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Joe Flacco has agreed to return to Cincinnati on a one-year deal worth six up to nine million dollars with incentives, and he'll be the backup quarterback for Joe Burrow, which obviously is good news.

And there are a few things that we can talk about around Joe Flacco returning to Cincinnati.

First is obviously what it means to have Joe Flacco back in a vacuum.

Second is does it change your free agency grade at all? Does it move the needle? Third is the Bengals are paying a backup quarterback, and I-- We, we looked into this before we started recording.

Could not remember the Bengals paying for a backup quarterback.

Like, in my mind, it went all the way back to Kitna, and Kitna was more of a bridge quarterback than a pure backup, and then you brought up Bruce Gradkowski, which was a, a good shout, a good find.

And, and Joe Flacco gives them that chance and that belief.