It's been tough sledding for the Cincinnati Bengals this year, who recently dropped a home game against the lowly New York Jets, giving New York its first win of the season in the process. The Bengals' season is all but lost at this point at two games below .500 and with no Joe Burrow return date in site.

Still, quarterback Joe Flacco , whom the team acquired from the Cleveland Browns to replace Jake Browning as Burrow's fill-in, has shown some resilience this year, and recently, head coach Zac Taylor got 100% real on his admiration of Flacco as he prepares to potentially play through an injury this week.

“He wasn’t here in the offseason. He wasn’t invested in our training camp. For him to come in it would be easy to make a decision there is no way I’m playing. I got an AC join

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