The Bengals signed quarterback Sean Clifford off the practice squad to the active roster, the team announced on Friday.

The Chicago Bears are preparing for their Week 9 game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, where Chicago is looking to get back in the win column after a rough loss. Their final injury report of the week is out and it has a few tricks and treats on Halloween.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco addresses the media ahead of his team's Week 8 game against the Chicago Bears at Paycor Stadium.

Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco told reporters Friday that he felt good but stopped short of saying whether he’d face the Bears on Sunday because of a right shoulder sprain. The Bengals consider him questionable for Sunday’s game. Bengals coach Zac Taylor was non-committal about who would start. Jake Browning will go if Flacco can’t.

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson understands the difficulty of facing Cincinnati Bengals superstar receiver Ja'Marr Chase.

This is an encouraging sign and a step in the right direction as the Bengals hope Flacco can play this weekend despite a sprain in the AC joint of his throwing shoulder. Flacco didn’t practice on Oct. 29, and head coach Zac Taylor said it was a 50-50 decision on whether he’ll play against the Chicago Bears on Nov. 2.

The Bears have a golden opportunity to ignite their pass rush against the Bengals’ offensive line, which has been under fire all season after allowing quarterback Joe Burrow to take hits and end up on injured reserve. He was pressured on 30.2% of his dropbacks before getting hurt in Week 2.

The Bengals hit rock bottom in Week 8 in a 39-38 home loss to the New York Jets where the visitors piled up 502 yards of offense, which is more than they had totaled in their past two games COMBINED (302). The performance was so bad that the Cincinnati defense called a players only meeting one day later .