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2 Packers Public Relations Lambeau Field Atrium 1265 Lombardi Avenue Green Bay, WI / / fax Jeff Blumb, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Ricky Zeller, Jonathan Butnick, Tom Fanning, Mike Spofford, Duke Bobber VOL. XII; NO. 15 GREEN BAY, NOV. 2, 2010 WEEK 9 DALLAS (1-6) AT GREEN BAY (5-3) Sunday, Nov. 7 Lambeau Field 7:20 p.m. CST PACKERS HOST COWBOYS IN PRIME-TIME SHOWDOWN Green Bay returns home to host the Dallas Cowboys in a nationally televised contest on Sunday night at Lambeau Field. It is the third time in the past four years that the teams have squared off in a prime-time matchup, and the fourth straight year they have met in the regular season. The last time the teams met in four or more consecutive years in the regular season was from It is the second straight Sunday night home game for the Packers, a first in franchise history. Green Bay won the 2009 meeting, 17-7, at Lambeau Field on Nov. 15, and the victory proved to be one of the biggest of the season for a Packers team that entered the game with a 4-4 mark at the midway point. The win over Dallas was the springboard to a 7-1 finish for Green Bay on the way to an NFC Wild Card bid. For the eighth time in the all-time series, the teams will square off at historic Lambeau Field, where the Packers hold a 6-1 edge. Most notable among the series at Lambeau was the 1967 NFL Championship, the famed Ice Bowl, widely considered the greatest NFL game of all-time. After Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry turned it into one of the league s great rivalries, the Cowboys-Packers series reached another peak in the 1990s with some memorable playoff battles. Though the Cowboys have taken 11 of the last 14 overall meetings, the all-time regular-season series remains close, with Dallas owning a slight advantage. The Packers and Cowboys represent two of the proudest and most popular clubs in the NFL. They have combined for 17 NFL championships (Green Bay 12, Dallas 5) and eight Super Bowl titles. Green Bay enters Sunday s game having won seven of its last eight at Lambeau Field, and has a 22-8 mark (.733) in the last 30 regular-season games at home. That record ranks No. 1 among NFC teams at home over that span. WITH THE CALL NBC Sports will broadcast the Sunday Night Football contest to a national audience. Play-by-play man Al Michaels joins color commentator Cris Collinsworth in the booth with Andrea Kremer reporting from the sidelines. Fans also can check out the action online, where the broadcast will be streamed on NBCSports.com and NFL.com. Milwaukee s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since 1929, heads up the 53-station Packers Radio Network, with Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (color) calling the action. The duo enters its 12th season of broadcasts together across the Packers Radio Network, which covers 43 markets in five states. Westwood One radio will air the game across the country. Dave Sims (play-by-play) and former Packers WR James Lofton (analyst) will call the action, with Hub Arkush on the sidelines. Scott Graham hosts pregame and halftime shows. ESPN International will air the contest in three languages to over 180 countries. For out-of-town listeners, the broadcast is available to NFL Field Pass subscribers on as well as on Sirius Satellite Radio (channel 126 WTMJ feed) as part of the network s NFL Sunday Drive. MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Green Bay enters Sunday s game coming off of back-to-back wins against the Minnesota Vikings and N.Y. Jets that helped put the Packers atop the NFC North at 5-3. The victories came against a pair of teams that each played in the championship game of their respective conferences last season. The win over Minnesota in Week 7 at Lambeau Field was the Packers fifth straight game that was decided by four points or less. Heading into the Vikings contest, Green Bay had lost back-to-back overtime games that ended with a field goal. All three of the Packers losses this season have come on field goals in the closing seconds or OT. The 9-0 win over New York this past Sunday was the first road win against the Jets in franchise history, and the first road shutout by the Packers since Oct. 27, 1991, at Tampa Bay (27-0). Green Bay snapped the Jets' league-best five-game winning streak. It was the first time the Packers ended a five-game winning streak on the road since Green Bay put a halt to the Bears' six-game streak at Chicago on Nov. 11, Following the game this Sunday vs. Dallas, Green Bay will enjoy its bye in Week 10, the latest bye the Packers have ever had. Since 1994, the Packers are 11-5 (.688) in the game heading into the bye. PRESEASON Date Opponent Time TV Sat., Aug. 14 CLEVELAND BROWNS (Gold Pkg.).... L, (68,958) (Midwest Shrine Game) Sat., Aug. 21 at Seattle Seahawks W, (65,586) Thu., Aug. 26 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS W, (68,987) (Bishop s Charities Game) Thu., Sept. 2 at Kansas City Chiefs L, (63,843) REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Time TV Sun., Sept. 12 at Philadelphia Eagles W, (69,144) Sun., Sept. 19 BUFFALO BILLS W, 34-7 (70,741) Mon., Sept. 27 at Chicago Bears L, (62,179) Sun., Oct. 3 DETROIT LIONS (Gold Pkg.) W, (70,729) Sun., Oct. 10 at Washington Redskins L, (87,760) Sun., Oct. 17 MIAMI DOLPHINS L, (70,815) Sun., Oct. 24 MINNESOTA VIKINGS W, (71,107) Sun., Oct. 31 at New York Jets W, 9-0 (78,484) Sun., Nov. 7 DALLAS COWBOYS (Gold Pkg.) :20 p.m. NBC Sun., Nov. 14 Open Date Sun., Nov. 21 at Minnesota Vikings *12 noon FOX Sun., Nov. 28 at Atlanta Falcons *12 noon FOX Sun., Dec. 5 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS *12 noon FOX Sun., Dec. 12 at Detroit Lions *12 noon FOX Sun., Dec. 19 at New England Patriots *7:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Dec. 26 NEW YORK GIANTS *3:15 p.m. FOX Sun., Jan. 2 CHICAGO BEARS *12 noon FOX * Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling + overtime NFL POSTSEASON DATES Jan AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs Jan AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs Jan AFC and NFC Championship Games Jan AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu Feb Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

3 PACKERS TEAM NOTES TAKEAWAY POINTS KEY FOR PACKERS Scoring points off of turnovers has been a vital part of Green Bay s makeup the past three seasons, and that was on display in the Week 7 win vs. Minnesota when the Packers scored two touchdowns off of turnovers in the win. Of the Packers 15 takeaways this season, eight of them have been converted into touchdowns. That 53.3 TD percentage ranks No. 2 in the NFL among teams with 10 takeaways, and Green Bay s eight touchdowns off of takeaways lead the NFL. Green Bay s 59 points off of takeaways this season rank No. 3 in the league behind only Tennessee (63) and Detroit (61), and the Packers 12 interceptions rank No. 3 in the NFL. Scoring points off of turnovers has become a trend for the Packers at Lambeau Field, as they have a current streak of 14 straight games at home with points scored that were set up by a takeaway. That home streak ranks first in the NFL. Green Bay posted 30 interceptions and 10 fumble recoveries in 2009, which it turned into 141 points. The 40 takeaways led the NFL, and the 141 points scored off those 40 takeaways tied New Orleans for most in the league. The 30 interceptions led the league and was the team s highest single-season total since 1981, when it also had 30. The Packers (13) are one of only five teams in the league to have 13 or more players pick off a pass since Last season Green Bay surpassed its 2008 total of 124 points off takeaways, which led the NFL. It also eclipsed its 08 total in interceptions (22) and fumble recoveries (six) while at the same time protecting the ball at a better clip. Green Bay s 16 giveaways was the lowest total in the NFL in If the Packers don t commit a turnover, like they didn t against the N.Y. Jets this past Sunday, they re almost guaranteed to win. They have now won 40 of 44 games playing turnover-free football, since a loss at Dallas, Nov. 18, Green Bay s only losses in such games during that stretch came three times against Minnesota, twice in Minneapolis (2005, 08) and once at home (2009), and in Week 15 last year at Pittsburgh. Including playoffs, the Packers have won 43 of their last 47 games when they don t turn the ball over. Under Head Coach Mike McCarthy, Green Bay is 17-3 (.850) when its turnover margin is plus-2 or better. During McCarthy s tenure, the Packers have a 32-6 (.842) record when they come out ahead in the game in turnover ratio, and a 6-17 (.261) record when they lose the takeaway battle. FIELD POSITION FACTORS IN WIN Field position can prove to be the difference in a low-scoring game, and first-year P Tim Masthay came through with his best performance of the season on Sunday against the Jets when his team needed it most. Masthay had plenty of opportunities on Sunday afternoon, punting a season-high eight times against New York. But it was what he did with those chances, averaging 44.0 yards with a net average of 41.5 while punting out of his own territory time and time again. Masthay also placed five kicks inside the 20-yard line, which tied the single-game franchise record (stat kept since 1976). It matched the five posted by David Beverly on Oct. 8, 1978, vs. the Chicago Bears. He changed the field like I haven t seen in a long time, kicker Mason Crosby said after the game. He did a great job, especially early in the game, of just kind of getting our yards for us as both defenses were playing pretty stout. Tim just did a great job of changing the field, and not only changing it, but getting the ball inside the 20 and making them play with the long field. Although Masthay punted eight times, the Jets recorded zero return yards. The last time the Packers were able to accomplish that feat came on Nov. 16, 2003, at Tampa Bay when Josh Bidwell (seven) and kicker Ryan Longwell (one) punted eight times with no return yardage registered by the Buccaneers. On Sunday, the Packers had 180 more yards of field position ( ) than the Jets. Masthay and the rest of the punt-coverage unit will be put to the test this Sunday by Cowboys rookie WR Dez Bryant. He ranks No. 2 in the NFL with a 16.5-yard return average, and is one of only two players in the league (Bears WR Devin Hester) to return two punts for TDs this season. UNDER PRESSURE After recording six sacks in Week 1 at Philadelphia, the most by any NFL team on opening weekend, the Packers have followed up that performance with 18 more sacks in the next seven games. Green Bay s 24 sacks as a team through Week 8 rank tied for No. 3 in the NFL behind only Tennessee (26) and San Diego (25) The Packers lead the league in sack yardage with 169 yards and have had 10 different players record a sack. The Packers 24 sacks through the first eight games are the most by a Green Bay defense at the midway point since the 2006 squad registered 27 sacks in the first eight contests. Green Bay was shut out in the sack column for the first time this season in Week 6 against Miami. The Packers have failed to register a sack only two times in the past 17 regular-season games. The Packers 21 sacks in the first five games this year were the most in a five-game span in Head Coach Mike McCarthy s five seasons. Green Bay recorded five sacks at Washington in Week 5, the Packers second five-sack game this season. Green Bay is one of only three teams in the league (Detroit, Tennessee) to post two five-sack games in Of the team s 24 sacks, 9.5 have come courtesy of LB Clay Matthews, who leads the NFL in that category. DE Cullen Jenkins, who ranks second on the team with four sacks, posted a sack in each of the first four games. The Packers six sacks in Week 1 were the most in a season opener by Green Bay since 2001, when the Packers registered seven sacks against the Lions on Sept. 9 at Lambeau Field. It was also the most in a game under McCarthy, matching the total of six vs. Detroit on Dec. 17, The Packers are already well ahead of their sack pace from last season, when Green Bay s 24th sack didn t come until Week 13 vs. Baltimore. Green Bay has posted four or more sacks in a game three times already this season to match its 2009 total. The Packers finished with 37 for the season, which ranked tied for 11th in the league. The Packers highest sack total under McCarthy came in his first season of 2006 when they recorded 46 sacks, which ranked No. 4 in the NFL. STAT OF THE WEEK Having never won a road contest against the N.Y. Jets in franchise history, the Packers broke that streak in style on Sunday at New Meadowlands Stadium. Green Bay beat the Jets, 9-0, the first road shutout posted by the Packers since a 27-0 win at Tampa Bay on Oct. 27, 1991, and only the team s fourth road shutout since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. It was the first time the Jets had been shut out since they suffered a 10-0 home loss to the Chicago Bears on Nov. 19, The win also gave the Packers shutouts in each of the past two seasons, the first time since that Green Bay did so in consecutive years. The Packers beat Detroit, 26-0, on Oct. 18, 2009, at Lambeau Field. Green Bay is the only team in the league to post a shutout in each of the past two seasons, as the blanking of the Jets was the first shutout recorded in the league this year. The victory over New York snapped the Jets five-game winning streak, the longest current streak in the league entering the game. The last time the Packers ended an opponent s five-game winning streak on the road came on Nov. 11, 2001, when their win at Chicago snapped the Bears six-game winning streak. The 9-0 final was also unique, with it being the first Green Bay win by that score since a 9-0 win at Detroit on Nov. 17, It was just the fourth time in franchise history that the Packers won a game 9-0. Sunday s game was the second time during Head Coach Mike McCarthy s tenure that the Packers won without scoring a touchdown (9-7, vs. Minnesota, Dec. 21, 2006). 2

