Veteran Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is set to make his 2019 preseason debut in Thursday's tilt against the New York Jets.

Ryan, 34, is entering his 12th season in the NFL—all with the Falcons—and was absent from the team's on-field activities the last two weeks in exhibition losses to the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins.

Although the former NFL MVP is not expected to play much against the Jets, it's the first preseason appearance from Ryan since 2018.

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Via D. Orlando Ledbetter in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

After he was a healthy scratch against the Dolphins, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is set to make his debut against the Jets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

“Excited to get back on the field,” Ryan said. “I put in a lot of hard work the last couple of weeks. There’s still a lot of work for us to do to get ready for the regular season. It will be a good chance to get in our home stadium. We’ve had two on the road early. Get back home and just get into the flow of things.”

The four-time Pro Bowler re-signed with the Atlanta organization in the 2018 offseason on a five-year contract extension worth reportedly $150 million. He'll enter the second year of his extension during the 2019 season.

In the preseason matchup with the Denver Broncos, Atlanta's QB duties were split between Kurt Benkert and Matt Schaub. Schaub and 30-year-old Matt Simmons split reps as the shot-caller for the Falcons in last week's game against the Dolphins.