National media react to Joe Flacco making his first Pro Bowl

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At 41 years young, Joe Flacco is finally a Pro Bowler. Currently with the Cincinnati Bengals, his seventh team, and competing in the NFL since 2008, this is the first-ever Pro Bowl nod for the Baltimore Ravens legend and Super Bowl XLVII MVP. Better late than never for the man who preceded Lamar Jackson.

Obviously, this is far from Flacco's best statistical season, so his selection raised some eyebrows. As did the selection, earlier this week, of Shedeur Sanders, who was teammates with Flacco in Cleveland.

As many NFL observers pointed out on Friday, the Browns became the first team ever to have two Pro Bowl QBs in the same season. Flacco has certainly produced a lot of stellar seasons, so one might call his addition to the Pro Bowl Games this season a sort of "lifetime achievement" award.

Here are some other observations made by the national media on Flacco's selection to the NFL All-Star game-

The 33rd Team:

AFC Pro Bowl QBs: Joe Flacco and Shedeur Sanders. https://t.co/0VlBQRiIxPpic.twitter.com/6enXO2bzEI

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 30, 2026

QBgami

The 2025 Browns are the first team in NFL history to send 2 QBs on their roster at the start of the season to the Pro Bowl• 41-yr-old Joe Flacco (traded midseason)• Rookie backup Shedeur Sanders (finished last in the NFL in QBR, one spot behind other teammate Dillon Gabriel) pic.twitter.com/jRfb4x3tyn

— QBgami (@QBgami) January 30, 2026

Barstool

Joe Flacco & Shedeur Sanders in the Pro Bowl pic.twitter.com/snp8svZSFk

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, marking his first career selection pic.twitter.com/3ePfV46aaA

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, marking the first Pro Bowl selection of his career.

He’ll join former Browns teammate Shedeur Sanders. pic.twitter.com/zMkGPcGTo3

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco has been named to the first Pro Bowl of his career!

This means, along with Shedeur Sanders, the Browns had TWO Pro Bowl QBs on their roster this year. pic.twitter.com/igcbFQnua0

— theScore (@theScore) January 30, 2026

The #Browns had a QB competition between Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders in training camp.

Two of those QBs made the #NFL Pro Bowl this season.

— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrPHL) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco, 18th out of 20 AFC QBs in passer rating in 2025, joins Shedeur Sanders, 19th out of 20, as a Pro Bowl quarterback. https://t.co/rX726jnAJY

— Greg Auman (@gregauman) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco has been named a Pro Bowl QB as an alternate. This means the Cleveland Browns helped produce two Pro Bowl QBs in a single season. Wow!

— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) January 30, 2026

Joe Flacco joins Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins as representatives of the Bengals at the Pro Bowl Games next weekend https://t.co/X4nC9Pupes

— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) January 30, 2026

This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Selection of Joe Flacco to the Pro Bowl really got people talking

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