<!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-shoulder-injury-update-before-bears-matchup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals QB Joe Flacco gets shoulder injury update ahead of Bears matchup');   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/2025/10/Joe-Flacco-throwing-a-pass-against-the-Jets.jpg"><figcaption>© Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals QB Joe Flacco gets shoulder injury update ahead of Bears matchup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T13:29:21-07:00">October 27th, 1:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T13:29:21-07:00">October 27th, 1:29pm</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals suffered one of the worst loses of the 2025 season on Sunday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-york-jets/jets-news-breece-hall-td-pass-wild-comeback-bengals-aaron-glenn-win">Cincinnati lost 39-38 against New York</a>, allowing 23 fourth-quarter points on defense. To add insult to injury, the Bengals suffered multiple injuries to some of their best players on both sides of the ball. That includes their new starting quarterback.</p><p>Bengals QB Joe Flacco is considered <a href="https://x.com/AdamSchefter/status/1982887291036278921" rel="noopener">day-to-day with a shoulder injury</a>, head coach Zac Taylor said on Monday per ESPN’s Ben Baby.</p><p>Taylor added that Flacco “is sore today” after Sunday’s physical game against the Jets.</p><p>Flacco briefly left the game on Sunday before ultimately returning for Cincinnati’s final offensive drive. The exact injury was unknown until Taylor’s announcement.</p><p>If Flacco misses a game, the Bengals will have to put Jake Browning back in the starting lineup.</p><p>Superstar edge rusher Trey <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-trey-hendrickson-ruled-out-vs-jets-with-hip-injury">Hendrickson also left the game early with a hip injury</a>. He is also <a href="https://www.cincyjungle.com/cincinnati-bengals-injuries/178832/joe-flacco-injury-trey-hendrickson-update-chicago-bears" rel="noopener">considered day-to-day</a> after reaggravating his hip.</p><p>Bengals fans should keep a close eye on the team’s practice reports this week.</p><h2><b>Bengals offense, defense both criticized after losing to Jets in Week 8</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cincinnati-Bengals-head-coach-Zac-Taylor-looks-for-a-flag.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Bengals fans have no shortage of players and coaches who they can blame for Sunday’s epic collapse.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-zac-taylor-defense-blast-choke-job-jets">Taylor blamed his defense</a> for allowing the Jets back into the game on Sunday.</p><p>“We just needed someone to rise up and make a play. Someone just hold the fort down, and I didn’t see enough of that today,” Taylor said, per Caleb Noe of WCPO. “I think someone needs to lead the group. That’s what I need to see. Someone step up and lead the group and take some accountability over there and get this thing going the right way.”</p><p>Meanwhile, Ja’Marr <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-jamarr-chase-frustrated-offense-38-points-record">Chase expressed frustration with Cincinnati’s offense</a> despite scoring 38 points against New York.</p><p>“It’s pretty frustrating, but the offense still needs to capitalize at the end. We left stuff out there,” Chase said.</p><p>Both units have to step up if the Bengals want to rescue their season. And it starts with pickup up an important victory in Week 9.</p><p>Bengals vs. Bears kicks off at 1PM ET on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals QB Joe Flacco gets shoulder injury update ahead of Bears matchup

<!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-breaks-terrell-owens-franchise-record');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joe Flacco breaks Terrell Owens’ Bengals franchise record');   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/2025/10/Bengals-quarterback-Joe-Flacco-during-their-game-vs-Steelers.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Joe Flacco breaks Terrell Owens’ Bengals franchise record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T11:13:58-07:00">October 26th, 11:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T11:32:39-07:00">October 26th, 11:32am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals can get back to .500 with a win in Week 8. Thankfully, they are off to a great start <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/jets-vs-bengals-bold-predictions-for-2025-nfl-week-8-clash">against the lowly New York Jets</a> during the first half. In fact, the Bengals are playing so well that Joe Flacco is already breaking franchise records.</p><p>Flacco rumbled in a one-yard touchdown run during the first quarter.</p><p>That touchdown made Flacco the <a href="https://x.com/DanteKopFlem/status/1982500589641843066" rel="noopener">oldest player in franchise history</a> (40) to score a touchdown, per NFL senior researcher Dante Koplowitz-Fleming. He surpassed Terrell Owens, who scored a touchdown for Cincinnati at 36 years old back in 2010.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-qb-joe-flacco-pulled-off-something-hasnt-done-2017">last time Flacco scored a rushing touchdown</a> was in Week 15 of the 2017 season.</p><p>The veteran quarterback was on fire during the first half against the Jets. He jogged into halftime 15-of-20 passing for 178 yards and two touchdowns in addition to his rushing TD.</p><p>Cincinnati is on top of New York 24-13 at halftime.</p><h2><b>Joe Flacco experiment paying dividends early for the Bengals</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Joe-Flacco-responds-to-hypothetical-JaMarr-Chase-scenario.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Albert Cesare/The Enquirer</figcaption></figure><p>Cincinnati may have finally found their savior at quarterback.</p><p>The Bengals were desperate to find a bridge quarterback after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-burrow-miss-3-months-toe-surgery">Joe Burrow’s serious toe injury</a> from Week 2. Jake Browning showed that he was not the answer, forcing the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/joe-flacco-trade-grades-for-bengals-browns">Bengals to trade for Flacco from the Browns</a>.</p><p>The veteran quarterback has been everything that Cincinnati hoped he would be. He came into Week 8 with 561 passing yards and five touchdowns during his short stint with the Bengals.</p><p>Flacco has yet to throw an interception as a Bengal and boasts a 65.2% completion percentage and 100.0 passer rating.</p><p>If the Bengals can beat the Jets, they’ll be back in the driver’s seat in the AFC North at 4-4.</p><p>Flacco deserves a ton of praise for breathing life back into the Bengals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joe Flacco breaks Terrell Owens’ Bengals franchise record

