GREEN BAY PACKERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS SATURDAY, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS SUNDAY, IN NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

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1 NFC NOTES FOR USE AS DESIRED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, 1/12/16 CONTACT: RANDALL LIU GREEN BAY PACKERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS SATURDAY, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS SUNDAY, IN NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 GREEN BAY PACKERS NFC NORTH (11-6) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS NFC WEST (13-3) SERIES PACKERS CARDINALS LEADER STREAKS 3 of past 4 COACHES VS. OPP. Mike McCarthy: 3-2 Bruce Arians: 1-0 (REG. & POSTSEASON) COACHES PLAYOFF RECORD Mike McCarthy: 8-6 Bruce Arians: 0-1 VS. COMMON OPP. GB: 6-3 (Chi 1-1; Det 1-1; Min 1-1; StL 1-0; SF 1-0; Sea 1-0) Ari: 7-2 (Chi 1-0; Det 1-0; Min 1-0; StL 1-1; SF 2-0; Sea 1-1) PLAYOFF RECORD LAST WEEK W at Redskins Bye (Wk. 17: L 36-6 vs. Seahawks) LAST GAME 12/27/15: Packers 8 at Cardinals 38: Arizona QB Carson Palmer passes for 265 yards & 2 TDs. Cardinals DE Cory Redding & CB Jerraud Powers both record FR-TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 12/27/15 LAST PLAYOFF 1/10/10: Packers 45 at Cardinals 51 (OT). Arizona LB Karlos Dansby has 17-yard FR- TD in OT. Cardinals QB Kurt Warner throws for 379 yards & 5 TDs. REFEREE Clete Blakeman BROADCAST NBC (6:15 PM MT): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth. Westwood One: Kevin Kugler, James Lofton, Mark Malone (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (GB), 82 (Ari). XM: 88 (WW1), 226 (GB), 83 (Ari). REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS PASSING Rodgers: Palmer: (2C)-35 (T1C) (3L) RUSHING Lacy: D. Johnson (R): RECEIVING Cobb: Fitzgerald: 109 (2C)-1215 (3C) OFFENSE (1L) TAKE/GIVE (2C) DEFENSE (2C) SACKS Peppers: 10.5 Freeney: 8 INTs 3 tied: 3 R. Johnson: 5 (T3C) PR Hyde: 5.8 Peterson: 8.1 KR Janis: 29.0 D. Johnson (R): 27.2 PUNTING Masthay: 43.9 Butler: 42.9 KICKING Crosby: 108 (36/36 PAT; 24/28 FG) Catanzaro: 137 (3L) (53/58 PAT; 28/31 FG) NOTES TEAMS MEET for 3rd time in postseason. GB won 1982 playoff meeting (41-16 on 1/8/83) & Az won 2009 WC (51-45 in OT on 1/10/10). GB leads all-time series (incl. playoffs ). Az won Week 16 meeting 38-8.

