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VOL VII; NO. 24 GREEN BAY, JAN. 27, 2006 END OF SEASON

SEASON REVIEW: The Packers finished 4-12, sustaining their first los- McCARTHY NAMED HEAD COACH: The Jan. 12 ing season since 1991 and missing the playoffs for the first time in five added to an exclusive fraternity, naming Mike McCarthy the team's 14th years, since 2000. Head Coach. General Manager made the historic XIn the final league rankings, the Packers finished 18th on offense (30th announcement. in rushing, seventh in passing). Green Bay finished seventh on defense, XMcCarthy, 42, was the league’s youngest head coach until the New York 23rd against the run and first against the pass — extending the team’s Jets hired 34-year-old Eric Mangini five days later. McCarthy is nearly NFL record by leading the league in passing defense for a 10th season. three months younger than Tampa Bay's and seven months XIn 10 of their 12 losses, the Packers had a legitimate, late opportunity to younger than Jacksonville's Jack Del Rio. And, McCarthy inherits one of win. Six games were decided by three points or less. Only Dallas (7) and the league's youngest teams. Green Bay's roster at season's end aver- Washington (6) played as many. aged 26.04 years of age. XGreen Bay starters lost 48 combined games due to injury, including 15 XThompson was impressed with McCarthy's leadership ability, tough- by the team’s leading 2004 (knee, lost in Game 1) ness, football knowledge and awareness of the unique Green Bay organ- and 11 by leading 2004 rusher (quadriceps tendon, sea- ization, its players and the team's role in its surrounding community. son ended in Game 6). XMcCarthy experienced that uniqueness as the Packers' XStung by turnovers on offense, and lack of takeaways on defense, the coach in 1999. Six players who finished 2005 on Green Bay's roster team finished tied for last in turnover margin, minus-24. played for the Packers in '99, including and McCarthy's primary pupil that year, . Led by Favre's 4,091 yards — his SHERMAN RELIEVED: General Manager Ted Thompson on Jan. 2, one third-highest career total — Green Bay ranked seventh in passing and day after the season finale, announced he had relieved . ninth overall offensively. X“I’ve come to a decision to make a change in the head coaching position XThis also marks the second time the Packers have hired the 49ers offen- with the Green Bay Packers,” sive coordinator. In 1992, elevated from that Thompson said. “Decisions like this POSTSEASON role in San Francisco. In guiding the 49ers' offense, McCarthy spent the are never easy. They require a lot of past season working with No. 1 overall draft choice Alex Smith. thought and consternation. At the end ANNOUNCEMENTS XSmith joined a long line of quarterbacks coached by McCarthy, including of the day I felt like we needed to go in Favre, , Aaron Brooks, Jake Delhomme, Marc Bulger, a different direction. , Elvis Grbac and . That group has combined X“I sat down with Mike Sherman this morning and informed him of my for 25 career selections and eight starts. decision. It was a brief conversation. Naturally, he was disappointed. I XSchooled in the 'West Coast' offense, McCarthy has coached 19 years thanked him for all that he has done for the Packers over the last six combined at the pro and college levels, including 13 in the NFL. He has years. I think he’s done a fine job under some difficult circumstances, called plays over the last six years as an , and has maintaining the winning tradition of the Green Bay Packers. coached in eight NFL playoff games. X“Right before I came in here to meet with you, I met with our players briefly. I informed them of my decision along with my high expectations SCHEDULE & RESULTS of the team in future seasons. X“I will begin the process of interviewing potential head coaches this Sun., Sept. 11 at ...... L, 3-17 (61,877) week. I won’t get into specifics about that right now other than to say we Sun., Sept. 18 ...... L, 24-26 (70,400) intend to follow all of the guidelines the NFL has set up in terms of hir- Sun., Sept. 25 ...... L, 16-17 (70,518) ing coaches.” Mon., Oct. 3 at ...... L, 29-32 (73,657) XWhen Thompson informed Sherman of his dismissal, Thompson said he Sun., Oct. 9 ...... W, 52-3 (70,580) Sun., Oct. 16 Open Date ...... did not make the change because of wins and losses. Sherman went 59- Sun., Oct. 23 at ...... L, 20-23 (64,278) 43 during his six-year tenure. Sun., Oct. 30 at ...... L, 14-21 (65,940) XSherman said Jan. 4 he disagreed with the decision but respected it. Sun., Nov. 6 ...... L, 10-20 (70,607) XOnly four other head coaches served longer tenures with the Packers: Sun., Nov. 13 at ...... W, 33-25 (71,001) (31 years, 1919-49), (nine, 1959-67), Mon., Nov. 21 MINNESOTA VIKINGS ...... L, 17-20 (70,610) (nine, 1975-83) and MIke Holmgren (seven, 1992-98). Sun., Nov. 27 at Eagles ...... L, 14-19 (67,665) XSherman guided the Packers to four straight playoff berths (2001-04) Sun., Dec. 4 at Bears ...... L, 7-19 (62,177) and three consecutive division titles (2002-04) before finishing 4-12 in Sun., Dec. 11 DETROIT LIONS (OT) ...... W, 16-13 (70,019) Mon., Dec. 19 at ...... L, 3-48 (70,604) 2005. Sun., Dec. 25 ...... L, 17-24 (69,757) XHe ranks fourth all-time among Green Bay coaches in wins (59) and win- Sun., Jan. 1 ...... W, 23-17 (69,928) ning percentage (.578). Only Lambeau (212-106-21, .656), Lombardi (98-30-4, .758) and Holmgren (84-42-0, .667) posted better marks. 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 of the “Acme” Packers from 1921-24. Pg. 2 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW XDuring his five years (2000-04) as Saints offensive coordinator, he presided over the most prolific offensive era in the team's four decades. MIKE SHERMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS Named 2000 NFC Assistant Coach of the Year by USA Today, McCarthy guided the Saints to 10 offensive team records and 25 individual marks. X“I appreciate the opportunity I was given in January of 2000 to In addition: become the 13th head football coach of the Green Bay Packers. The XIn McCarthy's first year as coordinator, 2000, Joe Horn became the past six years have been very special to me and very special to my Saints' first 1,000-yard receiver in eight years. A four-time Pro Bowler, family. I am honored to have coached this great franchise and be a Horn during McCarthy's tenure caught 437 passes for 6,289 yards and part of its history. I’m honored also to have coached some great guys 45 . and the relationships that I have built with them will be lifelong. I feel XThe team produced its first 1,000-yard rusher in 10 years, launching a privileged as well to have worked with some excellent football coach- player past that landmark during each of McCarthy's five seasons (Ricky es on our current staff and on previous staffs. I appreciate all their Williams and Deuce McAllister). contributions to our successes. I am deeply in debted to the many XNew Orleans led the league with 432 points and 49 touchdowns in 2002. staff members here in the Packer organization who have helped me XPrior to the 1999 campaign in Green Bay, McCarthy served six seasons do my job. I owe you very much. You’ve been as much a part of our (1993-98) in Kansas City, working first as an offensive assistant with success as anybody. Montana. With McCarthy as quarterbacks coach from 1995-98, Kansas X“I also want to thank the Green Bay Packer fans. Your love for this City's 52 marked the lowest total in the AFC over the four- team has been inspirational to me. I felt a huge responsibility every year stretch. McCarthy worked with three starters - Gannon, Grbac and time I walked out on that field representing you. And if we came home . with a victory, came in that tunnel with a win, I felt great and happy. XFrom 1989-92, McCarthy honed his coaching ability on Paul Hackett's And when we didn’t, I felt disappointed and sad. The conversations staff at the University of Pittsburgh, where he served three years as we’ve had over the years, whether it’s walking down to practice, quarterbacks coach and one season in charge of wide receivers. Under through the gates, letters, e-mails, phone calls, tailgate parties that I McCarthy, Alex Van Pelt topped the school's career and single-season would visit after a win, I will always remember that. Your passion for passing yards records established by . this franchise is what makes it so special. You are the Green Bay XBefore his stint in Pittsburgh, where he was born, McCarthy started his Packers. coaching career as a graduate assistant at Fort Hays State in Kansas. He X“I have no regrets over the last six years. I gave this job everything had remained in the state after completing his collegiate playing career that I had. I’m proud of what we accomplished during that time. When at nearby Baker University. An all-conference , McCarthy as a we got here in 2000, it was said that the team was in decline after a senior captain helped Baker to a runner-up finish in NAIA Division II. couple Super Bowl seasons (1996-97). I thought we were able to res- XMcCarthy's coaching background: urrect things and win some football games and I’m proud of that. I Year College/Pro Team Position Coached was anxious this past season and fully expected us to go out and 1987-88 Fort Hays State Graduate Assistant compete and win our fourth division title, something no Packers team 1989-91 Univ. of Pittsburgh Quarterbacks had ever been able to do. I’m disappointed that we weren’t able to do 1992 Univ. of Pittsburgh Wide Receivers that and more. We obviously fell short of that this season. But I must 1993-94 Off. Assistant/Quality Control admit, I am very proud of this past football team. I’m proud of them 1995-98 Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks as players. I’m proud of them as men, as much as any group I’ve ever 1999 Green