{"id":36163,"date":"2025-10-22T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36163"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:10:05","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-star-receivers-had-joe-flacco-nervous-before-breakout-week-7-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36163","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals star receivers had Joe Flacco \u2018nervous\u2019 before breakout Week 7 performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/default-725-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) throws a pass in the third quarter of the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Oct. 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals offense suddenly has unexpected life after their important\u00a0NFL\u00a0divisional win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7, and even without star quarterback Joe Burrow leading the way their passing game looks like it could be a threat once again after the addition of a former Super Bowl champion.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Flacco was only traded to the Bengals a week ago from the Cleveland Browns, but he looked like he\u2019s been on Cincinnati for years given how fluid the passing game was by distributing the football to star wideouts Ja\u2019Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Flacco admits he was nervous the first time throwing to Ja&#39;Marr Chase &amp; Tee Higgins \ud83d\ude02 <\/p>\n<p>&quot;The first couple times I threw to Ja&#39;Marr and Tee I was a little bit nervous &#8230; I want them to know I can put some nice touch on it.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W68AXc7JEO\">pic.twitter.com\/W68AXc7JEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fitz &amp; Whit (@fitzandwhit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fitzandwhit\/status\/1980755656543007065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, despite Flacco\u2019s calm demeanor during the game and his team\u2019s subsequent win the former Super Bowl champion says he was quite \u201cnervous\u201d throwing the ball to his All-Pro receivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first couple times I threw to Ja\u2019Marr and Tee I was a little nervous,\u201d Flacco said on\u00a0The Fitz and Whit Podcast<\/p>\n<p>With the win, the Bengals now find themselves in a position where they could make a run in the AFC if Flacco\u2019s passing brilliance continues until Burrow is able to return to the gridiron.. \u201cI want them to know I can put some nice touch on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) throws a pass in the third quarter of the NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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