Facing quarterback Joe Flacco a second time this season, the Packers were able to right their wrongs from a loss to the Cleveland Browns with a 27-18 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Flacco, who started the Week 3 matchup for the Cleveland Browns, was recently traded to the Bengals, as Cincinnati’s starting quarterback Joe Burrow is out with a foot injury. This gave Flacco the opportunity to be the first quarterback in NFL history to beat the same team twice in a season while starting for two different teams.
To the relief of Packers fans, history was not made Sunday.
Coming into the Week 6 game, Packer kicker Brandon McManus was downgraded to out after suffering a quadriceps injury earlier this season. That led the Packers to pick up Lucas Havrisik and start him. Havrisik converted three extra point attempts and two field goals, including the game-sealing three points with 1:52 left in the game.
“I thought our guys did an outstanding job,” said Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, on the field goal unit solidifying the win. “All game long, I thought the protection was much, much improved, and those guys took it personal. Everybody stepped up and did their job.”
Battling the flu in this game, Packers running back Josh Jacobs put together his best performance of the 2025 season. He finished the game with 93 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. He added another 57 receiving yards on five receptions.
“It feels good as a runner to know that you are dominating,” said Jacobs. “That is a thing you can always feel on offense, when a defense starts to get tired of you hitting them and start to get tired of you going right at them. That is something we definitely felt.”
In the passing game, Packers quarterback Jordan Love finished the game completing 19-of-26 passes for 259 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Love’s lone touchdown pass came by way of a 19-yard catch-and-run from Tucker Kraft, who finished the game with 43 yards on two receptions. It was rookie Matthew Golden who led the team in receiving though, as the Texas alum caught three passes for 86 yards.
For the Bengals, Flacco put together a solid week after starting for Cincinnati on short notice. The 40-year old completed 29-of-45 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns. Cincinnati superstar receiver Ja’Marr Chase was the main beneficiary of Flacco’s solid day, as he recorded 10 receptions for 94 yards and a touchdown. Cincinnati’s No. 2 receiver, Tee Higgins, finished the game with 62 receiving yards on five receptions.
As for Cincinnati’s run game, Chase Brown was held to 42 yards on nine carries, while Samaje Perine ran for 16 yards on six carries.
As a team, Green Bay outgained Cincinnati to a tune of 409 total yards to 268 yards. As far as penalties go, this was a fairly clean game with both teams combining for just eight of them. Green Bay totaled five of those penalties for 40 yards.
The Packers win over the Bengals gave the team some positive momentum as Green Bay was coming off of a loss to the Cleveland Browns and a tie to the Dallas Cowboys before the bye. Now sitting at 3-1-1, the Packers are in a position to contend in not only the NFC North but in the entire NFC conference.
