Why Does Browns QB, Joe Flacco Hate Playing In Cincinnati?

After over a decade spent with the Baltimore Ravens, Browns QB Joe Flacco reminisced about some of his not-so-fond memories from playing against the Cincinnati Bengals

We may have found which AFC North team Joe Flacco  dislikes the most.

During his 11 years with the Baltimore Ravens, Flacco saw just about everything when it comes to the twists and turns of AFC North football.

As the Browns get ready for a road regular season finale in Cincinnati, Flacco took a moment to look back on some of the intense matchups he’s played against the Bengals over the course of his career.

There appears to be no love lost.

“Yeah, I hate going to Cincinnati,” the 38-year-old QB said. “They’ve always played us tough. Listen, I think my first year we beat up on them and then after, they got good quick.

You got to give credit to those guys. They’ve had really good football teams and they’ve beat us a couple of crazy ways, too. They just flat out beat me and the teams I was on and they’ve beaten us on fourth downs, on Hail Mary’s.”

Flacco is 9-12 against the Bengals in his career, the most losses he has against any team during his 16-year tenure, with the Steelers as a close second, who he has a 10-11 record against. Funny enough, the Hail Mary game he referenced from 2013, was actually one of his wins against Cincy.

Then Bengals QB, Andy Dalton did connect with star wideout, A.J. Green for a 51-yard score in the closing seconds of regular, only to have those efforts thwarted by Flacco in overtime.

The Delaware product led a nine-play, 28-yard drive to set up Justin Tucker for a game-winning, 46-yard field goal in overtime. He may misremember that specific one, but there’s no denying he had some epic matchups with the Bengals back in the day.

He won’t be adding another one to his resume on Sunday after head coach Kevin Stefanski announced this week that recently signed Jeff Driskel will make the start in what is a meaningless game for the Browns in terms of playoff seeding.

Despite the fact that Flacco may have a lot of bad memories from Cincinnati, he has the utmost respect for the organization.

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“I think every year we’d look at that and we knew that they probably had our number a little bit and were doing our best to overcome it,” Flacco said. “But they’re a good football team and they have been for a really long time now. So, you got to give them credit.”

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