<!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-qb-joe-flacco-pulled-off-something-hasnt-done-2017');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals QB Joe Flacco just pulled off something he hasn’t done since 2017');   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/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco_dadb9e.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals QB Joe Flacco just pulled off something he hasn’t done since 2017</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T11:02:46-07:00">October 26th, 11:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T11:03:06-07:00">October 26th, 11:03am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/nfl-week-7-winners-joe-flacco-turns-back-clock-colts-capture-best-record">Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco has accomplished a lot</a> in his NFL career. Flacco accomplished something on Sunday that he hasn’t done though <a href="https://x.com/RichCimini/status/1982498468100022637" rel="noopener">in nearly a decade</a>.</p><p>“Joe Flacco with his first rushing touchdown since Week 15 of 2017 as a member of the Baltimore Ravens,” ESPN’s Rich Cimini posted to X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>The Bengals are taking on the New York Jets Sunday. Cincinnati enters the game with a 3-4 record, while the Jets are winless. Flacco is playing in Cincinnati after starting the season with the Cleveland Browns.</p><p>Flacco rushed for a first-quarter touchdown for Cincinnati against New York. He scampered into the end zone on a one-yard run. Flacco is playing due to an injury to Joe Burrow.</p><p>The Bengals and Jets are playing at time of writing. Flacco is now the <a href="https://x.com/DanteKopFlem/status/1982500589641843066" rel="noopener">oldest player to score a touchdown</a> in Bengals franchise history, per NFL researcher Dante Koplowitz-Fleming. The quarterback is 40 years old.</p><h2><b>Joe Flacco has looked sharp for the Bengals this season</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-joe-flacco-opens-up-about-leaving-family-to-play-for-cincinnati">Flacco was recently traded from the Browns</a> to Cincinnati. He threw for 342 passing yards for the Bengals in a recent performance. That came in a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran also tossed three touchdown passes in that game.</p><p>Reporters <a href="https://x.com/BrianCoz/status/1982497549136388509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1982497549136388509%7Ctwgr%5E5aaced4e113df17708c90aab298232a9c2a3c5ab%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fus%2Fnfl%2Fcincinnati-bengals%2Fnews%2Fbengals-joe-flacco-does-something-he-hasnt-2017-ravens%2F21381d96deba9299d5e9684e" rel="noopener">had some fun</a> with Flacco on social media Sunday, after his rushing touchdown.</p><p>“Flacco shows what having a mobile (quarterback) can do for a team,” New York Post reporter Brian Costello posted to X.</p><p>Flacco is a well-traveled veteran of the NFL. After winning a Super Bowl during his time with the Baltimore Ravens, the play caller moved on to play with the New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and some other teams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals QB Joe Flacco just pulled off something he hasn’t done since 2017

<!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-jets-qb-tyrod-taylor-gives-joe-flacco-his-flowers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jets QB Tyrod Taylor gives Bengals’ Joe Flacco his flowers ahead of potential matchup');   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/2025/10/Jets-QB-Tyrod-Taylor-gives-Joe-Flacco-his-flowers-ahead-of-potential-matchup.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Chuck Cook-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Jets QB Tyrod Taylor gives Bengals’ Joe Flacco his flowers ahead of potential matchup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-23T12:50:14-07:00">October 23rd, 12:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T12:50:14-07:00">October 23rd, 12:50pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.spiering.3" rel="facebook">Chris Spiering</a>Chris Spiering graduated from the University of San Diego with a Communication Studies Degree. He spent his final year as the Sports Editor for the USDVista newspaper. Chris used to manage the betting team at ClutchPoints and now contributes about the NFL, MLB, NCAA Sports, and NBA, but he follows most sports, including NCAA Basketball. Chris also covers San Diego State men's basketball for East Village Times.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals host the New York Jets on Sunday, aiming to get back to .500 on the season. The Jets are winless on the season at 0-7.</p><p>Joe Flacco and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-cincinnati-stunner-aaron-rodgers-steelers-fans-frenzy">Bengals took down the Pittsburgh Steelers</a> last Thursday night. The outcome was certainly shocking, but Flacco played very well against Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers. The Bengals came out on top, and they certainly needed it as their playoff chances are still up in the air. Flacco threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns in the win. He led a game-winning drive to allow kicker Evan McPherson to win the game with a 36-yard field goal.</p><p>For Week 8, the Bengals have a chance to win two straight as they take on the winless Jets. Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor has a history of playing with Flacco back on the Baltimore Ravens. He recently spoke to the media about his former teammate.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“It’s awesome to see Flac still playing at a high level. He mentored me when I first came into the league. We spent four years together. … Excited for him, just not this week.”</p><p>Tyrod Taylor on Bengals QB Joe Flacco <a href="https://t.co/8wiQzrQVl8">pic.twitter.com/8wiQzrQVl8</a></p><p>— New York Jets (@nyjets) <a href="https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/1981442113570029666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-york-jets/jets-news-tyrod-taylor-injury-throws-wrench-into-justin-fields-benching-dilemma">Taylor may not play this week</a> as he is dealing with a knee injury. This is an interesting development after the Jets have benched starter Justin Fields. It’s unclear who will actually start on Sunday for the Jets. Star receiver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/new-york-jets/jets-news-garrett-wilson-mason-taylor-miss-practice-quarterback-drama">Garrett Wilson and tight end Mason Taylor both missed practice</a> on Thursday ahead of the game against the Bengals. NY could be very shorthanded. If Taylor is able to start at QB, it will be interesting to see how they look after weeks of poor play.</p><p>Flacco will continue to lead the Bengals, and they need to take advantage of this opportunity against a struggling and short-handed Jets team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jets QB Tyrod Taylor gives Bengals’ Joe Flacco his flowers ahead of potential matchup

