GREEN BAY, Wis. _ Bengals rookie left guard Dylan Fairchild (knee) tried to give it a go Sunday, but he was deactivated, along with rookie defensive tackle Shemar Stewart (ankle) when head coach Zac Taylor handed in his list at Lambeau Field.
That means vet Dalton Risner probably moves into left guard after he was hurt playing right guard a few weeks ago. In his first four seasons, he made 62 starts at left guard for Denver.
As expected, wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, who missed practice Friday with an illness, was up.
Flacco In Familiar Surroundings
Joe Flacco has been here before.
Sunday was his fourth start here at Lambeau Field, scene of one of his best games as a passer. He also got a good look at this formidable Packers defense just 28 days ago when he quarterbacked the Browns to a 13-10 win in Cleveland.
In that one, he dropped back 38 times, got blitzed 12 times, and was sacked on two of them. Will the Packers oil it up again? They don’t usually blitz that much. That was 31.5% of the time and their season average is about 18%.
Still, despite having a bye week, the Packers’ 20 hits on a quarterback are tied for third in the league. On that day, they controlled Flaco’s deep ball, holding him to less than four yards per pass.
“It’s probably a little bit helpful, the fact that you’ve been able to watch them on film and kind of see what they do and actually go out and play against them,” Flacco said last week. “See how physical they are and all that stuff. I still think, just like any other football game, it’s about kind of focusing on ourselves and what we do best.”
The Browns ran it 18 times that day from their lead rusher. That could be a number the Bengals are shooting for against an excellent Packers pass rush spearheaded by the seven combined sacks of edges Micah Parsons and Rashan Gary. Bengals running back Chase Brown hasn’t carried that many since the opener, and the Bengals’ 17-16 win over Flacco helped by his 21 carries.
In 2017 while playing for the Ravens, Flacco completed nearly 80% of his passes (22-28) for 183 yards in a 23-0 win over the Packers here.