Bengals best trade option for QB? (3 Viewers)

[Tusken Raider]

It’d be interesting to see Joshua Dobbs get another shot someplace after watching him fill in MIN a couple years ago. But I doubt NE is interesting in dealing Maye’s backup.

CIN needs someone who can move & throw on the run right now.

 

[Deamon]

CIN needs someone who can move & throw on the run right now.

Like this?

 

[Dizzy]

Part of me agrees with others here that the season is lost... why bother trading for a QB only to kill your 2026 draft position. On the other hand, that divisional may be winnable with 9-10 wins with the Ravens shipping sinking quickly.

Wilson's moon ball might be able to remind them why they paid Tee Higgins?

 

[Runkle]

DeShaun Watson

 

[kyoun1e]

As an owner of C. Brown, J. Chase, and T. Higgins in many leagues because I was soooo hooked on the "Burrow is going to pass for 5500 yards" my answer is...

...anyone but Browning.

 

[doeseatplace]

This guy’s tape looks promising

 

[QuizGuy66]

They have a perfectly capable backup already that they should be giving a shot to over Browning.

Okay that's one vote for Mike White




-QG

how dare you.

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

All I know is if Rypien gets the start we need @Deamon to be there on the sideline decked out like the 2nd coming of Tommy DeVito's agent

-QG

 

[PatsFanCT 2.0]

They're done, no point in trading for anyone, maybe if they get someone super cheap but not even sure that's worth it. Get a high draft pick and re-group.

Right? Why go out of your way to worsen your draft position?

 

[brian98]

I'm not sure there are any acquirable QBs that have any real connection to the offensive coaching staff. Taylor was a WR/QB coach for the Rams 7 years ago and Dan Pitcher (OC) has been with the Bengals for a decade in various roles.

Thanks to the many that stuck to the original question. Interesting that the first reply was the best! What I'm hearing is that nobody has a connection, and therefore even if they did chose to make a move it would take a while for the new guy to get acclimated.
Style points to Deamon for thinking "inside" the box.

Thanks, all. I appreciate the collective intelligence of the community!

 

[Monkian]

Mike White released from the Bengals, and with it @Deamon has his dreams dashed.

 

[Monkian]

I'm not sure there are any acquirable QBs that have any real connection to the offensive coaching staff. Taylor was a WR/QB coach for the Rams 7 years ago and Dan Pitcher (OC) has been with the Bengals for a decade in various roles.

Thanks to the many that stuck to the original question. Interesting that the first reply was the best! What I'm hearing is that nobody has a connection, and therefore even if they did chose to make a move it would take a while for the new guy to get acclimated.
Style points to Deamon for thinking "inside" the box.

Thanks, all. I appreciate the collective intelligence of the community!

My apologies if I didn't stick strictly to the original question, but the answer is akin to dividing by zero.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Demon keeps it in the family.

(And his dream yet lives of course as I was joking in my prior post - though if White was released it makes me think about whether they are bringing someone else in)

-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Mike White released from the Bengals, and with it @Deamon has his dreams dashed.

Bengals finally holding someone accountable for the bad QB play!

-QG

 

[Monkian]

Mike White released from the Bengals, and with it @Deamon has his dreams dashed.

Bengals finally holding someone accountable for the bad QB play!

-QG

Hey, if Mike White would've outplayed Jake Browning, then the Bengals would have a better QB. So it is kind of his fault.

 

[osubuckeyeman]

Matt Corral? I think he plays in Canada. Taylor Heinicke? Will Grier? Drew Lock? Sam Howell? Due to our o-line, I would prefer someone who can roll out of the pocket or is mobile.

I do not really like any of the options out there. Cousins is too expensive, and I do not want to deal with Russ Wilson's baggage.

 

[Deamon]

Mike White released from the Bengals, and with it @Deamon has his dreams dashed.

White was awful. Releasing him only proves the Bengals' confidence in Rypien to be the starter for the rest of the year.

