing to terms with Cook, the Jets welcomed back Hall, who was activated from the physically unable to perform list. Their 2022 leading rusher, 10 months removed from ACL surgery, didn't do much in his first practice — just light individual drills. The Jets are "very confident" he will be ready for Week 1, though, according to coach Robert Saleh.

It took just one quarter of preseason action for Anthony Richardson to solidify himself as the Indianapolis Colts' starting quarterback. Richardson, this year's fourth overall draft pick, will be the Colts' starter this season, coach Shane Steichen announced Tuesday. The news comes days after Richardson's preseason debut against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. Richardson never saw it coming.

"Honestly, I was shocked," he said. Richardson had been in a competition with veteran Gardner Minshew, but now that a decision on a starter has been reached, the Colts can dig into their preparation and tailor their offense to their new franchise quarterback.

With Week 1 of the NFL preseason in the books, here are the results from this week’s matchups.

In other news, there are some game thread bots in the works right now, @philly_bot has one running for the Eagles community and I saw him testing a game thread for the Chiefs/Saints game as well. I’m still trying to brainstorm some ideas on what other kinds of daily or weekly threads we want here so any input you may have is appreciated.

My play of the week: Jags 3rd-string QB Nathan Rourke evades four sacks and throws 21-yard touchdown.

Eagles linebacker Shaun Bradley will miss the remainder of the season after tearing an Achilles in Saturday's preseason opener against the Baltimore Ravens, a source told ESPN. Bradley confirmed his season was over in an Instagram post Sunday.

"Not how I wanted the season to end for me," he wrote. “But I believe that god truly does give his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers.”

I’ve linked to a bot thread to give an idea of what NFL game threads will look like during the season. Right now, only the Eagles have a bot set up but hopefully we can get a bot set up for the remaining NFL teams. Please let @[email protected] know if you are interested in running your NFL team’s game thread bot and he should be able to set you up.