Watching the Packers Daily video Tuesday made me wonder. We’ve been waiting for turnovers to come (and really impact the game not just end first halves). Cincy comes in with 11 giveaways and we have two takeaways. Is it just my “expect the worst” mentality that tells me we won’t get any Sunday afternoon? The Joe-led Browns didn’t really have impactful turnovers but vs. Baltimore and Detroit they gave it away for fun. So naturally I expect Cincy to stop the gift train now that we’re playing them. C’mon D!

Turnovers come in bunches, and the Packers are overdue. I believe it’s a tough task asking Flacco to lead a brand-new offense on a short week behind a beleaguered offensive line. He certainly can do it, especially considering how fast he got the ball out against Green Bay in Week 3. For the Packers, this is the defense’s shot at retribution after a disappointing fourth quarter in Cleveland.

Devonte Wyatt was not placed on IR, but the Packers worked out five D-tackles. Is Wyatt hurt more than they want to admit?

There’s no need to place Wyatt on IR with two roster spots already open. The Packers have 13 regular-season games to go and have four candidates to be designated to return from IR (Jayden Reed, Jacob Monk, MarShawn Lloyd, and Brenton Cox Jr.) out of the maximum eight. As far as the workouts, that’s the Packers updating the free-agent rolodex. They only have one interior DL (James Ester) on the practice squad right now.

Just as the addition of Micah Parsons has benefitted Rashan Gary (and the entire defense) is it reasonable to think the return of Christian Watson will open opportunities for Matthew Golden? I can’t wait to see them on the field together!

That’s been the hope all along, right? Since the day the Packers drafted Golden, we’ve talked about how dangerous he and Watson could be on the field together. Take it one day at a time, but that hour draws closer.

Wes, I watched a fun video of the longest runs of each season since 2000. Ahman Green had two of them (98 and 90 yards). Josh Jacobs had one (86 yards as a Raider). Two QBs (Marcus Mariota, 87, and Terrelle Pryor, 93). Only one run did not go for a TD (Breece Hall, 83). Derrick Henry’s 99-yarder was the most impressive. He battled would-be tacklers the entire length of the field. Any personal thoughts? Will Jacobs get his second?

I cannot wait for it and hopefully it happens at Lambeau Field because the stadium will come unglued. Jacobs has home-run potential, but he and the Packers’ offensive line are still trying to find that right formula to spring him.

I just wanted to say that I very much appreciate both the question from Mike in Fort Myers, and your answer to it. It is an astute question that I was tossing around in my head without the actual stats. Emanuel Wilson (from the eye test) is having more success than JJ, but I think we’d all agree that JJ is “the guy.” The definition of “success” changes, and rightly so as your answer explains. Defenses (can) stop what they key on, so maybe soon Wilson will get more respect from opposing defenses!

Respect to Wilson, who’s earned every snap he’s taken with the offense. But teams defend Jacobs differently. There’s good reason he was the first player Kenny Clark identified when discussing the Packers’ offense two weeks ago. As the Packers make more plays through the air, that should create more opps for Jacobs in the trenches.

In response to Rich from Manitou Springs yesterday, what makes it harder to play 13 straight games now compared to back in the day is that players are bigger and faster now than they were back then. Physics tells us this will result in more violent collisions and a higher risk of injury to the human body.

Harder, easier, All-Madden…football is a grueling sport, and significant injuries are omnipresent in any era. Lynn Dickey missed more than a year with a broken leg. Bye weeks were added for a reason.

Now with the Packers having a tie on their record, it got me wondering have the Packers ever won a championship with a tie on their record? If not, have they made the playoffs when having a tie and if so when was the last occurrence?

There were ties all the time in the early years. Thrice, in fact, the Packers finished with three ties (1922, 1926 and 1928). They won three of the first four world championships with ties on their record (1929-30, 1936), and they made the playoffs in strike-shortened 1982 with a tie (5-3-1). The most recent Green Bay team to make the playoffs with a tie on its record was 2013 (8-7-1).