Bay Packers Quarterbacks coached. The way they handled adversity, their honesty and account- 2000-04 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator ability, the way they fought through tough times together was extraor- 2005 Offensive Coordinator dinary. I know a lot of that doesn’t mean much when it comes down 2006- Green Bay Packers Head Coach to winning and losing, necessarily, because we didn’t win consistent- ly enough, but they came to work everyday trying to win football XMcCarthy’s mission statement: games. They know how to be professionals, they know how to win, and they handled adversity quite well and I’m proud of them for that. THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW DIRECTION OF THE GREEN BAY I asked them to be honest, be accountable and do your very best, and PACKERS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THREE KEY COMPONENTS I thought they did that for the most part and I’m proud of that. That OF OBTAINING "PACKER PEOPLE," CREATING A "STABLE STRUCTURE" doesn’t dismiss the fact that we were disappointed when we didn’t AND CONCENTRATING ON "CHARACTER AND CHEMISTRY." fulfill our goals of winning on Sunday. X“In closing, to be honest with you, I’m disappointed that I’m not the A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE CREATED WITH "LEADERSHIP" head coach of the Green Bay Packers anymore. I was looking forward THAT KEEPS ITS EYE ON THE TARGET OF ESTABLISHING A CHAMPI- to getting back to work, and getting going on next season, and get us ONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM. back to a position that we’re more accustomed to being in this time of year. It’s difficult to let go of something that you’ve embraced so THE DIRECTION WILL BE FUELED WITH CONSTANT COMMUNICA- passionately for six years. It’s difficult when everything, all your TION TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ON BOARD. WE WILL ATTACK THE efforts have been in one direction and now, obviously, the reality is VOYAGE WITH ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM TO OVERCOME THE that they can’t be. But that is the reality. As I said, I’ve been honored OBSTACLES THAT WE WILL ENCOUNTER. to be the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. This is an unbeliev- able franchise. Not one time did I ever take that responsibility for THIS VISION IS ENHANCED WITH RESOURCES AND TRADITION THAT granted or take it lightly. Green Bay, Wis., has been home to me and STANDS IN THE FOREFRONT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZA- my family for eight years, two years as an assistant coach and six TIONS. years as the head coach, and it’s been very special to us. We have some tremendously fond memories of our times here in Green Bay I AM HONORED AND PRIVILEGED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD and the state of . And the people we’ve associated with will THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ON A NEW JOURNEY BACK TO THE PIN- always be a part of us. This chapter of my life will always be looked NACLE THAT BEARS THE NAME OF "COACH LOMBARDI." at by me and by my family very fondly and I am sincerely grateful to all the people that took a part in that.” —Jan. 4, 2006 JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 3 SIX ASSISTANTS RELIEVED: Taking the first steps toward shaping BATES, TEAM AGREE TO PART WAYS: The Packers announced Jan. his initial staff, Head Coach Mike McCarthy Jan. 13 announced that the 16 that Jim Bates and the team have mutually agreed team had released six assistant coaches and two other staff members. to part ways. XReleased were secondary/safeties coach Joe Baker, offensive line coach X“I have great respect for Jim Bates as a defensive football coach,” Head Larry Beightol, special teams coordinator John Bonamego, Coach Mike McCarthy said. “He and I have gotten together on a couple coach Mark Duffner, offensive coordinator and strength occasions over the last several days to discuss him as the defensive and conditioning coach Barry Rubin. The team also released director of coordinator on my staff. Ultimately, we agreed that the best course of football administration Bruce Warwick and weight room assistant Vince action for both of us would be for the Packers to go in a different direc- Workman. tion.” XOn Jan. 4, Green Bay's former director of player development Turner Gill XIn yards allowed per game last season, the Packers ranked seventh over- officially named Charlie Jackson as his defensive coordinator at the all, 23rd against the run and first against the pass. Green Bay also fin- University of Buffalo. The school had hired Gill as its head coach Dec. ished the year ninth in yards per play, eighth in sacks per pass play, ninth 16, and Gill promoted Jackson from his role as the Packers' defensive in third-down efficiency, tied for 19th in points per game and 22nd in red quality control coach. zone efficiency. XOn Jan. 3, Packers wide receivers coach James Franklin left to become the offensive coordinator at Kansas State. And on Jan. 12, the Minnesota OFFENSIVE ASSISTANTS IN PLACE: The Packers Jan. 17 named Vikings hired Green Bay quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell as their new running backs coach, assistant offensive offensive coordinator. line coach, Ty Knott offensive quality control coach, Ben McAdoo tight ends coach, offensive line coach and wide JAGODZINSKI TABBED TO HEAD UP OFFENSE: Installing the first receivers coach. Head Coach Mike McCarthy made the announcement. pillar in the Packers' new coaching staff, Head Coach Mike McCarthy Jan. X“I'm happy to announce the addition of these six excellent football 15 named Wisconsin native offensive coordinator. coaches," said McCarthy. “I've spent a lot of time in interviews since I XJagodzinski, 42, returns to the Packers from the Atlanta Falcons, where was hired (Jan. 12) and I've found these individuals to be not only the he'd spent the previous two seasons. He served last season as the best available coaches and teachers, but also what I would call Packer Falcons' offensive line coach, a promotion he had earned after his first people. I'm confident in the ability of these coaches to enhance the skills year in Atlanta, 2004, as tight ends coach. of our current players as well as those we will add in the offseason.” XDuring each of Jagodzinski's two years in Atlanta, the Falcons led the XBennett, 36, last year in his first campaign as Packers running backs NFL in both rushing yards per game and rushing yards per carry. In part coach saw season-ending injuries claim his top two backs, Ahman behind timely blocks from the coach's tight ends, Atlanta in 2004 set a Green (quadriceps tendon) and (ankle). A rib injury franchise record with 2,672 rushing yards, a springboard to the team's also sidelined No. 3 back Tony Fisher for two games. Faced with that berth in the NFC Championship game. Last season, with Jagodzinski as adversity, Bennett took a nondrafted practice squad player, Samkon line coach, the Falcons' zone-blocking schemes led the way for RB Gado, and guided him to the second-most productive season by a rook- 's career-high 1,416 rushing yards, a Pro Bowl effort. ie in franchise history. Gado, who had started only two XAlge Crumpler, the coach's primary pupil as tight ends coach in 2004, games at , ran for 582 yards, including three 100-yard went to the Pro Bowl that season after establishing career highs in games. Only No. 1 draft choice (1,105 yards and four receptions (48), receiving yards (774) and touchdowns (6). Crumpler's 100-yard games in 1971) had more as a Packers rookie. And no other 16.1-yard per-catch average led all NFL tight ends. Packers rookie had more touchdowns (6) or single-game rushing yards XJagodzinski (jay-gah-ZIN-skee) during his time in Atlanta worked with (171, vs. Detroit, Dec. 11) than Gado. After Gado's season ended in offensive line consultant , the architect of some of the best Week 15, Bennett got rookie Noah Herron ready to play. In all last sea- offensive lines in NFL history, including the 1997-98 Super Bowl cham- son, the Packers started five halfbacks and featured six. pion Broncos. Jagodzinski had coached for 19 years at the pro and col- lege levels before he worked with Gibbs. The new Packers coordinator has 21 overall seasons of coaching experience. IN THE LEAGUE RANKINGS — XPrior to joining the Falcons, Jagodzinski spent five years (1999-2003) as the Packers' tight ends coach. During that time, he coached with McCarthy (1999) and was instrumental in launching the career of three- GREEN BAY (Team) time Pro Bowl tight end . Category NFC NFL XBefore entering the NFL, Jagodzinski served as offensive Turnover Margin (-24) ...... 15T 31T coordinator/offensive line at (1997-98), offensive line Total Offense (319.9) ...... 8 18 Rushing (84.5) ...... 15 30 coach (1992-96) and tight ends/assistant offensive line (1989-91) at Passing (235.4) ...... 3 7 East Carolina, offensive line coach (1987-88) at LSU, offensive line Total Defense (293.1) ...... 4 7 coach at Northern Illinois (1986) and running backs coach (1985) at vs. Rush (125.6) ...... 12 23 Wisconsin-Whitewater. vs. Pass (167.5) ...... 1 1 XBorn in Milwaukee, Jagodzinski played collegiately at Whitewater, start- Third-Down Offense (41.2%) ...... 4 10 ing three years at fullback. He was all-conference at West Allis (Wis.) Third-Down Defense (35.9%) ...... 7 9 Central High School. Red-Zone Offense (47.8%) ...... 9 17T XOnly the sixth individual to hold the title of Packers offensive coordina- Red-Zone Defense (53.2%) ...... 12 22 tor, Jagodzinski joins Paul Roach (1975-76), (1982-85), GREEN BAY (Individual) (1988-91), (1992-99) and Tom Rossley Category NFC NFL (2000-05). Schnelker (1969-71), John Polonchek (1972-74), Lew Rushing: S.Gado (582) ...... 16 34 Carpenter (1975-79) and (1986-87) served as passing Passing: B.Favre (70.9) ...... 