2 PACKERS: Have won 13 NFL championships, most all-time. Team s.615 postseason winning pct. (32-20) is best in NFL history among teams with 25+ games played. Club has 32 playoff wins, 3rd most all-time. This is team s 31st playoff appearance, tied for most in NFL history MIKE MC CARTHY has led team to playoffs in 8 of his 10 seasons as head coach Packers had 4 players selected to Pro Bowl: FB JOHN KUHN (3rd), LB CLAY MATTHEWS (6th), QB AARON RODGERS (5th) & G JOSH SITTON (3rd) QB Rodgers has career passer rating, highest in NFL history. Has postseason passer rating, 4th best in NFL history. Has passer rating (incl. playoffs), highest in NFL history. Passed for 423 yards, 4 TDs & rating in 2009 WC RB EDDIE LACY has 12 TDs (10 rush, 2 rec.) in 17 career Dec./Jan. games (incl. playoffs). Has rushed for 3,075 yards (1,025 per season) & 23 TDs in 1st 3 NFL seasons. RB JAMES STARKS was 1 of 4 RBs this season with 600+ rush yards (601), 2+ rush TD (2), 350+ rec. yards (392) & 2+ rec. TD (3). In WC, Lacy (63 yards, TD) & Starks (53 yards, TD) were 1st GB RBs with 50+ rush yards & rush TD in same playoff game. FB Kuhn is only player in 2015 playoffs with 4+ rush (4) & 3+ rec. (3) TDs in postseason WR RANDALL COBB led team in catches (79) & was 2nd in rec. yards (829). Ranked 3rd on club with 7 total TDs (6 rec., 1 FR). In past 2 seasons, has 170 catches for 2,116 yards (1,058 per season) & 18 TDs. Aims for 4th postseason game in row with 100+ yards or TD. WR DAVANTE ADAMS had TD catch last week & has TD in 2 of his 1st 3 career playoff games. WR JAMES JONES & TE RICHARD RODGERS tied for team lead with 8 TDs. Jones has 4 career postseason rec. TDs. Rodgers 8 rec. TDs were 2nd most by NFC TE LB Matthews has 10 career postseason sacks, most in franchise history (HOFer REGGIE WHITE, 8). In 11 postseason games, has 10 sacks, 4 FFs & 3 FRs, incl. 1.5 sacks & FF last week. Ranked 2nd on club with 6.5 sacks. LB JULIUS PEPPERS led team with 10.5 sacks, his 9th career season with 10+ sacks. Is only player in NFL history with 100+ sacks (136) & 10+ INTs (11). Also has 4.5 sacks & INT in postseason career. CB SAM SHIELDS has 5 INTs, incl. 52-yard TD, in his past 8 playoff games. Tied for team lead with 3 INTs this season with rookie CB DAMARIOUS RANDALL & CB MICAH HYDE. Randall led club with 14 PD. S HA HA CLINTON- DIX has 2 INTs in 3 career postseason games. Led team with 99 tackles. DT MIKE DANIELS has 16 sacks in past 3 seasons. Had 1st career INT in Week 16. LB MIKE NEAL had 2 sacks, FF & FR last week. Had 4 sacks in 2015, his 4th consecutive season with 4+ sacks. LB NICK PERRY had 2 sacks last week & has 4.5 sacks in 4 career playoff games. CARDINALS: Won NFC West for 1st time since Set franchise record with 13 wins. Scored team-record 489 points (30.6 avg.) & led NFL in total offense (408.3 yards per game). Club has won 10+ games in all 3 seasons under head coach BRUCE ARIANS. Arians has record (.708) with Az. His 34 wins are most in 3-year span in franchise history. Are 19-5 (.792) in past 3 seasons at home...cardinals had 7 players selected to Pro Bowl: ST JUSTIN BETHEL (3rd), DE CALAIS CAMPBELL (2nd), WR LARRY FITZGERALD (9th), G MIKE IUPATI (4th), S TYRANN MATHIEU (1st), QB CARSON PALMER (3rd) & CB PATRICK PETERSON (5th) QB Palmer has won 26 