4 THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK S OPPONENT: Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys: All-time regular season: All-time, postseason: 2-4 All-time, in Green Bay: (incl NFL Championship, the Ice Bowl ) Streaks: The teams have split the last six meetings, but prior to that the Cowboys had won eight straight, including three postseason contests ( ). Last meeting, regular season: Nov. 15, 2009, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 17-7 COACHES CAPSULES Mike McCarthy: ,.587, (incl. 1-2 postseason); 5th NFL season Wade Phillips: ,.561 (incl. 1-5 postseason); 9th NFL season (4th with Cowboys) Head to Head: Phillips 2-1 vs. Opponent: McCarthy 1-2 vs. Cowboys; Phillips 3-2 vs. Packers MIKE McCARTHY Is in fifth year as the Packers 14th head coach. Has led his team to the playoffs two of the past three years. One of only two coaches, along with New Orleans Sean Payton, to have his offense ranked in the top 10 in total yardage each of the last four years. Was named Packers head coach on Jan. 12, 2006, his first head coaching job after 13 years as an NFL assistant. Honored as the 2007 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year and NFL Alumni Coach of the Year. Became the first Packers coach since Vince Lombardi to lead the team to a championship game in his second season. WADE PHILLILPS Is in fourth year as the Cowboys seventh head coach. In 2007, became the third head coach since the NFL merger to reach 13 wins in his first season with a club. Has had only one non-winning season as a head coach. Also served as head coach for the Denver Broncos ( ) and Buffalo Bills ( ), and as interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints (four games, 1985) and Atlanta Falcons (three games, 2003). Has now made five postseason trips overall, winning his first playoff game as a head coach last season, over Philadelphia in an NFC Wild Card game. Spent three seasons ( ) as San Diego s defensive coordinator. Has 32 years of NFL coaching experience, having begun under his father, Bum Phillips, in Houston from THE PACKERS-COWBOYS SERIES These clubs squared off in the most famous game in league history, the 1967 NFL Championship, dubbed the Ice Bowl. Kickoff temperature was recorded as 13 below zero with a minus-46 wind chill, the coldest game in league annals. Bart Starr s game-winning TD, a 1-yard dive with 13 seconds left, sealed Green Bay s third straight championship en route to its second consecutive Super Bowl title. Green Bay won 10 of the first 15 in the series, in which Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi - former assistants on the same N.Y. Giants staff in the 1950s - turned into one of the NFL s preeminent rivalries. The Cowboys win at Lambeau Field in 2008 is their only one in Green Bay in seven tries (1-6 all-time), but the series is just as one-sided in games played in Dallas. Green Bay has lost 12 of the last 13 games against the Cowboys in Dallas, including three postseason games. Their lone win during that time came on Christmas Eve in 1989, a Packers victory. The 2007 matchup marked the eighth time in league history that two 10-1 clubs met, just the second such instance since NOTABLE CONNECTIONS Wade Phillips first coached in the NFL as LB coach in Houston, where he coached Packers GM Ted Thompson, who played 10 seasons at LB ( ) for the Oilers...Thompson is a native of Atlanta, Texas, about 175 miles east of Dallas, and attended SMU...Packers LB Matt Wilhelm played for Phillips in San Diego when he was the defensive coordinator there and was a teammate of DE Igor Olshansky with the Chargers...Phillips and Packers asst. strength and conditioning coach Dave Redding coached on the San Diego staff together from Packers LB Erik Walden was a sixth-round pick of the Cowboys in Cowboys LB coach Reggie Herring coached on Houston s staff when Packers def. coord. Dom Capers was the Texans head coach...herring also was on the Arkansas staff when Packers LS Brett Goode played there, and Goode was a college teammate of Cowboys RB Felix Jones... McCarthy and special teams coord. Shawn Slocum coached on the Univ. of Pittsburgh staff with Cowboys RB coach Skip Peete...Peete s father, Willie, coached on Green Bay s staff from Cowboys WR coach Ray Sherman spent five seasons in Green Bay ( ) at the same position...cowboys QB Tony Romo is a Burlington, Wis., native, while OT Doug Free is from Manitowoc, Wis....Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum was born in Bryan, Texas, and played at Texas A&M... Packers coaching administrator Curtis Fuller is a Tyler, Texas, native, while T/G Marshall Newhouse is a Dallas native. Both attended TCU... Among other Packers players, native Texans include K Mason Crosby (Georgetown), WR Donald Driver (Houston), QB Matt Flynn (Tyler), RB Dimitri Nance (Euless) and S Charlie Peprah (Plano)...Packers WR coach Jimmy Robinson held the same position with the N.Y. Giants when Cowboys asst. head coach/offensive coordinator Jason Garrett played for the Giants...Capers was Cowboys secondary/safeties coach Brett Maxie s position coach in New Orleans from Maxie also played for Capers when he was the head coach in Carolina, and the two coached together in Carolina and Miami...Cowboys CB Orlando Scandrick and Packers FB Korey Hall played on the same defense at Boise State for three seasons ( ), where Packers G Daryn Colledge also was a teammate...other college teammates include Packers C Scott Wells and Cowboys TE Jason Witten (Tennessee), Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Cowboys LS L.P. Ladouceur (Cal), Packers LB Clay Matthews and Cowboys K David Buehler (USC, both 09 draft picks), Packers TE Andrew Quarless and Cowboys LB Sean Lee (Penn State, both 10 draft picks), Packers NT Howard Green and Cowboys LB Bradie James (LSU), Packers S Morgan Burnett and Cowboys RB Tashard Choice (Georgia Tech), Packers CB Pat Lee and Cowboys NT Jay Ratliff (Auburn), and Packers FB Quinn Johnson, Flynn and Cowboys S Danny McCray (LSU); Flynn was also a teammate of Cowboys DE Marcus Spears...Packers PR coord. Jonathan Butnick is a Dallas native and graduate of Texas Tech. INDIVIDUALLY VS. COWBOYS QB Aaron Rodgers threw his first NFL TD pass at Dallas in 2007, to WR Greg Jennings, who in three career games against the Cowboys has 17 catches for 247 yards. Rodgers numbers in three games (two starts) are 65-of-101 for 680 yards with two TDs and no INTs for a 90.4 rating...wr Donald Driver made his NFL debut in Dallas in 1999, but did not make a catch. In five career games against the Cowboys, he has 18 receptions for 244 yards and a TD...K Mason Crosby is 6-of-7 on FGs in three games against the Cowboys, including a long of 52 yards...cb Al Harris has two career INTs against the Cowboys, one in 2007 and the other in 2001, with Philadelphia. LAST MEETING, REGULAR SEASON Nov. 15, 2009, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 17-7 The Green Bay defense, fueled by a superb game from CB Charles Woodson, kept Dallas off the scoreboard until the final minute. Woodson had a sack, two forced fumbles, and an INT that prevented a TD pass to TE Jason Witten as the Packers began a five-game winning streak that catapulted them into the playoffs. With the score 3-0 into the fourth quarter, QB Aaron Rodgers scored on a 1-yard sneak. Moments later, Woodson sacked QB Tony Romo and forced a fumble that LB Clay Matthews recovered at the Dallas 3. Rodgers hit TE Spencer Havner for a TD and a 17-0 lead. 33

5 PACKERS TEAM NOTES CLAY FINDS A WAY Despite sitting out Green Bay s Week 6 matchup vs. Miami due to a hamstring injury, the first time he missed a game in his career, LB Clay Matthews leads the NFL with 9.5 sacks this season. His most recent one came at a critical juncture in the Packers 9-0 win at New York on Sunday. Matthews used a spin move to beat T Damien Woody and sack his former college teammate, QB Mark Sanchez, for a 6-yard loss on third down late in the game with Green Bay protecting a 6-0 lead. With three sacks against the Buffalo Bills in Week 2, Matthews became the first Packer to post three sacks in back-to-back games since it became an official league statistic in The performance vs. Buffalo came a week after Matthews registered a career-high three sacks in the Packers season-opening victory at Philadelphia. Matthews was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 2, the second time in his career he has earned the honor. He also won the award last year for his two-sack outing vs. Baltimore in Week 13 on Monday Night Football. Matthews six sacks in the first two games of the season were the most ever by a Packer to start a year. His 33 sack yards vs. Buffalo were the most by a Packer since DE Reggie White s 35 on two sacks vs. Minnesota on Oct. 22, Matthews leads the league with 59.5 sack yards on the season. His six sacks over a two-game span rank second in team history behind only Bryce Paup, who recorded 6.5 sacks in Weeks 3-4 in Paup posted 4.5 sacks vs. Tampa Bay on Sept. 15, and then followed that up with two more the next week at Miami on Sept. 22. In just 23 career games played, Matthews has posted two or more sacks in a game five times. Those five set a franchise record for the most twosack games over the first 18 games in a Packers uniform, breaking White s mark of four in his first 18 games with Green Bay ( ). Matthews 19.5 sacks since 2009 rank No. 1 in the NFL over that span ahead of a player the Packers will face on Sunday, Dallas DeMarcus Ware (19). Matthews 17 sacks in his first 20 games were the most ever by any NFL player to start a career. It topped the previous mark of 16.5 set by San Diego s Leslie O Neal (1986, 1988) and the N.Y. Jets John Abraham ( ). In 2009, Matthews set a Packers rookie record with 10 sacks on his way to earning Pro Bowl honors, the first Green Bay rookie to be named to the all-star game since Hall of Fame WR James Lofton in PLENTY OF PRODUCTION INSIDE THE 20 Green Bay has had one of the more efficient red-zone offenses in the league over the past two seasons, finishing in the top 10 in the NFL in 2008 and Through eight games this season, the Packers are off to another productive start, having scored touchdowns on 14 of 22 trips inside the opponent s 20. That 63.6 percent touchdown rate ranks No. 5 in the NFL, and the 14 TDs rank tied for No. 4. Green Bay s 110 points in the red zone this season (14 touchdowns, four field goals) rank tied for No. 11 in the league. Its average of 5.0 points per red-zone trip ranks tied for No. 6 in the NFL. The highest red-zone conversion mark under Head Coach Mike McCarthy came in 2008, when the Packers ranked No. 6 in the NFL with a 60.4 percent touchdown rate. Much of Green Bay s success in the red zone has to be credited to the play of QB Aaron Rodgers, who has been one of the more efficient signal-callers in the league inside the 20 since taking over as the starter in In Week 7 against Minnesota, Rodgers threw a red-zone interception for the first time in 39 career starts. Since 2008, he has registered a rating on 108-of-176 passing (61.4 percent) for 681 yards and 44 touchdowns with one interception in the red zone. According to STATS, Rodgers has connected on 23-of-34 passes (67.6 percent) for 143 yards and eight TDs with one INT in the red zone in SHOWING OFF SOME OTHER SKILLS When QB Aaron Rodgers scrambled for a key 16-yard pickup to convert a second-and-13 in Week 4 against Detroit on the final drive of the game, it was just an another example of his ability to make plays with his feet. With 132 yards on 29 attempts (4.6 avg.) this season, Rodgers ranks No. 5 among NFL QBs in rushing yards. In 2009, Rodgers finished second among all NFL quarterbacks (David Garrard, 323) with 316 rushing yards, the most by a Green Bay QB since Don Majkowski posted 358 yards on the ground in Rodgers also led all NFL signal-callers with five rushing touchdowns in 09, the most by a Packers QB since Majkowski s five in 89. It was the second straight year Rodgers had posted four touchdowns in a season, making him just the third QB in franchise annals to accomplish that feat (Tobin Rote, ; Scott Hunter, ). With his third rushing TD of the season in Week 6 vs. Miami, Rodgers became the first Packers QB since Rote ( ) to rush for three or more TDs in three straight seasons. Of his 87 rushing attempts since 2009, nearly a quarter (20) have been for 10 or more yards. He has posted a 10-yard run in five of eight games this season. Since 2009, Rodgers ranks No. 1 among QBs in rushing yards (448), rushing TDs (eight) and 10-yard runs (20). FIGHTING THROUGH ADVERSITY Every team in the league has to deal with injuries at some point in the year, and the Packers have already had to deal with a season s worth of significant ones in just the first half of the season. The Packers have lost five players who started in Week 1 for the remainder of the season due to injuries, two on offense and three on defense. RB Ryan Grant, coming off back-to-back 1,200- yard seasons, sustained a season-ending ankle injury in Week 1 at Philadelphia. TE Jermichael Finley, whose 301 yards receiving in the first four games was the best start ever to a season by a Green Bay tight end, was lost for the year after suffering a knee injury on the second play from scrimmage at Washington in Week 5. Rookie S Morgan Burnett, who became only the second Packers rookie safety to start a season opener since 1988, sustained a seasonending knee injury against Detroit in Week 4. In the same game, LB Nick Barnett, the No. 2 tackler in franchise history, suffered a wrist injury that brought an end to his season. LB Brad Jones saw his season come to an end after sustaining a shoulder injury in Week 7 vs. Minnesota. The Packers currently have 10 players on injured reserve. Here is a look at the starters and key reserves that have missed games due to injury this season: Opening-Day Starters Games Missed LB Nick Barnett (wrist/ir) 4 S Morgan Burnett (knee/ir) 4 TE Jermichael Finley (knee/ir) 3 RB Ryan Grant (ankle/ir) 7 DE Cullen Jenkins (calf) 1 LB Brad Jones (shoulder/ir) 2 LB Clay Matthews (hamstring) 1 DE Ryan Pickett (ankle) 2 T Mark Tauscher (shoulder) 4 Key Reserves Games Missed LB Brandon Chillar (shoulder) 3 DE Justin Harrell (knee/ir) 7 S Derrick Martin (knee/ir) 3 DE Mike Neal (shoulder/ir) 6 LB Brady Poppinga (knee/ir) 2 CB Sam Shields (calf) 2 4

