{"id":702330,"date":"2026-01-24T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702330\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:55:18","slug":"joe-flacco-turns-heads-with-major-admission-about-his-nfl-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/702330\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Flacco turns heads with major admission about his NFL future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">While the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL<\/a> currently features a wealth of young, highly talented quarterbacks, several veterans continue to make headlines. One of them is Joe Flacco, who switched franchises within the AFC North last season with the goal of filling the void left by Joe Burrow\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Now, the question many are asking is whether the 41-year-old still has the internal drive to suit up again next season. While logic might suggest that retirement could be a reasonable option, <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/joe-flacco\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flacco<\/a> appears to have other plans.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cA lot of guys talk about falling out of love with the game or just kind of knowing,\u201d Flacco said this week on the BMore Football Podcast, via the Baltimore Sun\u2019s Bennett Conlin. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s hit me yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">He also add: \u201cWe talk about 40 being an old age, but in the grand scheme of things, I don\u2019t really think you\u2019re that old. I think we\u2019ve had a couple guys in front of me that are the best to ever do it that have shown if you want to do it, you can still play at a high level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joe-Flacco-1920x1080.webp.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Joe Flacco\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Joe Flacco #16 of the Cincinnati Bengals in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco\u2019s numbers in 2025<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Joe Flacco\u2019s 2025 season was a journey of two halves within the AFC North, marked by veteran resilience and a mid-year change of scenery. After beginning the campaign as the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, Flacco was eventually sent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/cincinnati-bengals\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> midway through the season to provide much-needed stability. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bengals 2026 free agents: Trey Hendrickson, Joe Flacco, and other players out of contract\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/nfl\/bengals-2026-free-agents-trey-hendrickson-joe-flacco-and-other-players-out-of-contract\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Joe-Flacco-200x200.webp.webp\" alt=\"Bengals 2026 free agents: Trey Hendrickson, Joe Flacco, and other players out of contract\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">Bengals 2026 free agents: Trey Hendrickson, Joe Flacco, and other players out of contract<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Despite the transition between divisional rivals, he managed to put up productive numbers across 13 total games, finishing the year with 2,479 passing yards, 15 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions, while maintaining a 40.9 QBR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the NFL currently features a wealth of young, highly talented quarterbacks, several veterans continue to make headlines.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,562,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-702330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-joe-flacco","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115952074817363416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}