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SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
TIME: 1 p.m. Sunday
PLACE: Paul Brown Stadium (Synthetic)
LOCAL RADIO: Play-by-play Dan Hoard and analyst Dave Lapham led by ESPN AM 1530 and WEBN FM 102.7 on the 25-station Bengals radio network.
NATIONAL RADIO: WestwoodOne with Thomas Jurek play-by-play and Mark Malone analyst.
TV: FOX team of Joe Buck play-by-play, Troy Aikman analyst, Pam Oliver sideline reporter. Channel 19 in Cincinnati, Channel 45 in Dayton, Ohio, Channel 56 in Lexington, KY
INJURIES
CIN: OUT: LE Robert Geathers (elbow) went on season-ending injured reserve. OUT: Backup CB Brandon Ghee (concussion) didn't practice all week; CB Adam Jones (abdomen) limited the last two days and is questionable. T Anthony Collins (knee) didn't work the last two days and is questionable. WR Marvin Jones (foot) is probable following limited Friday after not working Thursday and being limited Wednesday; Backup CB Dre Kirkpatrick (hamstring) didn't practice all week and is doubtful. Backup OL Mike Pollak (knee) didn't practice all week and is doubtful. Backup S and special teams ace Jeromy Miles (hamstring) went limited Friday after being down all week and is questionable. The following were limited Thursday but went full go Friday and are probable: RB Giovani Bernard (hamstring); LE Carlos Dunlap (thigh), RE Wallace Gilberry (knee), TE Alex Smith (illness).
GB: OUT: Starting FS Morgan Burnett (hamstring); Backup CBs Casey Hayward (hamstring) and Jarrett Bush (hamstring); FB John Kuhn (hamstring) didn't practice all week and is doubtful; RB Eddie Lacy (concussion) is listed as questionable but isn't expected to play after not practicing all week. Starting TE Jermichael Finley (toe) limited the last two days is probable as is starting CB Tramon Williams (groin) after being limited Friday.
» Complete Injury Report
THE SERIES
Bengals lead, 6-5, 3-1 in Cincinnati, 1-0 at PBS
NOTEWORTHY
» The Bengals and Packers have played three times on Sept. 20 and Friday is the 21st anniversary of The Brett Favre Game at Lambeau Field. When Bengals nose tackle Tim Krumrie broke Don Majkowski's anke and Favre came off the bench to replace The Majic Man, he was something else and began his Hall of Fame career hitting someone named Kittrick Taylor in the last minute for a TD pass that lifted the Pack to 24-23 come-from-behind victory.
» The last time the Bengals and Packers met on Sept. 20 was in '09 and it was also at Lambeau, where the Bengals may have engineered the most important victory in head coach Marvin Lewis's tenure. Playing under the mushroom cloud of a stunning Opening Day loss the week before to Denver at PBS when a tipped 87-yard pass beat them with 11 seconds left, the Bengals won for the first time at Lambeau when defensive end Antwan Odom set a club record with five sacks ofAaron Rodgers to spur a 31-24 victory and an AFC North title run.
» Sept. 20, 1998 at Riverfront Stadium was a relatively comparable ho-hum tilt. Favre generated the only TD of the game, a 16-yarder to wide receiver Robert Brooks in Green Bay's 13-6 victory. Doug Pelfrey and Ryan Longwell each had two field goals.
» The day before his 55th birthday, Lewis goes against a Packers staff that has four assistants he coached: he had Packers safety coach Darren Perry and outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene in Pittsburgh, tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot in Cincinnati, and running backs coach Alex Van Pelt was his quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh.
» Lewis worked with Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1990-1991 before moving to the Steelers the next season as a linebackers coach under current Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers.
» Lewis is still a spring chicken as the third-oldest coach in Bengals history. Paul Brown was 67 and Dick LeBeau 65 and all three are September birthdays: Brown on Sept. 7, 1908, LeBeau on Sept. 9, 1937, and Lewis on Sept. 23, 1958.
» The only time the Packers played at PBS, Favre suffered a career-high five interceptions on Oct. 30, 2005 in the Bengals 21-14 victory. With left end Robert Geathers on injured reserve, there's no one on the roster that played in that game. The only player left from either club is Favre's rookie backup, Aaron Rodgers.
NFL RANKINGS
CIN: T-18th in scoring, 12th in offense (T-17th rushing, 14th passing); T-8th in scoring defense, 7th in defense (7th rushing, 14th passing), T-13th in turnover margin at even.
GB: 2nd in scoring, 1st in offense (16th rushing, 2nd passing); 24th in scoring defense, 29th in defense (17th rushing, 30th passing), T-25th in turnover margin at minus-2.
COACHES
CIN: Marvin Lewis 80-81-1 regular season, 0-4 postseason in his 11th season; 2-0 vs. Packers.
GB: Mike McCarthy 81-42 in his eighth season; 0-2 vs. Lewis and Bengals.
WEATHER
The National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio is calling for mostly sunny skies with a kickoff temperature at 66 degrees and moving into the upper 60s during the game. Light winds out of the northeast at about five to eight miles per hour and no chance of rain.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
» 45-35-1 - Marvin Lewis's record at home
» 18-17 - Lewis's September record
» 20-16 - Packers September record during same stretch
» 13-6-1 - Lewis's home record against the NFC
» 6 - 100 passer rating games at home by Bengals QB Andy Dalton
» 14 - 100 passer rating games on the road for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers from 2011-13
» 30 - Players on the 53-man roster drafted by the Bengals
» 33 - Players on the 53-man roster drafted by the Packers
» 304 - Combined receiving yards for Bengals WR A.J. Green and TE Jermaine Gresham, the club's top two receivers
» 295 - Yards after catch Packers had in last week's victory over Washington
» 22.2 - Points Packers have averaged in 2012 and 2013 losses
» 24 - Points Bengals have averaged in all 2012 and 2013 games
» 25 - TD catches for Packers WR Jordy Nelson since 2011, second in the NFL to Rob Gronkowski's 28
» 20 - TD catches for Green
» 116 - NFL-leading yards after catch for TEs by Jermichael Finley of Green Bay (according to Pro Football Focus)
» 93 - YAC by Cincinnati's Gresham, tied for third among NFL TEs, according to PFF
» 1 - Receiving TDs by Bengals RB Giovani Bernard in two NFL games
» 8 - Receiving TDs by backs in Lewis's 162 games (not including fullbacks)
» 27 - Receiving TDs by RB James Brooks in 118 Bengals games
GAME DAY ENTERTAINMENT
» JungleZone: Band – 3 Day Rule
» Anthem: Brotherhood Singers
» Honor Guard: Union Township PD
» Halftime: The Ohio State University Marching Band plus Around the League in 180 Seconds.
» Honoring Hispanic Heritage with pregame presentation
