{"id":37584,"date":"2025-11-13T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37584"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:21:16","slug":"bengals-joe-flacco-gives-thoughts-on-impending-demotion-when-joe-burrow-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37584","title":{"rendered":"Bengals&#8217; Joe Flacco Gives Thoughts on Impending Demotion When Joe Burrow Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243449905.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243449905.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243449905.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243449905.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bengals' Joe Flacco Gives Thoughts on Impending Demotion When Joe Burrow Returns\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals are tirelessly trying to right the ship on their season so that they can set up Joe Burrow for a return with the playoffs on the line. Starting the 2025 campaign at 2-0, the Bengals\u2019 season took a turn for the worse when it was revealed that Burrow would miss time with a toe injury. Placed on the injured reserve, Burrow\u2019s timetable for return was set at a minimum of three months.<\/p>\n<p>And since Burrow has gone down, the Bengals\u2019 have been in quarterback purgatory, rolling with backup quarterback Jake Browning for the next few games, but after the offense faltered en route to three straight losses, the Bengals acquired Joe Flacco from the Cleveland Browns to start for them in the interim. Flacco has played well since joining the Bengals, but with Burrow now back at practice and eyeing a return on Thanksgiving, it is inevitable that Flacco will be benched. When asked about that, Flacco\u2019s answer showed why he is such a well respected veteran in the NFL.<\/p>\n<h2>Flacco Downplays Looming Benching<\/h2>\n<p>At 40-years-old, Flacco has shown that he can still play high level football, throwing for 1,254 yards, 11 touchdowns and only two interceptions while having a 109.4 passer rating since joining the Bengals. His numbers have been exceptional and he has certainly rejuvenated the Bengals offense, but with Burrow being the franchise quarterback, his return means that Flacco will return to being a backup in his 18th NFL season. Still, Flacco is focused on the present and doing his job until told otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, I think backups probably do it a good amount where they know like, \u2018Hey, this guy\u2019s coming back, he\u2019s got a three-week injury or whatever it is,&#8217;\u201d Flacco said. \u201cI\u2019m honestly not really thinking about it. It\u2019s not really a part of my process. I really don\u2019t care. It\u2019s this week, and that\u2019s all that matters. And I think to think about that stuff would just be a distraction. So it\u2019s not really something I\u2019m worried about. Like I said, I\u2019m just worried about doing my job, and this week that\u2019s going out and playing against Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flacco may not have the accolades of a legendary quarterback, but his leadership\u2013 and his ability to perform when called upon\u2013 have been major reasons why Flacco has been able to play 18 seasons at football\u2019s highest level\u2013 with a Super Bowl championship and a Super Bowl MVP to show for it.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Flacco Be a Distraction when Burrow Returns?<\/h2>\n<p>Burrow is a superstar in the league, but Flacco is a relatively big name and has been around a long time. So when Burrow comes back, it is only natural that the question of whether or not having both of them around would create a distraction and prevent the Bengals from reaching their full potential. But Flacco is not concerned about that, citing the benefits of sharing a room with a top notch signal caller like Burrow that has plenty of experience in head coach Zac Taylor\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, I think you can probably make too much about that honestly,\u201d Flacco said. \u201cI mean, listen, we\u2019re just two quarterbacks sitting in a room, and it\u2019s not like we\u2019re doing anything groundbreaking in there. We\u2019re two quarterbacks in a room just like any other two quarterbacks for the most part. I think, like I said, for me, still being new in the offense, and it\u2019s not just him, it\u2019s also Jake [Browning]. I\u2019m still at the point where you\u2019re able to kind of see the operation of things and kind of bounce little questions like that off those guys. I think that\u2019s still the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if I can kinda understand where they\u2019re coming from, it makes it a little easier for me,\u201d Flacco added. \u201c\u2026 (Burrow)\u2019s been great to have in the room just because he\u2019s been operating in this offense and actually been out there doing it for however many years now. So it\u2019s always nice to be able to see \u2026 the operation of how he may do things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Burrow is still not quite ready to return so until then, the Bengals are Flacco\u2019s team. Coming off of a bye week, the Bengals will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 16 when they hit the road to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. 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