The Bengals of Cincinnati exchanged against the quarter of the Cleveland Browns Joe Flacco.
The Browns will also send a sixth round choice in 2026 to Bengals and will receive a fifth round choice in 2026. The Browns confirmed the exchange on Tuesday.
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Bengals take the plunge while their season has intensified following an injury to the toe of the lawn which should put aside the quarter of the Joe Burrow franchise for most of the season. Burrow was injured in week 2.
With the replacement Jake Browning as a quarter, the Bengals lost 48-10 against the Vikings, 28-3 against the Broncos and 37-24 against the Lions while a projected attack as one of the best in the League has stagnated.
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It quickly became obvious that Bengals could not remain competitive with Browning, and they discussed several options in the quarter-Arrière, reports Dianna Russini from The Athletic. They did not call the giants about exchanges against Jameis Winston or Russell Wilson, according to the report.
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Flacco, a veteran of 18 seasons in the NFL which has started most of his career, will probably take over as a quarterrier starting from Cincinnati once he is acclimated to his new team.
The Browns left with 2 recruits on the QB depth map
Flacco joined the Browns this season after playing in 2024 for the colts. On a list made up of the Dillon Gabriel and Sheder Sanders recruit quarters, Flacco was appointed leaving before the season and started the first four games in Cleveland.
The Browns demoted Flacco for the benefit of Gabriel after a 1-3 departure for a week 5 game against the Vikings. They have now exchanged Flacco to a division rival in exchange for an exchange of choice at the end of the round. According to ESPN, this is the first exchange between Bengals and Browns since the return of the Browns to the NFL in 1999.
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Sanders was quarter-Arrière 3 on the Cleveland depth map. He is now the only other active quarter on the Cleveland list behind Gabriel. The Browns exchanged the veteran Kenny Pickett to the Raiders of Las Vegas in pre-season, and they still have Deshaun Watson, who recalls a second rupture of the Achille tendon.
Can Bengals compete for North AFC with Flacco?
Can the question in Cincinnati are now becoming: Can Flacco save its season? Bengals had to fight for a place in the playoffs before the season, but now have a 2-3 file after a 2-0 departure with Burrow in the center.
North AFC, on the other hand, is unexpectedly to win in the middle of the superb 1-4 departure from the favorite of the pre-season and hope division of the Super Bowl, the Ravens of Baltimore. The Pittsburgh 3-1 steelers occupy the first place in the division, while the Bengals occupy second place in front of the Browns and the Ravens with a victory.
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At the same time, the Browns exchanged Flacco for a derisory sum of a rival for a reason. Cleveland’s offensive was not good with Flacco and did not score more than 17 points during its four departures. FLACCO, 40, completed 58.1 % of its passes, for 5.1 yards per attempt with two affected and six interceptions. These are appalling figures for a quarter of the NFL and which are not at all suitable for a rest.
But the Bengals have seen enough Browning (success rate of 64.5 %, six affected, eight interceptions), because the offensive weapons Ja’mar Chase, Tee Higgins and Chase Brown were largely relegated to the background with him in the quarter-arre. They apparently hope for a renaissance of the competent quarter-back game that Flacoco showed in 2023 and 2024 as part-time holder with the Browns and the Colts.