14 31 game coordinators on staffs that didn't necessarily carry an offensive Receptions: D.Driver (86) ...... 5 7T coordinator. Rec. Yds.: D.Driver (1221) ...... 7 8 Sacks: K.Gbaja-Biamila (8) ...... 11T 24T Interceptions: A.Harris (3) ...... 21T 36T Pg. 4 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW XA former Packers running back, Bennett first returned to the team in as Stanford's offensive tackles and tight ends coach, but joined the 2001 to head up the player development department, a role in which he 49ers staff after the '05 recruiting season. helped players acclimate to their roles as Packers, both on and off the XPrior to his time in the NFL, McAdoo made stops at the University of field. That position also allowed him to assist the coaching staff over Pittsburgh (2003), Akron (2003), Fairfield (2002) and Michigan State four seasons (2001-04) until his promotion to running backs coach in (2001-02). He is a native of Homer City, Pa. 2005. Green Bay's fourth-round selection in the 1992 draft, he ranks XPhilbin, 44, has quickly progressed since joining the Packers in 2003, ninth in Packers history, gaining 3,353 yards in his five seasons (1992- based largely on his ability to teach. After coming to Green Bay as assis- 96). He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame last summer. tant offensive line coach (2003), he spent the past two seasons (2004- XCampen, 41, also is a former Packers player. The team's assistant offen- 05) as tight ends/assistant offensive line coach. Now, he becomes only sive line/quality control coach the past two seasons (2004-05), Campen the third Packers offensive line coach in 15 seasons, following Tom in 1992 literally launched Brett Favre's 221-game starting streak, an NFL Lovat (1992-98) and Larry Beightol (1999-2005). record among quarterbacks. He had joined the Packers three years ear- XA coaching veteran of 22 years, Philbin toiled for 19 seasons at the col- lier as a 'Plan B' free agent from New Orleans, where he originally signed lege level before entering the NFL with the Packers in 2003. His most as a nondrafted free agent. He took over as the Packers' starting center impressive work was probably his tenure as University of Iowa offensive in 1990 and started all 16 games, earning selection to USA Today's All- line coach (1999-2002). Three of his 2002 pupils were chosen in the Pro team. All told, Campen played seven NFL seasons for the Saints 2003 NFL draft: G Eric Steinbach (second round, Cincinnati), C Bruce (1987-88) and Packers (1989-93). Nelson (second round, Carolina) and G Ben Sobieski (fifth round, XThe Sacramento, Calif., native began his coaching career as head coach Buffalo). Another player he coached, Robert Gallery, was the sec- at Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs, Calif. In five seasons at ond overall selection (Oakland) in the '04 draft. Steinbach, Nelson and Ponderosa, his prep alma mater, he was 29-20-1 overall, competing in Gallery filled three of the five slots on the Big Ten's all-conference team the Sierra Valley Conference, one of the most competitive leagues in the in 2002. state. XPrior to coaching at Iowa, Philbin served as offensive coordinator/offen- XKnott, 40, spent the past three seasons as a defensive assistant/quality sive line at both Harvard (1997-98), Northeastern University (1995-96) control with the New Orleans Saints. Prior to that post, he was an offen- and Allegheny College (1990-93). He also coached offensive line at Ohio sive assistant/quarterbacks coach for the in 2002 (1994), the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (1988-89), and Worcester after minority coaching fellowships with the Detroit Lions (2001) and Tech (1986-87), after beginning his career as a graduate assistant at Washington Redskins (1999). During six years coaching at the college Tulane (1984-85). level, Knott has experience at Greenville (Ill.) College (2001), Mt. San XRobinson, 53, began his coaching career with 's Memphis Antonio (Calif.) Junior College (2000), Indiana University (1997-99) and Showboats (1984-85) in the USFL, and continued it with Georgia Tech Whittier (Calif.) College (1994-95). (1987-89), the Atlanta Falcons (1990-93), (1994-97), XMcAdoo, 28, joins his third NFL team after serving as San Francisco's (1998-2003) and New Orleans Saints (2004-05), where assistant offensive line/quality control coach in 2005, and New Orleans' he also served on the '04 staff with McCarthy. He has worked with offensive assistant/quality control in 2004 — working both seasons with receivers almost exclusively for 21 seasons as a pro and college coach. McCarthy. McAdoo originally headed to the Bay area in December 2004 XOver the last 16 seasons as an NFL coach, Robinson has tutored some of the league's top receivers, including , Ike Hilliard, Joe PACKERS IN WEEKLY Horn, Amani Toomer and Donté Stallworth. Under Robinson, Toomer 2005 TEAM RANKINGS emerged as the Giants' franchise receiving yards leader and posted team records with 82 catches and 1,387 yards in 2002. Earlier, in 1999, After NFL Offense NFL Defense Toomer and Hilliard became the first pair of Giants receivers to surpass Week… Opp. Total Rush Pass Total Rush Pass 2,000 yards. With McCarthy as coordinator, Horn and Stallworth pro- 1 at Det 30 28 25 6 19 4 duced career receiving highs in their first year under Robinson's tute- 2 CLE 11 24 7T 22 7 23 lage. In Indianapolis, Robinson helped to launch Harrison's stellar 3 TB 23T 25 13 17 16 13T career, and in Atlanta, the coach oversaw some of the league's most 4 at Car 21 28 10 16 16 15 exciting receivers during the early 1990s, when the Falcons also drafted 5 NO 20 28 10 9 13 11 Favre. 6 (bye) 21 28 10 10 10 11 XDrafted himself by the Falcons in 1975, Robinson played 58 games dur- 7 at Min 16 30 6 14 10T 17 8 at Cin 14 30 4T 15 10 18 ing a six-year NFL career with the New York Giants (1976-79), San 9 PIT 17 30 5 9 13 12 Francisco 49ers (1980) and Broncos (1981). He caught 85 10 at Atl 16 30 5 10 14 11 career passes for 1,437 yards (16.9-yard avg.) and six touchdowns, and 11 MIN 19 31 8 10 19 8 also returned 27 kickoffs and 59 punts. He led the Giants in receptions 12 at Phi 20 31 8 9 23 7 from 1977-78. After a standout collegiate career at Georgia Tech, the 13 at Chi 19 30 8 8 26 1 school inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1981. 14 DET 18 30 8 5 24 1 XRobinson becomes the 19th wide receivers coach in Packers history, 15 at Bal 18 30 9 8 25 2 joining a group that includes current NFL head coaches Tom Coughlin 16 CHI 18 30 6 8 26 1 17 SEA 18 30 7 7 23 1 (1986-87) and Jon Gruden (1993-94), and Hall of Famer Packers in 2004 3 10 3 25 14 25 (1944-48). Packers in 2003 4 3 16 17 10 23 XThe six coaches join Jeff Jagodzinski, the Packers' offensive coordina- Packers in 2002 12 12 10 12 21 3 tor hired by McCarthy Jan. 15, as additions to the new Green Bay staff. Packers in 2001 6 21 3 12 16 15 On offense, the staff is complete with the exception of a quarterbacks Packers in 2000 15 23 8 15 8 19 coach. Packers in 1999 9 21 7 19 22 18 Packers in 1998 5 25 3 4 4 10 Packers in 1997 4 12 3 7 20 8 MOSS BECOMES LINEBACKERS COACH: The Packers Jan. 19 Packers in 1996 5 11 5 1 4 1 named linebackers coach. Head Coach Mike McCarthy Packers in 1995 7 26 3 14 7 21 made the announcement. Packers in 1994 9 19 9 6 3 15 X“I can't tell you how excited I am to add a Winston Moss to our first staff Packers in 1993 19 22 18 2 8 7 in Green Bay," McCarthy said. "We now have on board an up-and-com- Packers in 1992 15 21 9 23 16 23 ing leader who I know will go a long way in this profession. He was high- JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 5 ly sought after as an assistant coach by several teams." XA former fullback for Parseghian at Northwestern, Stock led the Wildcats XMoss, 40, joins the Packers from the New Orleans Saints, where he in rushing from 1959-60. After returning from the U.S. Army in 1965, spent five full seasons (2001-05) as linebackers coach. Near the end of Stock spent one year as an assistant at Akron (Ohio) Central High School the 2000 season, McCarthy's first with the Saints, the club promoted before restarting his college career in 1966. He is a native of Barberton, Moss from defensive assistant/quality control to replace linebackers Ohio. coach John Bunting, who left to become head coach at North Carolina. XUsing the same philosophies he used during an 11-year career as an STRENGTH & CONDITIONING STAFF FINALIZED: The Green Bay NFL , the imposing Moss now has seven years experience as Packers Thursday named Rock Gullickson strength and conditioning a coach in the league. He began coaching in 1998 as a defensive quali- coach, Mark Lovat the assistant for strength and conditioning, and ty control assistant in Seattle, where he had played his final season. Brandon Johnson strength and conditioning assistant. Head Coach Mike XA veteran of 155 NFL games (146 starts), Moss played for the Tampa McCarthy made the announcement. Bay Buccaneers (1987-90) and the Los Angeles Raiders (1991-94), in X“Our players are the organization's most important investment," addition to the Seahawks (1995-97). Tampa Bay's second-round selec- McCarthy said. "They already have some of the finest resources and tra- tion in the 1987 draft, Moss recorded 768 tackles, 20½ sacks and five ditions in all of sports, but they also need people to equal those stan- interceptions during his distinguished career. In 1993, when he led the dards. Rock is without a doubt one of those people. He's the best per- Raiders in tackles on a team that advanced to the AFC Divisional play- son for this job, and I consider this position as important as any on my offs, he earned the from his teammates. Moss staff. I've seen first-hand what he can do with professional athletes. Our also was a three-time defensive captain and received the 1996 NFL players will be impressed." Players Association Unsung Hero Award. XGullickson, 50, has 28 years experience in a coaching career that start- XMoss played collegiately at the University of Miami (Fla.), where he and ed in 1978 at his alma mater, Moorhead (Minn.) State. From there, the current Packers scout Alonzo Highsmith helped the Hurricanes to the veteran instructor advanced to Mayville (N.D.) State (1979-80), South national championship to close the 1983 season. Dakota State (1981), Montana State (1982-89), Rutgers (1990-92), Texas (1993-97) and Louisville (1998-99). In 2000, the year McCarthy STOCK TAKES OVER SPECIAL TEAMS: The Packers Jan. 19 joined the Saints as offensive coordinator, Gullickson accepted his first named Mike Stock special teams coordinator. Head Coach Mike McCarthy NFL post as strength and conditioning coach in New Orleans, where he announced the addition. spent the past six seasons (2000-05). X“We're very fortunate to give our players the opportunity to work with XAn offensive guard at Moorhead (1974-77), Gullickson as a senior someone of Mike Stock's caliber and experience," McCarthy said. "In earned Associated Press All-America honors for the Division III school. building a coaching staff, one of my goals was to concentrate on char- XWidely respected in his field, he earned the 2000 President's Award, acter and chemistry, and Mike is someone who has seen and heard just voted by his peers in the Professional Football Strength and about everything there is to experience in this sport. His counsel and Conditioning Society. coaching will be an important part of any success we share together." XLovat, 36, spent the previous seven seasons as Green Bay's strength XStock, 66, is one of the most experienced coaches in history. With 41 combined seasons on coaching staffs at the pro NOTABLE SINGLE-SEASON CAREER HIGHS and college levels, he joins the Packers from the St. Louis Rams, where he spent one year (2004). Player Total Previous high Year XAt the professional level, Stock has coached 16 years in the NFL and one LB * 194 tackles (team record) 162 2004 campaign in the USFL. He helped the Bengals to a Super Bowl during six WR/KR 45 punt returns 36 2003 seasons in Cincinnati, first as special teams coach (1986-88) and later 381 punt-return yards 277 2003 as wide receivers coach (1989-90) and tight ends coach (1991). 8.5-yd. punt return avg. 8.4 2003 XMarty Schottenheimer brought him to Kansas City to coach special 49 receptions 22 2004 teams (1995-2000), a role in which he first worked with McCarthy, then 549 receiving yards 246 2004 the Chiefs' quarterbacks coach. After the 1997 season, when the Chiefs 4 receiving TD 1 2004 finished second overall in the Dallas Morning News rankings, Stock WR Donald Driver 86 receptions 84 2004 earned Special Teams Coach of the Year honors in a vote of his peers. 1,221 receiving yards 1,208 2004 From 2001-03, he presided over the Washington Redskins' special QB Brett Favre 607 passing attempts 595 1999 teams before heading to St. Louis. 372 completions 363 1994 XTwo decades earlier, in 1983, he coached the offensive backfield of the RB Tony Fisher 48 receptions 38 2004 New Jersey Generals, a franchise that featured the USFL's leading rush- 347 receiving yards 277 2004 er, rookie Herschel Walker. DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila* 81 tackles 55 2003 XAfter the USFL's 1983 spring season, Stock rejoined Notre Dame as CB 3 sacks (none) wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, continuing a college DT Grady Jackson* 72 tackles 69 2001 coaching tenure that includes stops at seven institutions and 24 years in 16 games played (tied) 16 2000, ‘01 all. That tenure began at his alma mater, Northwestern, where Ara 16 starts (tied) 16 2001 Parseghian gave him his first coaching job as a graduate assistant in DE * 105 tackles 77 2004 1961. From there, Stock coached the freshman team at the University of 6½ sacks 4½ 2004 Buffalo (1966-67), wide receivers/offensive backfield at Navy (1968), TE Donald Lee 33 receptions 13 2004 and the freshmen (1969) and wide receivers (1970-74) in his first stint 294 receiving yards 110 2003, ‘04 at Notre Dame. 2 receiving TD 1 2003, ‘04 XThis marks Stock's second coaching position in Wisconsin. He served LB Paris Lenon* 79 tackles 28 2004 as the University of Wisconsin's offensive coordinator from 1975-77, TE David Martin 27 receptions 13 2001, ‘03 then advanced to Eastern Michigan as head coach (1978-82) before 224 receiving yards 144 2001 returning to Notre Dame as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordi- 3 receiving TD 2 2003 nator (1983), special teams coach (1984) and recruiting coordinator S Mark Roman* 2 interceptions 1 2001, ‘03 (1985). He closed his distinguished college coaching career at Ohio 105 tackles 85 2004 State, where he tutored wide receivers from 1992-94. * — tackles based on coaches film review, not on press box totals Pg. 6 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW and conditioning assistant. In that behind-the-scenes role, Lovat not linebackers (1998-99) and linebackers (2000). In addition, he served as only helped keep the Packers in prime condition, he also played an assistant defensive coordinator (1994-98, 2000), assistant co-defensive important part in rehabilitating several injured players, most notably coordinator (1991-93) and assistant head coach (1999). helping starting tackles and return from sea- XSanders also coached at Duke (ends/outside linebackers 1985-88, co- son-ending 2002 injuries. Before becoming full-time, Lovat previously defensive coordinator/outside linebackers 1989), helping the Blue Devils had served two summer internships (1994, 1998) in the club's weight in 1989 to an 8-4 record and the school's first Atlantic Coast Conference room. Championship since 1965. XAn accomplished athlete himself, Lovat earned a Division I XA former linebacker at Davidson College (1973-75), he got his start in scholarship to Butler University in Indianapolis, starting three seasons at coaching at Georgia Tech (part-time coach 1978), then moved to shortstop and second base for the Bulldogs. Richmond (linebackers 1983-84) and East Carolina (line/linebackers XThe son of former Green Bay offensive line coach (1980, 1980-82), after three years (1976-77, 1979) in the high school ranks. 1992-98), Mark earlier had graduated from Carmel (Ind.) High School, XOne of 11 individuals to hold the title of Packers defensive coordinator, where he was a member of a state championship football team (1986) Sanders follows (1972-79), John Meyer (1980-83), Dick and captain of the baseball team (1988). Modzelewski (1984-87), (1988-91), (1992- XLike Lovat, Johnson had served as a summer intern in the Packers 93), (1994-98), (1999), weight room, working in Green Bay last year. He rejoins the Packers (2000-03), Bob Slowik (2004) and Jim Bates (2005). from Purdue University, where he was in his second year as a graduate assistant strength coach. Before graduation, Johnson as an intern had NUNN, WASHINGTON JOIN STAFF: Moving to fill two important helped Boilermaker athletes improve their strength and agility. He assist- vacancies on his defensive staff, Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike ed with the football, baseball, track and wrestling teams, and oversaw McCarthy Jan. 23 hired Robert Nunn and Lionel Washington. Nunn will the school's softball and men's golf squads. work with the defensive line and Washington will work with the secondary. XKyle Orton's teammate at Purdue, Johnson played defensive tackle from Their exact titles and responsibilities will be determined once the full 2001-02. He is currently working on a master's degree. coaching staff is in place. XNunn, 40, coached the Packers' defensive tackles in 2005, taking essen- SANDERS SELECTED DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR: After a week tially the same personnel from 2004, when the club finished 25th over- of interviews that included several qualified candidates, Head Coach Mike all defensively, and turning them into the anchor of a defensive unit that McCarthy on Jan. 21 named Bob Sanders defensive coordinator. ranked seventh in 2005. Under Nunn, defensive tackle Grady Jackson X“Coming into the interview process for the defensive coordinator posi- started all 16 games for only the second time and responded with career tion," McCarthy said, "I did not know much about Bob Sanders other bests in tackles (72) and passes defensed (4). And, promising nondraft- than I had been told he did a good job here last season. Bob and I met ed players and Colin Cole also flourished under Nunn's for several hours every day last week. We talked about everything from stewardship. defensive philosophies and schemes to our own coaching and personal XA 17-year coaching veteran, Nunn has five seasons of NFL experience. backgrounds. I was impressed with Bob's football knowledge and, He broke into the league as a defensive assistant with the Miami equally, with him as a person and his character. I felt like this is some- Dolphins in 2000, then served as Miami's assistant defensive line/qual- one I could have a partnership with and who I would have great confi- ity control coach for the 2001-02 campaigns, during which he worked dence in to run our defense." with Pro Bowler Jason Taylor. The coach also worked the 2004 season XSanders, 52, brings continuity to a defense that ranked seventh overall for the Dolphins as a special assistant, beginning in August with a vari- and first against the pass in 2005, his first season as Packers defensive ety of off-the-field projects, and then assisted with the linebackers after ends coach. A coaching veteran of 30 years, Sanders has helped his Jim Bates was elevated to interim head coach for the final seven games. defenses rank among the league's top eight in four of his five seasons In 2003, Nunn headed up the Washington Redskins' defensive line and in the NFL. coached Bruce