<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/new-england-patriots/patriots-news-new-england-downplays-joe-burrow-joe-flacco-mystery');   ga('set', 'title', 'Patriots downplay Joe Burrow vs. Joe Flacco mystery');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/New-England-downplays-Joe-Burrow-vs.-Joe-Flacco-mystery.jpg"><figcaption>Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Patriots downplay Joe Burrow vs. Joe Flacco mystery</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-20T20:28:01-08:00">November 20th, 8:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-20T20:28:01-08:00">November 20th, 8:28pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New England Patriots will put their eight-game winning streak on the line when they visit the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium on Sunday.</p><p>It should be an interesting one as quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-rumors-all-signs-point-to-joe-burrow-starting-in-week-12">Joe Burrow is expected to make his much-needed return</a> for the Bengals, who have only won three games. He has not played since Week 2 after suffering a turf toe injury.</p><p>His return might mean that veteran Joe Flacco would be relegated to the bench, although it remains unclear who will start against New England, as of writing.</p><p>As for the Patriots, they’re <a href="https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2025/11/joe-burrow-or-joe-flacco-patriots-explain-why-it-doesnt-matter-what-qb-they-face.html" rel="noopener">more than ready</a> to face whoever’s under center for the Bengals.</p><p>“If (Burrow) plays, he plays. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t. He’s a great quarterback, but Flacco’s a great quarterback. It’s not like it’s night and day between the differences of them,” said Christian Gonzalez in a report from Mass Live’s Mark Daniels.</p><p>K’Vaon Chaisson admitted that he reviewed film of both Burrow and Flacco, who has played impressively for the Bengals since being acquired in a trade with the Cleveland Browns in October.</p><p>“You definitely have an open ear for both of them. You’ve got to prepare for both. Two different styles of quarterback. Both are still very good, very high IQ, and know where they want to go with the ball,” added Chaisson.</p><p>The 28-year-old Burrow has been a full participant in practice this week. If he does start against New England, he will have a marquee matchup against quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/patriots-news-drake-maye-mvp-chants-carving-up-jets">Drake Maye, who has been on an MVP-type run</a>.</p><p>Whoever the Bengals decide to start, one thing’s clear for the Patriots: They will face someone named Joe.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Patriots downplay Joe Burrow vs. Joe Flacco mystery

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-injury-report-joe-burrow-return-practice');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Joe Flacco lands on injury report amid Joe Burrow’s return to practice');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Joe-Flacco-of-the-Cincinnati-Bengals-1.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals’ Joe Flacco lands on injury report amid Joe Burrow’s return to practice</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-19T14:10:37-08:00">November 19th, 2:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-19T14:10:37-08:00">November 19th, 2:10pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals have received some positive news, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-burrows-injury-status-gets-major-update-before-week-12">Joe Burrow was a full participant</a> in their recent practice, which means that he is getting closer to returning to the field. On the other hand, Joe Flacco, who has been starting in place for Burrow, was <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1991255619425169750" rel="noopener">listed on the injury report</a>, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.</p><p>“And while Joe Burrow was listed as a full participant at today’s practice, Joe Flacco was listed as a limited participant due to a right shoulder injury,” Schefter wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Flacco has been dealing with a right shoulder injury for the past few weeks, and the Bengals have been managing his workload since. He’s still been able to play through the injury, but the Bengals have had a hard time staying consistent on offense.</p><p>With Burrow making his return soon, the hope is that they can get that consistency back, and he feels comfortable getting back on the field. Earlier in the week, head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-zac-taylor-reveals-joe-burrows-mindset-turf-toe-recovery">Zac Taylor spoke about Burrow</a> and how he doesn’t see the injury hindering him.</p><p>“Not from a throwing perspective,” Taylor said via the team website. “Really sharp, really sharp. I had not watched him throw. He’d been doing that with the trainers, so seeing him live on Monday, I got a chance to do that. I’m not going to say I’m impressed because that’s how it always looks. But he was really sharp.</p><p>“Threw the ball nice. And so for now, that’s just where we’re at. Internally, we’ve got a good plan in place. We’ll just keep working through that.”</p><p>If Burrow can continue to make strides, he may be back on the field sooner rather than later. Until then, the hope is that Flacco is in good enough to shape to play however long he needs to.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals’ Joe Flacco lands on injury report amid Joe Burrow’s return to practice