of past 31 starts, incl. 10 of past 12 at home. Set franchise record with 35 pass TDs, 4,671 pass yards & passer rating. Is 1st QB in team history with 2 4,000-yard seasons. Had 100+ passer rating in 11 games, most in NFL. Had 100+ passer rating in 6 of 8 home games RB DAVID JOHNSON led NFL rookies with 13 TDs. Had 8 rush TDs, 4 rec. TDs & KR-TD joining HOFer GALE SAYERS (1965) as only rookies in NFL history to do so. In past 5 (1st 5 career starts), has 658 scrimmage yards (131.6 per game), most in NFL. Had 127 scrimmage yards & TD in Week 16 WR Fitzgerald had team-record 109 catches, his 3rd career 100-catch season. Had 1,215 rec. yards, his club-record 7th career 1,000-yard season. Has catch in 186 consecutive games, incl. playoffs. Since entering NFL in 2004, has 107 rec. TDs (incl. playoffs), most in NFL. In 7 career postseason games, has 45 catches for 736 yards (105.1 per game) & 9 TDs. In 3 career home playoff games, has 21 catches for 335 yards (111.7 per game) & 6 TDs. Holds NFL records for most catches (30), rec. yards (546) & rec. TDs (7) in single postseason. Has 5 TDs in 4 games vs. GB, incl. 2 TDs in WC. WR JOHN BROWN had career-high 65 catches, 1,003 yards & 7 TDs. Has TD in 4 of past 5 at home. WR MICHAEL FLOYD has yard games in past 8, incl. 111 yards vs. GB in Week 16. Since 2013, averages 16.7 yards per catch, 2nd best in NFL (min. 150

3 catches) Cardinals had 33 takeaways (19 INT, 14 FR), 2nd most in NFL. S RASHAD JOHNSON & S Mathieu tied for team lead with 5 INTs. Johnson is only player in NFL with 14+ INTs & 3+ INT-TDs since CB Peterson has recorded 2+ INTs in all 5 career NFL seasons. Is 1 of 4 in NFL history (HOFers JIM BROWN, BARRY SANDERS, EMMITT SMITH) to be selected to 5 Pro Bowls before age 26. LB DEONE BUCANNON led team with 109 tackles, his 1st career 100-tackle season. Is 1 of 2 in NFL (THOMAS DAVIS) with 100+ tackles, 3+ sacks, 3 FFs & INT. Had sack & FF in Week 16. LB DWIGHT FREENEY had 8 sacks in 11 games, incl. 3 sacks in Week 16. Has 9 career postseason sacks. DE Campbell was 2nd on club with 5 sacks, his 7th consecutive season with 5+ sacks. Had 2.5 sacks in Week 16. DE CORY REDDING (36 yards) & CB JERRAUD POWERS (7 yards) each had FR-TD in Week 16. SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS NFC WEST (11-6) AT CAROLINA PANTHERS NFC SOUTH (15-1) SERIES SEAHAWKS PANTHERS LEADER 5-3 STREAKS 4 of past 5 COACHES VS. OPP. Pete Carroll: 5-1 Ron Rivera: 1-4 (REG. & POSTSEASON) COACHES PLAYOFF RECORD Pete Carroll: 9-5 Ron Rivera: 1-2 VS. COMMON OPP. Sea: 1-1 (Dal 1-0; GB 0-1) Car: 2-0 (Dal 1-0; GB 1-0) PLAYOFF RECORD LAST WEEK W 10-9 at Vikings Bye (Wk. 17: W vs. Buccaneers) LAST GAME 10/18/15: Panthers 27 at Seahawks 23. Carolina TE Greg Olsen has 7 receptions for 131 yards, including game-winning 26-yard TD with 32 seconds remaining. Panthers QB Cam Newton has TD pass & TD run. LAST GAME AT SITE 10/26/14: Seahawks 13, Panthers 9: Seattle QB Russell Wilson passes for 199 yards & throws game-winning 23-yard TD to TE Luke Willson with 47 seconds remaining. LAST PLAYOFF 1/10/15: Panthers 17 at Seahawks 31. Seattle QB Wilson passes for 268 yards & 3 TDs. Seahawks WR Jermaine Kearse has 129 rec. yards & TD. REFEREE Tony Corrente BROADCAST FOX (1:05 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews