**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.
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.”