Joe Flacco played the unaccustomed role of spectator at the Baltimore Ravens minicamp this week, watching from afar while Ryan Mallett ran the first-team offense. Flacco played in 122 straight games - the fifth-longest streak for a quarterback in NFL history - before tearing the ACL and MCL in his left knee during the fourth quarter of a win over St. Louis. ''I expect to be on the field for the first day,'' Flacco declared Thursday.
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