Packers Versus Bengals Preview | Ticket King Green Bay

After an important and convincing win on Sunday against the Redskins, the Packers will travel to Cincinnati to take on the 1-1 Bengals. With the suspension of All-Pro Denver Broncos OLD Von Miller for violating the league’s substance abuse policy to begin the season, I thought the Bengals had all of a sudden become the AFC’s best team. 

Can James Starks do it again? Eddie Lacy was knocked out of the game against the Redskins early with a concussion. James Starks took his place and simply became the first Packers running back in nearly three years to run for 100 yards in a game. You can attribute some of that to the fact that nobody in the world expected that to happen, so nobody was paying attention to him when he entered the game. Remember this though. The Bengals rush defense is 10 million times better than the Redskins is.

Can Aaron Rodgers keep this up? Breaking news- Aaron Rodgers is off to a historic start to a football season. Yeah really. In other news, George Washington was the first President of the United States. The Bengals secondary is also a lot better than the Redskins is, although so was the 49ers, and that didn’t seem to bother Rodgers. I expect him to keep it up.

Can Sam Shields cover A.J. Green? Shields is the ace cover corner of the Packers, and he is in for a big test on Sunday. He gets to cover one of the league’s best players, wide receiver A.J. Green. Expect Dom Capers to slide either Jerron McMillian or M.D. Jennings towards Green a lot.

Can the front seven keep this up? So far through two games, the much maligned front seven of the Packers has absolutely stopped two elite running games dead in their tracks. The Bengals do get good production from the running back position, but they aren’t not on the level of the Redskins or 49ers. Overall, I expect this to be a very tough and good game that could go either way.