It feels like the Cincinnati Bengals’ trade for Joe Flacco is all that anyone can talk about during the lead-up to the Green Bay Packers’ week six game against him and his new team. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few days, you know that Flacco will start for the Bengals this Sunday, making his second start against the Packers in less than a month.
Here’s the thing: Flacco wasn’t very good against the Packers earlier this season, and his play has been roughly equivalent to the man he’s replacing in the starting lineup, Jake Browning. So let’s move on to some other storylines as we preview this game, notably the Packers’ ongoing injury issues.
For example: Who’s kicking for Green Bay on Sunday? It looks like it probably will be Brandon McManus, but maybe not? It depend