Bengals reward Joe Flacco with notable contract details

The Cincinnati Bengals desperately needed Joe Flacco’s help last season and got it. The Bengals would have liked to get Flacco back this offseason in a reasonable timeframe, too…and got it. Given that, the Bengals have rewarded Flacco on his new deal.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler , Flacco’s new one-year deal with the Bengals is a $6 million contract with a max value of $9 million. That’s the Bengals thanking Flacco for it all, really, while paying out at the very top of the backup quarterback market. Flacco more than earned it after his showing last year.

He came over and, on short notice, picked up the offense and kept the team alive. This offseason, Flacco could have easily dragged his trip to free agency out well into the summer while seeing if a chance to compete for starting jobs popped up. Instead, Flacco ends speculation about the spot behind Joe Burrow, firmly jumping ahead of Josh Johnson on the depth chart and giving the Bengals arguably the best top-to-bottom quarterback room in the NFL.

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