Overview
- Flacco punched in a one-yard run to open the scoring against the Jets, his first rushing touchdown since Week 15 of 2017.
- At 40, he became the oldest player to score a touchdown in Bengals history, according to NFL researcher Dante Koplowitz-Fleming.
- He is starting for Cincinnati because Joe Burrow is injured following a recent trade that brought him from the Browns.
- In an earlier outing for the Bengals, he threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a win over the Steelers.
- Media reaction poured in on X, with ESPN’s Rich Cimini noting the long gap between rushing scores and the New York Post’s Brian Costello joking about his ‘mobile QB’ moment.