Joe Flacco returns to the Bengals on a one-year deal
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Key Points:
- Joe Flacco has agreed to a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals, joining the team by choice after arriving via trade last year.
- The 41-year-old quarterback appeared in nine games for the Bengals in 2025, starting six, after being traded from the Cleveland Browns midseason.
- Flacco is now part of a quarterback group in Cincinnati that includes Joe Burrow, Josh Johnson, and Sean Clifford.
- Originally a first-round pick by the Ravens in 2008, Flacco won the Super Bowl XLVII MVP and was twice the NFL’s highest-paid player.
- Since leaving the Ravens in 2018, Flacco has played for multiple teams and earned the comeback player of the year award in 2023 following a late-season stint with the Browns.