and Chris Myers (Field reporters). Westwood One: Tom McCarthy, Tim Ryan, Hub Arkush (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Sea), 82 (Car). XM: 88 (WW1), 226 (Sea), 83 (Car). REGULAR SEASON STAT LEADERS PASSING Wilson: (1L) Newton: (T1C) RUSHING Wilson (QB): Stewart: RECEIVING Baldwin: (T1L) Olsen (TE): OFFENSE (3C) TAKE/GIVE +7 (T3C) +20 (1L) DEFENSE (1C) (3C) SACKS Bennett: 10 Short: 11 (T2C) INTs Thomas: 5 Coleman: 7 (T1C) PR Lockett (R): 9.5 Ginn: 10.3 (2C) KR Lockett (R): 25.8 Whittaker: 23.2 PUNTING Ryan: 45.7 Nortman: 45.4 KICKING Hauschka: 127 (40/44 PAT; 29/31 FG) Gano: 146 (1C) (56/59 PAT; 30/36 FG) NOTES TEAMS MEET for 3rd time in postseason. Sea has won previous 2 playoff meetings, incl Div (31-17 on 1/10/15 at Sea). Incl. postseason, Sea has won 7 of 10 all-time meetings. Car won Week 6 meeting at Sea SEAHAWKS: Advanced to playoffs for 4th consecutive season. Have won 10+ games in each of past 4 seasons. Aim for 3rd consecutive Super Bowl appearance. Have won 6 of past 7 postseason games & have playoff win in each of past 4 postseasons. Head coach PETE CARROLL is 8-3 (.727) in playoffs with Sea Seahawks had 7 players selected to Pro Bowl: DE MICHAEL BENNETT (1st), S KAM CHANCELLOR (4th), rookie KR-PR-WR TYLER LOCKETT (1st), CB

4 RICHARD SHERMAN (3rd), S EARL THOMAS (5th), LB BOBBY WAGNER (2nd) & QB RUSSELL WILSON (4th) Have won 7 of past 8 (incl. playoffs), outscoring opp QB Wilson led NFL with rating. Is 1st QB in NFL history with 4,000+ pass yards (4,024), 30+ pass TDs (34) & 500+ rush yards (553) in season. As starter, is (.726), incl. 7-2 (.778) in postseason. His 53 overall wins, 47 regular-season wins & 7 playoff wins are most by QB in 1st 4 seasons. Has 93.9 postseason passer rating, 7th best in NFL history. Averages 8.61 yards per att. in postseason, best in NFL history. Had 3 TDs & rating in Div vs. Car last year Seahawks had 3 RBs with 100-yard rush game: MARSHAWN LYNCH, rookie THOMAS RAWLS & CHRISTINE MICHAEL. Lynch is franchise postseason leader with 917 rush yards & 9 rush TDs. In 10 postseason games, has 8 games with rush TD & yard games. Since 2011 (incl. playoffs), leads NFL with 6,558 rush yards & 59 rush TDs WR DOUG BALDWIN leads NFL with 15 TDs (incl. playoffs). Led team with career-high 78 catches, 1,069 yards & 14 TDs. Aims for 7th playoff game in row with 100+ yards or TD. Had TD in Div vs. Car. WR JERMAINE KEARSE has TD catch in 4 of past 6 playoff games, incl. 63-yard TD vs. Car in Div. KR-PR-WR Lockett & HOFer GALE SAYERS are only rookies in NFL history with 5+ rec. TD (6), KR-TD & PR- TD Seattle led NFL in points allowed (17.3) & rush defense (81.5). Ranked 2nd in NFL in total defense (291.8) & pass defense (210.3). Seahawks are 2nd team in NFL history to lead league in points allowed in 4 consecutive seasons. Team has won 6 consecutive road games (incl. playoffs) & defense has allowed 1 offensive TD. CB Sherman had INT vs. Car in Div & leads NFL with 28 INTs since 2011 (incl. playoffs). S Thomas led team & tied career-high with 5 INTs. Since 2010 (incl. playoffs), is only player in NFL with 550+ tackles (554) & 20+ INTs (23). S Chancellor has FF or INT in 4 of past 6 playoff games, incl. 90-yard INT-TD vs. Car in Div, longest postseason TD in Sea history & tied for 