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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mired in a four-game skid and their playoff hopes dwindling, the New York Jets shook things up.Geno Smith is in at quarterback. Ryan Fitzpatrick is out.Now, Todd Bowles bunch will see if any of it can make a difference when the Jets (1-5) take on the Baltimore Ravens (3-3) at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.I think its an opportunity for all of us to go out there and try to get a win, Smith said. Were on a four-game losing streak. No one likes it. Its a bitter taste in our mouths.We just have to put together some good practices, build momentum up into the game and then go out there and just play recklessly, play hard with a reckless abandon and do whatever we have to do to get this victory.That was the thinking for Bowles when he decided to switch from Fitzpatrick , who had thrown an NFL-leading 11 interceptions and just five touchdowns in the Jets first six games.New York ranks 26th in overall offense and is last in the NFL in scoring with 15.8 points per game and red zone offense with eight TDs in 22 trips inside opponents 20-yard line (36.4 percent).Hopefully it creates a spark, Bowles said. It gives (Smith) the opportunity to play. Were 1-5 and we havent shown any signs of progress on offense, so I made the change.John Harbaugh and the Ravens -- who have dropped three straight -- entered the week expecting to see Fitzpatrick, but the coach didnt seem too concerned about seeing a different quarterback.It wont change a ton, because I think the offense is going to remain, essentially, the same with what they do, Harbaugh said.It will nuance a little bit in certain directions. We didnt hear that until right at the end of practice out here (Wednesday), but we already put in some stuff that we thought would be more Geno Smith-oriented-type things.Here are some other things to know heading into the Ravens matchup with the Jets:HOWS JOE?: Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco missed the teams first two practices of the week with a right shoulder injury, but he expects to play.Flacco said his shoulder was sore and thought rest would help him be ready. He was injured during the Ravens 27-23 loss to the New York Giants last Sunday and didnt feel any pain until after the game. Flacco added that the MRI results showed nothing to worry about.Its possible, Harbaugh said, that Flacco could sit out practice the entire week and still play. If not, Flaccos backup is Ryan Mallett.Id say hes day-to-day, Harbaugh said of Flacco. In my mind, hes a go.BACK TO NEW JERSEY: A scheduling quirk has the Ravens playing in New Jersey for a second straight Sunday. Theyll hope to escape with a split after losing to the Giants 27-23 .Going there, coming back, and going right back -- Ive never done that before, receiver Mike Wallace said. I think it will be better for us the second time, because we know exactly what to expect, we know exactly how it is going to go. It wasnt a bad trip at all. We went on the train, and it was about two hours. It wasnt bad.NEW CREW: In Smiths previous start for the Jets in the 2014 regular-season finale at Miami, a 37-24 win, he completed 20 of 25 passes for a career-high 358 yards and a perfect 158.3 passer rating.None of the eight players who caught a pass from him that day is on the Jets active roster.Eric Decker is the only one even still on the team, but is on injured reserve with a shoulder injury and also had hip surgery earlier this week. Jace Amaro (Tennessee), Jeff Cumberland (San Diego), Zach Sudfeld (free agent), Jeremy Kerley (San Francisco), Chris Owusu (free agent), Chris Ivory (Jacksonville) and Chris Johnson (Arizona) are all elsewhere.LACK OF SACKS: The Ravens are expected to be without career sacks leader Terrell Suggs (biceps ) and Elvis Dumervil (foot), who had a team-high six in 2015.That leaves veteran tackle Timmy Jernigan and young linebackers Matthew Judon, Kamalei Correa and ZaDarius Smith to pick up the slack.Ill be excited to see those guys play, Harbaugh said of the inexperienced trio of LBs. I really am looking forward to it.The Ravens have 11 sacks this season, including five by Suggs and three by Jernigan. 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Their top scorer was told: Lax, keep your pads on.Following on, VVS Laxman came in at No. 3 and steered the change of tides, his 376-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Rahul Dravid becoming part of cricketing folklore. The best of the Australian bowlers flung everything at Laxman and Dravid, who batted in their bubble, with the stands simmering and India gaining ground.On the final morning, when India declared at 657 for 7, Australia needed 384 in two sessions and a bit. At tea, seven Australian wickets still stood, and the quiet end of a draw loomed. The final session was to produce pure mayhem: Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting fell just after tea in the same Harbhajan over, while Sachin Tendulkars legspin removed Matthew Hayden, and Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne for ducks. The last two wickets hung on for more than an hour, but with six overs left, Glenn McGrath was the last man to fall, Harbhajan taking his 13th wicket of the match. India eventually won what appeared to be an unwinnable Test by 171 runs. Kolkata 2001 wiped out memories of match-fixing, and became the starting point for Indias 21st century brand of cricket -- of flair and bouncebackability.By Sharda UgraEngland un-Englanded in HeadingleyEngland v India, Leeds, 2002This was the only time when?Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly?each scored a century in the same Test. Indias score of 628 for 8 was their highest outside Asia at that time. And the margin of victory -- an innings and 46 runs -- was their highest away from home.Headingley was dark, dank, cloudy, unwelcoming to the visitors. Yet, Ganguly dared to bat first. The guarded and defensive approach of Dravid and Sanjay Bangar frustrated England. While Bangar fell for 68 off 236 balls, Dravid went on to notch up his second century in a row, after the 115 at Trent Bridge, to reach 12 Test tons. Englands bowlers attacked the bodies from the round-the-wicket angle the next day, but Tendulkar and Ganguly countered that strategy by switching on the attack mode. That only seven runs from Tendulkars 193 came in the V between mid-on and mid-off highlighted Englands bowling. To add to the bowlers woes, Robert Key dropped three catches.Leeds was covered in gloom in the final session on day two, but Tendulkar and Ganguly lit the scene up by ransacking 96 from 11 overs, including 48 from three. Their 249-run stand for the fourth wicket came at four an over. Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh then forced England to follow-on. Nasser Hussain scored a defiant century in Englands second innings, but Indias was an emphatic victory -- rounded off by the Patrick Eagar picture where Ganguly is seen dearly clasping last man Andy Caddickk on the fifth afternoon.dddddddddddd. Kumble finished with a match haul of 7 for 159, which still remains the best by an overseas spinner in Headingley. As Tanya Aldred noted in her Wisden Almanack report, England were un-Englanded on their most favourite pitch.By Nagraj GollapudiMajestic Dravid conquers AdelaideAustralia v India, Adelaide, 2003Indias previous Test win in Australia had come 22 years earlier, and their wait looked set to continue a little longer when Sourav Ganguly was run out on the second afternoon. They were 85 for 4 at that stage, after a Ricky Ponting double-hundred had given Australia a first-innings total of 556. But just as they had done in Kolkata in 2001, against the same opponents, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman turned the match with a triple-century stand. Dravid remained unbeaten on 233, and Australia only managed a first-innings lead of 33.With less than two full days to go, it seemed as if the match was heading for a draw, but as is often the case in Adelaide, a first-innings runathon gave way to a second-innings shootout. Australia collapsed to 196 all out, Ajit Agarkar running through their batting with figures of 6 for 41. India needed 233 to win, and once again it was Dravid who saw them through, scoring an unbeaten 72 and hitting the winning square-cut off Stuart MacGill.By Karthik KrishnaswamySehwag triple launches India to first Test win in PakistanPakistan v India, Multan, 2004The traditional rivals hadnt played a Test match against each other since 1999 and India hadnt toured Pakistan since 1989. Having lost the ODI series 3-2, Pakistan, armed with a strong attack that included Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq, sought to turn the tables. However, at the end of day one, a breathtaking assault from a 26-year-old reluctant opener had reduced the hosts to rubble in Multan. Virender Sehwag unleashed a barrage of boundaries, India reaching 160 in 40 overs, and despite the loss of Aakash Chopra and Rahul Dravid, Sehwag was unstoppable. With his childhood idol Sachin Tendulkar for company, Sehwag dismantled Pakistan with a previously unseen brutality, racing to 228 not out by stumps. On day two the carnage continued and Sehwag brought up his triple-hundred, the first by an Indian in Tests, with a monstrous six off Mushtaq, who would never play a Test again. He was eventually dismissed for 309, and when stand-in skipper Dravid declared, leaving a visibly upset Tendulkar stranded on 194, India were 675.On a flat surface, Indias well-rounded attack then went about the task of delivering victory with diligence. No Pakistan batsman crossed the triple-figure mark as they were dismissed for 407 in 126.3 overs. Irfan Pathans swing brought four wickets, but it was a magical legbreak by Tendulkar to bowl Moin Khan at the end of day three that typified Indias energy and verve. Asked to follow-on, a dispirited Pakistan were shot out for 216, with only Yousuf Yohana offering resistance with a hundred. Anil Kumble scythed through the line-up with six wickets, and the monkey of never having won a Test in Pakistan previously was off Indias back.By Gaurav Kalra ' ' '