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-news-kyle-dugger-trade-keeps-paying-off-pick-6-joe-flacco');   ga('set', 'title', 'Steelers’ Kyle Dugger trade keeps paying off with pick-6 of Joe Flacco');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Steelers-fans.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Steelers’ Kyle Dugger trade keeps paying off with pick-6 of Joe Flacco</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-16T13:10:31-08:00">November 16th, 1:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-16T13:10:31-08:00">November 16th, 1:10pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday afternoon, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-news-jalen-ramsey-throwing-punch-jamarr-chase">Pittsburgh Steelers hit the field</a> at home for a divisional matchup <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-news-aaron-rodgers-left-hand-injury-bengals">against the Cincinnati Bengals</a>, who defeated them a few weeks ago in surprising fashion. The Steelers were coming off an ugly road loss against the Los Angeles Chargers a week ago that dropped them to 5-4 on the season.</p><p>During the game against Cincinnati, defensive back Kyle Dugger picked off Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco and returned it to the house. Dugger was traded to the Steelers just three weeks ago in exchange for draft compensation, and it <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990152465853952007" rel="noopener">certainly looks like</a> that move is paying off well for Pittsburgh thus far.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KYLE DUGGER PICKS OFF JOE FLACCO AND TAKES IT BACK FOR 6 🍿</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/HQh6m4rzSL">pic.twitter.com/HQh6m4rzSL</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990152465853952007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The pick six came at a critical juncture of the game for Pittsburgh, as the Bengals had the ball down by just four points and on their side of the field, late in the third quarter. Instead, Dugger’s big play helped turn the tide of the game in the Steelers’ favor.</p><p>Overall, the Steelers’ defense has overcome a slow start to the year to finally turn into a somewhat formidable unit in recent weeks, including during a surprisingly comfortable home win recently over the Indianapolis Colts, in which they forced the Colts’ red-hot offense into several key turnovers in the victory.</p><p>Unfortunately, the Steelers’ offense hasn’t been able to hold up its end of the bargain in recent weeks. Particularly in the game against Los Angeles, Aaron Rodgers had by far his worst game of the season, unable to get much of anything going in the loss.</p><p>In any case, at the conclusion of the Bengals game, up next for the Steelers will be a tough road game against the Chicago Bears next Sunday. That game is set to kick off at 1:00 pm ET from Soldier Field in Chicago.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Steelers’ Kyle Dugger trade keeps paying off with pick-6 of Joe Flacco

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-flacco-upgraded-to-match-burrow-on-week-11-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joe Flacco upgraded to match Joe Burrow on Week 11 injury report for Bengals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Joe-Flacco-with-Bengals.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Joe Flacco upgraded to match Joe Burrow on Week 11 injury report for Bengals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-13T16:37:47-08:00">November 13th, 4:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-13T16:37:47-08:00">November 13th, 4:37pm</time><address><a>Jake Faigus</a>Jake Faigus graduated from the University of Arizona in 2022 and has written for several publications and websites. He has had stops at Catena Media, Playmaker, DraftKings, USA Today, Spike Up, and Spotlight Sports Group. He also writes for Sporting News and works at iHeartMedia in Phoenix when he is not writing for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2025 Cincinnati Bengals have had issues with consistency this year. The defense has caused them issues all season, and the offense has had its fair share of problems since Joe Burrow got injured early on in the year and has been out ever since. Jake Browning and Joe Flacco were the two quarterbacks who have split snaps since Burrow’s injury, and Flacco has played well in his place <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-acquiring-browns-joe-flacco-big-trade" rel="noopener">since being traded</a>.