ESPN NFL analysts Marcus Spears and Dan Orlovsky questioned the Cincinnati Bengals’ acquisition of 40-year-old quarterback Joe Flacco from the Cleveland Browns ahead of their NFL Week 6 game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
“I don’t know what this move was about, but the first thing I thought about was, ‘OK, let’s bring in a statue, to stand behind the offensive line that gets the quarterbacks hit, and then get better?'” Spears said. “Ehhh?”
“Yeah, I don’t know why it’s not a younger, more athletic option,” Orlovsky said. “Now maybe they did, in their defense. Maybe they made some calls for a younger player that’s maybe a little bit more athletic to try to mitigate it? But this move doesn’t feel like it’s an upgrade remotely from Jake Browning. I know Jake Browning’s turned the football over. But at least he’s way more mobile.”
“Mobility is better,” Spears added. “But this should’ve been Jameis Winston. Or even Russell Wilson. Like I just don’t get the Flacco part of it. I don’t get it.”
The Bengals’ Thanksgiving night game could pit Flacco against the Baltimore Ravens, the team for which he won a Super Bowl MVP award.
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Reporting by Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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