 

[Terpman22]

Joe Flacco

 

[Deamon]

There's no way Flacco is a better choice than Rypien.

He's not enough to get them to the playoffs, so now they just lost assets, AND have a worse draft pick.

Horrible decision by Cinci.

 

[TheWinz]

Flacco!

 

[greenmountaingoat]

What a thread!

 

[greenmountaingoat]

He's going to be great with 1.8 seconds to throw

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Flacco!

What a disaster that’s going to be

 

[travdogg]

I'll go ahead and say it Flacco>>>>Browning. Flacco wasn't good with the Browns this season, but Chase/Higgins is a lot different than Jeudy/Tillman. Truthfully, Flacco never really crossed my mind, as I figured the Browns wanted to keep him as at least an experienced vet to mentor the rookie QB(s)

I would have slightly preferred Russ, but I don't think much separates him and Flacco.

I think Flacco hasn't been near as bad as his numbers say. He was really bad against the Ravens (back when they were a good/healthy defense) in week 2, but other than that, I think he's been decent to good. I thought he played well against the Bengals in week 1 and got let down by his teammates who had 4 drops. I thought he played a good 4th quarter against Green Bay getting them the win when they needed him, and I thought he played ok against the Lions, where again his pass catchers were dropping everything. Flacco could/should have had 3 TDs in that game.

Chase was gonna be fine regardless, but I think this trade could really help provide a more stable floor for Higgins and Brown.

 

[QuizGuy66]

For a 20-30 place pick slide late in the draft? Sure what the heck

-QG

 

[Jewell]

A porous O-line with an immobile QB seems like a bad combo. The Bengals would have been better served with a QB who stands a greater shot at evading the pass rush.

 

[Stealthycat]

Chase and Higgins will hate this

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Tyrod Taylor is sitting on the bench for the 0-5 NY Jets. He's played for like 37 teams. Rarely poorly. Rarely great.

 

[steelcityman]

How long does it take a veteran NFL QB to pick up a new offense and be playable?

any similarities in offensive coaching staff for CLE and CIN? I would think he could play this week if needed, but they might wait a week, they have other guys who can play, not like he is coming into a zero QB room.

 

[steelcityman]

Chase and Higgins will hate this

hate flacco? I would think they will love him, just go long, throw it up there. No worries about anything.
Flacco might hate being behind that OL tho.

 

[bcat01]

The only way this is a good thing is if he wins a few games and Burrow comes back to get them to the playoffs. If they don't make the playoffs and he still wins a few games then they just ruined the 2026 draft.

 

[beercat]

Cincinnati's OLine will send Flacco into retirement.

 

[Monkian]

What is this, week 6? Give it a week for Flacco to get integrated, so he starts week 7. I'll go conservative here and say that by week 9 the Bengals starting QB is Jake Browning.

 

[travdogg]

How long does it take a veteran NFL QB to pick up a new offense and be playable?

any similarities in offensive coaching staff for CLE and CIN? I would think he could play this week if needed, but they might wait a week, they have other guys who can play, not like he is coming into a zero QB room.

Both Stefanski and Taylor are from the Shanahan tree. So, the offenses probably have somewhat similar reads/calls.

 

[QuizGuy66]

For a 20-30 place pick slide late in the draft? Sure what the heck

-QG

50-55 pick I guess as it is the Lions round 6. Still why not. Knows the division and smart enough to pick up the system quick I would think.

Also think this would put Zac on watch officially.

-QG

 

[travdogg]

Cincinnati's OLine will send Flacco into retirement.

The Bengals OL is actually a little better at pass blocking than the Browns are (both bottom 5) much worse at run blocking though.

 

[FarFromHome]

All I'm reading is Chase is gonna be awesome.

