Cincinnati Bengals acquire 40-year-old Joe Flacco to save season

The Cincinnati Bengals traded with the Cleveland Browns for backmost Joe Flacco.

Along with the 40-year-old, the Browns volition besides person a sixth-round prime of the adjacent draft, portion successful instrumentality they volition person a fifth-round prime of the aforesaid year.

The Bengals made the determination arsenic their play went downhill pursuing a ft wounded to the team's prima quarterback, Joe Burrow. He was injured successful the 2nd week, and the betterment is expected to instrumentality until December.

With backup backmost Jake Browning successful the starting position, the Bengals experienced dense defeats – 48:10 against the Minnesota Vikings, 28:3 against the Denver Broncos and 37:24 against the Detroit Lions. The offense, which with Burrow was 1 of the champion successful the league, wholly stopped. Browning has thrown a whopping 8 interceptions done 3 games, and the question is however helium volition enactment with Flac due to the fact that of a mediocre violative line.

Joe Flacco's 18th season

Joe Flacco is successful his 18th play successful the NFL. Cincinnati is the destination for the erstwhile Superbowl champion with the Baltimore Ravens aft they fired backmost Bret Rypien.

Flacco rejoined the Browns earlier this play aft playing for the Indianapolis Colts successful 2024. The squad included 2 rookies – Dillon Gabriel and Chadur Sanders – but Flacco was named the starter earlier the commencement of the play and started the Cleveland Browns' archetypal 4 games.

After a mediocre violative crippled and a people of 1-3, Flacco was "benched" successful favour of Gabriel earlier the crippled connected Sunday 5 against the Vikings. The Cleveland Browns discourtesy didn't enactment with Flacco and helium didn't people much than 17 points successful immoderate of his 4 games arsenic a starter. He completed conscionable 58.1% of his passes, averaging 5.1 yards per attempt, with 2 touchdowns and 6 interceptions – precise mediocre numbers for an NFL backmost and acold from starting level.

The large question for the Cincinnati Bengals close present is: Can Flacco prevention the season? The Bengals were among the playoff contenders astatine the opening of the season, but present they are 2-3.

The AFC North is unexpectedly "offered", arsenic the favored Baltimore Ravens recorded lone 1 triumph aft 5 games. Currently, the Pittsburgh Steelers are archetypal successful the part with a 3-1 record, portion the Bengals are second, up of the Browns and Ravens.

The Bengals volition play their adjacent lucifer against the Green Bay Packers – connected Sunday astatine 10:25 p.m.