6 MIKE McCARTHY TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS FROM THE COACH MONDAY, NOV. 1 OK, I ll start with two injuries from yesterday s game. Donald Driver had a quad strain. He will probably be questionable for practice this week, and Patrick Lee had an ankle sprain, and I don t think he ll be able to practice. He s probably going to be out for the game. Comments about the game, it s a significant win for our football team. We ve been fighting through a tough spot, to go on the road into New York, very pleased with particularly our defense and our special teams. It s definitely something we can build on. Our approach moving forward is it s a seven-day season. We re fully anticipating a very motivated Dallas team coming in here Sunday night, and we ll correct the film here in about an hour with our football team, as we normally do on Mondays and get ready for Dallas. (How is Rodgers ankle?) Aaron Rodgers had an ankle sprain. I do not foresee him missing any time. They feel that he ll be able to practice at some point this week. (Did Quarless have a shoulder injury?) He had a shoulder sprain. They re actually doing some more testing on him now. Dr. McKenzie didn t seem very concerned about it, but I don t have all the information right now. (Is Donald s quad injury one that can get better over the bye?) He s had actually two separate injuries to his quad. He initially had a quad bruise and then had a quad strain on top of it. Donald s a fighter. Just the fact, as I ve stated before, when he misses practice, it s very unusual. We felt that giving him the time off this week he d be able to play in the game. He pushed through it last week but was unable to get through the Jet game yesterday. We ll probably take a little more cautious approach with him this week. (Will Jordy move into the kickoff returner role again with Lee hurt?) We need to talk through that, because with Donald being injured, Jordy s importance now as a receiver, we ll weigh all those options as we get ready for Dallas. (Could you expand how you planned for the Jets and they threw some wrenches in during the first half?) I maybe didn t make myself clear. It s not that we really planned so much. I think it s important when you go through your game-planning to trust your training. They do a very good job. Their defense is very similar to ours. We practice against our defense all through the spring, all through the training camp, and frankly, when we just got back to the things we do, the basics, we were productive. We were just fundamentally not where we needed to be yesterday. I talk to the football team all the team, and I tell them to listen to your language. I think it s very important to understand where your mind is and when we re talking about our second step and our hand placement on run blocking as opposed to just going and knock the son of a gun in the mouth and finish the block, you can tend to get a little too technical and a little more fundamental. We just were not very fundamentally sound as an offense. We anticipated a number of big-play opportunities, we were able to get behind them a few times, didn t convert on any of those. We felt that we just weren t very sharp, whether it was finishing blocks, certain reads, depth of routes and so forth. We need to get back to just playing football the right way and not worrying about what the other side s doing. Made it very loud and clear in the Wednesday team meeting, trust the film. Don t believe the hype. Don t get caught up in it s always tough going on the road. They re a good football team, they re a healthy football team coming off the bye. But trust the film. Our defense and special teams did. They went out and played with the expectations that we felt going into the game. We did not play to our standard on offense. It s something we can learn from. But it s an excellent, excellent win for us, and it s something that we can build on. We ve been going through a tough spot as a team, and I feel it s a seven-day season. We ve got a motivated team coming here, and we need to get this one here at home Sunday night and get to the bye. That s our focus. (I know you like to move on, but can you use this win as a springboard?) Absolutely. Say it all the time, you need to stack success, and the biggest part of success comes confidence. For as confident that the football team that we beat yesterday was coming into the game, to go into their house, magnificent stadium, on the big stage and to win that game, that s definitely a big shot of confidence you can carry forward. There s no question about it. But it s no different. You need to use it properly. No one picked us to win the game, and I think that stuff s great, and if it helps motivate our guys, super. But we need to keep our eye on the target. We can keep improving. We got healthy in some spots. I thought the defensive staff did a tremendous job last week, had four transactions during the course of the week. Walden all the way up until the game didn t even know if he was going to be up. With the injury to Dimitri, he goes down, he comes up and Dom had a package of nickel defense to get him on the field. Just those types of things that go into a work week and to see it all come together in a pretty big game for a regular-season game. It s very rewarding, something that we ll use to go forward. But hey, we ve won two games. We need to get this third one, and that s our focus. We need to stay right on line with that. (Obviously you are missing starters, so where does yesterday s game rank as far as defensive performances?) I think the facts clearly tell you what they accomplished as a defense, I shouldn t say they, us, accomplished as a defense. The fact that it s the first shutout, A, of the year in the National Football League. It s the first shutout on the road for the Green Bay Packers since I think anytime you can say you did something that hasn t happened for 20 years for the Green Bay Packers, that s obviously significant. But we re a damn good run defense. We led the league in run defense last year. We ve been working through some combinations because of the injuries up front. We ve been challenged particularly the last two weeks against Miami and Minnesota with them running the football, and that was our focus. Our focus was to go into that game and stop their run game. We had a lot of respect for their run game coming into the game, and our players stepped up. They played at a very high level. If you take out the quarterback scramble and the one other run (by the punter) it was probably a 3.2 average, and that s where we knew we needed to get to, because we felt that the opportunity to take the football away and that was the whole plan. That was the first two objectives that went up when we talked to the defense was to stop the run and take the football away when we make them go to the passing game. Three takeaways, two stops on fourth down, the punting performance is the finest punting I can t tell you how good this feels to say this this is the finest punting performance I ve I m not exaggerating, I m not dramatic the finest punting performance that I ve ever been a part of in all my years on both sides of the ball. I can t tell you how happy I am for Tim. It makes me want to cry. I thought he was tremendous. That was, you talk about a field-position game. I thought that was remarkable. He just needs to do it every week now and we ll be fine. (To clarify something on the PUP guys, you have until three weeks from when they started practicing, correct?) We have until Monday after the Dallas game would be when their window closes, is my understanding. Because we started them on Tuesday of that week. We had a workout on Tuesday. (What is your understanding of the ruling on the interceptions by Williams and Woodson, the dual-possession ones?) To me it s no different than the conversation we had last week with Minnesota in a lot of ways. Is the ball under control? In both cases, just even watching the tape today, when the ball isn t totally controlled by the offense or the defense, it s still in the process, and it s just an excellent job by both Tramon and Charles. The officiating crew obviously felt the ball was not secure to give the catch to the offense, and it s an outstanding job of Charles and Tramon competing all the way to the end to get the football. (No one was picking you last week, but this week everybody will be picking you. Do you have to remind your team to not take Dallas lightly?) Oh yeah. We ll talk about it. We ll talk about it today, we ll talk about it Wednesday. We appreciate the negative stories, so if you can keep that up, that s always helpful. It s all part of our business. It s important to stack success. The hardest thing to handle in my opinion in the NFL is handling success, and by no means do I think winning two games is a success, but it s definitely in the right direction, and that will be part of our language this week when we get together as a football team. 55

7 PACKERS TEAM NOTES DEFENSE GETTING THE JOB DONE After finishing No. 2 in the league s final overall defensive rankings and No. 7 in points allowed in 2009, the unit isn t off to quite as strong a start statistically this season under second-year defensive coordinator Dom Capers, but there have been some areas with solid production. The Packers rank No. 4 in the league in points given up, allowing the opposition an average of 17.0 points per game, an improvement over last season s average of 18.6 per contest. Green Bay currently ranks No. 18 in the NFL in overall defense, allowing an average of yards per game through the first eight games. The defense has limited opposing signal-callers to a passer rating of just 68.8, which ranks No. 1 in the NFL. Opposing quarterbacks have completed just 56.6 percent of their passes (No. 7) and have been intercepted 12 times (No. 3). The Packers have given up only eight TD passes, which is tied for fifth fewest in the NFL. The 68.8 rating is identical to what the defense allowed in 2009 when it finished No. 4 in the league rankings in that category. After leading the NFL in run defense for the first time in 2009 by allowing a franchise-record 83.3 yards per game, the Packers haven t been as stingy against the run thus far this season, ranking No. 25 in the league (123.6 yards per game). The defense came up with a strong showing on Sunday against a Jets offense that entered the game ranked No. 2 in the league in rushing offense at yards per game. Facing LaDainian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene, the Packers limited the tandem to just 76 yards on 22 carries (3.5 avg.), their lowest combined effort of the season. Until Vikings RB Adrian Peterson rushed for 131 yards in Week 7, Green Bay s defense hadn t allowed a running back to rush for 100 yards for 19 straight games. That streak was the second longest in in team history since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, trailing only a 24-game game stretch from Sept. 20, 1970-Nov. 22, Under Capers, the Packers thrived in their new 3-4 scheme in The team finished the season ranked No. 1 against the run and No. 5 against the pass. The previous top ranking in franchise history in run defense came in 1972, when the team finished No. 2. Green Bay allowed an average of total yards per game in 09, second behind the N.Y. Jets (252.3) and ahead of No. 3 Baltimore (300.5). In the first two years of the Mike McCarthy tenure, Green Bay s defense was close to being a top-10 unit, finishing at No. 12 in 2006 and No. 11 in In 2008, it slipped to No. 20 before making the jump up to No. 2 last year. A look at some of Green Bay s defensive numbers since Capers took over as coordinator in 2009: Team Rushing Yds. Allowed Per Game 1. Pittsburgh Minnesota N.Y. Jets Green Bay 96.8 Team Rushing TDs Allowed 1t. Green Bay 9 1t. New England 9 1t. Pittsburgh 9 Team Opponent Passer Rating 1. N.Y. Jets Green Bay New Orleans 71.7 Team Interceptions 1. Green Bay Philadelphia 36 3t. Tampa Bay, Tennessee 33 Team Sacks 1. Pittsburgh Philadelphia Green Bay, three other teams 61 TIGHTENING UP Green Bay s defense has been at its best this season when it has been placed in adverse situations and forced to respond. The Packers have turned the ball over 13 times in the first eight games, but the defense has shown significant improvement from last season in not allowing those giveaways to be converted into touchdowns. Opponents have scored just 18 points (six field goals) following the 13 takeaways this season, an average of 1.38 points per giveaway. That ranks tied for No. 4 in the NFL. The Packers are one of only four teams in the NFL to not allow a single touchdown after a giveaway this season. Although the Packers led the league in 2009 with 16 giveaways, a franchise record for fewest in a season, opponents were able to convert those turnovers into 70 points. That average of 4.38 points allowed per giveaway was the highest in the NFL. Another aspect of the defense that the Packers have made strides in this season is limiting opponents when they get inside the 20-yard line, an area of emphasis this offseason after some struggles last season. In 2009, the Packers ranked No. 28 in the league in red-zone defense, allowing opponents to score touchdowns on 60.9 percent of trips inside the 20. Green Bay gave up an average of 4.72 points per red-zone trip by its opponents, which ranked No. 21 in the league. Through Week 8, the Packers rank tied for No. 11 in the NFL in red-zone defense, allowing their opponents to get into the end zone just 45.0 percent of the time (nine TDs on 20 opportunities). Green Bay s opponent have come away with a TD or a field goal 80.0 percent of the time, which ranks No. 10 in the NFL. The best red-zone perfomance by the defense during Head Coach Mike McCarthy s tenure came in 2007, when the Packers ranked No. 8 in the league by allowing opponents to score a TD on 48.8 percent of trips inside the 20. PACKERS IN WEEKLY 2010 TEAM RANKINGS NFL Offense NFL Defense After Week Opp. Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass 1 at Phi 17T 8T BUF 15T at Chi T DET at Was 12 15T MIA MIN at NYJ DAL 10 (bye) 11 at Min 12 at Atl 13 SF 14 at Det 15 at NE 16 NYG 17 CHI Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in Packers in

