Joe Flacco Jokes About Eating By Himself After Trade to Bengals, Getting Early Dinners

With age comes wisdom, which Joe Flacco is realizing in his age-40 season.

"I used to see guys sitting at the bar by themselves or just sitting by themselves eating and grabbing a little meal and thinking, 'man, I feel so bad for that guy. You almost want to go join him,'" the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback told reporters Wednesday.

"And now I realize that dude was in heaven."

The comments came as Flacco was discussing playing in Cleveland and now Cincinnati this season even though his family isn't living with him. 

He also said there haven't been that many Bengals fans to approach him for pictures at restaurants yet because he eats at 4:30 p.m. to beat the crowd in another tongue-in-cheek reference to his age.

It was an amusing press conference, but Flacco also made it clear he would rather his family be with him. He also revealed they are traveling to Cincinnati for Sunday's game against the New York Jets, so he will have some company for his dinner this time around.

Ideally for Flacco and the Bengals, it will be a celebratory dinner. They have some momentum after a 33-31 victory over the rival Pittsburgh Steelers and now have a chance to build on it with a home game against the 0-7 Jets.

If they do, the veteran quarterback will likely field more picture requests around Cincinnati.

Even if the pictures are at the early-bird special.