Joe Flacco holds the QB · Backup spot in Cincinnati Bengals’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Joe Flacco played 13 games in 2025 with a 78% snap share.

Joe Flacco, a 6'6" quarterback, was selected 18th overall by Baltimore in the 2008 NFL Draft and spent his first 11 seasons with the Ravens, starting 122 consecutive games to open his career. He won Super Bowl MVP honors following the 2012 season when Baltimore captured Super Bowl XLVII. After his tenure in Baltimore, Flacco started games for Denver, the New York Jets, Cleveland, and Indianapolis before joining Cincinnati via trade in October 2025. At age 40, he became the oldest quarterback to start a game in Bengals history. During six starts for Cincinnati, he completed 154 of 250 passes for 1,636 yards, 13 touchdowns, and four interceptions with a 91.4 passer rating. Flacco ranks 14th in NFL history in career passing yards with 48,176 and 21st in touchdown passes with 272.

BLT2008 – 2015

Ravens2016 – 2018

Broncos2019

Jets2020 – 2022

Browns2023

Colts2024

Bengals2025 — present

CollegeDelaware; PittsburghDraftRound 1 · No. 18 overall · 2008 · BALAcquiredAcquired from Baltimore Ravens · drafted thereHometownAudubon, NJ