Mike Tomlin is pretty surprised the Cleveland Browns traded Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Steelers were able to handle the Cleveland Browns on the field on Sunday and on Monday head coach Mike Tomlin ripped apart the franchise for its decision to trade Flacco within the division to the Bengals last week.
“[Browns GM] Andrew Berry must be a lot smarter than me or us because it doesn’t make sense to me to trade a QB you think enough of to make your opening-day starter to a division opponent that’s hurting in that area,” Tomlin said at his Monday morning press conference. “But that’s just my personal feeling.”
The 40-year-old Flacco began the season as the Browns’ starting quarterback but was benched after four games. Cleveland received a 2026 fifth-round pick from Cincinnati in the deal.
Tomlin is obviously frustrated about the Bengals getting some help at QB, especially from another team in their division.
It will be interesting to see if Flacco will be able to lead the Bengals to a win on Thursday night and if that does happen, you’d have to think Tomlin would be even more upset with the Browns.
