The Green Bay Packers (3-1) have a chance to win a fourth-straight game when Matt LaFleur’s team heads to Cincinnati to play the ascending Bengals (3-1) on Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium. Both teams are currently leading their respective divisions, creating a fascinating NFC-AFC showdown in Week 5.
Football is a complicated game, but finding the reasons for winning individual matchups between teams is often a straightforward exercise. What wins games? Excellent quarterback play, winning the line of scrimmage, taking care of the football and taking it away, controlling the important situations and overcoming or taking advantage of the injury situation.
In our weekly preview series, Zach Kruse from Packers Wire and Chris Roling from Bengals Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.