A season that saw Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco traded midseason will end with the veteran at the Pro Bowl Games.On Friday, the Bengals announced that Flacco was named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, marking the first Pro Bowl selection for the 41-year-old.Flacco’s 2025 season was a tumultuous one, with the veteran starting the season as the Cleveland Browns’ starter, before he was benched for rookie Dillon Gabriel and then traded to the Cincinnati Bengals weeks after Joe Burrow went down with an injury.Less than a week after Flacco was traded to the Bengals on Oct. 7, he took over starting duties from Jake Browning.Cincinnati went 1-5 in games started by Flacco but few could blame the veteran signal caller for the team’s struggles. Flacco completed 61.7 percent of his passes, tossed 13 touchdowns and had four interceptions.Including his four games with the Browns, Flacco finished the 2025 season with 15 passing touchdowns, 10 interceptions and 2,479 passing yards.Flacco will have one more chance to throw to wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins this season at the Pro Bowl Games, which will take place Tuesday, Feb. 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.Higgins was named as a Pro Bowler to replace Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers on Wednesday, joining Chase who was already named to the AFC team.The last time the Bengals had two wide receivers named to the Pro Bowl in the same season was 2007, when T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson were selected.
CINCINNATI —
A season that saw Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco traded midseason will end with the veteran at the Pro Bowl Games.
On Friday, the Bengals announced that Flacco was named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, marking the first Pro Bowl selection for the 41-year-old.
Flacco’s 2025 season was a tumultuous one, with the veteran starting the season as the Cleveland Browns’ starter, before he was benched for rookie Dillon Gabriel and then traded to the Cincinnati Bengals weeks after Joe Burrow went down with an injury.
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Less than a week after Flacco was traded to the Bengals on Oct. 7, he took over starting duties from Jake Browning.
Cincinnati went 1-5 in games started by Flacco but few could blame the veteran signal caller for the team’s struggles. Flacco completed 61.7 percent of his passes, tossed 13 touchdowns and had four interceptions.
Including his four games with the Browns, Flacco finished the 2025 season with 15 passing touchdowns, 10 interceptions and 2,479 passing yards.
Flacco will have one more chance to throw to wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins this season at the Pro Bowl Games, which will take place Tuesday, Feb. 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Higgins was named as a Pro Bowler to replace Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers on Wednesday, joining Chase who was already named to the AFC team.
The last time the Bengals had two wide receivers named to the Pro Bowl in the same season was 2007, when T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson were selected.