8 PACKERS TEAM NOTES ON THE ROAD AGAIN Green Bay finished 5-3 on the road in 2009, the third time in four seasons it had finished above.500 under Head Coach Mike McCarthy. The Packers have been able to stay above the.500 mark on the road during McCarthy s tenure, a notable achievement in the National Football League. Green Bay got off to a good start this year with a win at Philadelphia in the season opener. It was the fifth straight season under McCarthy that the Packers have won their first road game of the year. The Packers are 2-2 away from Lambeau Field this season. Since 2006, McCarthy s first season as the head coach in Green Bay, only 10 of 32 NFL teams have regular-season road records over.500. Team W L T Pct. Indianapolis New England New York Giants Dallas New Orleans Tennessee Philadelphia Green Bay San Diego N.Y. Jets AND COUNTING Another packed house at Lambeau Field against the Vikings in Week 7 brought the stadium s consecutive sellouts streak to 289 games (273 regular season, 16 playoffs). The Week 7 crowd of 71,107 vs. Minnesota was the third-largest regular-season crowd in Lambeau Field history. The league s longest-tenured stadium, Lambeau Field is hosting its 54th season of football this year. A total of 565,666 fans made their way through the turnstiles in the eight home contests in Across American professional sports, only Boston s Fenway Park (1912) and Chicago s Wrigley Field (1914) have longer tenures. THE LAMBEAU ADVANTAGE The crown jewel of the National Football League, Lambeau Field has long been known as one of the tougher venues to play in, particularly during the harsh Wisconsin winter. Re-establishing home-field advantage after a 4-4 mark in 2008 was one of the goals of 2009, and with the Packers finishing 6-2 at home, they accomplished that goal. Head Coach Mike McCarthy stated consistently upon his arrival in Green Bay that one of the team s goals would be to reclaim the mystique of playing at Lambeau Field. Mission accomplished. The team is 23-9 at home since 2007 including playoffs, a marked improvement over the prior three seasons (10-14 combined). Since Ron Wolf and Mike Holmgren began the revitalization of the franchise in 1992, Green Bay owns the best home record in the NFL. A look at the top regular-season home W-L records since the 92 season: HOME COOKING The Packers win over Dallas at Lambeau last November was the first step to a 7-1 finish and a playoff berth for Green Bay. Since that Week 10 victory over the Cowboys, the Packers have been one of the best teams in the league at home. Green Bay s lone defeat over that span came to Miami this season in Week 6 when they fell to the Dolphins in overtime. Team W L T Pct. New England Green Bay Baltimore Minnesota IN THE FREE-AGENCY ERA Talk of unrestricted free agency in the early 90s led many to forecast tough times for the small-town Green Bay Packers. However, Green Bay has remained among the most successful teams since the advent of free agency in The Packers have won 10 or more games 10 times since 93 and captured seven division crowns. A look at the most successful teams in the free-agency era: Team W-L since 93 Pct. Playoff berths New England Pittsburgh Green Bay Indianapolis Denver IN THE LEAGUE RANKINGS, 2010 GREEN BAY (Team) Category NFC NFL Turnover Margin (+2) T 13T Total Offense (335.9) Rushing (97.0) Passing (238.9) Total Defense (341.1) vs. Rush (123.6) vs. Pass (217.5) Third-Down Offense (35.1%) Third-Down Defense (40.7%) Red-Zone Offense (63.6%) Red-Zone Defense (45.0%) T DALLAS (Team) Category NFC NFL Turnover Margin (-5) T 24T Total Offense (381.3) Rushing (80.9) Passing (300.4) Total Defense (327.3) vs. Rush (121.9) vs. Pass (205.4) Third-Down Offense (40.7%) Third-Down Defense (35.4%) Red-Zone Offense (59.1%) T Red-Zone Defense (65.2%) Team W-L record Pct. Green Bay Pittsburgh Denver Minnesota New England Baltimore GREEN BAY (Individual) Category NFC NFL Rushing: Jackson (418) Passing: Rodgers (85.3) Receptions: Jennings (32)....18T 34T Rec. Yds.: Jennings (471)... 8T 18T Sacks: Matthews (9.5) Interceptions: Williams (3)... 6T 8T DALLAS (Individual) Category NFC NFL Rushing: Jones (286) Passing: Romo (94.9) Receptions: Austin (43) T 11T Rec. Yds.: Austin (641) T Sacks: Ware (8.0) T 2T Interceptions: Five players (1). N/A N/A 77

9 PACKERS TEAM NOTES TAKING HIS PLACE AMONG THE GAME S BEST Now firmly entrenched in his role as the face of the franchise, QB Aaron Rodgers has gone from solid first-year starter to one of the game s top young signal callers over the past three seasons. Through eight games this season, Rodgers once again finds himself among the league leaders in several passing categories. He ranks tied for No. 6 with 12 TD passes, No. 5 with 2,011 yards, and tied for No. 3 in passes of 25-plus yards with 17. Rodgers ranked near the top of the NFL in most passing categories in 2009 and was honored as the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October, the first such award of his career. He was the youngest of the six quarterbacks named to the Pro Bowl last season. In 2009, he engineered one of the NFL s most potent offenses, ranked No. 6 overall, and avoided costly mistakes, spearheading a team that had a league-low 16 giveaways (15 on offense). His passer rating ranked fourth in the NFL. In addition, he was the game s top-ranked passer on third downs (133.5). Last season, Rodgers threw for 4,434 yards, fourth most in the league. That total finished just shy of Lynn Dickey s franchise record (4,458, 1983) for passing yards in a single season. In addition to QB rating and passing yards, Rodgers ranked fourth in TD passes (30) and first in interception percentage (1.3) in And just for good measure, he ranked second among QBs with 316 rushing yards on 58 carries (5.4 avg.), and added five rushing TDs. Rodgers joined Steve Young (San Francisco, 1998) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards and 30 TDs and rush for 300 yards and five TDs in the same season. In 40 career starts, Rodgers has eclipsed the century mark in passer rating 20 times and recorded 11 games of 300-plus yards. He posted his 20th career 100-plus passer rating game in just his 36th career start, which ranks third among NFL QBs since 1970 behind only Kurt Warner (33) and Tony Romo (34). Rodgers has started 40 straight games, which is tied for No. 5 among active NFL quarterbacks. Here is a look at where Rodgers ranks among NFL quarterbacks since he took over as the starter in Player Passing Yards 1. Drew Brees, NO 11, Philip Rivers, SD 10, Peyton Manning, IND 10, Aaron Rodgers, GB 10,483 Player Passing TDs 1. Drew Brees, NO Philip Rivers, SD Peyton Manning, IND Aaron Rodgers, GB 70 Player Passer Rating 1. Philip Rivers, SD Drew Brees, NO Peyton Manning, IND Tom Brady, NE Aaron Rodgers, GB 95.9 Player 25-yard passes 1t. Drew Brees, NO 88 1t. Philip Rivers, SD Aaron Rodgers, GB 87 GOING DEEP Green Bay has been one of the league s most dangerous teams in yards after the catch the past few seasons, and its consistent standing near the top of those rankings is due in large part to WR Greg Jennings. Jennings 86-yard score against Miami in Week 6 marked a career long for both him and QB Aaron Rodgers. It was the longest reception by a Green Bay player since WR Robert Brooks hauled in a 99-yard TD from QB Brett Favre at Chicago on Sept. 11, 1995, on Monday Night Football. WR Donald Driver had a 90-yard TD grab in the 2007 NFC Championship Game on Jan. 20, Jennings 86-yard reception is the third-longest play from scrimmage in the NFL this season behind a pair of players from the NFC North. Chicago RB Matt Forté had an 89-yard TD reception vs. Detroit in Week 1, while Detroit WR Calvin Johnson posted an 87-yard TD catch at the N.Y. Giants in Week 6. It was the fourth 80-yard reception of Jennings career, moving him into the No. 1 spot in the franchise record books ahead of teammate Donald Driver (3). Jennings and Buffalo WR Lee Evans are tied for the NFL lead in 80-yard catches in a career among active NFL players. When it comes to scoring passes, Jennings has an eye-popping average during his career. Of his 33 career touchdown catches, 14 (42.4 percent) have been at least 40 yards in length. He has a staggering average of 33.8 yards per TD catch, which ranks No. 2 among current players with at least 20 career touchdown catches. After a getting off to a slower start this season with just 14 catches in the first five games, Jennings has picked up his production in the last three contests. He has caught 18 passes, six in each game, for 288 yards (16.0 avg.) with two touchdowns. The 288 receiving yards rank No. 2 in the league over the past three games behind only Denver WR Brandon Lloyd (289). Player 40-plus-yard catches (since 2007) 1. Greg Jennings, GB 22 2t. Randy Moss 19 2t. Terrell Owens, CIN Steve Smith, CAR Andre Johnson, HOU 17 Player Yards Per TD Catch (Career) 1. Bernard Berrian, MIN Greg Jennings, GB Santana Moss, WAS Joey Galloway, WAS Lee Evans, BUF HONOR ROLL K Mason Crosby NFC Special Teams Player of the Week - Week 1 (at Philadelphia) LB Clay Matthews NFC Defensive Player of the Week - Week 2 (vs. Buffalo) NFC Defensive Player of the Month - September CB Charles Woodson NFC Defensive Player of the Week - Week 4 (vs. Detroit) 8