5th longest INT- TD in NFL postseason history. Needs 1 INT to tie franchise career postseason record (4). Aims for 3rd in row vs. Car (incl. playoffs) with INT. DE Bennett led team with career-high 10 sacks. LBs K.J. WRIGHT (116) & Wagner (114) led team in tackles. Wagner has 100+ tackles in all 4 seasons. DE CLIFF AVRIL has 0.5+ sack or safety in 7 of 8 postseason games. Avril & LB BRUCE IRVIN each had sack vs. Car in Div. Irvin has 7 sacks in 4 games vs. Car (incl. playoffs), incl. 3 2-sack games K STEVEN HAUSCHKA has not missed in postseason career (14 for 14 FG, 20 for 20 PAT). PANTHERS: Clinched home-field advantage for 1st time in franchise history. Won NFC South for 3rd consecutive season & have won division 6 times. Won franchise-record 15 games. Head coach RON RIVERA has won division in 3 of 5 seasons with Car. Panthers had NFL-best 10 players selected to Pro Bowl: LB THOMAS DAVIS (1st), C RYAN KALIL (5th), LB LUKE KUECHLY (3rd), QB CAM NEWTON (3rd), CB JOSH NORMAN (1st), TE GREG OLSEN (2nd), DT KAWANN SHORT (1st), RB JONATHAN STEWART (1st), FB MIKE TOLBERT (2nd) & G TRAI TURNER (1st) Led NFL with franchise-record 500 points scored QB Newton is only player in NFL history with 30+ pass TDs (35) & 10+ rush TDs (10) in season. Passed for 3,837 yards & rushed for 636 yards. Is only player in NFL history with 3,000+ pass yards & 500+ rush yards in 5 seasons. Has 31 career games (incl. Week 6 vs. Sea) with pass TD & rush TD, tied for most in NFL history (HOFer STEVE YOUNG). Had 3 games with 5 TD passes RB Stewart had 1,088 scrimmage yards, his 3rd career season with 1,000+ scrimmage yards. Has rush TD in both career home playoff games. Rushed for 2 TDs in Week 6. TE Olsen had 77 catches for 1,104 yards & 7 TDs, his 2nd consecutive season with 75+ catches, 1,000+ yards & 6+ TDs. Is only NFL TE with 5+ rec. TDs in each of past 8 seasons. In Week 6, had 7 catches for 131 yards & GW 26- yard TD with 0:32 remaining. WR TED GINN JR. led team with career-high 10 rec. TDs. Has 6 TDs in his past 4 games, incl. 3 games with 2 TDs. Rookie WR DEVIN FUNCHESS ranked 3rd on team with 5 rec. TDs & has TD catch in 3 of past 4 at home Club led NFL with 39 takeaways, 24 INTs & +20 turnover differential LB Kuechly led team with 118 tackles. Since entering NFL in 2012, leads league with 591 tackles. Has 11 INTs since 2012, most by NFL LB. LB Davis was 2nd on team with 105 tackles. Is only player in NFL with 4+ sacks (5.5) & 4+ INTs (4). Had sack in Week 6 & aims for 3rd meeting in row with sack (incl. Div). DT Short had career-high 11 sacks, tied for most by NFL DT. Had 4 games with 2+ sacks, incl. 2 sacks in Week 6. Short named NFC Defensive Player of Week in Week 6. Panthers tied for NFL lead with 4 INT-TDs: CB Norman (2), S KURT COLEMAN (1) & Kuechly (1). Norman s 2 INT-TDs were tied for most in NFL.

5 Coleman had 7 INTs, tied for most in NFC. DE JARED ALLEN has 4 sacks & 2 FFs in past 4 postseason games. Incl. playoffs, has 140 sacks, 2nd most in NFL among active players. Since 2006, S ROMAN HARPER is only DB in NFL with 15+ sacks (18), 15+ FFs (15) & 10+ INTs (11). DE MARIO ADDISON had 6 sacks, his 2nd consecutive season with 6+ sacks K GRAHAM GANO led NFC with franchise-record 146 points. Had 69 kickoff touchbacks, tied for most in NFL. # # #