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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin on Monday criticized Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry for the decision to trade Joe Flacco to a team within his division.
The Browns traded the Super Bowl champion quarterback to the Cincinnati Bengals last week after benching him for rookie Dillon Gabriel. The Browns, Steelers and Bengals each play in the AFC North.
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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin yells in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Tomlin and the Steelers dominated the Browns in Week 6 and will now play the Bengals on Thursday night to begin Week 7.
“To be honest, it was shocking to me,” Tomlin said of the trade, via Pro Football Talk. “Andrew Berry must be a lot smarter than me or us, because it doesn’t make sense to me to trade a quarterback that you think highly enough of to be your first starter against a divisional opponent that’s struggling in that area. But that’s just my personal feeling.”
Cleveland Browns senior partner and managing partner Jimmy Haslam, left, and executive vice president of football operations and general manager Andrew Berry, middle and executive vice president partner JW Johnson, look on during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on July 28, 2025. (Ken Blaze/Image Images)
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Tomlin continued to praise Flacco’s craftiness as he becomes more ingrained in the Bengals’ offense.
Flacco led the Browns to a victory over the Green Bay Packers on September 21. His performance in that game gave fans and experts the expectation that he would help the Bengals on Sunday.
Flacco had 219 passing yards and two touchdown passes, but the Packers won 27-18.
Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Flacco sits on the bench before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Pittsburgh outscored Cleveland, 23-9, on Sunday. The Steelers are 4-1 this season.
