Jake Browning has officially been replaced and benched as the Bengals’ QB1 while Joe Burrow continues to recover from torn ligaments in his foot.

Browning played poorly over the last three weeks to necessitate the trade for 40-year-old Joe Flacco. In his four appearances with three starts, Browning has completed 64.5 percent of his throws for 757 yards with six touchdowns and eight interceptions.

The Bengals have gone 0-3 in his three starts.

“I think it sucks, but welcome to pro football ,” Browning told reporters on Wednesday, via Jay Morrison of SI.com. “If you don’t play well, you’re gonna get replaced. That’s what I’m going through.”

Browning noted he needs to limit turnovers, but added there are “a lot of other things that kind of contributed to our lack of offensive producti

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