The Packers’ preparation for Week 6 took a twist on Tuesday when the Bengals acquired quarterback Joe Flacco in a trade with the Browns.

Flacco’s change of address was unexpected given the rarity of trades involving teams in the same division, but one silver lining for the Packers is that they’ve seen Flacco recently. The Browns beat the Packers in Week 3 with Flacco as their starting quarterback and seeing him again will mark a first for Packers head coach Matt LaFleur.

“I don’t think, outside of a division game, I’ve ever seen the same quarterback on a different team,” LaFleur said at his Wednesday press conference. “It’ll be interesting.”

The Bengals haven’t officially named Flacco their starter for this week, but LaFleur doesn’t see much reason to think that they will wait to put th

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