10 PACKERS TEAM NOTES STILL GETTING IT DONE Last season, it seemed as though franchise records fell on a weekly basis for WR Donald Driver, now in his 12th season, and the veteran is off to another solid start in The franchise s all-time receptions leader with 675 in his career, Driver ranks second on the team in catches this season with 28 receptions for 307 yards (11.0 avg.) and three TDs despite being limited by a quad injury the past two games. Last season in Week 13 vs. Baltimore, Driver became the 10th player in franchise history to reach the 50-touchdown plateau. No other NFL franchise has 10 players with 50-plus TDs. Earlier, Driver topped the 50-catch plateau for an eighth straight season ( ), a new franchise record. Though he was the oldest player on the active roster at age 34, Driver showed no signs of slowing down in 2009 as he led the team in catches (70), ranked second in receiving yards (1,061) and first in touchdown catches (6). Driver also extended his own franchise record by recording a seventh overall season and sixth straight with 1,000 yards. He is one of only two players in the league (Reggie Wayne) to have a 1,000-yard season each of the past six years ( ). The most significant record still within Driver s grasp is career receiving yards. James Lofton ranks No. 1 with 9,656 yards. Driver is No. 2 with 9,357. Driver should surpass the mark sometime this season. Against Buffalo in Week 2, Driver scored on a 7-yard TD pass, the 51st receiving TD of his career. That moved him into sole possession of the No. 4 spot in team history, and he currently has 52 career TD grabs. His TD catch in Week 4 vs. Detroit was his 21st at Lambeau Field, moving him into sole possession of the No. 2 spot behind only Antonio Freeman (36). Driver already holds the Lambeau records for receptions (321) and receiving yards (4,443). Driver has been the model of consistency for the Packers, catching at least one pass in a franchise-record 133 consecutive games (139 including playoffs) before the streak was snapped against Minnesota in Week 7. While his reputation is as a slot guy who will make the tough catch over the middle, Driver made his share of big plays in His five catches of 40-plus yards tied for ninth in the NFL. Along with TE Jermichael Finley at Chicago in Week 3, Driver was part of the first Packers tandem since Nov. 21, 2004, to each record nine receptions in a game. In the win at Houston nearly six years ago, Driver posted 10 catches and Javon Walker hauled in nine. The nine receptions were the most for Driver since he caught 10 at Detroit on Nov. 22, PROTECTION THE KEY Green Bay s offensive line didn t allow a single sack of QB Aaron Rodgers against Minnesota in Week 7, the third time this year that the sixth-year QB was not sacked in a game. Prior to Rodgers being sacked in the second quarter vs. Detroit in Week 4, the offensive line had not allowed a sack in 11 straight quarters, the longest streak for the team since Over the past 11 regular-season games, Rodgers has been sacked either once or not at all in six of those contests. In his three years as the starting quarterback, there have been 14 games where the line has given up either one sack or no sacks of Rodgers. The Packers have an 11-3 mark in those contests. The effect that protection has is evident in Rodgers numbers in those games, as he has completed 312-of-461 passes (67.7 percent) for 3,757 yards and 28 TDs with just seven INTs for a passer rating. The Packers have allowed 16 sacks this season, well ahead of their 2009 pace when they gave up 37 sacks in the first eight contests. When Rodgers has been sacked four or more times in a game during his career, the Packers are 4-9. Injuries and performance issues affected the offensive line in the first half of 2009, as Rodgers was sacked 41 times over the first nine games. Once the line regained some continuity down the stretch, it allowed just 10 sacks of Rodgers over the final seven games. Green Bay has had stability along the line in 2010, with four linemen, LT Chad Clifton, LG Daryn Colledge, C Scott Wells, and RG Josh Sitton starting every game, and rookie RT Bryan Bulaga opening the last four at RT with veteran Mark Tauscher sidelined due to injury. SPREAD IT AROUND With back-to-back 1,200-yard rusher Ryan Grant lost for the season after sustaining an ankle injury in Week 1 at Philadelphia, the Packers have turned to a couple of backs to carry the load. Brandon Jackson, who excelled in his role as a third-down back in 2009, posted a career-high 115 yards on 10 carries (11.5 avg.) at Washington in Week 5, highlighted by a career-long 71-yard run on his first carry of the game. Jackson leads the team with 418 yards on 95 carries this season (4.4 avg.), and yards from scrimmage with 585. He is one of 11 NFL running backs with 400 yards rushing and 150 yards receiving this season. Jackson posted one of the finest all-around performances of his career vs. Minnesota in Week 7, recording 104 yards from scrimmage (58 rushing, 46 catching). His 36-yard pickup on a first-quarter screen pass was his career-long reception. The Packers rushed for 157 yards as a team at Washington in Week 5 on just 17 carries (9.2 avg.). It was the first time in team history that the Packers rushed for 150 yards in a regular-season game on fewer than 20 carries. The Packers rushing average of 9.2 yards per carry against the Redskins was the best single-game performance (min. 15 attempts) in a regularseason game in team history. John Kuhn, primarily at fullback during his first three seasons in Green Bay, has been given more opportunities to carry the ball at RB. Against Detroit in Week 4, Kuhn posted 34 of his career-high 39 rushing yards on the final series, as the Packers ran out the final 6:32 in the win. He has 175 rushing yards on 49 carries (3.6 avg.) this season. Green Bay s 22 runs of 10-plus yards rank tied for No. 14 in the NFL. Last season the Packers ranked No. 23 in the league with 42 runs of 10 yards or more. COACH LOCATIONS Coaches Box: Dom Capers (defensive coordinator), Jerry Fontenot (asst. offensive line), Scott McCurley (defensive quality control), Curtis Fuller (administrator), Joe Philbin (offensive coordinator), John Rushing (offensive quality control), and Joe Whitt Jr. (secondary - cornerbacks). Sideline: Edgar Bennett (running backs), James Campen (offensive line), Tom Clements (quarterbacks), Mike Eayrs (research and development), Chad Morton (special teams asst.), Kevin Greene (outside linebackers), Ben McAdoo (tight ends), Winston Moss (inside linebackers/asst. head coach), Darren Perry (secondary - safeties), Jimmy Robinson (wide receivers), Shawn Slocum (special teams coordinator) and Mike Trgovac (defensive line). 99

11 PACKERS TEAM NOTES STEPPING UP With injuries to MLB Nick Barnett and nickel LB Brandon Chillar, BLB A.J. Hawk and MLB Desmond Bishop have stepped into the role of every-down linebackers the past month, and the tandem has taken advantage of the opportunities. Hawk leads the team with 75 tackles (53 solo) through eight games, including a season-high 16 stops in Week 6 vs. Miami and a team-high 13 tackles in Week 7 against Minnesota. The 29 tackles in those two games rank second in Hawk s career for the most tackles over a two-game span, trailing only a combined 33 tackles during his rookie campaign of 2006 (Nov. 27-Dec. 3). Hawk is also tied for second on the team with two interceptions, which matches his career high set in 2006 and With the two INTs, Hawk ranks tied for No. 1 among NFL linebackers in that category this season. He is the only linebacker in the league to intercept two passes in each of the past two seasons, and Hawk s four interceptions over the past 13 regular-season games leads all NFL linebackers over that span. Hawk has been one of the most reliable Packers defenders since coming to Green Bay in the 2006 NFL Draft. He hasn t missed a game in his career, playing in all 72 contests with 69 starts. The only nonstarts came in both Minnesota games in 2009 and the 2010 opener at Philadelphia when the team opened in nickel. Prior to this season, most of Bishop s playing time came on special teams, a role he excelled in from as he led the team over that span with 49 tackles. Ever since Barnett went down with a seasonending wrist injury in Week 4 vs. Detroit, Bishop has moved into the starting lineup and made his presence felt. In four starts, Bishop has registered 53 tackles, which nearly doubles his best season total of 27 tackles in His 54 tackles on the season (35 solo) rank No. 3 on the team, and he leads the LBs with a career-best five passes defensed. In the Week 7 win vs. Minnesota, Bishop made one of the game s key plays when he picked off QB Brett Favre in the third quarter and returned the interception 32 yards for a touchdown. It was the first INT and TD of the fourth-year linebacker s career, and the first INT return for a TD by a Packers LB since Barnett posted a 95-yarder vs. New Orleans on Oct. 9, With Hawk adding an INT of his own against the Vikings, the duo became the first Packers LB tandem to each post an INT in the same game since Barnett and Brady Poppinga posted picks at Miami on Oct. 22, CLIFFY GETS TO 150 When T Chad Clifton lined up as the starting left tackle in Week 7 vs. Minnesota, he became just the 19th player in Packers history to appear in 150 career games in a Green Bay uniform. Clifton is just the sixth offensive lineman in franchise annals to hit the 150-game mark, joining Forrest Gregg (187), Larry McCarren (162), Ron Hallstrom (162), Ken Ruettgers (156) and Frank Winters (156). Against the division-rival Vikings, Clifton posted one of his finer performances in recent memory, limiting Pro Bowl DE Jared Allen to just one tackle and no sacks. The line as a whole didn t allow a sack all evening, the third time this season that QB Aaron Rodgers has not been sacked in a game. Clifton was sidelined for both games against Minnesota in 2009 because of an ankle injury, and Allen registered 7.5 sacks in those two contests. An unrestricted free agent this offseason, Clifton re-signed with the Packers in March and has started all eight games at LT, bringing a veteran presence to a line that has allowed just 16 sacks this season. FEWER FLAGS ON THE FIELD One area of emphasis this season for the Packers this season has been reducing the number of penalties, and that focus has paid dividends in the first half of the season. Through Week 8, Green Bay ranks tied for No. 21 in the league with 50 accepted penalties, a pace that would make for a noticeable improvement from The Packers check in at No. 15 in penalty yardage with 390 yards. The Packers led the league in penalties last season with 118 while ranking second in penalty yardage with 1,057, the third straight year that they finished among the top five most-penalized teams. With just three penalties for 15 yards on Sunday against the Jets, the Packers have been flagged just five times for a total of 35 yards over their past two games. That s the fewest number of penalties for the Packers over a two-game stretch since the final two games of the 2007 regular season (three penalties, 35 yards). Sunday was the fourth time this season that the Packers have been flagged for three or fewer penalties in a game. That s more than any other year under Head Coach Mike McCarthy, and Green Bay didn t have a single game last season with three or fewer penalties. The Packers are 4-0 this season when they are penalized three or fewer times in a game. Green Bay recorded two games with three or fewer penalties in 2008, two in 07 to end the regular season, and three in 06. The last time the Packers were flagged for three or fewer penalties in four games in a season was Since the Packers were flagged a franchise-record 18 times for 152 yards in the loss earlier this season to Chicago in Week 3, they ve committed just 24 penalties for 174 yards over their last five games, an average of 4.8 penalties for 34.8 yards per game. The Packers got off to a good start this season with just two penalties at Philadelphia in Week 1, the fewest by Green Bay in an opening-day contest since Sept. 7, 1986, vs. Houston at Lambeau Field, when they were also called for two penalties. TRAMON S TALENTS CB Tramon Williams etched his name into the team s record books with a pair of big plays in Week 5 at Washington. With a 52-yard punt return in the second quarter and a 64-yard interception return in the fourth quarter, Williams became the first player in franchise history to post a 50-yard punt return and a 60-yard interception return in the same game. Showing just how rare the feat is, no player in team annals has ever posted both of those returns in the same season. Williams became just the third NFL player since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to accomplish the feat in a game, joining Dallas Deion Sanders (Sept. 21, 1998) and the late Darrent Williams of the Denver Broncos (Nov. 13, 2005). Explosive plays are nothing new to the fourth-year CB who went undrafted out of Louisiana Tech in Williams recorded a 94-yard punt return for a score vs. Carolina on Nov. 18, 2007, as well as a 67-yard kickoff return vs. Chicago that season (Oct. 7). Last season he posted his career-long INT return with a 67-yarder vs. Chicago (Sept. 13). Williams is only the third NFL player whose career began since the 1970 merger to post a 90-yard punt return and interception and kickoff returns of 65 yards in a career, joining Adam Jones and Lemar Parrish. Williams leads the team with three interceptions this season, with all of them coming in the past four games. His 11 passes defensed rank No. 2 on the team behind only Nick Collins (12). At New York on Sunday, Williams recorded an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery, the first time in his career he posted all three in the same game. It was the second straight season a Green Bay CB had accomplished that feat, with Charles Woodson doing it last season at Detroit in Week