<!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-jets-dc-steve-wilks-joe-flacco-canton-declaration');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jets DC Steve Wilks makes Canton declaration for Bengals’ 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/2025/10/Flacco-throws_da70ee.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Jets DC Steve Wilks makes Canton declaration for Bengals’ Joe Flacco</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-23T10:36:26-07:00">October 23rd, 10:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T10:36:26-07:00">October 23rd, 10:36am</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">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals are currently preparing for their upcoming game against the winless New York Jets at home. The Bengals are coming off a long week in the wake of their recent thrilling win over Aaron Rodgers<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-hilariously-reveals-cincinnati-lucky-steelers"> and the Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, a game in which newly acquired quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/nfl-week-7-winners-joe-flacco-turns-back-clock-colts-capture-best-record">Joe Flacco turned back the clock</a> to the tune of 342 yards.</p><p>In preparation for the matchup against the Bengals, Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks spoke to the media and had <a href="https://x.com/RichCimini/status/1981367234044801451" rel="noopener">nothing but praise</a> for Flacco’s storied career.</p><p>“You can pretty much put him in Canton as well,” said Wilks.</p><p>Canton of course is where the Pro Football Hall of Fame resides.</p><p>Wilks also spoke on Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who sent a franchise record with 16 receptions in the win over the Steelers.</p><p>“A potential Hall of Famer. Let’s start there and work our way down,” said Wilks.</p><h2><b>A big opportunity for the Bengals</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco-looks-to-pass-vs-Steelers.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The game against the New York Jets will provide the Cincinnati Bengals with the opportunity to climb back to the .500 mark after winning just one game since Joe Burrow exited the lineup in Week 2 due to injury.</p><p>Backup quarterback Jake Browning was initially plugged in as Burrow’s replacement but struggled mightily, opening the door for the team to trade for Flacco from their divisional rivals, the Cleveland Browns.</p><p>Through two games, Flacco has performed about as well as fans could have realistically hoped, guiding his team to a surprising win over the Steelers and keeping them in the mix. As previously mentioned, the Jets are winless this season, so Cincinnati will have an excellent chance to get back to the .500 mark at 4-4.</p><p>The goal for the Bengals at this point is just to hang on as long as possible and pray that Burrow is able to return at some point later in the season, at which point Cincinnati will instantly become a dangerous matchup for teams to face up against in the playoffs.</p><p>In any case, the Bengals and Jets are set to kick off on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET from Cincinnati.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jets DC Steve Wilks makes Canton declaration for Bengals’ 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-joe-flacco-opens-up-about-leaving-family-to-play-for-cincinnati');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Joe Flacco opens up about leaving family to play for Cincinnati');   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/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco.jpg"><figcaption>Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals’ Joe Flacco opens up about leaving family to play for Cincinnati</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T17:14:54-07:00">October 22nd, 5:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T17:14:54-07:00">October 22nd, 5:14pm</time><address><a>Abdullah Imran</a>Abdullah Imran works as an Associate Editor for All Sports at ClutchPoints. He’s been a sports fan his entire life and enjoys writing about every sport. He has spent three years in sports journalism and loves analyzing games. In his free time, he very much enjoys binge-watching shows and playing video games.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In his 18th NFL season at age 40, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/nfl-week-7-winners-joe-flacco-turns-back-clock-colts-capture-best-record">Joe Flacco is balancing a late-career revival</a> with personal sacrifice as he leads the Cincinnati Bengals in Joe Burrow’s absence. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-burrows-injury-timeline-crucial-update">As Burrow recovers from surgery</a> to repair a Grade 3 turf toe injury sustained in Week 2, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-not-stutter-nsfw-declaration-seat-warm-joe-burrow">Flacco has taken charge under center</a>.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/joe-flacco-trade-grades-for-bengals-browns">Since joining Cincinnati in a trade from the Cleveland Browns</a> just over two weeks ago, Flacco has thrown for 561 yards, five touchdowns, and zero interceptions in his first two starts, leading the team to a 1–1 record. His 33–31 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7, where he passed for 342 yards only ten days after signing, demonstrated how quickly he has adapted to Zac Taylor’s offense. His performance has also placed him among the top half of NFL quarterbacks in EPA (Expected Points Added) metrics.</p><p>On Wednesday, the veteran quarterback addressed leaving his family to play for the Bengals. With his wife and five children still living in New Jersey, he’s spent the past few weeks alone in Cincinnati. It can feel isolating, <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1981101609275847120" rel="noopener">but it has its advantages</a>.</p><p>“It’s trying to find ways to maybe stay over here a little bit longer, and then, you know, just kind of take myself out of that mindset, call home, go sit at a restaurant by myself and realize that man, that’s pretty enjoyable to do,” Flacco said. “I used to see guys sitting at a bar by themselves, or just sitting by themselves, eating and grabbing a little meal. And I’m like, ‘Man, I feel so bad for that guy.’ Like, you almost want to go join them. Now I realize, like, that dude was in heaven. And not to say I’d rather not be at home sitting at the dinner table with my kids and hearing what the hell they were talking about all day. But if you have to do it, then you might as well take advantage of it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I used to see guys sitting at the bar by themselves eating and I used to feel so bad for them and now I realize that dude was in heaven."</p><p>Not many of us can relate with being on a new team, in a new city, without our family, but many of us can relate to this. <a href="https://t.co/FhSgSe6Jd8">pic.twitter.com/FhSgSe6Jd8</a></p><p>— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1981097331195072897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although he did reveal his family plans to visit when the 3-4 Bengals host the New York Jets in Week 8 on Sunday, the team he once played for from 2020 to 2022, where he went 1–8 as a starter.</p><p>Flacco’s quick integration into Cincinnati’s system has impressed the coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Dan Pitcher, 38, joked about coaching someone older than himself and praised Flacco’s depth of experience. Flacco’s presence has provided stability on offense as Burrow works toward a Week 15 or 16 return.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/bengals-rumors-how-joe-flacco-extra-millions-dominating-joe-burrow">There’s a significant monetary upside to Flacco reclaiming a starting role</a>. His one-year, $4.2 million contract includes up to $9 million in incentives, such as $75,000 bonuses for wins in which he plays at least 50% of snaps (beginning after his fourth qualifying victory) and performance-based payouts up to $3 million. If he plays over 80% of the team’s offensive snaps and the Bengals make the playoffs, those bonuses could double, potentially adding more than $1.5 million to his earnings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals’ Joe Flacco opens up about leaving family to play for Cincinnati

