A week and a half after arriving in Cincinnati, Joe Flacco has, for the moment, saved the Bengals' season. The 40-year-old Flacco, in his second start for his sixth NFL team, threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a rollicking 33-31 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Flacco vs. Aaron Rodgers. A pair of quarterbacks on the wrong side of 40. That has happened only three times before. All three occasions occurred in the same season: 2020. It was Tom Brady's first year in Tampa and Drew Brees's last year in the NFL.

Joe Flacco was asked during the preseason about continuing to play at 40 years old. However, Flacco is a youngster compared to his counterpart, 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers. Thursday night’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals will mark only the third regular-season game between 40-year-old starting quarterbacks.

The Cincinnati Bengals' offense is showing signs of life under quarterback Joe Flacco, and with that, it may be near impossible to trade for wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase in fantasy football and rather difficult to acquire his teammate,

We take a look at player props for two veteran quarterbacks on Thursday Night Football in Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season

The Cincinnati Bengals got just a few days of rest before hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on the Week 7 edition of Thursday Night Football. There, the Bengals will hope Joe Flacco's encouraging second half last week is a sign of things to come,