Joe Flacco Has Enjoyed Cincinnati Since Trade To Bengals For Relatable Reason

We each request a breather each now and then. Some well-deserved clip to yourself to reset and recharge. That's particularly existent for personification who has 5 kids and happens to beryllium an NFL backmost connected apical of that.

Joe Flacco has been without his family this play arsenic he started successful Cleveland pinch nan Browns earlier he was traded to the Bengals earlier this month. The remainder of his family has lived successful his autochthonal New Jersey this play to support nan Flacco children successful their regular arsenic a alteration of gait from past season, which was spent pinch their begetter during his stint connected nan Colts.

While nan 18-year seasoned admits being distant from his family has its challenges, he's chosen to return advantage of his unsocial clip and look astatine what immoderate whitethorn telephone loneliness successful a brighter light.

"For me, it's trying to find ways to possibly enactment complete present a small spot longer, past conscionable return myself retired of that mindset and telephone home," Flacco said via FOX 19's Joe Danneman. "Go beryllium astatine a edifice by myself and recognize that man, that's beautiful enjoyable to do.

"I show group each nan time, I utilized to spot guys sitting astatine a barroom by themselves aliases conscionable sitting by themselves eating and I'm like, 'Man, I consciousness truthful bad for that guy.' You ever want to spell subordinate him and now I realize, that dude was successful heaven. And not to opportunity that's not what I want, I'd alternatively beryllium astatine location sitting astatine nan meal array pinch my kids and proceeding what nan hellhole they were talking astir each day. But if you person to do it, you whitethorn arsenic good return advantage of it."

Flacco has started 2 games for Cincinnati since his waste and acquisition from Cleveland, starring nan Bengals to a much-needed triumph against nan Steelers past week, which snapped a four-game skid since nan devastating wounded to prima QB Joe Burrow. The seasoned has thrown for 561 yards and 5 touchdowns pinch nary interceptions since he took complete successful Week 6.

Hopefully Flacco sewage to observe his first triumph arsenic a Bengal pinch a nice, agelong repast each to himself.

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