CINCINNATI — Coach Zac Taylor immediately welcomed Joe Flacco when he connected with him over the phone after the Cincinnati Bengals acquired the veteran quarterback from the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday.

The second thing was to tell Flacco that he’d be starting on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.

“I’ve only met him once before he came here, but I know his game,” Taylor said Wednesday after announcing Flacco would start. “Played against him I don’t know many times, a lot of times. Very comfortable with his style, concepts he’s been good at, things that fit us that we do. The terminology there is a lot of carryover, more so than what I would have anticipated, so feel like we can get him up to speed quickly.”

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