Smith when the defensive end broke Reggie White's all- XConsistent pressure from both defensive ends in 2005 was a major rea- time NFL sacks record. son the Packers led the league in passing defense. Under Sanders last XNunn's college coaching experience was highlighted by nine years at year, Aaron Kampman enjoyed his best NFL season, recording a career- Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, Ga. After one season as defen- best 6½ sacks and the second-most tackles (105) by a defensive line- sive coordinator, the school promoted him to head coach and athletic man in team history (, 107 in 1983). On the other side, director in 1992. In his eight seasons holding that position, Nunn was Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila posted a career-high 81 tackles and surpassed No. 66-19 (.776). He had launched his coaching career at Northeastern 2 Tim Harris on the franchise's all-time sacks list. Gbaja-Biamila enters Oklahoma in 1988, heading up the defensive line. He then tutored defen- 2006 only 10 shy of Reggie White's team record, 68½. sive ends at the University of Tennessee for two seasons (1989-90). A XSanders joined the Packers from Miami, where he spent the 2001-04 former linebacker at Oklahoma State, Nunn served as team captain in seasons as linebackers coach. His Dolphins unit contributed greatly to 1987. the overall success of the club's defense, which ranked fifth in the NFL XWashington, 45, enters his 23rd season in the NFL. In 2005, his seventh against the run in both 2002 and '03, while his individual tutoring helped campaign as an NFL coach, he headed up the Packers' nickel package Zach Thomas to three Pro Bowl selections (2001-03) and four of the and . Not coincidentally, no other defense in the league player's top five single-season tackle totals. allowed fewer passing yards per game (167.5) or passing first downs XBefore entering the NFL, Sanders coached 22 years in the college game, (143). Equipped with 15 years of NFL experience as a defensive back, including 15 seasons tutoring defensive linemen in some capacity. Washington has helped CB Al Harris to surface as a dominant force on Seven of those campaigns were at the University of Florida, where three defense. The veteran turned in his best career season in 2005, leading of his pupils, Jevon Kearse, Kevin Carter and Huey Richardson, became the NFL's top-ranked passing defense with 18 passes defensed. first-round selections in the NFL Draft. While Sanders was with Florida, Washington helped Harris adjust to a new role, covering the slot receiv- the Gators led the in sacks four straight sea- er in passing situations, and Harris didn't allow a pass until sons (1996-99). the season's 13th game. Working with Harris the year before, in 2004, XWith the Gators for 11 years (1990-2000), Sanders coached multiple Washington's teaching helped the player set the franchise record with defensive positions, helping the club capture five SEC championships 28 passes defensed. and the 1995 national title. He coached the team's ends (1990, 1994- XGreen Bay's assistant defensive backs coach from 1999-2004, 97), 'Banditbacks' and 'Gatorbacks' (1991-93), ends and strong-side Washington contributed to a secondary that in 2003 held opponents to JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 7 a 69.0 , the fifth lowest in the league. Working primarily COLLINS ON ALL-ROOKIE TEAM: Pro Football Weekly and the Pro with cornerbacks in 1999, Washington helped three rookies, Mike Football Writers of America selected S to their annual All- McKenzie, Antuan Edwards and Fred Vinson, provide 12 picks in a very Rookie team. non-rookie-like fashion. XCollins, the Packers’ first of two second-round selections (51st overall), XOriginally a fourth-round selection of the then-St. Louis Cardinals in the joined the Jets’ Kerry Rhodes as one of two NFL safeties on the squad. 1983 NFL Draft out of Tulane, Washington enjoyed one of the longest XMaking the jump from Division I-AA Bethune- playing careers for a defensive back in pro football history, appearing in Cookman to the NFL, Collins started all 16 HONORS 205 games with 165 starts for the Cardinals, Los Angeles/Oakland games at free safety, finishing fourth on the Raiders and . He snared 37 career interceptions, return- team with 96 tackles (66 solo), while notching ing four for touchdowns. In his career, Washington intercepted at least one among nine passes defensed, and one forced . one pass in 13 of his 15 seasons, with at least three in each of five dif- XThe rookie also added 10 stops on special teams and secured each of ferent campaigns, including a career-high eight in his rookie, 1983 sea- the team’s two opponent onside kickoffs, extinguishing potential rallies son. After playing four years with the Cardinals (1983-86), Washington in wins over Atlanta and Seattle. was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders in 1987 and played for the Silver XUpon drafting Collins, General Manager Ted Thompson assigned the and Black through the 1994 season. In 1995, he signed with Denver and rookie No. 36, last worn by four-time Pro Bowler LeRoy Butler; spent two years with the Broncos before returning to the Raiders in 1997 Thompson told Butler he wouldn't give out the number to just any play- for one final season. er, tabbing Collins worthy of the honor. XAt Detroit (Sept. 11), Collins became the first Packers rookie to start a HAIRSTON ADDED TO MIX: Adding another former NFL player, Green regular-season opener at safety since in 1988; Cecil, a Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy Jan. 27 named Carl "Big Daddy" fourth-round pick out of , lined up in the backfield Sept. 4, 1988, Hairston to the team's coaching staff. Hairston will team with Robert Nunn, a 34-7 loss to and the L.A. Rams in Lindy Infante’s first con- hired Jan. 24, in coaching the Packers’ defensive line. Exact titles and test as Packers coach. responsibilities will be determined once the full coaching staff is in place. XHairston, 53, has played in one Super Bowl and coached in another dur- GADO, KAMPMAN ARE “ALL-JOE:” USA Today’s Larry Weisman ing his 30 seasons in the NFL. Among his 15 years in the league since Dec. 27 announced that Packers RB and DE Aaron the end of his playing career, the daunting Hairston has spent 11 sea- Kampman have earned a place on the writer’s annual All-Joe Team. sons as a defensive line coach. He comes to Green Bay from Kansas Weisman on the team: City, where he spent seven years (1995-96 and 2001-05), after sand- X“The All-Joe team takes its name from Joe Phillips, a defensive tackle for wiching a four-year term as St. Louis Rams defensive line coach (1997- 14 years for the San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams 2000) between his two stints with the Chiefs. and Minnesota Vikings before his retirement in 1999. XUnder Hairston, Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen accumulated 20 sacks X“The Chiefs, looking for help against the run, signed Phillips in 1992 from 2004-05, tied for 10th in the NFL during that period but first among after his release by the Chargers. The addition of a 300-pound nose tack- players drafted in 2004, including 23 defensive linemen taken before le allowed the Chiefs to switch from a 4-3 to a 3-4 scheme. They asked him. Led by Allen's nine sacks as a rookie, the Chiefs finished 2004 with Phillips to tie up blockers and let the linebackers flow to the ball, which 41 sacks, seventh in the league. he did. XOn the field as either a player or coach during all 240 games of Dick X“That's classic grunt work at one of football's truly thankless positions, Vermeil's career, Hairston first joined the legendary coach for a memo- where the results don't show up in individual statistics. Phillips didn't rable run with the Rams. In St. Louis, Hairston helped a pair of players, make a lot of tackles, and he didn't have to. He fought off double-team Kevin Carter and Grant Wistrom, reach double digits in sacks (2000). blocks, refused to be moved from the hole and made the guys around One year earlier, when the Rams won Super Bowl XXXIV, his unit pro- him better, inspiring the creation of the All-Joe team. vided most of St. Louis' 57 sacks, which tied for the league lead. X“The NFL's stars wouldn't succeed without the All-Joes around them. Carter's NFL-leading 17 sacks that year powered him to the Pro Bowl, They'd never make the Pro Bowl absent the guys who willingly attack the where he joined his neighbor on the Rams line, D'Marco Farr. In game's grittier tasks. Hence the All-Joe motto: If you work hard, good Hairston's first year with the Rams, 1997, he assisted Leslie O'Neal to a things will happen. To someone else.” 10-sack performance. XGado’s 582 rushing yards and three 100-yard rushing games were the XMarty Schottenheimer gave Hairston his first full-time coaching position second-highest totals ever for a Packers rookie, behind John at any level, Chiefs defensive line coach (1995-96), a role in which he Brockington in 1971. Gado’s established rookie rushing records with six worked with then-quarterbacks coach McCarthy. Tutoring one of the touchdowns and 171 yards in a single game, vs. Detroit (Dec. 11). most-feared defensive fronts, Hairston and his players helped the 13-3 XKampman’s 105 tackles were the second-most ever recorded by a Chiefs finish third in the NFL with 47 sacks. Again, his unit produced a Packers coaching staff, behind Ezra Johnson, who had 107 in 1983. pair of Pro Bowl performers, Neil Smith and Dan Saleaumua. XOriginally a pro scout with the Chiefs in 1994, Hairston also spent three seasons (1991-93) as a college scout with the Phoenix Cardinals, where HARRIS IS ALL-LUNCH PAIL: Pro Bowl alternate Al Harris on Dec. 18 he had finished his playing career. received recognition from FOX Sports’ Daryl “Moose” Johnston, earning a XOne of the finest defensive linemen of his