{"id":718770,"date":"2026-01-31T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/718770\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T09:40:18","slug":"joe-flaccos-pro-bowl-nod-more-funny-proof-bengals-ripped-off-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/718770\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Flacco\u2019s Pro Bowl nod more funny proof Bengals ripped off Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/test-post-221407100.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> ripped off the Cleveland Browns when they <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/bengals-trade-browns-qb-joe-171454479.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:traded for Joe Flacco mid-season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded for Joe Flacco mid-season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns, who went on to fire a head coach and host a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-look-good-afc-norths-103056720.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:mildly embarrassing coaching search;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mildly embarrassing coaching search<\/a> this offseason, gave away Flacco for cheap. The veteran went on to keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bengals<\/a> alive until Joe Burrow\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>And now Flacco\u2019s headed for the Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-draft-outlook-last-10-103044879.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals draft outlook: The last 10 picks at No. 10 overall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals draft outlook: The last 10 picks at No. 10 overall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hilarious turn of events when looking at the Flacco trade for the Bengals and Browns. The Pro Bowl is a mess that has resorted to inviting backups. Burrow himself, presumably, passed on the chance, if asked.<\/p>\n<p>But the Bengals can now officially brag that they traded a fifth-round draft pick for a Pro Bowl quarterback, so there\u2019s that.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/bengals-players-regressed-most-2025-103107432.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bengals players who regressed the most in 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bengals players who regressed the most in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bengals Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/bengalswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bengals\/2026\/01\/30\/joe-flacco-pro-bowl-funny-proof-bengals-ripped-off-browns\/88441343007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Joe Flacco\u2019s Pro Bowl nod more funny proof Bengals ripped off Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Joe Flacco\u2019s Pro Bowl nod more funny proof Bengals ripped off Browns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no secret the Cincinnati Bengals ripped off the Cleveland Browns when they traded for Joe Flacco mid-season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,54,7,1577,562,6,582,50428],"class_list":{"0":"post-718770","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-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-joe-burrow","15":"tag-joe-flacco","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-the-browns","18":"tag-the-pro-bowl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115989055039416189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718770","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=718770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}