Flacco was out of practice this week with a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder and was questionable on the injury report. The Bengals will have Jake Browning available if he ends up not being able to get through the game, and former Packers quarterback Sean Clifford is inactive and designated as the emergency third quarterback.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco addresses the media ahead of his team's Week 8 game against the Chicago Bears at Paycor Stadium.

According to injury news out of Cincinnati, the Chicago Bears might get to face Bengals' QB Jake Browning instead of Joe Flacco in Week 9.

At 40 years old, Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco became the oldest quarterback in NFL history to pass for 470 yards in a game.

Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco was injured during the fourth quarter of the team's NFL Week 8 loss to the Jets.

CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco is dealing with an AC joint sprain in his throwing shoulder according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Flacco played every snap during Cincinnati's Week 8 loss to the New York Jets, but went back to the locker room in the fourth quarter due to the injury.

Flacco was traded to the Bengals on Oct. 7 and then started a Week 6 game for them just five days later in a 27-18 loss to the Green Bay Packers. In Week 7, he had to to turn around and play a Thursday game against the Steelers and he ended up throwing for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-31 win that came after just two days practice.

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Jacksonville Jaguars in come-from-behind fashion in Week 2 of the 2025 NFL season, but they suffered a catastrophic loss during the contest. Cincinnati's star quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a serious-looking injury in the ...

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) runs off before a field goal attempt in the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 7 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. The Bengals won, 33-31. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

P rior to the bye week, Justin Fields led the New York Jets to their first win of the 2025 season. Despite that performance, coach Aaron Glenn isn't committing to Fields as the Week 10 starter, at least not publicly.

Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco set an NFL record on Sunday, surpassing one previously held by Tom Brady. In Sunday’s 47-42 loss to the Bears, Flacco, 40, became the oldest player in NFL history to pass for 470 yards in a game. With that, Flacco passed Brady’s previous record of 447 yards for a player 40 or older.