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The Cleveland Browns shocked everyone by trading veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to their division rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals, prior to each team's Week 6 game. This move led Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin to believe that Browns GM Andrew Berry may come to regret.
Tomlin's Steelers were able to further extend their lead at the top of the AFC North by beating the Cleveland Browns on Sunday and the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals lost their own Week 6 respective games.
Sitting at 4-1 on the season, it seems like the Steelers are far and away the favorites to win the division. However, Mike Tomlin may not be ready to write off the Joe Flacco-led Bengals just yet.
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Ahead of the Steelers' Week 7 game against the Bengals, Tomlin discussed Andrew Berry's decision to trade Flacco to a division rival, throwing a bit of shade at Berry in the process.
"It was shocking to me," said Tomlin of the trade, via Steeler beat reporter Brooke Pryor. "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 enough of to be a day 1 starter to a divisional opponent."
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It is a rather puzzling decision on paper for Berry to give a division rival a lifeline at the quarterback position, considering Cincinnati's struggles at the position since Joe Burrow's turf toe injury.
Maybe Berry was confident that the addition of Flacco for the Bengals would make a negligible difference for their struggling offense. Either way, given that the Bengals and Browns are competing for the same goal in the AFC North, it seems like a risky trade to make for Berry.
Thus far, Berry hasn't exactly been proven wrong in his decision to trade Flacco. The Bengals' offense struggled throughout most of their Week 6 loss to the Green Bay Packers, being held scoreless in the first half before putting up 18 second-half points en route to a 27-18 loss.
However, if Joe Flacco can discover the fountain of youth moving forward and get on the same page as his dynamic wide receivers, Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, Berry may very well grow to regret the decision to move off of Flacco to their rival.
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