era, Hairston played 15 dis- spot on the broadcaster’s annual ‘Lunch Pail Crew.’ tinguished seasons in the NFL. Originally a seventh-round selection XHarris, the leader of Green Bay’s No. 1 ranked passing defense, joined (191st overall) by Vermeil's Eagles in 1976, Hairston preceded Reggie Chicago’s Nathan Vasher and Seattle’s Lofa Tatupu as one of three NFL White on the Eagles' line (1976-83), then spent six years in Cleveland cornerbacks on the all-star team. (1984-89) and one final campaign with the Cardinals (1990). In 224 X“The Lunch Pail Crew,” Johnston says, “is a tribute to the blue-collar games (184 starts), he posted 94 sacks among 1,141 tackles. He start- worker who leaves the house every morning with his lunch pail to do an ed for the Eagles at defensive end in Super Bowl XV against the Oakland honest day's work. Every winning team has to have impact players on Raiders, one of his 15 postseason contests played. their roster. The who can make every throw, the wide receiv- XThe Packers' nearly complete coaching staff now includes six former er that has to be double-covered, the defensive lineman that is a disrup- NFL players, including Edgar Bennett, James Campen, Winston Moss, tive force or the safety that can change a game with a big hit. Jimmy Robinson and Lionel Washington. X“But the glue that holds these teams together are the players that inspire their teammates by the way they play the game. Some are marquee Pg. 8 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW players that every fan knows about; others toil in obscurity. It's the guys NO. 1 AGAINST THE PASS: The Packers finished with the league’s top- that don't need to read their names in the paper and are not worried ranked passing defense, allowing 167.5 net yards per game. about statistics. All they want to do is compete on the football field and XThe last time Green Bay finished first against the pass was 1996, when do anything and everything they can to help their team win. it won Super Bowl XXXI. X“They will grade themselves harder than their coach, striving each and XUnder the leadership of Vince Lombardi, Green Bay ranked first in the every week to play the unattainable perfect game. If they score a touch- NFL defending the pass for five consecutive seasons (1964-68). Over a down, sack a quarterback or intercept a pass that is simply icing on the longer stretch, over seven straight years, the Packers ranked no lower cake. Their driving force is to be part of a championship team.” than second. They were first in 1962 and second in 1963. XThe Packers extended their NFL record by DRIVER EARNS ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD: For his leadership leading the league in passing defense for a and heart in the wake of numerous injuries around him, WR Donald Driver 10th season (also 1947-48, 1962, 1964- TEAM NOTES earned the 2005 Ed Block Courage Award, in a vote of his teammates. 68 and 1996). XIn 1978, the Baltimore Colts started an effort to raise funds for abused XSince the league expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978, only one children and conceived an award they named after their long-time train- other Packers defense has allowed less than 167.5 net passing yards per er, the late Ed Block. In 1984, the award was taken league-wide to honor game. Best Green Bay passing defenses since ‘78: one player from each team who, in the eyes of his teammates, best Year Att Cmp Pct Yards Y/G TD Int exemplifies and displays courage. Annual Packers winners, 1984-2005: 1978 463 254 54.9 2524 157.75 16 27 1984 Ron Cassidy 1995 Reggie White 2005 430 252 58.6 2876 167.50 22 10 1985 Ezra Johnson 1996 Brett Favre 1988 474 256 54.0 2733 170.81 12 20 1986 Karl Swanke 1997 1996 544 283 52.0 2740 171.25 12 26 1987 Keith Uecker 1998 1979 440 249 56.6 2762 172.63 21 18 1988 Mark Murphy 1999 1989 Herman Fontenot 2000 1990 Perry Kemp 2001 AGAINST THE LEAGUE’S BEST: The Packers played three late-season 1991 Vai Sikahema 2002 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila contests against some of the NFL’s top units in 2005. Seattle brought the 1992 Tootie Robbins 2003 league’s No. 1 offense to Lambeau Field Jan. 1. The Bears boasted the 1993 2004 NFL’s No. 1 defense each time they faced off with the Packers, Dec. 4 at 1994 2005 Donald Driver Chicago and Dec. 25 in Green Bay. XEach opponent couldn’t maintain the respective No. 1 ranking, finishing second, thanks in part to damage done by the Packers. For only the second time in the past 14 sea- PRO BOWL ALTERNATES: XThe Packers’ defense held Seattle to 245 yards, the Seahawks’ second- sons, and the first year since 1999, the Packers did not place a player on lowest output on the year (194 at Philadelphia, Dec. 5). the NFC Pro Bowl team. XOne week earlier, the Packers’ offense totaled 365 net yards, the Bears’ XCB Al Harris, LT Chad Clifton, C Mike Flanagan and FB William second-highest total allowed (396 at Minnesota, Jan. 1). Green Bay put Henderson were named alternates. up 300 net passing yards — most allowed by Chicago since Nov. 14, XThe last three instances in which voters shut out the Packers were 1991 2004, against a defense that ranked No. 1 against the pass entering the (4-12), 1999 (8-8) and 2005 (4-12), the team’s only three seasons with- weekend. And, according to Elias Sports Bureau, the Packers’ 10 fourth- out a winning record during the span. quarter points ended Chicago’s streak of 43 straight quarters without allowing more than seven points. That marked the second-longest streak GADO TOP OFFENSIVE ROOKIE FOR NOVEMBER: In the first full in the last 70 years. Minnesota finished the 1969 season without allow- month of his promising NFL career, RB Samkon Gado earned the league’s ing more than seven points over 52 consecutive quarters. offensive Rookie of the Month award for November. The league also hon- XA look at the top 2005 totals by opponents of Seattle and Chicago: ored Eagles DE Trent Cole. Seattle Offense Chicago Defense XGado saw his first NFL action on Oct. 30, at Cincinnati, and made a Yds Opponent Yds Opponent major impact throughout November, rushing for 283 yards and scoring 194 at Phi. (Dec. 5) 396 at Min. (Jan. 1) five touchdowns – tied for second-most among NFL rookies. 245 at GB (Jan. 1) 365 at GB (Dec. 25) XHe opened the month with a 62-yard rushing effort vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 289 vs. Dal. (Oct. 23) 363 at Pit. (Dec. 11) 6), scoring his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run. 322 at Jax. (Sept. 11) 358 vs. GB (Dec. 4) XCelebrating his 23rd birthday in fine fashion the following Sunday at 332 vs. Ind. (Dec. 24) 323 at Was. Sept. 11) Atlanta (Nov. 13), he led the team to an impressive 33-25 win at the Georgia Dome. Starting his first NFL game, Gado scored three TDs, on XIndividually, Green Bay matched up well with Steve Smith, who wound carries of 9 and 1 yards, and a 1-yard reception. up with a share of the NFL’s lead in receptions (103) and led the league XThe Nigeria native concluded the month with a 111-yard effort in a hard- with 1,563 receiving yards. In a heartbreaking, 32-29 loss at Carolina, fought 19-14 loss at Philadelphia (Nov. 27), scoring on a 33-yard touch- Oct. 3, the Packers held Smith to just two catches for a season-low 12 down run to help Green Bay to a 14-10 halftime advantage. yards. XGado is the first Packers’ offensive player to earn NFL Rookie of the Month honors since the award was instituted in 1996. The previous STREAK SNAPPED: Green Bay on Jan. 1 ended Seattle's 11-game win- Green Bay winners were DE (September, 1998) and LB ning streak. Previously, the longest streak Green Bay had ever halted was Nick Barnett (October, 2003). a 10-game run by the Lions, at Detroit on Nov. 25, 1934, a 3-0 final. In addition to live video and audio of most press conferences, Lambeau Field's longest streak ever stopped was Denver's nine-game run Packers.com now offers “podcasts.” This cutting-edge feature is in 1996. perfect for those who don’t have enough time to listen to the archive on their computer. Simply download the press conference The AFC swept the Packers for the first time since 1985, to iTunes, an iPod, or an MP3 player. Subscribe to the FREE 0-FOR-AFC: Packers.com podcast and never miss another announcement. Visit when Green Bay went 0-4 against the “red conference” (Patriots, Jets, the multimedia section on the Web site for more information. Colts and Dolphins). JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 9 TALE OF TWO SEASONS: In comparing the Packers’ two most injury- STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE: Green Bay’s 2005 slate included both plagued seasons during the recent era, 2002 and ‘05, the team proved that Super Bowl finalists (Pittsburgh and Seattle), half of the eight division in today’s NFL, the quality of those injured matters more than quantity. champions (Seattle, Cincinnati, Chicago and Tampa Bay), and five playoff XConsider that in 2002, only five players — QB Brett Favre, LB Na’il Diggs, teams (Cincinnati, Chicago, Tampa Bay, Carolina and Seattle). RG Marco Rivera, WR Donald Driver and LG — managed to XThe Packers also faced each of the NFL’s top five defenses (Tampa Bay, start all 16 games. The Packers, who incidentally tied for the NFL lead Chicago, Carolina, Pittsburgh and Baltimore, in order of final ranking). with a plus-17 turnover margin, finished with a share of the league’s best XAll told, the cumulative record of Green Bay’s 2005 opponents was 136- record, 12-4. All told, injuries hit 14 of the 22 positions and cost the 120-0 (.531), the toughest schedule in the Brett Favre era (1992-2005). team 63 combined starts. But all of the team’s starting skills players were on the active roster for most of the season. PRIME-TIME COLD: The Dec. 11 contest marked the latest in the sea- XThe Packers’ injuries in 2005 were well-documented, but unlike 2002, son the