Signed,

Guy who took him pick 1 and is 1-4

 

[Utter Chaos]

I'll go ahead and say it Flacco>>>>Browning. Flacco wasn't good with the Browns this season, but Chase/Higgins is a lot different than Jeudy/Tillman. Truthfully, Flacco never really crossed my mind, as I figured the Browns wanted to keep him as at least an experienced vet to mentor the rookie QB(s)

I would have slightly preferred Russ, but I don't think much separates him and Flacco.

I think Flacco hasn't been near as bad as his numbers say. He was really bad against the Ravens (back when they were a good/healthy defense) in week 2, but other than that, I think he's been decent to good. I thought he played well against the Bengals in week 1 and got let down by his teammates who had 4 drops. I thought he played a good 4th quarter against Green Bay getting them the win when they needed him, and I thought he played ok against the Lions, where again his pass catchers were dropping everything. Flacco could/should have had 3 TDs in that game.

Chase was gonna be fine regardless, but I think this trade could really help provide a more stable floor for Higgins and Brown.

I watched those Bengal and Raven games and yes, there were some drops, but that's because Flacco's passes weren't perfect so about half the blame is on him. A lot of his throws were high or low which made it tougher for the receivers to catch them. I believe two of his INTs were tipped by the receiver trying to catch a pass that was a little off.

 

[Jewell]

The Bengals get an upgrade in EPA per drop back, per Next Gen Stats. They're going from the last ranked QB in Jake Browning (-0.44) to the second-to-last ranked QB in Joe Flacco (-0.41).​

JJ Zachariason: https://bsky.app/profile/lateroundqb.bsky.social/post/3m2mnqr33m22w

 

[ponchsox]

Is this good for Chase Brown? Grasping at straws here.

 

[Deranged Hermit]

Flacco might legitimately die behind that line.

 

[travdogg]

Is this good for Chase Brown? Grasping at straws here.

Can't hurt

 

[QuizGuy66]

Plan A is for him to start this week btw...
-QG

 

[Hartliner]

Is this good for Chase Brown? Grasping at straws here.

Flacco is capt. checkdown.

I think it can’t be worse. Hope for a good game and then sell Chase Brown, Maybe we see a lill CMC lite, where Brown is a RB4 but WR 2?

 

[rockaction]

This is what they did?

Huh?

We just found out there was no Plan B.

 

[osubuckeyeman]

Embarrassing.

People get paid to make these decisions. What is wrong with this organization?!!??!!

I signed a lifetime contract in blood, so I'm stuck.

 

[Bri]

The Bengals line has been bad. First things first will be him calling out protections and improving that. Browning was clearly not effective at this.

Chase and Higgins are eons better than what he's had at WR. We can't pretend it's similar.

Yoshi seems ignored like he's just to block and get in the way/pick and such. Flacco throws to the open man. It'll be interesting to see how many passes he gets.

It's still gonna come back to the OL and if they're fixable. It's such a big nuisance.

I bet they wish they traded Browning this offseason now.

It's absolutely ridiculous and borderline offensive that they don't just add AJ McCarron. He was a good soldier for what a decade? Went to the UFL saying he just wants to play before it's too late/too old and absolutely rocked as a good NFL player should. Rumors of him signing with Titans and Bengals two off-season. He finally went on a podcast and said he spoke with the teams and he doesn't want to be in practice getting five snaps a day or less and counted on in the film room and talking with DBs and WRs in theirs. He did it for a long time and was a good boy but now he only wants to play. He came to terms with he may never again. The Bengals trained him for so long and consistently said what a great teammate he was. This IS the improbable scenario in which he could play. I'd be so angry if I was a Bengals fan. They sold him as this fan favorite teammate favorite backup for years. It's like they cancelled the TV show before the final season

 

[ffmail4me]

I mean did they look into Winston? Russ? This just doesn't make sense to me...poor Bengals fans.

 

[Uncle Leo]

I mean did they look into Winston? Russ? This just doesn't make sense to me...poor Bengals fans.

They wanted somebody older.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

The good news for the Bengals is that Flacco has already beaten the Packers once a few weeks ago - they play Sunday afternoon.