Bengals comeback efforts fail in Green Bay

The Cincinnati Bengals’ comeback effort came up short in a 27-18 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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In his debut with the Bengals, Joe Flacco threw two passes in the second half.

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The loss extended Cincinnati’s losing streak to four straight games.

The Bengals fall to 2-4.

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Green Bay started the opener and drove 11 plays and 47 yards to the Cincinnati 19-yard line. But Geno Stone intercepted a tipped pass to stop the drive to keep the game scoreless after one quarter.

Lukas Havrowski’s 43-yard field goal gave the Packers a 3-0 lead early in the second quarter. Josh Jacobs’ three-yard touchdown run increased it to 10-0 in favor of Green Bay at halftime.

The Bengals kicked off the opener and drove to the Green Bay 2-yard line. Flacco found Tanner Hudson on fourth down and scored a touchdown to cut the deficit to 10-7 after three quarters.

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Jacobs’ 14-yard touchdown run to start the fourth quarter increased the Packers’ advantage to 17-7. Evan McPherson followed with a 45-yard field goal to bring Cincinnati within seven points, 17-10, with 10:43 remaining.

Jordan Love threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Tucker Craft to push Green Bay’s lead to 24-10. The Bengals faced a fourth-and-5 with over four minutes to play on the Packers’ 19-yard line. Flacco hit Ja’Marr Chase for a 19-yard touchdown, and the two-point conversion made them closer, 24-18, with 4:11 to play.

That was the closest they came when Green Bay drove down the field, and Havriski’s 39-yard field goal sealed the game with 1:52 left.

Cincinnati has a short turnaround.

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They host Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 16 at Paycor Stadium on Monday Night Football on Amazon Prime.

Kickoff is at 8:15pm in Cincinnati.

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