2026 NFL QB market: Top free agents, team fits, projected deals for Daniel Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Malik Willis Joe Flacco helped keep the Bengals’ offense afloat, for the most part, when Joe Burrow was sidelined with a turf toe injury in 2026. He helped Ja’Marr Chase set Cincinnati’s single-game catches record, connecting with him 16 times for 161 yards and a touchdown on 23 targets in a 33-31 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Thursday Night Football.” Flacco doesn’t have a lot of gas left
in his tank at 41 years old, but he could be a solid spot starter on a team with weapons like he was last year.
Combine Quick Hits | While Al Golden Looks For Bengals Defense To Bring More Heat, Dan Pitcher Seeks To Push Offensive Envelope
“I feel like we’ve seen a lot of these guys and more importantly for us, I think I’ve seen them from this lens because we’ve really done a lot of work coming into this draft,” Golden said Wednesday on a break from visits with the players at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Al Golden sends a clear message to the Bengals ahead of free agency with his honest assessment of Cincinnati’s defense
“Oh we have to build, this was the least amount of pressure that I’ve that I’ve had in forever,” Golden said to media members at the NFL Scouting Combine. “And by a long margin, the least amount of line stunts.”
Ben Johnson said what no Bengals fans want to hear about new Ravens OC
“Declan is a phenomenal football coach. If you didn’t know that he was 29 years old, you wouldn’t blink an eye. The guy is seasoned beyond his years. This has been his calling. He’s known for a long time that he was going to be a football coach and he’s prepared himself accordingly. [He’s] very detail oriented, extremely smart, has a great way of communicating; he’s very clear. Those guys are getting someone really, really good. I’m disappointed that we lost him as quickly as we did. I was hoping that we’d be able to hold onto him for longer.”
