What Does the Joe Flacco Trade Tell Us About the Bengals and Browns? from The Ringer NFL Show

What Does the Joe Flacco Trade Tell Us About the Bengals and Browns?

31 minutes Posted Oct 8, 2025 at 12:00 pm.

(00:00) The Joe Flacco trade

What does this trade mean in the short term for the Browns?

What does this trade mean in the short term for the Bengals?

What does this trade mean long term for the Browns?

What does this trade mean long term for the Bengals?

How does this all play out?

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Sheil and The Ringer’s own Steven Ruiz get together to share their instant reactions and analysis on a big trade that saw the Cleveland Browns send QB Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals.

(00:00) The Joe Flacco trade(2:02) What does this trade mean in the short term for the Browns?(7:39) What does this trade mean in the short term for the Bengals?(10:31) What does this trade mean long term for the Browns?(14:11) What does this trade mean long term for the Bengals?(19:18) How does this all play out?(26:25) The Hurry Up: Ravens trade Odafe Oweh for the Chargers’ Alohi Gilman

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