Green Bay at Cincinnati Game Capsule

Green Bay at Cincinnati Game Capsule

GREEN BAY (3-1) at CINCINNATI (3-1)

WHEN: Sunday, 12:00 p.m., CT, FOX
OPENING LINE: Packers by 3.5

AGAINST THE SPREAD: Packers 3-1; Bengals 2-2.
SERIES RECORD: Bengals lead 7-6.
LAST MEETING: Packers beat Bengals 27-24 in OT, Sept. 24, 2017 in Green Bay.
LAST WEEK: Packers beat Steelers 27-17 ; Bengals beat Jaguars 24-21.
PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH (24), PASS (24), SCORING (T-14)
BENGALS OFFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (22), PASS (23), SCORING (20)
PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (6), RUSH (12), PASS (8), SCORING (T-19)
BENGALS DEFENSE: OVERALL (7), RUSH (9), PASS (T-13), SCORING (8)
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Packers plus-2, Bengals minus-1.

PACKERS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Aaron Rodgers. The reigning MVP threw two touchdowns and ran for another as Green Bay dominated the Steelers last Sunday for a third straight win. He was 20 of 36 for 248 yards. He's completing 64.5% of his passes and has thrown for eight touchdowns.

BENGALS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Joe Burrow. The top overall draft pick in 2020 hasn't shown any indications he is playing on a surgically repaired left knee. He has completed 72.9% of his passes and thrown for nine touchdowns. Last week against the Jaguars he engineered scoring drives on all four of Cincinnati's second-half possessions. The last one set up Evan McPherson for a winning field goal as time ran out.

KEY MATCHUP: Bengals passing game vs. Packers secondary. Burrow has show adeptness at getting the ball out quickly, finding receivers all over the field and exploiting coverages. He has developed chemistry with receiver and former LSU teammate Ja'Marr Chase, and receiver Tee Higgins is expected to return from an injury. The Packers likely will be without cornerback Jaire Alexander, and linebacker Za’Darius Smith will miss a fourth straight game.

INJURIES: GREEN BAY: OUT: CB Jaire Alexander (shoulder), C Josh Myers (finger). QUESTIONABLE: G Elgton Jenkins (ankle), T Dennis Kelly (illness, back). LIMITED: DT Jack Heflin (ankle), RB Aaron Jones (ankle). FULL: LB Krys Barnes (concussion), RB A.J. Dillon (back), CB Kevin King (concussion), TE Marcedes Lewis (NIR-resting player), DE Dean Lowry (ankle), CB Isaac Yiadom (quadricep). CINCINNATI: OUT: G Xavier Su'a-Filo (knee). DOUBTFUL: WR Mike Thomas (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: C Trey Hopkins (knee), RB Joe Mixon (ankle), DT Larry Ogunjobi (knee, illness), G D'Ante Smith (illness), CB Trae Waynes (hamstring). FULL: CB Chidobe Awuzie (groin), S Jessie Bates (neck), LB Akeem Davis-Gaither (trap), WR Tee Higgins (shoulder), WR Stanley Morgan (ribs).

GREEN BAY AND CINCINNATI STATS:

• The Packers score 23.8 points per game, 5.0 more than the Bengals give up per matchup (18.8).
• The Packers rack up just 5.0 fewer yards per game (318.0), than the Bengals give up per contest (323.0).
• This year, the Packers have turned the ball over four times, while the Bengals have forced four.
• The Bengals score 23.0 points per game, comparable to the 25.0 the Packers give up.
• The Bengals rack up only 14.0 more yards per game (325.5) than the Packers give up (311.5).
• The Bengals have five giveaways this season, while the Packers have six takeaways.

