GREEN BAY, Wis. — This time, the Green Bay Packers built a double-digit lead and finished the job.
Josh Jacobs and Lucas Havrisik helped close it out.
Jacobs overcame an illness to rush for two touchdowns, and the Packers held off Cincinnati for a 27-18 victory in Joe Flacco's Bengals debut on Sunday.
Havrisik sealed the win by making the second of his two field goals, a 39-yarder with 1:52 remaining. He also kicked a 43-yarder a day after signing with the Packers because Brandon McManus had injured his quadriceps.
''I feel a sense of relief right now,'' Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. ''We always try to take it one game at a time. The bottom line is you've got to find a way to win the game. And you see each and every week around the league, a lot of these games are going down to the wire.''
While LaFleur was relieved, Jacobs was a little queasy.
The Pro Bowl running back said he vomited a couple times during the game while battling the flu, but he had a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and opened the fourth by scoring on a 14-yard burst up the middle.
''I just kind of woke up this morning just not feeling my best," said Jacobs, who rushed for 93 yards on 18 carries. "But I told them, the last time that I felt that way, I had 130 (yards) and two touchdowns. So it is what it is.''