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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco, an 18-year NFL veteran and a past Super Bowl MVP, earned his first career Pro Bowl selection Friday.

Flacco, who turned 41 on Jan. 16, was added as an alternate to the AFC roster for the Pro Bowl Games, joining Cincinnati wide receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

The fourth edition of the Pro Bowl Games -- which include week-long skills competitions and a flag football game -- will be played in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX. Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Steve Young will serve as coaches for the flag football game on Tuesday.

Flacco started four games for the Cleveland Browns this season and was benched before an Oct. 7 trade to the Bengals, for whom he started six of nine games. Flacco went a combined 2-8 as a starter while completing 60.3% of his passes for 2,479 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

His stretch with the Bengals included starts from Weeks 6-12, when he ranked second in the league in completions (154), tied for third in TD passes (13) and fifth in passing yards (1,636), per the team. Flacco threw for a career-high 470 yards in a 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears on Nov. 2.

Flacco was voted most valuable player of Super Bowl XLVII when the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the 2012 season. He was the 2023 NFL Comeback Player of the Year with the Browns.

Baltimore drafted Flacco with the No. 18 pick in 2008 out of Delaware.

For his career, Flacco has passed for 48,176 yards, 272 touchdowns and 172 interceptions in 209 regular-season games (201 starts) with the Ravens (2008-18), Denver Broncos (2019), New York Jets (2020-22), Browns (2023, 2025), Indianapolis Colts (2024) and Bengals (2025).

He is 10-6 in 16 career playoff starts with 3,530 passing yards, 26 TDs and 12 picks.

--Field Level Media