Joe Flacco admits he mostly improvised against Steelers

Joe Flacco openly admitted during "Thursday Night Football" that helium really improvised overmuch of the crippled against Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. As unbelievable arsenic it sounds, fans were capable to spot a calm and collected subordinate pb the Bengals done the full crippled astatine the Paycom Center successful Cincinnati, Ohio. His passing was close and efficient, finishing with 342 yards and 3 touchdowns.

The astir attraction was attracted by his action, which showed however overmuch his legs inactive service him, adjacent though helium is already 40 years old. The 18-year seasoned amazed the NFL satellite erstwhile helium ran 13 yards connected a work enactment play. After the game, Ryan Fitzpatrick asked Flacco astir that action, and the backmost candidly admitted:

"So listen. There were a mates of plays contiguous wherever I was like, 'What is [Bengals caput manager Zac Taylor] truly saying?' We person these formations that extremity successful 'F,' and I conscionable didn't get it."

Performance

Flacco clarified that helium was inactive capable to admit the telephone that resulted successful his moving for the archetypal down. However, everything happened truthful rapidly that helium decided it was champion to conscionable tally towards the decorativeness line. It's hard to blasted him for not having the playbook afloat mastered yet; helium has lone been successful the squad for a fewer weeks and is inactive getting utilized to it.

His show successful the 33-31 triumph showed wherefore the Bengals decided to person him instrumentality implicit the QB relation connected an interim basis. A seasoned similar Flacco is needed erstwhile a prima similar Joe Burrow is incapable to play. The antheral was susceptible of carrying the squad adjacent successful the mediate of the season, which shows however overmuch acquisition means successful situations similar this.

Flacco did much than good with Rodgers, who looked similar helium was 10 years younger. Not atrocious for a mates of "old players", arsenic galore commentators called them. His improvisation, coolness and quality to respond rapidly showed that this 40-year-old seasoned inactive has thing to offer.