PACKERS IMPACT PLAYERS:

• Aaron Rodgers has collected 897 passing yards (224.3 per game) while completing 80 of 124 throws (64.5%), with eight touchdowns and two interceptions.
• Aaron Jones has churned out a team-leading 206 rushing yards (51.5 per game) and scored two touchdowns. He has added 13 catches for 126 yards (also a team high) with three receiving touchdowns.
• Davante Adams has 31 catches (on 45 targets) and leads the team with 373 receiving yards (93.3 per game) while hauling in one touchdown.
• This season Rashan Gary leads the team with 1.5 sacks and has added 1.0 TFL and nine tackles.
• Over the course of his current campaign, De'Vondre Campbell has 39 tackles and one interception, and leads the team in both interceptions and tackles.
Bengals Impact Players

PACKERS IMPACT PLAYERS:

• Joe Burrow has 988 passing yards (247.0 per game) and a 72.9% completion percentage, throwing nine touchdown passes and four interceptions.
• Joe Mixon has run for a team-leading 353 yards on 83 carries (88.3 yards per game) while scoring two touchdowns.
• Ja'Marr Chase has been targeted 25 times and has 17 catches, leading his team with 297 yards (74.3 per game) while hauling in four touchdowns.
• This season B.J. Hill leads the team with 3.0 sacks and has added 3.0 TFL and 10 tackles.
• Logan Wilson's 40 tackles, 1.0 TFL, one sack, and three interceptions make him the team leader for tackles and interceptions.

SERIES NOTES: After dropping three straight in the series dating back to 1992, the Bengals have won three of the last four. In the last meeting in 2017, Rodgers' fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson tied the game for Green Bay, and a 27-yard field goal by Mason Crosby won it in overtime.

STATS AND STUFF: Packers coach Matt LaFleur and Bengals coach Zac Taylor worked together on the Los Angeles Rams’ staff in 2017… This is the first time the Packers have played in Cincinnati since 2013. They haven’t won in Cincinnati since 1998 (that stretch includes road losses to the Bengals in 2005 and 2013)… LaFleur is in his third season as Packers coach. In his first two seasons, he led the team to 26 regular-season wins, the second most in NFL history by a coach in his first two years… The Packers are 22-0 under LaFleur when they have fewer turnovers than their opponent. They’re 4-1 when the turnover margin is even and 3-6 when they have more turnovers than their opponent… The Packers have won three straight since opening the season with an embarrassing 38-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints in Jacksonville, Florida… Rodgers has thrown eight touchdown passes with no interceptions during this three-game win streak… Rodgers has 420 career touchdown passes, one shy of Philip Rivers for fifth place on the NFL’s all-time list… This trip to Cincinnati starts a stretch in which the Packers go on the road for four of five games… Packers WR Davante Adams has an NFL-leading 31 receptions… Packers WR Randall Cobb is coming off a two-touchdown game against Pittsburgh. That marked Cobb’s first game with multiple touchdown receptions since 2015…  On Sept. 20, 2009 at Lambeau Field, Cincinnati DE Antwan Odom sacked Rodgers five times, tying the Bengals record… Bengals RB Joe Mixon had 18 carries for 62 yards and three receptions for 39 yards in the last meeting with Green Bay in 2017… Taylor is one win away from matching his win total last season. In his first season in 2019, Cincinnati was 2-14.

NFL WEEK 5 SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 7
Rams 26, Seahawks 17

Sunday, October 10
New York Jets 20, Atlanta Falcons 27
Detroit Lions 17, Minnesota Vikings 19
New Orleans Saints 33, Washington Football Team 22
New England Patriots 25, Houston Texans 22
Miami Dolphins 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45
Green Bay Packers 25, Cincinnati Bengals 22 (OT)
Denver Broncos 19, Pittsburgh Steelers 27
Philadelphia Eagles 21, Carolina Panthers 18
Tennessee Titans 37, Jacksonville Jaguars 19
Cleveland Browns 42, Los Angeles Chargers 47
Chicago Bears 20, Las Vegas Raiders 9
San Francisco 49ers 10, Arizona Cardinals 17
New York Giants 20, Dallas Cowboys 44
Buffalo Bills 38, Kansas City Chiefs 20

Monday, October 11
Indianapolis Colts 25, Baltimore Ravens 31