</p><p>Flacco started the year with the Browns and struggled, but he has since emerged as a solid option with the Bengals. Flacco injured his right shoulder and has been nursing the injury over Cincinnati’s bye week. However, Cincinnati Bengals writer Paul Dehner Jr. for “The Athletic” reported that <a href="https://x.com/pauldehnerjr/status/1989081615361081590?s=20" rel="noopener">he returned in a limited fashion in practice</a> after being on the same workload as Joe Burrow after being activated off Injured Reserve.</p><p>This season, Flacco has thrown for 2,069 yards (258.6 per game), completing 61.6% of his passes, with 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions.</p><p>Since <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/bengals-joe-burrow-has-practice-window-opened-amid-turf-toe-recovery" rel="noopener">Burrow is back at practice</a>, the clock is ticking on Flacco’s time as the starter. Burrow is going to be eased back into the rotation and not rushed, but it’s still his job the minute he’s ready.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joe Flacco upgraded to match Joe Burrow on Week 11 injury report for Bengals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-somehow-unthinkable-loss-bears-stride');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Joe Flacco somehow takes unthinkable loss to Bears in stride');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bengals-Joe-Flacco-16-enters-the-field-before-their-game-against-the-Bears.jpg"><figcaption>© Phil Didion/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals’ Joe Flacco somehow takes unthinkable loss to Bears in stride</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-03T07:37:36-08:00">November 3rd, 7:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-03T07:37:36-08:00">November 3rd, 7:37am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Veteran quarterback Joe Flacco appears to have found the fountain of youth with the Cincinnati Bengals, as he is having a surprising stint with his new team. At 40 years old, the Super Bowl-winning QB tossed a career-high 470 passing yards to go with two touchdowns on 31-of-47 pass completions on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-zac-taylor-sick-brutal-loss-bears">Sunday against the Chicago Bears</a> at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati.</p><p>Unfortunately for Flacco, his career night and late-game heroics ultimately went to waste, as the Bengals surrendered a one-point lead with under a minute left in regulation to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/why-bengals-fire-zac-taylor-latest-defensive-collapse-bears-2025">suffer a stunning 47-42 loss</a> at the hands of Caleb Williams and the visiting Browns.</p><p>Despite the painful nature of Cincinnati’s loss, Flacco <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46824776/bears-deliver-final-punch-wild-shootout-win-bengals" rel="noopener">appeared to be much calmer in his acknowledgment of the setback</a> than most fans, who watched the Bengals lose on a late-game touchdown score by Chicago tight end Colston Loveland.</p><p>“I think when you’ve played a lot of games, the way you lose doesn’t make it any worse, necessarily,” Flacco said after the game, per Courtney Cronin Ben Baby of ESPN. “I think you learn that these games come down to the last minute and you’ve got to be ready for anything.”</p><p>Flacco and the Bengals entered Week 9 looking to bounce back from a bitter 39-38 loss to the New York Jets in Week 8, in which they squandered a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter. But Cincinnati had another meltdown on Sunday.</p><p>After going up by a point following a nine-yard touchdown by Bengals wide receiver Andrei Iosivas off a Flacco toss with just 54 seconds remaining in the fourth period, the Bears successfully engineered a four-play scoring drive that was punctuated by Colston’s touchdown.</p><p>Cincinnati’s defense has since been catching heat from fans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-chase-brown-goes-off-defense-nsfw-rant">and even from players on the Bengals’ offense</a> — but certainly Flacco, who seems to be already looking at what’s ahead for the team.</p><p>The Bengals dropped to 3-6 following the loss to the Bears, but there’s still plenty of time for them to figure things out. They are third in the AFC North standings, behind the 5-3 Pittsburgh Steelers and the 3-5 Baltimore Ravens.</p><p>Up ahead for Cincinnati is a bye in Week 10. The Bengals will get back to action in Week 11, with a rematch versus the Steelers on the road.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
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2025 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
2451	15	10	-

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