<!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-cam-heyward-record-straight-joe-flacco-punch');   ga('set', 'title', 'Steelers’ Cam Heyward sets record straight on Joe Flacco punch');   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/2025/10/Steelers-DT-Cameron-Heyward-after-a-game.jpg"><figcaption> Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Steelers’ Cam Heyward sets record straight on Joe Flacco punch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T09:55:54-07:00">October 22nd, 9:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T09:55:54-07:00">October 22nd, 9:55am</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard Angelo Samillano is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, MLB and NCAA Football. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-most-to-blame-for-wild-thursday-night-football-loss-to-bengals">Pittsburgh Steelers suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals</a> on Thursday night. Considered as favorites heading into the game, the Pittsburgh defense struggled to contain Joe Flacco and Cincinnati on offense. A clip from the game seemed to show the frustrations of the Steelers’ defense boiling over.</p><p>A clip has recently gone viral showing Steelers defensive tackle Cam Heyward punching Joe Flacco. After getting the sack against the quarterback, the clip seemed to show Heyward taking a cheap shot at the Bengals quarterback.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>The clip has drawn a ton of negative reactions, especially from Bengals fans. On his podcast “Not Just Football”, Heyward set the record straight on the alleged punch. The Steelers DT said that <a href="https://youtu.be/MU-NId-8Hy8?t=827" rel="noopener">he didn’t intend to punch</a> Flacco, but his celebration of the sack just accidentally hit the Bengals quarterback.</p><p>“I was literally celebrating,” Heyward said. “We had just gotten a sack. I just split a sack, it should’ve been a full… Yeah, that’s all it was but there was no punching Joe Flacco. I don’t even think like there was no acknowledgment. Like there was no O-linemen. There’s no one even took offense to it. I was literally just celebrating, but camera angles are everything.”</p><p>The Steelers’ struggles to get to Flacco with their pass rush<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-aaron-rodgers-not-sweating-upset-loss-to-bengals"> were a key reason why they lost to the Bengals</a>. Flacco was sacked just two times, and he was barely pressured in the pocket. Part of it was Cincinnati running more quick sets than usual, but even in the longer developing plays, Pittsburgh was having a hard time getting to Flacco.</p><p>Pittsburgh will look to bounce back against a familiar foe for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers are set to host the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers’ former team, this Sunday. A win over one of the NFC leaders will help them retake control of the AFC North after their stunning loss.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Steelers’ Cam Heyward sets record straight on Joe Flacco punch

<!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-rumors-how-joe-flacco-extra-millions-dominating-joe-burrow');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals rumors: How Joe Flacco can make extra millions by dominating in place of Joe Burrow');   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/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco-looks-to-pass-vs-Steelers.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals rumors: How Joe Flacco can make extra millions by dominating in place of Joe Burrow</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T09:42:33-07:00">October 22nd, 9:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T09:42:33-07:00">October 22nd, 9:42am</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 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-teammates-wax-poetic-joe-flacco-tnf-win">Bengals may have found some new life</a> with Joe Flacco after their win last week, and the goal is to build on that success. Not only will that help the Bengals and their chances when Joe Burrow returns, but it also helps Flacco’s pockets. ESPN’s Dan Graziano did some research on Flacco’s contract incentives, and he <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46672841/nfl-week-8-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-intel-questions-predictions" rel="noopener">could earn some extra money</a> by doing a few things as the starting quarterback.</p><p>“So let’s say, for example, the Bengals win six more games in which Flacco plays at least half of their offensive snaps (bringing his total to eight for the season),” Graziano wrote. “He would earn an additional $375,000 ($75,000 each for Games 4-8 that meet the conditions). If the Bengals win their remaining 10 games and Flacco plays in at least half of their offensive snaps in all of them, he’d earn an additional $675,000.</p><p>“Flacco’s contract also says he can make up to $3 million in additional incentives tied to playing time and success. If he plays between 60% and 69.99% of his team’s offensive snaps, he gets a $500,000 bonus. If he plays between 70% and 79.99%, that bonus increases to $1 million. And if he plays 80% or more, it goes up to $1.5 million.”</p><p>In other words, the more Flacco plays, the more money he makes.</p><h2><b>Joe Flacco holding it down while Joe Burrow is sidelined </b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-not-stutter-nsfw-declaration-seat-warm-joe-burrow">Flacco knows why he’s with the Bengals</a>, and it’s to win as many games until Burrow can return from his turf toe injury.</p><p>“I’m not necessarily looking that far ahead—but, sure. Is that my job? Is that my task? Well, then I’m gonna do that g*ddamn task as best as I possibly can. I sure hope that’s the case, yes,” Flacco said.</p><p>So far, Flacco has answered the call, and the Bengals are 1-1 since they traded for him. In those two games, the offense has looked better than in weeks before, and it’s obvious Flacco has the experience to make big plays when he needs to. Throughout the past few years, Flacco has been the steady quarterback who has been able to help any team that he’s on, whether that’s the Indianapolis Colts or the Cleveland Browns.</p><p>Despite his age, Flacco has been playing at a high level, and he’s doing just enough to contribute to wins. That’s what the Bengals are hoping for from him until Burrow comes back, which is still supposed to be sometime in December.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals rumors: How Joe Flacco can make extra millions by dominating in place of Joe Burrow

