Rookie vs. vet: How should Bengals approach finding Joe Burrow's backup?

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco (16) heads for the locker room after the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 14 game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. The Bills overcame a halftime deficit to win 39-34. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesFor the first time in the Joe Burrow era, the Bengals don't have a clear answer at backup QB as we chug along towards the offseason.

For the first three years of his career (2020-22), the Bengals had Brandon Allen, who only really saw action in Burrow's rookie year after he suffered a torn ACL. 2023, of course, was the Jake Browning year,…