12 PACKERS TEAM NOTES THE INTERCEPTORS Leading the way when it comes to takeaways for Green Bay has been the defensive-back tandem of CB Charles Woodson and S Nick Collins. Woodson leads all NFL players since 2008 with 18 interceptions, with Collins tied for the No. 4 spot with 14 over that span. Collins ranks No. 2 among all NFL players (Baltimore S Ed Reed, 421) with 408 interception return yards since 08, and Woodson inched closer with his 48-yard INT return for a TD vs. Detroit in Week 4. He has moved into the No. 3 spot in the league, checking in with 396 INT return yards over the past three seasons. Collins has some work to do if he hopes to keep up with Woodson s pace of return TDs. Woodson leads the league since 2008 with six INT returns for touchdowns, with Collins tied for the No. 2 spot with three scores. The Packers rank No. 3 in the NFL with 12 interceptions this season, including five INTs in the past six quarters of play. Green Bay is tied for No. 3 in the league with four INT returns of 20-plus yards. Woodson and Collins have helped put the Packers at the top of the leaderboard in all three interception categories since Team Interceptions 1. Green Bay Tampa Bay 55 3t. Baltimore 53 3t. Tennessee 53 Team INT return yardage 1. Green Bay 1, Tennessee Tampa Bay 907 Team Interception TDs 1. Green Bay 11 2t. Tampa Bay 8 2t. Tennessee 8 Team INT return average 1. Kansas City Green Bay New Orleans 19.6 YOUTH IS SERVED Whenever injuries occur, it is a chance for other players on the roster to show what they are capable of in an expanded role. For Green Bay this season, many of those opportunities have gone to younger players. Six Green Bay rookies have started a game in 2010, tied with Kansas City and New England for the most in the league. The last time the Packers had that many rookies start at least one game in a season came in 2007 (also six). S Morgan Burnett, a third-round pick out of Georgia Tech, became only the second Packers rookie safety to start on opening day since He opened the first four games, posting 15 tackles and an interception, before sustaining a season-ending knee injury in Week 4. Burnett was joined in the starting lineup in Week 1 by nickel CB Sam Shields, a non-drafted rookie out of Miami. It was the first time since the 1970 merger that the Packers started two rookie DBs on opening day. Shields has 11 tackles and a pass defensed in six games played. T Bryan Bulaga, the team s first-round pick out of Iowa who worked at LT and LG all preseason, has started each of the past four games at RT in place of injured veteran Mark Tauscher. LB Frank Zombo, a non-drafted free agent from Central Michigan, has played in every game with three starts and ranks tied for third among all NFL rookies with two sacks. He leads all Green Bay rookies with 31 tackles (20 solo) and a forced fumble. TE Andrew Quarless started his first career game vs. Detroit in Week 4 and figures to factor more prominently in the offense with starting TE Jermichael Finley (knee) lost for the season. Quarless posted 51 yards receiving at Washington in Week 5 to become the first Packers rookie TE to register a 50-yard game since Bubba Franks in Quarless scored his first NFL TD on a 9-yard reception in the Week 7 win vs. Minnesota. DE C.J. Wilson, a seventh-round selection from East Carolina, started for the first time in his career in Week 6 vs. Miami in place of an injured Ryan Pickett, and posted four tackles. He has seen significant time in the past two games against Minnesota and the N.Y. Jets, recording 12 tackles (seven solo) in those contests. AS GOOD AS HE S EVER BEEN In 2009, CB Charles Woodson enjoyed the finest season of his career, his first year in the 3-4 scheme, and has continued his impactful ways this season. Woodson ranks tied for second on the team with two interceptions this season, and has been productive again in tackles as he ranks No. 2 on the team with 57 stops (44 solo). Last season he recorded a career-high 81 tackles (63 solo). Woodson achieved the highest individual honor bestowed upon a defensive player, taking home The Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award last season. He also was named an AP first-team All-Pro. His 48-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter against Detroit this season in Week 4 was his eighth career with the Packers, which set a franchise record. He had been tied with Hall of Fame CB Herb Adderley (seven, ) for the team mark. It was also Woodson s ninth defensive TD (eight INTs, one fumble return) in a Green Bay uniform, which further extended his franchise record. The touchdown gave Woodson 10 interception returns for touchdowns in his career (two with Oakland), which moved him up in the NFL record books as he became just the third player in league history to post 10 career interception returns for touchdowns. He now trails only Rod Woodson (12) and Darren Sharper (11). Woodson has returned an INT for a touchdown in five straight seasons, all five of his years in Green Bay ( ), to become the first player in NFL history to return an INT for a touchdown in five consecutive seasons. The score in Week 4 was also the third straight year that Woodson has returned an INT for a TD against Detroit. He is the first player in NFL history to return an interception for a TD in three consecutive seasons against the same team. In 2009, Woodson became the fourth player in NFL history since sacks became an official statistic to record at least nine interceptions and two sacks in a single season. Woodson also led the Packers with four forced fumbles. His four forced fumbles tied for second among NFL defensive backs in 2009, and he is tied for No. 3 in the NFL this season among defensive backs with two forced fumbles. There s no doubt Woodson s career has undergone a revitalization since coming to Green Bay. He now has 47 career interceptions, which is tied for third among active NFL players. Of his interceptions, 30 have come in 70 games with Green Bay. In 106 games with the Raiders, he had 17. No NFL defensive player has been more productive than Woodson when it comes to picking the ball off since 2008: Player Interceptions 1. Charles Woodson, GB Asante Samuel, PHI DeAngelo Hall, WAS 15 Player Interception TDs 1. Charles Woodson, GB 6 2t. Eight players 3 Player Interception Return Yds. 1. Ed Reed, BAL Nick Collins, GB Charles Woodson, GB

13 WEEK 8 GAME REVIEW - PACKERS 9, JETS 0 DEFENSE SHINES IN SHUTOUT VICTORY Facing perhaps its toughest test to date this season, Green Bay s defense kept the Jets high-powered running attack in check and generated timely takeaways in a shutout victory on the road. The Packers 9-0 win over New York at New Meadowlands Stadium in front of 78,484 was the first road win against the Jets in franchise history, and Green Bay s first road shutout since a 27-0 win over Tampa Bay on Oct. 27, The victory puts Green Bay atop the NFC North at 5-3, a half game ahead of the idle Chicago Bears (4-3), and snapped the Jets five-game winning streak. It s a big win for us, a real big win, one of the biggest I have been a part of in my time here, quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. To go on the road and beat a great team like this, obviously offensively we would have liked to have done a little bit better, but our defense played incredible. The Jets entered Sunday s game with the No. 2 rushing offense in the league, averaging yards per contest. Playing without starting left end Ryan Pickett and a limited starting right end, Cullen Jenkins, due to a calf injury, Green Bay s defense was able to limit the Jets to just 119 yards on 29 carries (4.1 avg.), with the tandem of veteran LaDainian Tomlinson (54 yards on 16 carries) and Shonn Greene (22 on six attempts), combining for just a 3.5-yard average and long runs of 8 yards each. The defense s performance was even more critical considering the Packers offensive struggles, continuing a pattern this season of not converting on third down. The offense was successful on just 2-of-14 third-down opportunities (14.3 percent) on the way to just 237 yards of total offense, the lowest yardage number since Week 1 of 2009 (226 vs. Chicago). Sunday s game had the feel of a defensive struggle right from the start, with both teams going threeand-out on their opening two offensive possessions. On the Jets third drive, linebacker Brandon Chillar shook off a block by Tomlinson on a third-and-9 to sack quarterback Mark Sanchez for a 9-yard loss. Facing a fourth-and-18 at their own 20, Jets punter Steve Weatherford tucked the ball and took it down the right sideline for what was originally ruled an 18-yard gain and a momentum-changing first down. But Head Coach Mike McCarthy challenged the ruling on the field, and the call was overturned as the replay showed Weatherford stepped out a yard shy of the marker as he was tackled by safety Anthony Smith. Jets head coach Rex Ryan said after the game that the decision to run the ball was one that Weatherford made on his own. I don t think he realized we d just been sacked, Ryan said. We told him before that it needed to be a manageable situation, not fourth-and-20 or whatever it was. As he was running, I was trying to make sure he knew where the first-down marker was. I don t think he was clear on that. The Packers wasted no time taking advantage of the fortuitous field position, with Rodgers finding wide receiver Greg Jennings (team-high 81 yards on six catches) wide open over the middle for a catch-and-run that picked up 30 yards down to the New York 6. But Green Bay was forced to settle for a 20-yard Crosby field goal after Rodgers pass on third-and-goal from the 2 went over the head of wide receiver James Jones in the back of the end zone. Little did the offense know that it would be its final red-zone opportunity of the day. After failing to advance the ball past his own 29 on the Jets opening three possessions, Sanchez converted a pair of third downs with completions to wide receiver Santonio Holmes, including an 18-yard pickup to the Packers 36 to convert a third-and-10. But two plays later, linebacker Frank Zombo forced a fumble by wide receiver Brad Smith on a run out of the Wildcat formation, and cornerback Tramon Williams scooped up the ball and returned it 5 yards to the Green Bay 34. Ryan challenged the ruling that Smith wasn t down, but the play was upheld on review. The turnover set up the first of three straight possessions for the offense at the Packers 34 or better, but the inefficiency on third down prevented the offense from generating any rhythm. Luckily for Green Bay, punter Tim Masthay repeatedly pinned the Jets back deep in their own territory, placing four of five first-half punts inside the 20. New York ventured into Packers territory just once more in the opening half, but it was another Williams takeaway that put a stop to that drive. On third-and-11 at the Green Bay 43 with just under five minutes remaining, Sanchez went to wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery on a quick slant, but Williams wrestled the ball away from him for the interception, Williams third in the past four games. Rodgers quickly moved Green Bay down the field, completing a 12-yard pass to wide receiver Brett Swain and picking up a pass-interference penalty on safety Brodney Pool on a third-down pass over the middle to Jennings. In field-goal range at the New York 23, Rodgers took a sack from linebacker David Harris that pushed the offense back 9 yards, and two plays later Crosby s 45-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left as the Packers were forced to settle for a 3-0 lead at the break. The Jets threatened midway through the third quarter, largely because of a 49-yard completion from Sanchez to Cotchery deep down the middle to the Green Bay 28. But a third-down screen to Tomlinson fell 1 yard short of the marker, and Nick Folk s 37-yard kick sailed wide right as the Packers maintained their three-point edge. Early in the fourth quarter, the Jets utilized another big pass play to move into Green Bay territory, this time a 32-yard completion from Sanchez to wide receiver Braylon Edwards, who got behind Williams down the left sideline. Greene then converted a third-and-1 with a 2-yard gain to the Packers 37, before the defense came up with one final takeaway. After a holding penalty on tight end Dustin Keller put the Jets in first-and-20 at the Green Bay 47, Keller caught a short pass from Sanchez. But as he went to the ground, cornerback Charles Woodson swooped in to take the ball away from him and make the interception. It was a bang-bang play, but one the Jets couldn t do anything about since they had already lost on a pair of second-quarter challenges. Rodgers and the offense finally found a little rhythm after the turnover, picking up 13 yards on a screen to running back Brandon Jackson (55 yards on 15 carries), and converting a key third down with a 14-yard completion to wide receiver Jordy Nelson (five receptions for 55 yards) as Rodgers absorbed a big hit from linebacker David Harris. But the drive stalled there, and the Packers tacked on three points with a 41-yard field goal by Crosby. Now trailing by six, Sanchez (16-of-38, 256 yards, two INTs, 43.3 rating) scrambled to avoid pressure and found a wide-open Keller on third down for a 40-yard gain to Green Bay s 37 with just over five minutes remaining. After Cotchery dropped a pass near the sideline that would have picked up another first down, the secondary made a pair of breakups to halt the drive. Williams batted down a deep pass near the pylon on third down, and safety Charlie Peprah made a leaping deflection of a pass intended for Cotchery (game-high 89 yards on four catches) over the middle on fourth down. The Jets had all of their timeouts left, and used them on the next three plays as the Packers picked up little yardage running the ball. Masthay s 41-yard punt sailed out of bounds, giving the Jets one last chance starting from their own 23. Peprah came up with another key breakup, drilling an open Cotchery in the back on a pass down the middle on second down. Linebacker Clay Matthews sacked Sanchez on third down for a 6-yard loss, and then pressured the second-year signal-caller on fourth down to help force an incomplete pass to Edwards down the sideline. With 2:30 left, the Packers couldn t run the clock out, but the field position set up Crosby s 40-yard kick with 27 seconds left to put the finishing touches on an all-important road win. Now the Packers look ahead to a home contest against the Dallas Cowboys (1-6) this Sunday before enjoying their bye the following week. It s an excellent road win, we re glad to be at 5-3 and we re looking at is as if it s a seven-day season right now until we get to the bye and we ve got a big one at home Sunday night against Dallas, McCarthy said. We ve been fighting through a tough spot and I m very proud of what we were able to accomplish here today. 12

