Bengals backup Joe Flacco offers to pay Bears QB Caleb Williams' cleat fines
The gist
Bengals backup Joe Flacco offered to pay Caleb Williams' NFL fines for wearing Caddix cleats, reported at $23,882.
Flacco, a Caddix investor, puts an NFL uniform rule at the story's center.
How it unfolded
- 2024Flacco began wearing Caddix cleats.
- Mar 25, 2025Flacco signed with the Bengals for $6 million for one season.
- 2025 -11Flacco played through a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder in a 47-42 loss to the Chicago Bears; at 40, he became the oldest quarterback in NFL history to pass for 470 yards in a game.