Packers vs. Bengals: Joe Flacco Replaces Jake Browning

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00:00There is a fun, yet ugly, potentially game

00:05brewing in Lampeau Field.

00:09Packers, Bengals, this one's 14 and a half.

00:11Some flat 14s out there in the market.

00:12The big story is that Joe Flacco,

00:15there he is, look at him go.

00:17Joe Flacco is going to get the football.

00:19They trade for him to replace Jake Browning.

00:23And this is a really complicated one for me.

00:27Is it?

00:28Well, yeah.

00:28I'll tell you, so let's just start with the decision

00:30to trade for Flacco first, okay?

00:32You know me, Cincinnati Futures.

00:35Jake Browning, in the game he won,

00:37threw three picks against the Jags.

00:38And I went, you cannot let Jake Browning

00:40be your quarterback for 10 weeks.

00:42And we had to hear, oh, they trust him.

00:44He knows the system.

00:46Don't worry about it.

00:47He's one of the better backup quarterbacks in football.

00:50And then he was so bad against the Lions

00:52before he had some garbage time.

00:55Jamar Chase make me look good plays, right?

00:57That they knew they needed to make a change.

01:00I'm a little frustrated, though, because I don't think Flacco

01:05is the best they could do in Cincinnati.

01:08He is immobile.

01:10The offensive line for Cincy still looks to be a problem.

01:13And reportedly, they didn't even call the Giants,

01:17who have multiple quarterbacks, I would prefer,

01:21over Joe Flacco for this team.

01:24What do you make of the decision for Flacco to take over now

01:28for Jake Browning for the foreseeable future?

01:30I like the decision because even though you might say

01:33Browning could move the football, he's lost games.

01:36They lost three games by an average margin of defeat, Kev,

01:39of 25.3 points per game.

01:41So, again, that alone warrants a change.

01:45The guy's not getting it done.

01:46Even if he put up numbers in his last stint in garbage time

01:50against the Lions, you need to change the locker room

01:53to some capacity.

01:54This team started 2-0.

01:55They've lost three straight.

01:57They still potentially have a wild card eye

01:59as being one of the dark horses.

02:01What quarterback has the best shot to potentially get us there?

02:05And, again, Flacco comes with a lot of hype.

02:09You know, Super Bowl champion.

02:11He's a veteran.

02:12You can make the argument that it's Russell Wilson as well,

02:15but I think Flacco's more just, I don't know.

02:20I just feel like Flacco's that guy in the locker room

02:23that maybe is a little bit better for a younger team

02:26than potentially maybe Russ is, and that's maybe why they didn't.

02:30I think Jameis would have been the best option,

02:33if you're asking me, for the Cincinnati Bengals.

02:36But, again, turnovers do play a key part.

02:38But if you look at the two games that Flacco played

02:40against Green Bay and Detroit, the last two games,

02:43they didn't throw a touchdown.

02:45You know, he completed 47% and 58%,

02:48and this offensive line, to your point,

02:50has allowed 15 sacks on the year.

02:53So he ain't going anywhere.

02:55You've got to have a guy with a little bit of pocket presence.

02:58So I'm curious to see how it plays out against Green Bay today.

03:02So the worry, again, you know, this Cincinnati offense is right now

03:06one of the worst in football, right?

03:09And the numbers full season are bad because Barrow, as usual,

03:12in week one, awful.

03:14I mean, right?

03:15And then it's just been, you know, pretty much Jake Browning

03:18from there on out.

03:20For Flacco, Joe, again, the reason it's a little disheartening is

03:24I'm not positive he's better than Jake Browning.

03:27I think he is, right?

03:29His numbers in Cleveland don't look good,

03:30but, again, the Cleveland offensive line is also atrocious,

03:33and their weapons are just not – it's not Chase Higgins, Chase Brown.

03:37I mean, even – heck, Yosevash would be getting some run out there

03:41for the Browns.

03:42So –

03:42What's his number?

03:43No, but – so I just, like, you say, Jameis.

03:47I think Russ was the answer.

03:49I just can't believe they didn't, like, make the call.

03:53Like, it's just they're so poorly ran.

03:55Do you think they packed it in?

03:58No.

03:58So – clearly not, because you don't make this phone call.

04:01No, I know that, but I think it was brought up to, like,

04:04when they started 2-0 and they lost Burrow.

04:08Yeah.

04:08I just think emotionally they were checked out,

04:11and we'll see how much Browning could get us to a certain level.

04:14But then they asked Zach Taylor, you know,

04:16would you be open to potentially getting a free agent in there?

04:19And all of a sudden he was like, yeah, I guess so.

04:22And then they got smashed.

04:24And then it's like, okay, Joe Flacco's on the team.

04:27So that's my point is, like, was Taylor checked out maybe?

04:32Like, my – like, was he actively going to management?

04:36We need a quarterback.

04:38We need this guy.

04:38We need that guy.

04:39We need that guy.

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