The Green Bay Packers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6, and ultimately, that's really what matters in the NFL

Fans may have wanted the Green Bay Packers to come out and get a "statement win" against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 6. The truth of the matter, though, is that any win in the NFL is a statement. 

A win is a win. Perhaps that feels cliché, but this is professional football we're talking about, and the Bengals get paid to try and win football games, too.

That's not to take pressure off the Packers. This is a team that is undoubtedly in a Super Bowl windo,w and the expectation is that when all is said and done, they'll be amongst the top teams fighting for the NFC crown in January. What that means is that how you play in mid-October matters, because it's all building to something.

That's why some of the disjointedness from Sunday's win is a bit concerning. There was the terrible Jordan Love interception on the first drive. He otherwise had a great, borderline elite game, but week after week, he just seems to make one throw that makes you wonder what the heck he's seeing out there.

There was also the lack of pressures on new Cincinnati quarterback Joe Flacco, who actually looked pretty good out there. Flacco completed 29-of-45 passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns despite the fact that he's only been a Bengal for a handful of days.

Credit to Flacco, but where the heck was Green Bay's pass-rush? Outside of a Lucas Van Ness sack, it was nonexistent.

Still, the end result was a two-score victory, and those don't come around often in the NFL. 

Yes, there were concerns, but in a vacuum, the Packers did what they had to do.  They beat a team they should have beaten.

“I think the ultimate goal is just going 1-0,” Love said after the game, according to ESPN. “It’s going to be some ugly games. Not every game is going to be pretty, it’s not going to be a blowout every time, so you just gotta find ways to win these tight ones.”

Put together enough 1-0 weekends and you've got yourself one heck of a football team. That's a viewpoint you can only have if you're able to see the forest through the trees, though.

It sure seemed like there were a lot of trees at Lambeau in Week 6, but ultimately, the Packers were able to escape the forest with a victory. 

That's all you can ask for in the NFL.