NFL has ever scheduled a prime-time game in Wisconsin. they affected the team in a more centralized manner. Twelve players Previously, the latest was Dec. 8, 2002, also a Sunday night contest, in started all 16 games — LB Nick Barnett, CB , LT Chad which Green Bay defeated Minnesota, 26-22. Latest scheduled prime-time Clifton, S Nick Collins, Driver, Favre, DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, CB Al games in the state: Harris, DT Grady Jackson, DE Aaron Kampman, S Mark Roman and RT Date Opponent Site Result Temp Mark Tauscher. Green Bay, which finished tied for last with a minus-24 Dec. 11, 2005 Detroit Lambeau Field GB, 16-13 (ot) 14 turnover margin, ended the year at 4-12. Injuries struck only six of the Dec. 8, 2002 Minnesota Lambeau Field GB, 26-22 11 22 positions, but two of those roles belonged to leading 2004 receiver Nov. 6, 2000 Minnesota Lambeau Field GB, 26-20 (ot) 50 Javon Walker and leading 2004 rusher Ahman Green, the teeth of the Nov. 9, 1970 Baltimore Colts County Stadium Bal, 13-10 52 team’s deep-passing threat and its running game. EAGLES RETIRE NO. 92: The at halftime of their Whether playing LACK OF TURNOVER IN THE TURNOVER DEPT.: game Dec. 5 vs. Seattle formally removed No. 92, worn in Philadelphia by at the Pop Warner level or in the NFL, turnover margin affects the outcome Reggie White from 1985-92, from circulation. of a football game more than any variable. And over the last six seasons, XWhite became the first player in NFL history to have his number retired the turnover margin has influenced the Packers more than any NFL team by more than one team. The Packers, who had made plans to retire his other than the Ravens. number before White’s tragic death last Dec. 26, did so Sept. 18 vs. XSince 2000, when winning the turnover margin, only Baltimore has a Cleveland. better record (41-2, .953). The Packers over the last six seasons with the XIn addition, the University of Tennessee on Oct. 1 vs. Mississippi, retired turnover advantage are 37-2 (.949). White’s 92. The school chose to honor White as the first former football XBut more than turnover margin, the ability to protect the football — on player to have his number retired in more than 60 years. the giveaway end — has affected the Packers more than any NFL club. XOther than Jackie Robinson and Wayne Gretzky, White is believed to be In 2005, Green Bay’s 45 turnovers led the league and the team finished the first athlete in sports history to have his number retired by three with its first sub-.500 record since 1991. Since 2000, when committing teams in the same year (Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, no more than one turnover, the Packers are an NFL-best 38-4 (.905). Tennessee Volunteers). XResults for the Packers also have been fairly black and white on the take- away end. Over the last two years, the Packers have only 18 intercep- tions. Their totals in 2004 (eight) and 2005 (10) represent the two small- REGGIE TAKES ANOTHER STEP: Reggie White, , Warren est figures in team history. Only the Raiders (14) have fewer intercep- Moon and Thurman Thomas, four first-year eligible candidates, are among tions than the Packers over the last two years. the 15 finalists who will be considered for election to the Pro Football Hall XBut chalk it up to bad luck, because anyone who has seen the Packers of Fame when the Hall's Board of Selectors meets in Detroit, Feb. 4. practice knows the coaches have preached ball protection on offense XTo be elected, a finalist must receive a minimum positive vote of 80 per- and takeaways on defense. New defensive coordinator Bob Sanders cent. pledged that the team would continue that philosophy in 2006. XAt the 2006 election meeting, the selectors will thoroughly discuss the careers of each finalist before narrowing the field to six candidates. At least three candidates must be elected but the total class cannot number Two manifestations of 4-12 DIDN’T MAKE SENSE, ON PAPER: more than six. turnover margin’s impact: the Packers outgained opponents in 12 of their XThe Class of 2006 will be announced at a press conference at 1 p.m. 16 games, and entered the season’s final month having actually scored (CST) on Feb. 4, at the Super Bowl media center in the Marriott more points than opponents. For most of the year, the Packers could hang Renaissance Center. their hat on the fact that no team had blown them out, and that they had a XRepresentatives of the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche will tabulate all legitimate opportunity to win every game, including a 17-3 loss at Detroit, votes during the meeting. At the press conference, they will present Hall Sept. 11, when a penalty nullified Javon Walker’s potential game-turning of Fame Interim Executive Director Ron Dougherty with an envelope 55-yard reception. The 2005 Packers were the first team in NFL history to: containing the names of the nominees elected. The Hall will contact each XScore more points than opponents through 11 games with no more than new member immediately after the announcement. Members of the two wins (Green Bay opened 2-9 but outscored the other team 232-223) Class of 2006 in Detroit for the Super Bowl will be asked to join the press and… conference. Those not able to attend will be asked to join via teleconfer- XScore as many points as opponents through 13 games with no more ence. than three wins; the Packers were 3-10 but had matched opponents in XEnshrinement of the Class of 2006 will take place at the Pro Football Hall scoring, 255-255. of Fame in Canton, Ohio on the weekend of August 5-6. XPlus, on only four occasions — Sept. 11 at Detroit, Sept. 25 vs. Tampa Bay, Nov. 21 vs. Minnesota and Dec. 19 at Baltimore — opponents put up more total offense than the Packers. WHITE INSPIRES NEW FOUNDATION: Wisconsin's leading inde- XAccording to Elias Sports Bureau, the Packers became the seventh team pendent sleep disorders diagnosis and treatment center, The Sleep in NFL history, and the first since the 1988 Saints, to win and lose games Wellness Institute, Inc., announced Dec. 10 the start of the Reggie White by at least 40 points in a single season. Green Bay defeated New Sleep Disorders Research and Education Foundation, Inc. Sara White ded- Orleans, 52-3, on Oct. 9, and lost at Baltimore, 48-3, on Dec. 19. icated the new foundation at the Institute in West Allis, Wis. Pg. 10 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW WALK-OFF FIELD GOALS: Green Bay and Minnesota have decided UNANSWERED: Lost in the aftermath of a difficult loss Oct. 23 at their last four regular-season games with a field goal at the end of the Minnesota was the Packers’ streak of 69 unanswered points (52 vs. New fourth quarter. Orleans Oct. 9, and 17 at Minnesota). XAccording to Elias Sports Bureau, since 1990, only one other series has XElias Sports Bureau research indicates that the Packers’ streak was the experienced such late-game dramatics as often (game-ending field goal longest in the NFL since 2000. in either or with no time left in regulation). XTennessee was the last club to reach 69, scoring 76 unanswered points 4 SD vs. Sea. Nov. 5, 2000-Dec. 29, 2002 (current streak) from Dec. 10 to Dec. 25, 2000. Also that year, Jacksonville put up 75 GB vs. Min. Nov. 14, 2004-Nov. 21, 2005 (current streak) straight points from Nov. 26-Dec. 10. 3 Buf. vs. NE Dec. 26, 1999-Dec. 17, 2000 XNo NFC team had as long of a streak since Detroit also scored 69 nine years ago. XLongest single-season streaks of unanswered points, since 1990 (Elias THE NINTH LOSS: The Packers at Philadelphia Nov. 27 sustained their Sports Bureau): ninth loss, ensuring that they will finish with their first losing record since 86 Buffalo ...... Sept. 13-27, 1992 1991. The loss ended the NFL’s longest streak of non-losing seasons, a 76 Tennessee ...... Dec. 10-25, 2000 stretch that was tied for ninth in league history. From 1992-2004, the 75 Jacksonville ...... Nov. 26-Dec. 10, 2000 Packers’ lowest winning percentage was .500, an 8-8 finish in 1999. 69 Green Bay ...... Oct. 9-23, 2005 XTo put the Packers’ 13-year streak in perspective during the current era Detroit ...... Sept. 22-Oct. 6, 1996 of parity, unrestricted free agency and the salary cap, consider that Denver now inherits the NFL’s longest active streak of .500 or better None of the current Packers were alive the last records, only six seasons (2000-05). The next closest streak, five by MARGIN OF VICTORY: Philadelphia, also ended in 2005. time Green Bay was fortunate to win by as many as 49 points. In fact, the XLongest stretches without a losing season in NFL history: Packers haven’t been able to enjoy so much success on both sides of the 21 ...... 1965-85 ball since Vince Lombardi presided over their sideline. The five most one- 17 Cleveland Browns ...... 1957-73 sided wins in the history of the franchise: 16 San Francisco 49ers ...... 1983-98 Margin Date, Opponent Head Coach Oakland Raiders ...... 1965-80 1. 53 points (56-3) Oct. 23, 1966, vs. Atlanta at Milw. Vince Lombardi 15 ...... 1989-2003 2. 49 points (49-0) Sept. 30, 1962, vs. Chicago Bears Vince Lombardi Baltimore Colts ...... 1957-71 49 points (49-0) Nov. 11, 1962, at Philadelphia Vince Lombardi Chicago Bears ...... 1930-44 49 points (52-3) Oct. 9, 2005, vs. New Orleans Mike Sherman 14 Green Bay Packers ...... 1934-47 5. 48 points (55-7) Nov. 12, 1967, vs. Cleveland at Milw. Vince Lombardi 13 Pittsburgh Steelers ...... 1972-84 Green Bay Packers ...... 1992-2004 INJURIES: On 20 occasions in 2005, the Packers filed papers to place a 12 Green Bay Packers ...... 