PackersRoundtable Podcast Episode 5 has dropped, and there's a ton to say about your Green Bay Packers
This feels like "it" for the Green Bay Packers. No, a loss wouldn't mean the literal end of the world. A loss to the Cincinnati Bengals would feel like a kick in the teeth, and the Packers would be the literal laughingstock of the NFL, especially after their much-hyped 2-0 start.
Teams have made the NFL playoffs after starting the season 1-5, though. Three, in fact. There was also a team in 1970 that made the playoffs despite a 1-6 start. Ironically, that was the Bengals.
A loss would drop the Packers to 2-2-1 and they'd probably have to start thinking about the Wild Card as a realistic playoff entry rather than a NFC North crown.
A win, though?
A win, and a big one at that, would signify that the Pack is back on the winning track. This is a team with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations and the talent to win a Super Bowl.
Do they have what it takes between the ears to bounce back from two lackluster games in a row to beatdown a clearly inferior opponent at home, though?
If Matt LaFleur is one of the top coaches in the NFL, and many think he is, than this game against the Bengals should not just end in a win. It should end in a statement.
If the Packers win in Week 6, they'd improve to to 3-1-1 on the season and keep pace with a Lions team in the NFC North that just beat these Bengals themselves. The Packers would also be looking ahead at a stretch that features the 2-3 Arizona Cardinals, a very beatable Pittsburgh Steelers team featuring an old friend in Aaron Rodgers, and a 2-3 Carolina Panthers team.
Looking ahead is what got us a 13-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, but there is a realistic expectation that if the Packers beat the Joe Burrow-less Bengals (which again, should be a near certainty if this team is really any good), they could go into November at 5-1-1, feeling a lot better about the state of their Super Bowl aspirations.
Join Andrew Kulha and Anthony Moeglin on the latest episode of the PackersRoundtable podcast and they discuss this upcoming game against the Bengals and much more: