Wherever you place Joe Burrow among the best QBs in the NFL, there’s no denying he’s in the top five.
Meanwhile, you can make a strong argument that his backup, Joe Flacco, is the best thrower of footballs coming off the bench.
So it’s no surprise that CBS’ Jordan Dajani has the Bengals QB room as the second best in the NFL in his ranking of the five best and five worst QB situations.
Here’s some of what he wrote about Burrow:
When he remained healthy in 2024, the former No. 1 overall pick led the NFL
with 4,918 passing yards and 43 touchdowns while throwing just nine interceptions… Burrow is actually the only quarterback in NFL history to register a 100+ passer rating while making zero playoff starts in a three-season span. He’s also been the most-sacked quarterback (242) since entering the league in 2020, if we include sacks taken in the playoffs.
Dajani then explained the value of Flacco, writing:
The Bengals also have a former Super Bowl MVP and Comeback Player of the Year in their quarterback room, Joe Flacco — who made the Pro Bowl as an alternate last year. The 40-year-old was starting to look his age with the Browns at the start of 2025, but was rejuvenated by the trade to Cincinnati in October. In his second start with the Bengals, Flacco threw for 342 yards, three touchdowns, zero interceptions and registered his 30th career game-winning drive in an upset of the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. In Week 9, Flacco became the fifth player in NFL history to throw for 470 yards and four touchdowns while scoring 40 points … in a loss.
The San Francisco 49ers won the top spot for QB rooms on account of starter Brock Purdy and backup Mac Jones. Third place went to the Kansas City Chiefs, fourth place to the Los Angeles Rams, and fifth place to the Baltimore Ravens.
Meanwhile, Dajani named the Cleveland Browns’ QB room the worst in the NFL on account of the “confusion and chaos” of having the $230 million man (Deshaun Watson) on the same roster as the somehow-Pro Bowler Shedeur Sanders. The New York Jets were second worst, the Arizona Cardinals third worst, the Miami Dolphins fourth worst, and the Atlanta Falcons fifth worst.