<!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/nfl-stories/nfl-week-7-winners-joe-flacco-turns-back-clock-colts-capture-best-record');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL Week 7 Winners: Joe Flacco turns back the clock, Colts capture best record');   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/2025/10/Joe-Flacco-turns-back-the-clock-Colts-capture-best-record.jpg"></figure><h1>NFL Week 7 Winners: Joe Flacco turns back the clock, Colts capture best record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T19:17:56-07:00">October 21st, 7:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T19:17:56-07:00">October 21st, 7:17pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor, NFL and NCAA Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the playoff picture starts to take shape after Week 7 of the NFL season, some surprising teams are starting to join the usual suspects at the top of the standings. In an interesting twist, the NFC is the more difficult conference this season as the AFC deals with injuries to some of its top teams, and has a couple of surprising teams at the top.</p><p>One of those teams is the Indianapolis Colts, who are still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/indianapolis-colts/colts-news-daniel-jones-insane-milestone-peyton-manning-never-hit">rolling with Daniel Jones at quarterback</a> after a 38-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. After one of the most impressive showings of the season, Indy tops our list of big winners from Week 7.</p><h2><b>Colts capture best record in the NFL</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Indianapolis-Colts-safety-Nick-Cross_7a9ab5.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>That’s right, the Indianapolis Colts and Daniel Jones have the best record in the NFL after seven weeks. Those are the same Colts that took plenty of heat when they announced that Jones would start the season over Anthony Richardson. Were they tanking? Punting on Richardson? Neither?</p><p>As it turns out, Shane Steichen and his staff saw something in Jones that the Giants certainly could never unlock, and he is now this year’s quarterback reclamation success story.</p><p>Sunday was supposed to be a big test for this Colts team against a Chargers team that is beat up but still has an elite quarterback and a very good defense. Justin Herbert did what he could behind a battered offensive line, but the Chargers defense was helpless against Jones, Jonathan Taylor and the rest of the Colts offense.</p><p>The Colts finished the week with 0.35 EPA per play, a number that led the league by a wide margin. They also led the league in EPA per rush in Week 7 as Taylor continued to carve up defenses, building his Offensive Player of the Year campaign.</p><p>There are still questions about the Indianapolis defense, but it was able to take advantage of the Chargers’ third-string tackles trying their best to protect Justin Herbert on Sunday. For now, this Colts squad looks like a legitimate Super Bowl contender.</p><h2><b>Lions make a statement to the rest of the NFC</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Lions-news-Detroit-drops-big-Dan-Campbell-primetime-flex-after-Buccaneers-win-2.jpg"><figcaption>Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Baker Mayfield was the talk of the NFL coming into Week 7 after he became one of the MVP frontrunners with his clutch heroics on the way to a 5-1 start for his Buccaneers. Tampa Bay had the chance to cement itself as the class of the NFC on Monday night, but the Lions quickly put a stop to that with a 24-9 victory that felt even more lopsided than the final score.</p><p>Tampa Bay finished with the third-lowest EPA per play of the week (-0.45), ahead of just the Dolphins and the Raiders. That is always bad company to be in, but it was especially bad in Week 7.</p><p>Some people wrote the Lions off after a Week 1 loss to the Packers, but they now appear to be clicking on both sides of the ball, even if it is a little bit more inconsistent than it was last season. The defense was stellar on Monday night against a very good Tampa Bay offense, and it should be getting Terrion Arnold back in the secondary before too long.</p><p>The offense comes and goes, but a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/lions-news-jahmyr-gibbs-league-of-his-own-blazing-td-runs">couple of Jahmyr Gibbs explosive plays</a> are more than enough to buoy that unit even on a night where it doesn’t have the down-to-down consistency that it does on its best days.</p><p>Now, the Lions are quietly sitting at 5-2 and have one of the best records in football. They will be right in the mix at the top of the NFC throughout the rest of the season.</p><h2><b>Joe Flacco turns back the clock in TNF classic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Joe-Flacco_5763b0.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Just a couple of weeks ago, Joe Flacco was middling about in Cleveland on a terrible Browns team, about to get benched for Dillon Gabriel. Now, he is slinging the rock to Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins in Cincinnati, and he sure looks to be enjoying himself.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-not-stutter-nsfw-declaration-seat-warm-joe-burrow">Flacco was spectacular in a Thursday night victory</a> over the Pittsburgh Steelers, completing 31-of-47 passes for 342 yards and three touchdowns. 23 of those passes went to Chase, and he caught 16 of them for 161 yards and a score.</p><p>The Bengals even called a designed run for Flacco to pick up a big first down late in the game, and that helped them get a huge 33-31 win to stay in the playoff hunt. Flacco still has about two months left as the Bengals starter before Joe Burrow comes back, and he will have to keep playing like this in order to keep a Cincinnati team with a bad defense and a bad offensive line in order to keep it in the hunt. However, he at least showed that he still has that club in the bag in Week 7.</p><h2><b>The Dak Prescott MVP campaign heats up</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NFL-Washington-Commanders-at-Dallas-Cowboys.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Dak Prescott has quietly been playing some of the best football of his career so far this season, and he has a Cowboys team that doesn’t have a whole lot around him at 3-3-1 through seven weeks. Prescott has long been one of the best pocket passers in the sport, and that has been amplified with the addition of George Pickens this season.</p><p>Dallas also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-news-ceedee-lamb-emphatically-announces-return-74-yard-td">got CeeDee Lamb back from an ankle injury</a> this week, and the offense exploded in a 44-22 win over the Commanders to move into second place in the NFC East. The Cowboys have one of the best offenses in football and are even running the ball well with Javonte Williams in the backfield, but Prescott is the straw that stirs the drink.</p><p>At this point, Prescott is essentially building the same MVP case that Joe Burrow was last season. The Dallas signal caller is second in the NFL in both passing yards and touchdowns, and he also leads the league in QBR. If this Dallas team, even with its flawed defense, can sneak into the playoffs, Prescott will have as good an MVP case as just about anybody.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NFL Week 7 Winners: Joe Flacco turns back the clock, Colts capture best record

