Cincinnati Bengals at Green Bay Packers: Game Day Chat

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00:00It's Bengals, it's Packers, it's Lambeau Field, and welcome in, everyone.

00:05I'm James Zerpine, where the Bengals, well, they're hoping to end a three-game losing streak today,

00:10and they're hoping that the Joe Flacco era starts with a W.

00:14Plenty of storylines going into this one, of course.

00:17Joe Flacco, the Bengals' starting quarterback, well, he was traded for five days ago.

00:22The team has really did everything behind the scenes, I think, to get him as up to speed as possible,

00:29and that's going to be the storyline in today's game, is can this Bengals' offense produce points?

00:34Can they be competitive early? Can they get off to a fast start?

00:38They haven't scored a touchdown in the first half since Joe Burrow was quarterback.

00:43It's been a while, so finding a way to get into a rhythm on offense early is a huge storyline going into this game,

00:49and they're asking a guy to do it that was traded for, like I said, five days ago,

00:53practice with the team on Wednesday for the first time,

00:56so you're talking about three practices, a couple of walkthroughs, a bunch of X's and O's sessions,

01:03behind-the-scenes meetings, and we'll see if Joe Flacco is ready to go.

01:07He's hoping to be the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era to beat a team the same season with two different teams.

01:15He beat and led the Browns to a victory over the Packers in Week 3 in Cleveland,

01:20and that was a surprise at the time.

01:23They rallied late, and a lot of crazy things happened at the end of that game for Joe Flacco and the Browns to win.

01:29Now, always hoping for some similar craziness, some similar magic,

01:33and look, it's going to be different.

01:35If the Bengals are going to win this game, there's a few things that they need to do.

01:38First things first, like I said, score early.

01:40They're going to have to score early.

01:41They're going to have to not that you're ever going to take this crowd out of the game,

01:46but you're going to have to make sure that they don't have a ton to cheer about early on,

01:50and if you get out to that 7-0 lead, something they haven't done during this three-game losing streak,

01:54or you get out to a – even if it's 10-7 Packers going into halftime or in that range,

02:00well, that's much better than what it's been over the past few games during this losing streak,

02:04where, like I said, they have struggled to move the ball in the first half.

02:07Last week against Detroit, they got going a bit in the fourth quarter,

02:11but it's going to be big to get Jamar Chase and T. Higgins the ball,

02:16and Joe Flacco mentioned that this week when he talked to us on Friday that, let's be honest here,

02:22they're two of the best in the world.

02:24You've got to find a way to get them the ball.

02:26Everybody can see what they've done throughout their careers and the kind of players they are.

02:31I think it's exciting for anybody to kind of go out and see them play,

02:34so when you're the guy that gets to throw to them, it's just another level.

02:38You can't overthink it.

02:39I know everything, you know, you like to talk about all that, the chemistry and everything,

02:45but, you know, those guys are two of the best in the world at what they do.

02:51If you can't throw to them and get on the same page as them, then you're in trouble.

02:54And it's not just T. Higgins.

02:55It's not just Jamar Chase.

02:57Jamar going to play today.

02:58I think he was always going to play despite the illness that sidelined him on Friday.

03:03And you've got to get Jamar involved.

03:05But T. Higgins, he's on pace for career lows and catches and yards.

03:10And it's been a struggle getting him the ball consistently.

03:13And it's one of those things where if you're the Bengals, it starts with Jamar.

03:19It starts with T.

03:20But you also have Andrej Osovac, who had his best game of the season last week and is confident going into this game.

03:26You have guys like Mike Kosicki.

03:28You have guys like Noah Fant.

03:30Chase Brown, of course.

03:31All these weapons need to be involved.

03:34And if you get those guys involved and you can be balanced on offense and with a quick game,

03:40with a quick passes to Chase Brown and others, and maybe get the ground game going a little bit,

03:44it would go a long way toward helping this offensive line, which they have a tough challenge today.

03:49There's no doubt.

03:49Micah Parsons, Rashawn Gary, and this defensive front for the Packers, they're going to get pressure.

03:55We know that.

03:57And so how do you scheme for that?

04:00I think that's a big scheme thing.

04:01A lot of people are saying, oh, how the Bengals offensive line hold up.

04:03Well, most offensive lines can't hold up against this Packers front.

04:07What you're going to have to do is you're going to have to get the ball out quick.

04:10You're going to have to have that in your game plan.

04:12And you're banking on Joe Flacco in his first game with the Bengals to do so here at Lambeau.

04:18On defense, force some chaos, get some turnovers.

04:21No Shamar Stewart again today, but this is a big Trey Hendrickson game, a big Trey Hendrickson game.

04:26You're going to need Trey Hendrickson to, one, be in position on second and third and long to get after the passer.

04:32And where does that start?

04:34You can't let Josh Jacobs get off to a crazy start and get running downhill and average five-plus yards a carry.

04:39The Bengals did well against David Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs last week.

04:43We'll see if they can do well against this Packers rushing attack today.

04:46So far, the Packers haven't been great running the ball this year.

04:48We'll see if the Bengals can keep it that way.

04:51We're going to have you covered throughout the day at benglestalk.com and certainly after the game as well right here with postgame interviews.

04:59Win, lose, draw.

05:00We're here for you at Lambeau as the sun starts to come out.

05:03It's a beautiful day for football here in Green Bay.

05:07We'll talk to you after the game.

05:08I'm James Rapine.

05:09Thank you so much for watching right here on Cincinnati Bengals Talk and benglestalk.com.

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