The Cincinnati Bengals are hoping that Joe Flacco does not get hurt again.

They got some insurance, but man, everything depends on him not being snakebitten in

2026.

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He's ready with some real NFL talk.

The local experts have locked on bring their expertise, and Wiggy is ready with his

clippers and shears. Sit down and enjoy. The new Locked-on NFL starts now. Locked-on

podcast network, your team every day. There's a fact that's your team every day. I'm Tony Wiggins,

the host of the barbershop here on Lockedon NFL, and he's my Wednesday co-host, my main man, David Harrison from Lockdown, commanders. And let me give you a rundown of what we're going to do. We're going to end up answering this question. Who's going to have the best 2026 between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers one year after the George Pickens trade,

right in the middle of the show, biggest winner and loser in free agency.

But we're going to start talking about the Bengals dilemma, and that is the Joe Burrell

dilemma.

He just has to stay healthy.

He's one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.

But more and more, people are taking them out of that Mount Rushmore, that top four,

because three of the last four seasons,

he's just missed too much time, man, and they got to keep him healthy.

If not, the Bengal fate will be just what it has been since most of the time that Joe has been there,

and that is he's going to miss games and they're going to fall short because of it, David.

No. Joe has been there and that is he's going to miss games and they're going to fall short because of it, David. No, I mean, 100%. And I think it's hard to believe that Joe Burrow can be one of those top

flight, you know, top shelf quarterbacks in the NFL right now because, I mean, everybody

says the biggest, the best ability is availability, right? And he's got to be available available and then you see what the Cincinnati Bengals do just to make him happy I mean we spent all season all off season last year talking about the Cincinnati Bengals and and the way that they disperse their funds and the way that they manage their roster and you know it's it's going to be hard to look at theals and think that, okay, you have an offense that can put up a lot of points if everybody's healthy, which is a big if, but you have a defense that can't stop anybody. And so far, this offseason, I have no reason to think that that Bengals defense is really going to be all that much better. And that's going to put Joe Burrow in a precarious situation because you might have an offense I can put up a lot of points but it's because you have a Steph Curry NFL offense. You're always shooting threes, which means pass rushers are always coming after your quarterback. And listen, if I know your offense can put up 40 points a game, I'm going to be okay taking a 15-yard penalty here. I'm not talking about bounty hunting or nothing like that, but I'm going to be okay taking a 15-yard penalty for a late hit here and there to try to rattle your quarterback and get him off his spot. So, yeah, the Bengals just by design, you know, Joe, going back to his rookie season, has had some injury, you know, misfortune. But by design, the Bengals have basically put him under a sniper under a sniper scope. You know what I mean? And put a target on his back just with the way their team is formed and the way they have to play. Yeah, no doubt about it. Let's see what this. Check in real quick to see what the Bengals have done. And they will come back and put a nice little ball on it on a little bit of insurance they've gotten from a veteran quarterback.

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