With the Ravens in an injury-riddled free fall and the Browns mired in an eternal rebuilding process, the Bengals swung an intra-division trade with Cleveland to bring Joe Flacco into the fold and attempt to revive their dormant offense. While not quite the ultimate desperation swing to salvage the season, it is damn close.
And, no, this was not your unemployed neighbor recounting breathlessly the updates of his suspiciously intricate Madden franchise while you try to grill dinner. This happened. And while the lot of you may not think that the prospect of shipping a 40-year-old from one troubled Ohio football outpost to the other is a big deal, I think it is for a few reasons.
