BALTIMORE (AP) — Two seasons ago, Joe Flacco nearly made his return to Baltimore under pressure-packed circumstances. If the Cleveland Browns head beaten Houston in the first round of the playoffs, they’d have faced the Ravens next.

That didn’t happen, so Flacco and Ravens star Lamar Jackson had to settle for a reunion at NFL Honors, when the former won Comeback Player of the Year and the latter was MVP.

“I was like, ‘Man, I thought we were going to have to see you in the playoffs,’” Jackson said. “He was on a roll. He had those guys in a good position.”

This weekend, Jackson and the Ravens host Flacco and the Browns. It’s the 40-year-old Flacco’s first chance to play at Baltimore since Jackson supplanted him as the Ravens’ starter in 2018. He did face Baltimore when he was with the Jet

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