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In Baltimore, the questions are mounting fast. Lamar Jackson's injury has the Ravens staring down a genuine franchise crossroads, and the offseason decisions ahead could reshape the entire organization. When your identity is built around one player, his absence doesn't just hurt the record — it forces a reckoning about what this team actually is without him.
Shifting to New York, the Jets are already having a rough season, and now they can add this to the pile — Garrett Wilson is in the concussion protocol, and his status for Week nine is very much in doubt. Wilson has been one of the few bright spots on that offense all year, so losing him, even temporarily, strips away what little momentum New York has been trying to build.
And over in Boston, the defending champions are navigating life without Jaylen Brown as a co-star, and the question is real — who steps up alongside Jayson Tatum? The Celtics have the depth on paper, but translating that into consistent production night after night is a different challenge entirely. Tatum cannot do this alone, and everyone in that locker room knows it.
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