The Bengals came into the 2025 season with high hopes for making a return to the playoffs, but they have looked likelier to land the first overall pick in three games since quarterback Joe Burrow’s toe injury.

Getting outscored 113-37 in those games led the team to make a move to try to stop the bleeding before its too late. They traded for quarterback Joe Flacco and the move has been met with a stamp of approval from wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.

Chase called Flacco an “all-time great” who can still play on Thursday and said he was thankful that the organization made a move to try to send their season in another direction.

“I appreciate the organization trying to make this work . So we’ve got to make it work,” Chase said, via the team’s website. “They just see that we’ve got a chanc

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