Leave it to Joe Flacco to add one more wild turn to the Cincinnati Bengals’ rollercoaster of a season. The Bengals’ acquisition of the 40-year-old quarterback from the Cleveland Browns seemed like one last Hail Mary attempt to replace the injured Joe Burrow. After a resounding loss to the Green Bay Packers in his Bengals debut, Flacco turned in one of the best performances of his career, throwing for 342 yards and three touchdowns in a 33-31 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. A team that looked dead in the water is now just a game and a half out of first place in the AFC North, and there suddenly seems to be a pathway to hang around until Burrow can return in mid-December. On his podcast “The Schultz Report,” NFL insider Jordan Schultz indicated that the Bengals are not considering trading any of their key players, including reigning NFL sack leader Trey Hendrickson. As has been the case with many of the Bengals’ roster decisions, this is a mistake. The 30-year-old pass rusher was the subject of trade r