<!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-not-stutter-nsfw-declaration-seat-warm-joe-burrow');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Joe Flacco did not stutter with NSFW declaration on keeping Joe Burrow’s seat warm');   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/2025/10/Joe-Flacco-with-Cincinnati-Bengals.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals’ Joe Flacco did not stutter with NSFW declaration on keeping Joe Burrow’s seat warm</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-20T07:57:01-07:00">October 20th, 7:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-20T07:57:01-07:00">October 20th, 7:57am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy is a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints, with expertise in MLB, NHL and golf. Chris graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31 on Thursday to start Week 7. With the playoffs slipping away, they made a significant quarterback change to jumpstart the offense. With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-burrows-injury-timeline-crucial-update">Joe Burrow working his way back from turf toe</a>, the Bengals have turned to Joe Flacco. Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer asked Flacco <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/week-7-nfl-takeaways-sirianni-eagles-broncos-comeback" rel="noopener">about his new role</a> in the AFC North.</p><p>“I’m not necessarily looking that far ahead—but, sure. Is that my job? Is that my task? Well, then I’m gonna do that g*ddamn task as best as I possibly can. I sure hope that’s the case, yes,” Flacco said.</p><p>The Bengals were flying on offense for the first time this season on Thursday against the Steelers. Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins were unlocked with Flacco under center, unlike the malaize that met them with Jake Browning at quarterback. Flacco is taking it one week at a time, but he knows if the division is in reach, Burrow will come back.</p><p>The Bengals face one of Flacco’s many former teams, the New York Jets, in Week 8. Aaron Glenn and the Jets do not have a win yet this season and are facing Cincinnati at the wrong time. The Bengals should be able to go up and down the field against their defense, just like most teams have this season.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-cincinnati-browns-joe-flacco-trade-makes-unique-history">Flacco was traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Bengals</a> after he lost that job to Dillon Gabriel. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-reacts-mike-tomlin-ripping-browns-trade">Mike Tomlin was not a fan of the in-division trade</a>, but the Cincinnati fans have to be loving it. While they got off to a dreadful start, the Baltimore Ravens have been so much worse. That leaves the AFC North wide open for a rejuvinated offense.</p><p>The Bengals host the Jets in Week 8 with a chance to get to 4-4. Can they hand Glenn another loss and join the playoff conversation?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals’ Joe Flacco did not stutter with NSFW declaration on keeping Joe Burrow’s seat warm

<!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-jamarr-chase-appreciates-joe-flacco-doing-1-job-getting-ball');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase appreciates Joe Flacco doing his 1 job by getting him the ball');   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/2025/10/Bengals-WR-JaMarr-Chase.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase appreciates Joe Flacco doing his 1 job by getting him the ball</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T08:04:29-07:00">October 17th, 8:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T08:04:29-07:00">October 17th, 8:04am</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After multiple weeks of suffering through the disastrous Jake Browning experiment, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-jamarr-chase-appreciates-joe-flacco-trade">Ja’Marr Chase is excited to finally play with a competent quarterback</a> again. His connection with Joe Flacco was immediately evident in the Cincinnati Bengals’ Week 7 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, a point he reiterated afterward.</p><p>Flacco’s presence immediately elevated Chase, who posted a season-high 16 catches for 161 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Steelers. After the Bengals’ 33-31 upset victory, the reigning Triple Crown winner <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46622866/joe-flacco-savors-bengals-victory-benching-trade" rel="noopener">admitted how relieved he is</a> that the team sought a quarterback like Flacco.</p><p>“It’s honestly good having him here for us,” Chase said, via ESPN. “[The] organization made a big jump on him. We believed in him. We got him. He came in, doing his thing and showing off for us.”</p><p>Chase has 255 receiving yards in two games with Flacco, nearly double the amount he managed in three games with Browning. He started to get going in his final game with Browning, a 110-yard performance against the Detroit Lions in Week 5, but by that point, the Bengals had already seen enough.</p><p>From Flacco’s perspective, he is <a href="https://www.bengals.com/news/ja-marr-chase-joe-flacco-tee-higgins-beat-steelers-postgame-quick-hits" rel="noopener">not doing anything special</a>. The veteran signal-caller gave all the credit to his two-time All-Pro wideout, saying all he does is put the ball in his hands.</p><p>“I don’t think it was anything crazy,” Flacco said, via Bengals.com. “Simple stuff. Underneath. That’s how we drew it up, and that’s how it worked out.”</p><h2><b>Bengals’ offense flourishing with Joe Flacco under center</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco-looks-to-pass-vs-Steelers.jpg"><figcaption>Katie Stratman-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Flacco led the team to 470 yards of total offense, nearly double as much as it averaged entering Week 7. He ended the game with 342 passing yards and three touchdowns, the most of any Bengals quarterback in 2025.</p><p>Flacco is now 1-1 with the Bengals, and 1-0 when he has a full week of practice with the team. He memorably started Week 6 against the Green Bay Packers just six days after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-acquiring-browns-joe-flacco-big-trade">getting traded from the Cleveland Browns</a>.</p><p>Ironically, since he has thrived in Cincinnati, the Browns have struggled. Cleveland benched Flacco for rookie Dillon Gabriel, who has gone 0-2 in a pair of starts while completing just 57.3 percent of his passes and averaging a meager 4.8 yards per attempt.</p><p>While the Bengals undoubtedly want Joe Burrow back in action, Flacco has become an adequate interim option. His days of leading a Super Bowl-winning team through an 18-game season are over, but Flacco has already proven to be a substantial step up from Browning.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase appreciates Joe Flacco doing his 1 job by getting him the ball

