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Earlier this month, the Cleveland Browns They traded veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to the state rival Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati received Flacco and a sixth-round pick in next year’s draft, while Cleveland got a fifth-round pick in the trade.
Since then, Flacco has played just two games with his new team and continues to adjust to his new life in Cincinnati. The 40-year-old quarterback’s family did not move with him to Ohio.
The Super Bowl winner’s wife, Dana, and their five children live in New Jersey.
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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco speaks to the media during a news conference in Cincinnati on Oct. 10, 2025. (Albert Cesare/The Enquirer/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
On Wednesday, Flacco revealed details about how she’s handled her newfound alone time so far.
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“For me, it’s about finding ways to stay here a little longer, and then just get out of that mindset and call home,” Flacco said. “Going to sit alone in a restaurant and realizing that it’s a lot of fun to do.
“I tell people all the time that I used to see guys sitting alone at a bar or just sitting alone eating and I was like, ‘Man, I feel so bad for that guy.’ You always want to join him, and now I realize that guy was in heaven.
Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Flacco sits on the bench before a game against the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 12, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
“And I don’t want to say that’s not what I want. I’d rather be at home sitting at the table with my kids and listening to what the hell they were talking about all day. But if you have to, you might as well take advantage of it.”
Joe Flacco of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter of a game at Paycor Stadium on October 16, 2025 in Cincinnati. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Flacco will be reunited with his loved ones this weekend as they make their planned trip to Ohio for the New York Jets’ road game against the Bengals.
Flacco is 1-1 in his brief time with the Bengals. He is coming off a 342-yard passing performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
