ESPN's Marcus Spears and Dan Orlovsky said they don't think the Bengals would upgrade going from Jake Browning to Joe Flacco as starting quarterback.
ESPN NFL analysts Marcus Spears and Dan Orlovsky questioned the Cincinnati Bengals' acquisition of 40-year-old quarterback Joe Flacco from the Cleveland Browns ahead of their NFL Week 6 game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
"I don't know what this move was about, but the first thing I thought about was, 'OK, let's bring in a statue, to stand behind the offensive line that gets the quarterbacks hit, and then get better?'" Spears said. "Ehhh?"
"Yeah, I don't know why it's not a younger, more athletic option," Orlovsky said. "Now maybe they did, in their defense. Maybe they made some calls for a younger player that's maybe a little bit more athletic to try to mitigate it? But this move doesn't feel like it's an upgrade remotely from Jake Browning. I know Jake Browning's turned the football over. But at least he's way more mobile."
"Mobility is better," Spears added. "But this should've been Jameis Winston. Or even Russell Wilson. Like I just don't get the Flacco part of it. I don't get it."
The Bengals' Thanksgiving night game could pit Flacco against the Baltimore Ravens, the team for which he won a Super Bowl MVP award.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: ESPN analysts slam Bengals, Jake Browning to Joe Flacco is no upgrade
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