<!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-cleveland-radio-host-crashes-out-joe-flacco-beats-steelers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cleveland radio host crashes out after Bengals’ Joe Flacco beats Steelers');   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/2025/10/Cleveland-Browns-GM-Andrew-Berry.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cleveland radio host crashes out after Bengals’ Joe Flacco beats Steelers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T07:42:20-07:00">October 17th, 7:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T07:42:20-07:00">October 17th, 7:42am</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-zac-taylor-instant-reaction-to-bizarre-win-steelers">Cincinnati Bengals may have temporarily saved Zac Taylor’s job</a>, while the fans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-fans-chant-message-browns-joe-flacco-tnf-magic">derided the Browns with a chant</a>. It was all too much for a Cleveland radio host, who crashed out after Joe Flacco mauled the Steelers on Thursday Night Football.</p><p>In what sounded like an almost crying voice, the host went off about Browns’ general manager Andrew Berry handing the Bengals the <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1979174728158920863" rel="noopener">keys to a win</a>, according to a post on X by Ari Meirov.</p><p>“How could you do that, Andrew?” Tony Rizzo yelled. “How could you do it? Why on Earth did you feel the need to trade this guy to a division opponent for a fifth-round draft pick? Fireable offense. I wanna know how much longer the owner’s gonna watch this crap?”</p><h2><b>Cleveland radio host seems miss a key point</b></h2><p>Let’s look at this from the Browns’ perspective. And let’s assume that in the NFL, teams want to make the playoffs. If the Steelers had won that game last night, they would have been four games up in the loss column over every team in the division. Game over.</p><p>But with the loss, not only the Bengals but also the Ravens and Browns remain on the fringes. Before you scoff at that, consider the realities.</p><p>Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is ancient. He may not make it through the season. If he goes out, any team could win that division. And who is going to be afraid of Flacco leading the Bengals to sustained success?</p><p>In all honesty, the team that benefited the most is the Ravens. If they get Lamar Jackson back soon, this loss by the Steelers is an open door.</p><p>So, circling back, there’s no reason for Browns’ fans — including Rizzo — to be upset about this trade. It keeps the Browns in the hunt for at least a week or two. Again, assuming they haven’t already tanked the season.</p><p>Flacco is a desperation move for the Bengals. He’s 40 years old, pushing hard  toward 41.</p><p>Yet, the host marched on.</p><p>“Your GM screwed this quarterback thing up like I’ve never seen,” Rizzo whined. “In my life, I’ve never seen anything like it. Kids that play Madden could have done a better job. Truly. That’s not hyperbole. It’s a joke. This franchise has become a joke. And I’m sick of it.”</p><p>Ut-oh. Better not pick on the Madden kids. And by the way, he said it’s “not hyperbole.” That means he really believes a kid who has Madden experience as his only qualification could do Berry’s job. That silly statement delegitimizes every word he said.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cleveland radio host crashes out after Bengals’ Joe Flacco beats Steelers

<!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-teammates-wax-poetic-joe-flacco-tnf-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bengals teammates wax poetic about Joe Flacco after TNF win');   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/2025/10/Joe-Flacco_5763b0.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bengals teammates wax poetic about Joe Flacco after TNF win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T07:17:35-07:00">October 17th, 7:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T07:17:35-07:00">October 17th, 7:17am</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut-based sports journalist with over five years of professional experience. After graduating from Central Connecticut State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism, he has covered every sport from fencing to football in the online and print medium. Dan hopes to see his beloved Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After losing four straight games, the Cincinnati Bengals decided to make a change at quarterback, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-bragging-rights-steelers-bonkers-tnf">trading for veteran Joe Flacco</a>. That gamble paid off against the Steelers on Monday Night Football.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-hilariously-reveals-cincinnati-lucky-steelers">Flacco led the Bengals to a 33-31 victory</a>, moving Cincy to a more palatable 3-4. After the game, many of the quarterback’s teammates came out to<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46622866/joe-flacco-savors-bengals-victory-benching-trade" rel="noopener"> pay their respect</a>, via Ben Baby of ESPN.</p><p>“I love his attitude and what he brings to the team,” said kicker Evan McPherson. “He’s done a really good job connecting with guys on a really short notice.”</p><p>“It’s honestly good having him here for us,” Chase said. “Organization made a big jump on him. We believed in him. We got him. He came in, doing his thing and showing off for us.”</p><p>Even head coach Zac Taylor made sure to give Flacco his flowers in his Bengals debut.</p><p>“It’s easy for him,” Taylor said. “And it’s not, because he’s putting in the work. He’s so experienced in this situation. You gain a lot of confidence from that because he goes out there [and] it’s not too big.”</p><p>In the win, Flacco completed 31-of-47 passes for 342 yards and three touchdowns. Star receiver Ja’Marr Chase came alive, catching 16 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown. Furthermore, Flacco was able to lead the Bengals down the field on an eight-play, 52-yard drive that set up McPherson’s winning field goal.</p><p>If the veteran can keep up his play is yet to be seen. However, Cincinnati needs as many wins as they can get with Joe Burrow on the sideline. If Flacco is throwing for 300+ yards and three touchdowns, they’ll be a difficult team to beat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bengals teammates wax poetic about Joe Flacco after TNF win

