What’s interesting here for the Bengals is the disparity between the final injury report and comments from players and head coach Zac Taylor on Friday. Both Flacco himself and Taylor essentially made it sound like the starting quarterback would be out there against the Bears despite the AC joint sprain in his throwing arm.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco's injury may be more serious than previously thought.

“Bengals QB Joe Flacco stopped short of saying he’s definitely playing on Sunday, but did say he’s feeling good. He wanted to throw to see how it reacts and was left with a positive reaction.”