14 2010 OPPONENTS A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE NFL Rank Record Offense Defense at Atlanta Falcons...(5-2) 6 23 Buffalo Bills...(0-7) Chicago Bears...(4-3) 29 6 Dallas Cowboys...(1-6) 4 14 Detroit Lions...(2-5) Miami Dolphins...(4-3) 13 8 Minnesota Vikings...(2-5) 18 12T at New England Patriots..(6-1) New York Giants...(5-2) 3 2 at New York Jets...(5-2) 15 7 at Philadelphia Eagles...(4-3) 5 12T San Francisco 49ers...(2-6) at Washington Redskins...(4-4) SCHEDULE NOTES 13 The Green Bay Packers 90th NFL regular-season schedule headlined by six nationally televised games was released in late April. Green Bay opened the 2010 slate on the road at Philadelphia before kicking off the home schedule with the Buffalo Bills in Week 2. Its first prime-time appearance against the rival Bears in Chicago on Monday Night Football came in Week 3. The NFL s oldest rivalry was on display in prime time for a fifth straight season, with this first meeting of the year marking game No. 180 in the all-time series marks the 18th consecutive season the Packers have appeared on Monday Night Football, the NFC s longest streak. Three games are slated for Sunday night on NBC, including home games in Week 7 against the Minnesota Vikings and a contest this week vs. the Dallas Cowboys. In Week 15, the Packers are scheduled to take on the Patriots on Sunday night in Foxborough, though the game is subject to the NFL s flex scheduling. The Packers got their first look at the new stadium in New Jersey this past Sunday against the Jets, where they experienced some cool fall temperatures. While games at Lambeau Field later in the season always provide a home-field advantage for the Packers, the 2010 schedule is nearly void of cold-weather road games. Green Bay s next three road contests will be played in domes (Minnesota, Atlanta, Detroit). That s good news for a Green Bay offense that seems to thrive in domes. Including playoffs, the Packers played in a dome five times last season, exceeding 400 total net yards in four of those games. A number of games on the Packers 2010 schedule namely those on national TV are beginning to have a familiar feel. In addition to taking on the Bears for a fifth consecutive year in prime time, Green Bay took on Minnesota in prime time for a third straight season. The Packers and Cowboys met on national TV for the fourth straight season. The schedule concludes with two home games for the first time since One of the NFL s best teams in regular-season games played in December and January, Green Bay may need to call upon that previous success for what could prove to be two very important contests surrounding the Christmas and New Year s holidays. Games against the Giants (Week 16) and Bears (Week 17) could determine not only the NFC North Division crown but conference playoff seeding SCHEDULE NUGGETS Green Bay s bye week comes in Week 10, the latest possible week for NFL teams. It marks the latest time in which the Packers have had a bye in franchise history, besting the Week 9 bye in The Packers play nine games before the bye and seven after the open date. Three of four games before the bye come at Lambeau Field, while four of five games after the bye are road contests. Immediately following the bye comes an important division game against Minnesota, the first of three straight road games played in domes. Under McCarthy, the team has won three of four games after the bye week and 10 of its last 14 after the bye dating back further. Green Bay has always been a successful team after the bye and 2009 was no different, as the team compiled a 9-3 (.750) mark after the bye week. Since 2000, the team is (.629) overall after the bye. Fifteen games are slated for Sunday, the most since 1993 (also 15). Seven of the final eight games are against NFC opponents. The Packers have six games on the schedule against 2009 playoff teams, including Week 1 at Philadelphia. Beginning in Week 7 vs. Minnesota, Green Bay is playing a stretch of four straight games against playoff teams from a year ago. The team traveled east to take on the Jets in Week 8 and hosts the Cowboys this Sunday before the bye. The stretch concludes in Minnesota in Week 11. The NFL s oldest rivalry will see a first in For the first time in series history, Green Bay will host Chicago in the regular-season finale, set to be game No. 181 between the Packers and Bears.

15 STREAKS & MILESTONES 76 CHAD CLIFTON Has played in 151 career games, including 146 starts. By appearing in the Week 7 game vs. Minnesota, became the 19th player and sixth offensive lineman in team history to play 150 career games in a Green Bay uniform. Has started 114 of the last 120 games since returning from a serious pelvic injury that ended his 2002 season. 36 NICK COLLINS In 2009, became the first Packers player to record an interception in four consecutive games (Weeks 11-14) since 1961 (John Symank). With 14 interceptions since 2008, is tied for third among all NFL players behind Charles Woodson (17) and Philadelphia s Asante Samuel (16). Ranks second (Ed Reed, 421) among all NFL players with 408 interception return yards since With four interception returns for scores in his career, matches No. 5 Johnny (Blood) McNally on Green Bay s all-time career list. With another, would match No. 3 Bobby Dillon and Darren Sharper, each of whom returned five. 2 MASON CROSBY Established a new NFL record for most points scored by a player in his first three seasons (397), breaking the record held by New England s Stephen Gostkowski (388, ). Crosby now has 444 career points. Set a franchise record with a 56-yard field goal in Week 1 at Philadelphia, eclipsing the mark of 54 previously held by three kickers (Chris Jacke, Ryan Longwell and Dave Rayner). For his career, has hit 64-of-71 field goals (90.1 percent) from 39 yards and closer. Has hit 23-of-34 field goals (67.6 percent) from yards. Has hit 10-of-20 field goals (50.0 percent) from 50-plus yards. 80 DONALD DRIVER Topped the 1,000-yard receiving mark for a seventh overall season and sixth consecutive in 2009, extending his own team record in each category. Has 9,357 career receiving yards, No. 2 on the franchise s all-time list behind No. 1 James Lofton (9,656). Surpassed Sterling Sharpe (595) in 2009 to become the franchise s alltime leader in receptions. Driver has 675 career catches. Had a reception in 133 consecutive games, besting the franchise s previous long streak of Sharpe s 103 ( ), before not catching a pass in Week 7 against Minnesota. In 2009, had 50-plus receptions for the eighth time, a new franchise record. Lofton and Sharpe each had seven seasons with 50-plus catches. Is the all-time leading receiver at Lambeau Field, with 4,443 career receiving yards at the stadium. Also is Lambeau Field s all-time leader in receptions with 321. With a TD catch vs. Detroit in Week 4, moved into sole possession of No. 2 spot with 21 TD catches at Lambeau Field. Antonio Freeman (36) ranks first in the stadium s history Has 22 career 100-yard receiving games, No. 4 in team history. Needs two more games to equal No. 3 Don Hutson (24) on the all-time list. With 52 career TD receptions, joins Hutson (99), Sharpe (65), Freeman (57) and Max McGee (50) as the only Packers with 50 career TD catches. Ranks fourth all-time in yards from scrimmage with 9,574. Driver needs 139 yards to move past No. 3 Jim Taylor (9,712). 50 A.J. HAWK Has played in all 72 games in his career, including 69 starts, and has posted 23 double-digit tackle games. Has matched his career high with two interceptions this season, a total that also ranks tied for No. 1 among NFL LBs. In 2009, was one of only 10 NFL linebackers to record at least 85 tackles, two interceptions and a sack. 77 CULLEN JENKINS Is tied with Santana Dotson for the No. 9 spot in team history with 26 career sacks. In 2009, was one of only eight defensive linemen in the league to post at least 50 tackles, four sacks and three forced fumbles. Batted down nine passes in 2007, which ranks second (Johnny Jolly, 11, 2009) on the single-season list among Packers defensive linemen since the team began recording the statistic in GREG JENNINGS Led the team in receiving yards (1,113) in 2009 for the second straight season. Became the fifth player in team history to post back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons, joining Lofton, Sharpe, Freeman and Driver. His four career catches of 80-plus yards are a franchise record and tied for most among active NFL players with Buffalo WR Lee Evans. His 22 catches of 40-plus yards since 2007 leads all NFL players. Had 133 receiving yards in Week 6 vs. Miami, his 15th career 100-yard game. In Week 1 at Philadelphia, surpassed 4,000 career receiving yards in his 60th career game. He now has 4,428 career yards. 86 DONALD LEE With 15 career touchdown catches, is tied with Ron Kramer for No. 5 on the franchise s all-time tight ends list. Mark Chmura ranks No. 4 with 17. Needs two receptions to move past Rich McGeorge (175) and into the No. 5 spot on the team s all-time tight ends list. 52 CLAY MATTHEWS His 17 sacks in his first 20 games were the most by an NFL player to start his career, eclipsing the mark of 16.5 set by Leslie O Neal (1986, 1988) and John Abraham ( ). Became first player in team history since sacks became an official league statistic in 1982 to post back-to-back three-sack games (Weeks 1-2, 2010). Leads the NFL with 19.5 sacks since Set franchise rookie record with 10 sacks in Two years after he co-founded the Packers with Curly Lambeau, George Calhoun began writing a piece called The Dope Sheet, which served as the official press release and game program from

16 12 AARON RODGERS Became the first player in NFL history to post 4,000 yards passing in each of his first two seasons as a starter ( ). Surpassed the 10,000-yard mark for his career this season at Washington in Week 5, becoming just the sixth QB in franchise history to top that mark. Finished the 09 season with 4,434 passing yards, No. 2 on the franchise s single-season list behind Lynn Dickey (4,458, 1983). Finished the 09 season fourth in the NFL in passing yards (career-high 4,434), fourth in touchdown passes (career-high 30), fourth in QB rating (103.2), ninth in completion percentage (64.7%), first in interception percentage (1.3%), tied for ninth in 20-plus yard completions (55) and tied for first in 40-plus yard passes (17). His passer rating of was the secondbest single-season mark in franchise history, behind Bart Starr s in 1966 (min. 200 attempts). Is one of only two QBs in NFL history (Brett Favre, 2009) to post 30-plus passing TDs and seven or fewer interceptions in the same season. Joined Steve Young (San Francisco, 1998) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards and 30 TDs and rush for 300 yards and five TDs in the same season. His third-down passer rating of led the league and was the best mark in the NFL since Kurt Warner s in 1999 with St. Louis. His 316 rushing yards in 2009 ranked second among quarterbacks, and his five rushing TDs were the most by a Packers quarterback since 1989, when Don Majkowski also had five. Has 11 career 300-yard games and 10 three-td games. In 40 career starts, has eclipsed a plus passer rating 20 times. His passer rating at Cleveland in Week 7 in 2009 was the franchise s highest single-game total (min. 20 attempts), besting Brett Favre s rating set in Oakland on Dec. 22, Registered a passer rating over in four consecutive games (Weeks 3-7), becoming just the second quarterback in franchise history (Bart Starr, 1966) to accomplish the feat in a single season. Is the fourth player in Packers history to surpass the 4,000-yard mark in a season, joining Lynn Dickey (1), Brett Favre (5) and Don Majkowski (1). Has posted three or more rushing TDs each of the past three seasons, becoming the first Packers QB to accomplish that feat since Tobin Rote ( ). Has started 40 straight games, which is tied for No. 5 among active NFL quarterbacks. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYERS Atari Bigby ah-TARR-ee BIG-bee Diyral Briggs DIE-rell Bryan Bulaga buh-LAH-gah Brandon Chillar CHILL-er Robert Francois fran-swah Brett Goode GEWD Justin Harrell HAIR-uhl Cullen Jenkins KULL-en John Kuhn KOON Tim Masthay MAS-tay Ryan Pickett PICK-ett Brady Poppinga puh-ping-ah Andrew Quarless QUAR-less STREAKS & MILESTONES TRAMON WILLIAMS Led the team with a career-high 22 passes defensed in Starting with his first career interception in the 2007 regular-season finale, has 13 interceptions in the last 41 games. Was the only non-drafted free agent in the NFL to post four or more interceptions in both 2008 and CHARLES WOODSON His nine defensive touchdowns with Green Bay (eight interceptions, one fumble recovery) are a team record. With eight interception returns for scores, ranks No. 1 on Green Bay s all-time list, eclipsing the previous mark set by Herb Adderley (seven, ). For his career, has 10 INT-return TDs, which ranks No. 3 in NFL history behind only Rod Woodson (12) and Darren Sharper (11). Ranks No. 3 in the league with 396 INT return yards since 2008, trailing only teammate Nick Collins (408) and Baltimore S Ed Reed (421). In 2009, established new career highs in tackles (81), interceptions (9, tied league lead), and interception returns for TDs (3, tied league lead and team record), and matched a career high with four forced fumbles. Has 47 career interceptions, 30 in 70 games since coming to Green Bay in Woodson had 17 interceptions in 106 games with Oakland. Woodson's 18 interceptions since 2008 lead all NFL players. Became the fourth player in NFL history since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 to record at least nine interceptions and two sacks in a single season. Is the only player in NFL history to post at least seven interceptions and two sacks in back-to-back seasons. In 2009, became the first NFC player to win the conference s Defensive Player of the Month award multiple times in one season (Sept., Nov., Dec). With nine interceptions in 2009, became only the second player in franchise history to post at least seven interceptions in three different seasons (Bobby Dillon, ). With two interceptions against Detroit on Thanksgiving in 2009, recorded the fifth multi-interception game of his career. Four of those games have come with Green Bay. His five sacks since 2008 are tied for No. 2 among defensive backs. Became the first NFL player since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 to record two interceptions, an interception for a touchdown, a sack and a fumble recovery in the same game when he posted all of those statistics at Detroit on Thanksgiving. B.J. Raji RAH-jee Josh Sitton SITT-en Jason Spitz SPITTS Mark Tauscher TAO-sher Tramon Williams trah-mahn COACHES James Campen KAMP-en Tom Clements KLEMM-ints Jerry Fontenot FON-tin-oh Ben McAdoo MACK-ah-doo Shawn Slocum SLOW-kumm Mike Trgovac TUR-go-vac