<!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/nfl-stories/nfl-news-aaron-rodgers-joe-flacco-moment-crazy-tnf-pure-nostalgia');   ga('set', 'title', 'Aaron Rodgers-Joe Flacco moment after crazy TNF is pure nostalgia');   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/2025/10/Bengals-QB-Joe-Flacco-breaks-free-for-a-run.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Aaron Rodgers-Joe Flacco moment after crazy TNF is pure nostalgia</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-16T23:20:22-07:00">October 16th, 11:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-16T23:24:11-07:00">October 16th, 11:24pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cincinnati Bengals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Aaron Rodgers was a constant punch line for many fans during the offseason, with his unsuccessful New York Jets tenure and unconventional lifestyle drawing more attention than his Hall of Fame accolades. Joe Flacco was considered finished after last year’s stint with the Indianapolis Colts. A rocky showing in his second run with the Cleveland Browns only reinforced that feeling. But on new teams, these quadragenarian quarterbacks compelled the football-watching public on Thursday night.</p><p>Flacco leaned on game-changing wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, throwing for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-zac-taylor-instant-reaction-to-bizarre-win-steelers">33-31 rip-roaring win</a> over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rodgers, despite tossing two interceptions, posted 249 passing yards and four TDs in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/steelers-aaron-rodgers-not-sweating-upset-loss-to-bengals">hard-fought losing effort</a>. These two Super Bowl MVPs turned back the clock and showed everyone what they are still capable of achieving in the twilight of their respective careers.</p><p>When this AFC North battle concluded, they <a href="https://x.com/NFLonPrime/status/1979029360465072191" rel="noopener">met on the field</a> for the traditional postgame handshake, but this one packed an extra dose of nostalgia. One could tell how much this prime-time duel meant to each of these aging competitors.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Flacco. Rodgers. Respect.  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TNFonPrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TNFonPrime</a> <a href="https://t.co/7By77hYIej">pic.twitter.com/7By77hYIej</a></p><p>— NFL on Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLonPrime/status/1979029360465072191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers can still get it done</b></h2><p>The main objective was obviously to win, but there was also a great amount of defiance present <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-cincinnati-stunner-aaron-rodgers-steelers-fans-frenzy">in this shootout</a>. Neither man is in Father Time’s clutches quite yet.</p><p>They have committed half of their lives to this sport, and that supreme dedication was on full display inside Paycor Stadium. Flacco connected with Chase a whopping 16 times for 161 yards and one touchdown. Not to be overlooked, Higgins also benefited from having the 2023-24 Comeback player of the Year under center. He secured a crucial 28-yard reception late in the fourth quarter, setting up the Bengals for a 36-yard game-winning field goal.</p><p>Rodgers, still able to showcase stellar arm strength, managed a valiant Hail Mary attempt, but the ball was knocked down. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh combined for 27 points in the fourth quarter, producing a gripping show that many might have assumed would be in black and white instead of vivid color.</p><p>The Steelers temporarily erased a 10-point deficit and nearly took a commanding lead in the division, only to watch the Bengals rejuvenate their season and end a tough four-game losing streak. Besides the implications of the outcome of this matchup, there is plenty to be learned from this face-off between elder NFL statesmen.</p><p>Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers should move forward with a sense of satisfaction. They cannot pat themselves on the back, however, for they both have big plans during the remainder of the campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Rodgers-Joe Flacco moment after crazy TNF is pure nostalgia

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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>Somewhere out there, Joe Flacco is still icing his knees. Or back. Or shoulder. Or any body part protesting out of pain after his gutsy performance on Thursday, which <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-flacco-bragging-rights-steelers-bonkers-tnf">lifted the Cincinnati Bengals past the Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, 33-31, at Paycor Stadium.</p><p>The 40-year-old quarterback went 31-of-47 for 342 yards and three touchdowns and led an eight-play drive in the closing minutes, which set up the game-winning field goal of Evan McPherson.</p><p>It was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/nfl-news-fans-aaron-rodgers-joe-flacco-unc-bowl-shootout">vintage display by Flacco, who outdueled Aaron Rodgers</a> in his second start for the Bengals after being traded by the Cleveland Browns early this month.</p><p>After the win, he admitted that he is <a href="https://twitter.com/ByJayMorrison/status/1979037339092455696" rel="noopener">still adjusting to the system</a> of coach Zac Taylor, noting that it was extra difficult this week because they had a short time to prepare for the Steelers.</p><p>“I can picture everything, but there are certain things and formations that you’re hearing for the first couple of times, and even though you’ve read the play a million times, when you hear it, it wasn’t just hitting my brain right. So there were a few of those (tonight),” said Flacco in a video posted by Bengals reporter Jay Morrison.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Flacco says the biggest questions turned into some of the biggest plays. <a href="https://t.co/vt9ngJGknM">pic.twitter.com/vt9ngJGknM</a></p><p>— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByJayMorrison/status/1979037339092455696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The former Super Bowl MVP, however, also quipped that it served as a blessing in disguise for the Bengals.</p><p>“We were joking on the sideline. Anytime that happened, we broke the play and we broke the huddle, and it was like, ‘I don’t know if we’re right here, but that play hit.’ So, we got lucky tonight in that sense,” added Flacco with a laugh.</p><p>It’s always good to see a veteran leader still having fun on the field, especially Flacco, who’s one of the most likable players in the NFL because of his low-key personality.</p><p>Cincinnati is surely lucky to have him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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