Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor watches the video board after Jake Browning is sacked for a safety in the fourth quarter of the NFL Week 5 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday,

CINCINNATI, Ohio — Bengals coach Zac Taylor told reporters in his Wednesday press conference that quarterback Joe Flacco’s status for Sunday’s game vs. the Bears remains uncertain, giving it “probably at a 50-50 on what will end up on Sunday.”

The statuses of two prominent Bengals defensive leaders remains up in the air ahead of the Cincinnati-Chicago game.

The Cincinnati Bengals are already in the “players-only meetings” portion of a potential meltdown. According to Fox 19’s Joe Danneman, Bengals defenders were in a players-only meeting on Monday when reporters were in the building for a Zac Taylor press conference and other start-of-week stuff.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco addresses the media for the first time since joining the team on Oct. 7. Flacco will start Oct. 12 against the Green Bay Packers, head coach Zac Taylor confirmed in his Oct. 8 press conference. The 18-year veteran ...