The Packers scored 17 4th quarter points to hold off the Bengals who scored all 18 points in the second half. Cincinnati was playing with newly acquired Joe Flacco at quarterback.

The Bengals and newly acquired quarterback Joe Flacco head to Green Bay to face the Packers in NFL Week 6. Follow along for live updates.

McPherson drilled the attempt and it would have been an NFL record, but Green Bay called a timeout before the kick

Of the many notables surrounding the Cincinnati Bengals loss to the Green Bay Packers in Week 6, the benching of a starter didn’t initially make waves.

The Green Bay Packers are 2-1-1, which has them in the early NFL Playoffs picture through the season’s first five weeks. However, they have not won a game since Week Two after dropping their Week Three contest to the lowly Cleveland Browns and tying the Dallas Cowboys in Week Four.

Following Lukas Van Ness’ foot injury, Kingsley Enagabare and Barryn Sorrell had to step up in the lineup. What’s interesting is that Rashan Gary continues to miss about two of five plays on defense, even when Van Ness was out of the game. The only other player who plays that few snaps on defense as a starter is defensive tackle Colby Wooden.

Sunday’s game between the Packers and the Bengals was also the first game of October, where the NFL promotes “Crucial Catch Intercept Cancer.”

Ugly, but effective. That’s probably the best way to describe the Green Bay Packers’ 27-18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Lambea