{"id":495845,"date":"2025-10-07T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495845"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:26:28","slug":"bengals-acquire-quarterback-flacco-in-trade-with-browns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/bengals-acquire-quarterback-flacco-in-trade-with-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengals acquire quarterback Flacco in trade with Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals made a deal with their division rivals for a much-needed solution at QB, acquiring Joe Flacco in a trade with the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals also got a 6<sup>th<\/sup>-round draft selection while the Browns landed a 5<sup>th<\/sup>-round selection in the deal, which became official today.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati looked for a quarterback after the organization&#8217;s QB Joe Burrow sustained a toe injury in their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> match this season. Jake Browning hasn\u2019t performed at the highest level since replacing Joe, throwing 8 picks in the last 4 matches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Flacco getting traded from the Browns to the Bengals is the third intradivision trade involving a quarterback this century, per ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EpKap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EpKap<\/a>.<br \/>\u2070\ud83c\udfc8April 2010: Eagles traded Donovan McNabb to Washington.\u2070\u2070\ud83c\udfc8April 2001: Patriots traded Drew Bledsoe to the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Flacco. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0KOVBj4CBv\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0KOVBj4CBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1975628251042357645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Flacco joins the Bengals 48 hours after the franchise lost its 3<sup>rd<\/sup> consecutive clash with Browning, who threw 3 more picks in the past weekend\u2019s 37-24 defeat vs. the Lions. The Bengals had been outscored, 113-37, during the 3-match skid.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati boss Zac Taylor didn\u2019t comment when he was asked about Browning and if the quarterback will keep his starting position for the next game of the franchise. The head coach of the Begnals admitted that rumors about Jake were fair, as he had a lot of turnovers in the matches that he was on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals made a deal with their division rivals for a much-needed solution at QB, acquiring Joe Flacco in a trade with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":495847,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18284,16975,22093],"news_category":[16703,16715],"gn_keywords":[19257,17995,22094],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Cincinnati secured a much-needed new addition at the QB position.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495846,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495845\/revisions\/495846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495845"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495845"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}