The full results of the 2025 Joe Flacco trade after the 2026 NFL Draft
The 2025 trade for Joe Flacco is complete. How did the Bengals make out?
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) heads for the locker room after the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 14 game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N. Y. , on Sunday, Dec.
7, 2025. The Bills overcame a halftime deficit to win 39-34. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Following the massive trade for defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, the Cincinnati Bengals had just six draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, with none in the first or fifth rounds.
Cincinnati just lost the No. 10 pick in the draft for Lawrence, while their fifth-round pick was traded in a swap for quarterback Joe Flacco and additional capital this past season. That Flacco trade was more of a last-ditch effort to save the Bengals season following Joe Burrow’s injury, but Cincinnati’s slide continued and they remained out of the playoffs this season.
With the 2026 NFL Draft here, let’s revisit that Flacco trade and see how it fared for the Bengals. Original terms for the Joe Flacco trade from the Brwons to the Bengals Cincinnati Bengals receive: QB Joe Flacco, 2026 sixth-round draft pick (No. 199) Cleveland Browns receive: 2026 fifth-round draft pick (No.