Quarterback · Cincinnati Bengals

Joe Flacco

No. 16 · 19th season

Joe Flacco's own family dropped him from their fantasy roster

There is losing faith in a player, and then there is what Flacco's family did.

Joe Flacco has spent a long career being the kind of quarterback people underestimate and then quietly need. He has won a Super Bowl, led a late-season run with Cleveland that nobody saw coming, and built a reputation as the guy you call when something goes wrong. His family, presumably, has watched all of it.

And then, ahead of Week 2, they benched him in fantasy football. Not a trade. Not a drop. A bench. The moment ended up on Netflix, captured in the documentary series 'Quarterback,' which means it is now something the rest of us get to sit with too.

There is something very human about it. The people who love you most, who have seen everything you have been through — they still checked the matchup and made the call.

Flacco will be fine. His family probably texted him about it. But somewhere in a group chat, the decision was made, and now the whole world knows.

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