Bengals' Joe Flacco indifferent about Joe Burrow's return to practice: 'I really don't care'

Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Burrow has returned to the signifier field, but seasoned backup Joe Flacco appears indifferent astir the update. 

Burrow returned to signifier Monday, which opened a 21-day model for the prima to instrumentality to the lineup, but Burrow’s instrumentality to the tract was not of interest for Flacco. 

"I don’t know, I deliberation backups astir apt bash it a bully magnitude wherever they cognize like, ‘Hey, this guy’s coming back, he’s got a three-week wounded oregon immoderate it is,'" Flacco said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. 

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Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Flacco (16) runs disconnected the tract earlier a tract extremity effort successful the 4th fourth of the NFL Week 7 crippled betwixt the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Paycor Stadium successful downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, connected Oct. 16, 2025. The Bengals won 33-31. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"I’m honestly not truly reasoning astir it. It’s not truly a portion of my process. I truly don’t care. It’s this week, and that’s each that matters. And I deliberation to deliberation astir that worldly would conscionable beryllium a distraction. So it’s not truly thing I’m disquieted about. Like I said, I’m conscionable disquieted astir doing my job, and this week that’s going retired and playing against Pittsburgh."

Burrow sustained a toed wounded successful September that forced backup backmost Jake Browning into the lineup. Browning struggled, and the squad acquired Flacco from the Cleveland Browns to instrumentality over. 

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Bengals backmost Joe Burrow incapable to enactment value connected his ankle aft getting injured against the Jaguars. (IMAGN)

Flacco, who struggled with the Browns anterior to being benched for Dillon Gabriel, has filled successful admirably for Burrow. In 4 starts with the Bengals, Flacco has completed 64.7% of his passes for 1,254 yards with 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

In comparison, successful Flacco’s 4 starts with the Browns, helium completed conscionable 58.1% of his passes for 815 yards with 2 touchdowns and six interceptions. 

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Cincinnati Bengals backmost Joe Flacco (16) throws a walk against the Chicago Bears during the 2nd 4th astatine Paycor Stadium connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Katie Stratman/Imagn Images)

While Flacco has played well, the Bengals are conscionable 1-3 successful his 4 starts due to the fact that of their porous defense. The Bengals are presently 3-6 and request to get blistery down the agelong to springiness themselves a accidental astatine making the playoffs. 

Their adjacent crippled is simply a cardinal divisional matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4) connected Sunday astatine 1 p.m. ET.

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