17 PACKERS STARTERS - OFFENSE WR Greg Jennings, 5-11, 198, 5th Year, Western Michigan One of just five receivers in team history to post back-to-back 1,000- yard seasons. Leads the NFL with 22 catches of 40-plus yards since 2007, and his career 33.8-yard average per TD reception ranks No. 2 among active players (min. 20 TD receptions). Has caught a pass in 66 of 67 games played for the Packers (69 of 70 including playoffs), including a team-high current streak of 22 contests. Leads the team this season in receiving yards (471) and receiving touchdowns (five). Was the second of two second-round draft choices by the Packers in 2006 (52nd overall), a pick obtained in a draft-day trade down of 16 spots with New England. LT Chad Clifton, 6-5, 320, 11th Year, Tennessee Has blocked for five of the top eight singleseason rushers in team history, and has helped pave the way for a 1,000-yard rusher in eight of his 10 seasons in Green Bay. Has started 114 of 120 games (120 of 126 including playoffs) at LT since returning to the field in 2003 from the serious pelvic injury that ended his 02 season. By appearing in the Week 7 game vs. Minnesota, became the 19th player and sixth offensive lineman in team history to play in 150 games in a Green Bay uniform. Selected in the second round (44th overall) by the Packers in 2000, the fifth OL picked. LG Daryn Colledge, 6-4, 308, 5th Year, Boise State Has shown his durability by never missing a game in the NFL or in college, a combined total of 124 games (127 including playoffs). Played 97.4 percent of the offensive snaps in 2009, second on the team for any player on either side of the ball behind fellow G Josh Sitton. In 2008, joined Jason Spitz as the only offensive players to play every snap. Named Packers 2009 Walter Payton Man of the Year, the only league award that recognizes player off-the-field community service as well as playing excellence. Was the first of two second-round draft picks by Green Bay in 2006 (47th overall), and was the sixth OL picked. C Scott Wells, 6-2, 300, 7th Year, Tennessee Began 2009 season as backup at center but reclaimed starting role early due to injury reshuffling and didn t relinquish it. Has played in 87 games with 76 starts during his seven seasons in Green Bay, with 63 starts at center since 2006, including 22 straight. A key blocker in Ryan Grant s back-to-back 1,200-yard rushing seasons in , making Grant only the third running back in team history to accomplish that feat. Drafted by Green Bay in 2004 with a compensatory pick in the seventh round (251st overall). RG Josh Sitton, 6-3, 318, 3rd Year, Central Florida Has started 25 straight games at RG, the longest streak by a Green Bay offensive lineman at one position. Was the only Packers offensive lineman to open every game at one position in Also played all 1,093 snaps on offense, the only player on either side of the ball to not miss a snap with his unit. Known best for his run blocking, was a key cog in Ryan Grant s careerbest 1,253-yard season in 2009, the sixth-best single-season rushing total in franchise annals. Selected by the Packers with their second fourth-round pick in 2008 (135th overall), a free agency compensatory choice. RT Mark Tauscher, 6-3, 320, 11th Year, Wisconsin Was out of football for the first half of the 2009 season after the second season-ending knee injury of his career came in the final month of 08, but re-signed Oct. 12 and went on to start eight games in 09. Helped solidify the line during the second half of the year, as the offense allowed only 10 sacks over the final seven games after allowing 41 in the first nine. Originally a seventh-round selection by the Packers in 2000, has gone on to play in 134 games with 132 starts during his career. Has been sidelined for the past four games with a shoulder injury, and his status for Sunday is uncertain. TE Donald Lee, 6-4, 248, 8th Year, Mississippi State Ranks No. 6 on the franchise s all-time list for tight ends with 174 receptions. Also ranks tied for No. 5 with 15 career TD receptions. Became first Packers TE since Paul Coffman ( ) to post three consecutive seasons of at least 35 receptions ( ). Originally a fifth-round draft choice (156th overall) of the Miami Dolphins in 2003, he signed with Green Bay as a free agent in September WR Donald Driver, 6-0, 194, 12th Year, Alcorn State Ranks first on the franchise s all-time list for receptions with 675 and ranks second in team history with 9,357 career yards, trailing only James Lofton (9,656). Ranks second on the team this season in receptions (28), receiving yards (307) and receiving TDs (three). Extended two team records in 2009 with his seventh 1,000-yard season and sixth straight. Indianapolis Reggie Wayne was the only player in the NFL to have a 1,000-yard season each year from Caught a pass in 133 straight games (139 including postseason) before not posting a reception in Week 7 vs. Minnesota, the longest streak in franchise history. Was the second of two seventh-round draft choices (213th overall) by Green Bay in QB Aaron Rodgers, 6-2, 225, 6th Year, California Ranks tied for No. 6 in the league with 12 TD passes, No. 5 with 2,011 passing yards, and tied for No. 3 in passes of 25-plus yards with 17. Last season, became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons as a starter. In 2009, nearly broke the franchise s single-season record with 4,434 passing yards, falling just short of Lynn Dickey s mark of 4,458 in 1984 on the way to his first Pro Bowl selection. In 40 regular-season starts, has posted yard passing games, 21 games without an interception and 20 with a 100-plus passer rating. Leads all NFL quarterbacks with eight rushing TDs since 2009, and ranks No. 1 among QBs in rushing yardage with 448 over that span. Selected by the Packers in the first round (24th overall) in 2005, the second QB taken after Alex Smith (San Francisco, No. 1 overall). RB Brandon Jackson, 5-10, 216, 4th Year, Nebraska Leads team with 418 rushing yards on 95 carries (4.4 avg.) this season, and posted a career-best performance at Washington in Week 5 (115 yards on 10 carries), including a career-long 71-yard TD run. Took over as the starter in Week 2 after RB Ryan Grant was lost for the year due to an ankle injury. One of 11 running backs in the league with 400 yards rushing/150 yards receiving this season. Was drafted in the second round (63rd overall) by Green Bay in FB Korey Hall, 6-0, 236, 4th Year, Boise State Converted from linebacker to fullback upon arriving in Green Bay as a sixth-round pick in 2007, and has played in 43 games with 24 starts over four seasons. Helped clear the way for RB Ryan Grant to post back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons in , making Grant just the third back in team annals to accomplish the feat. Posted 37 special teams tackles from , third most on the team over that span. Leads the team this season with 11 tackles on special teams, and is already approaching his career high (13 in 2008). The first of three consecutive sixth-round choices by Green Bay in 2007, was selected 191st overall. 16

18 PACKERS STARTERS - DEFENSE LDE Ryan Pickett, 6-2, 340, 10th Year, Ohio State Has played in 140 of a possible 152 regular-season games during his career, missing just seven contests due to injury. Ranks tied for second on the defensive line this season with 18 tackles (10 solo) despite missing two games due to injury. Key component of Packers No. 1-ranked rushing defense in 2009 (franchise-record 83.3 yards allowed per game), the first time in team history that Green Bay led the league in that category. Signed with Green Bay as an unrestricted free agent in 2006 after spending his first five seasons with St. Louis, who selected him in the first round in 2001 (29th overall). NT B.J. Raji, 6-2, 337, 2nd Year, Boston College His 2.5 sacks this season are a career high, and leads the defensive line with 33 tackles (19 solo). Is the only defensive lineman to have started all eight games this season. Named to the Pro Football Weekly/PFWA All- Rookie team in 2009, the first Packers defensive lineman to be selected since DE Vonnie Holliday in Played in 14 games with one start as a rookie in 2009, seeing most of his time at both end spots and as a down lineman in the nickel package, but is taking over starting NT spot this season. Selected by the Packers with the first of two firstround picks in 2009 (9th overall). RDE Cullen Jenkins, 6-2, 305, 7th Year, Central Michigan Ranks second on the team with four sacks, posting one in four straight games (Weeks 1-4) for the first time in his career. Started all 16 games for the first time in his career in 2009, and posted career highs in both tackles (50) and forced fumbles (three). One of only eight NFL defensive linemen to post at least 50 tackles, four sacks and three forced fumbles in Originally signed with Green Bay as a non-drafted free agent in LOLB Clay Matthews, 6-3, 255, 2nd Year, Southern California Leads the NFL with 9.5 sacks despite missing the Week 6 contest vs. Miami due to a hamstring injury, and his 17 sacks in his first 20 games were an NFL record to start a career. Also leads the league with 19.5 sacks since Is tied for fourth on the team with 42 tackles (28 solo). Set a Packers rookie record with 10 sacks in 2009 on his way to earning Pro Bowl honors, the first Green Bay rookie to be named to the all-star game since WR James Lofton in Drafted by the Packers with the second of two first-round picks in 2009 (26th overall), a choice obtained from New England in a draft-day trade. BLB A.J. Hawk, 6-1, 247, 5th Year, Ohio State Has either led the team or finished second in tackles each of his four seasons in Green Bay, and has posted 22 double-digit tackle games. Leads the team this season with 75 tackles (53 solo). Tied for No. 2 on the team with two interceptions, which matches his career high. The two INTs also ties him for the NFL lead among LBs. His four INTs over the past 13 regular-season games rank No. 1 among NFL LBs. Hasn t missed a game in his career, playing in all 72 games with 69 starts, with the only non-starts coming in both Minnesota games in 2009 and at Philadelphia in Week 1 this season when the Packers opened in their nickel defense. Selected by the Packers in the first round (No. 5 overall) in MLB Desmond Bishop, 6-2, 238, 4th Year, California Has started the past four games, a career high, in place of an injured Nick Barnett, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Oct. 15. Ranks No. 3 on the team with a career-high 54 tackles (35 solo), highlighted by a career-high 16-tackle performance vs. Miami in Week 6. Led the team with a career-high 22 special teams tackles in 2009, and his 49 tackles on special teams led the team from Selected by Green Bay in the sixth round (192nd overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft, the second of three straight choices by the Packers in the round. ROLB Frank Zombo, 6-3, 254, Rookie, Central Michigan Ranks tied for No. 3 among NFL rookies with two sacks, good for fourth on the team. Has played in all eight games with three starts. With a sack at Philadelphia in Week 1, became the first Green Bay rookie to post a sack in his first NFL game since Jamal Reynolds in Was one of three non-drafted free agents to make Green Bay s openingday roster as he made the transition to OLB from DE in college. LCB Charles Woodson, 6-1, 202, 13th Year, Michigan Holds the franchise record for career interception returns for TDs with eight and defensive TDs with nine (eight INTs, one fumble return). Is tied for third among NFL defensive backs this season with two forced fumbles and ranks No. 2 on the team with 57 tackles (44 solo). With an interception return for a score vs. Detroit in Week 4, became first player in NFL history to post an INT return for a TD in five consecutive seasons ( ). Named NFL Defensive Player of the Year by The Associated Press last season, becoming only the second Packer to win the award (DE Reggie White, 1998) and the oldest defensive back to earn the honor. Signed with Green Bay as an unrestricted free agent in 2006 after spending his first eight seasons with Oakland, who selected him in the first round in 1998 (No. 4 overall). RCB Tramon Williams, 5-11, 191, 4th Year, Louisiana Tech Leads the team with three interceptions, having picked off a pass in three of the past four games. Ranks No. 2 on the team with 11 passes defensed, following up a 2009 campaign that saw him pace the team with a career-high 22 passes defensed. Was the only non-drafted free agent in the NFL to post four or more interceptions in both 2008 and At Washington in Week 5, became the first Packer in team history to post a 50-yard punt return and a 60-yard INT return in the same game. Joined the Packers in November 2006 when the team signed him to the practice squad. Originally entered the NFL as a non-drafted free agent with Houston in May SS Charlie Peprah, 5-11, 203, 5th Year, Alabama A reserve safety and contributor on special teams during his first three seasons in Green Bay ( ), he re-signed with the Packers this past offseason after spending the second half of the 09 season with Atlanta. Has started a career-high four games this season and has posted a career-best 29 tackles (23 solo). Has played in 45 career games. Posted 19 tackles and two passes defensed along with nine tackles on special teams with the Packers in Claimed off waivers by the Packers in September 2006 from the N.Y. Giants, who had drafted him in the fifth round (158th overall). FS Nick Collins, 5-11, 207, 6th Year, Bethune-Cookman Selected to the Pro Bowl for the second straight season in 2009, becoming the first Packers safety to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons since LeRoy Butler ( ). Leads the team with 12 passes defensed and ranks tied for No. 4 on the team with 42 tackles (37 solo). Tied for lead among NFL safeties (Ed Reed) with 14 interceptions since 2008, and his 408 interception return yards rank No. 2 in the league over that span behind only Reed s 421. Returned three INTs for TDs in 2008, the first NFL safety to do so since Kansas City s Lloyd Burruss in His 295 INT return yards in 08 led the NFL and broke the franchise record (Bobby Dillon, 244 in 1956). Chosen by the Packers as the first of two second-round picks in the 2005 NFL Draft (51st overall). 17