1921-32 player on injured reserve. And, nine times they promoted a player from the practice squad to the active roster. Notable 2005 injuries: Games Starts CHALLENGING CHOICE: Opponent head coaches in 2005 were 0-for- Player Injury Missed Missed 6 on instant-replay challenges, and are now 0-for-their-last-7 dating to T Chad Clifton Ankle sprain 0 0 2004. Jack Del Rio was the last coach to successfully challenge a call, tak- Sidelined most of 10/3 at Carolina, played through injury 10/9 vs. Saints ing an interception and touchdown away from , Dec. 19, RB Najeh Davenport Broken ankle 11 11 2004, vs. Jacksonville. Over a longer stretch, opponent coaches are 1-for- Season ended 10/9 vs. Saints, in start for A.Green their-last-8. SLB Na’il Diggs MCL, both knees 7 9 Missed first two games recovering from 8/9 injury, then sustained same injury in other knee 10/3 at Carolina; also missed Week 13 contest ANOTHER STARTING RB: The Packers started five running backs in WR Robert Ferguson Sprained LCL, knee 5 5 2005. Rookie Samkon Gado was starter No. 5 Nov. 13 at Atlanta, following Sustained 10/23 at Minnesota; aggravated 12/19 at Baltimore and ReShard Lee’s starting debut Nov. 6 vs. Pittsburgh. Ahman Green (quadri- missed final two games RB Tony Fisher Fractured rib 2 2 ceps tendon) and Najeh Davenport (broken ankle) were both on injured Sustained freak injury 10/30 at Cincinnati reserve. Fisher sustained a freak rib injury Oct. 30 at Cincinnati. C Mike Flanagan Sports hernia 2 2 XThe last time Green Bay started as many as four running backs in a sea- Aggravated 10/3 at Carolina, had surgery, then returned just four weeks son was 1998, when (4), (3), Travis later (Week 8 at Cincinnati); started balance of season in pain Jervey (5) and Darick Holmes (4) drew starting assignments. TE Bubba Franks MCL/bruise, knee 6 7 Sustained 9/18 vs. Browns, saw one play 10/9 vs. Saints; Sustained neck/back injuries at Chicago 12/4; placed on IR 12/22 RB Samkon Gado MCL, knee 2 2 Favre’s streaks at a glance Sustained 12/19 at Baltimore NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RB Ahman Green Quad. tendon 11 11 Active games streaks* Active starts streaks Missed 10/9 win vs. Saints, season ended 10/23 at Minnesota 223 Brett Favre, GB 221 Brett Favre, GB WR Terrence Murphy Neck trauma 12 0 208 Will Shields, KC 207 Will Shields, KC Spent two nights in Carolina hospital after 10/3 injury, on IR 10/6 193 Lorenzo Neal, NO-NYJ-TB-Ten-Cin-SD 160 , TB P B.J. Sander Knee/leg 2 0 192 Brent Alexander, Ari-Car-Pit-NYG 144 Jon Runyan, HouO-Ten-Phi Sustained 12/19 at Baltimore; placed on IR 12/22 LB Robert Thomas Quad strain 6 6 *does not include kickers Sustained 11/13 at Atlanta; aggravated at Chicago 12/4, on IR 12/28 WR Javon Walker Torn ACL, knee 15 15 Favre streak breakdown: Sustained in season opener, 9/11 at Detroit Games played, regular season ...... 223 DT Corey Williams Calf strain 4 0 Games started, regular season ...... 221 Sustained 11/6 vs. Pittsburgh, returned 12/11 vs. Detroit Games played, including postseason ...... 243 Games started, including postseason ...... 241 JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 11 XMost season-opening starters placed on injured reserve by the Packers HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: For the first time in their 85-year history, during the last six seasons: the Packers played on Christmas Day, hosting the Bears. 4 2005 RB Ahman Green, WR Javon Walker, TE Bubba Franks, XThen, Green Bay welcomed in the New Year with Seattle, as Brett Favre LB Robert Thomas closed the regular season against his former coach, Mike Holmgren. It 3 2002 T Chad Clifton, T Mark Tauscher, DE Joe Johnson was only the second time Green Bay has played on Jan. 1. The club won 2 2003 S Antuan Edwards, DE Joe Johnson the 1966 NFL championship on the date in 1967, a 34-27 win over the 2001 S LeRoy Butler, DE Dallas Cowboys at the — 364 days before the legendary Ice 2000 LB Brian Williams, DT Santana Dotson Bowl rematch with Dallas in Green Bay. 1 2004 C Mike Flanagan XFor the first time since 1994, Christmas and New Year’s fell on Sundays, causing a difficult situation for the league schedule-makers. They opted AVENGING DIVISION LOSSES: The Packers over the past six sea- to schedule a full slate of afternoon games on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, sons are 9-2 with an opportunity to avenge a division loss from earlier in and on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. the season. On Dec. 11, the team repaid Detroit for a 17-3 loss in the Sept. XTo be fair, the league could not schedule the Packers with the majority 11 season opener at Ford Field. The Packers had been 8-0 until Nov. 21, of teams playing Saturday, Dec. 24, because Green Bay played at when Green Bay failed to answer an earlier loss at Minnesota with a victo- Baltimore Dec. 19. The NFL didn’t want to ask any team to play five days ry. The list: after a Monday night game, so it scheduled the Packers on Christmas Year Earlier loss Rematch Day, Dec. 25. Baltimore also plays Dec. 25. 2000 vs. Chicago W, at Chicago XAs a result, in another schedule quirk, the Packers, Bears, Ravens and at Detroit W, vs. Detroit Vikings were the only four NFL teams to close their seasons with Sunday at Tampa Bay W, vs. Tampa Bay games. 2001 at Tampa Bay W, vs. Tampa Bay XAlso, there were no college bowl games on New Year’s Day. at Minnesota W, vs. Minnesota 2002 at Minnesota W, vs. Minnesota SPOTLIGHT RECEIVER: During Brett Favre’s 13-year-old starting 2003 vs. Minnesota W, at Minnesota streak, 77 players have caught at least one pass from the future Hall of 2004 vs. Chicago W, at Chicago Famer. You’d be hard-pressed, however, to find a more reliable receiver in 2005 at Minnesota L, vs. Minnesota that group than Donald Driver. at Detroit W, vs. Detroit XA seventh-round draft choice in 1999, Driver again shrugged off extra at Chicago L, vs. Chicago on-field attention created by injuries — in 2005 to Javon Walker and Robert INDIVIDUAL A GENERATION OF WINNING RECORDS: Forgive Packers fans if Ferguson — to rank among the league’s NOTES they tend to come down harder on their team than fans in other cities. The leading receivers (86 catches, 1,221 club hasn’t had a losing record since 1991. And, figuring that an entire yards, both career highs). generation of fans aren’t old enough to remember 1991, the team’s 4-12 XAnd Dec. 11 vs. Detroit, Driver joined exclusive company. He extended finish was tough to swallow. his streak of games with a reception to 61 and surpassed the second- longest stretch in Packers history (current running backs coach Edgar Bennett (60). Next up is all-time leader (103). For the fourth straight sea- PACKERS REMAIN AMERICA’S TEAM: XThe last time Driver did not catch a pass was Dec. 30, 2001, vs. son, a Harris poll has dubbed Green Bay the league’s most popular football Minnesota. Driver did, however, score his only career rushing touch- team. The company in early September surveyed 2,242 adults who say down that day. Longest streaks in team history: they follow pro football, and asked them to name their two favorite football 103 Sterling Sharpe, Game 10 1988 — Game 16 1994 teams. The Dallas Cowboys finished second in the poll. 64 Donald Driver, Game 16 2001 — Game 1 2003, Game 3 2003 — Game 16 2005 (current) EXCITEMENT BUILDING FOR FROZEN TUNDRA HOCKEY: The 60 Edgar Bennett, Game 1 1993 — Game 12 1996 (RB) University of Wisconsin’s nationally ranked men’s hockey team will face 58 , Game 8 1979 — Game 8 1983 Ohio State at 3 p.m., Feb. 11, in the Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic, 50 Don Hutson, Game 3 1941 — Game 10 1945 Lambeau Field’s first hockey offering. The game also will serve as the U.S. , Game 3 1979 — Game 4 1982 (TE) Hockey Hall of Fame Game, with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Hall of Fame. XDriver in December alone advanced from No. 10 to No. 7 on the Packers’ XTickets are available and can be purchased online, by phone or in per- all-time receptions list: son. For more information, log onto www.packers.com. Prices are as Player No Yds Avg Yrs follows for the stadium bowl: $24 for adults, $16 for students (including 1 Sterling Sharpe ...... 595 8,134 13.7 7 college), $14 for children (under 12). Indoor and outdoor club seats are 2 James Lofton ...... 530 9,656 18.2 9 $45 for all ages. A Lambeau Field Atrium ‘Tailgate Party Package’ is 3 Don Hutson ...... 488 7,991 16.4 11 available by contacting the Packers’ special events department at 4 ...... 448 6,918 15.4 11 920/569-7136. 5 ...... 431 6,651 15.4 8 6 Max McGee ...... 345 6,346 18.4 12 PLENTY OF KINETIC ENERGY: In 2005, 30 individuals donned a 7 Donald Driver ...... 329 4,634 14.1 7 8 Paul Coffman ...... 322 4,223 13.1 8 Green Bay uniform and joined the thousands of players who have repre- 9 William Henderson ...... 308 2,347 7.6 11 sented the Packers by playing in an official NFL game. 10 Robert Brooks ...... 306 4,225 13.8 7 XOf those 30 who played in at least one game, 20 were rookies. 11 ...... 303 5,581 18.4 7 XAnd, including those officially classified as “first-year” players, the 2005 12 Ahman Green ...... 301 2,335 7.8 6 Packers inserted 25 individuals with less than two years of NFL experi- ence. XIn 2005, 70 overall players saw at least one snap for the Packers. Pg. 12 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW XMost Receptions, Packers Season: X Gado Nov. 13 at Atlanta became the first Green Bay rookie to top 100 112 Sterling Sharpe, 1993 (16 games) yards rushing since De’Mond Parker, Dec. 5, 1999, at Chicago (113 108 Sterling Sharpe, 1992 (16 games) yards on 19 carries). Prior to Parker, the last rookie to do it was Gado’s 102 Robert Brooks, 1995 (16 games) position coach, Edgar Bennett (in 1992). The Packers are 28-4 since 94 Sterling Sharpe, 1994 (16 games) 2000 with a 100-yard rusher, 17-3 at home and 11-1 on the road. 90 Sterling Sharpe, 1989 (16 games) XGado was the team’s first nondrafted rookie to reach 100 yards since 89 Javon Walker, 2004 (16 games) Kevin Wilhite (16-100), Oct. 18, 1987, vs. Philadelphia. 86 Donald Driver, 2005 (16 games) XBefore Gado, the only other Packers rookie with multiple 100-yard 84 Antonio Freeman, 1998 (15 games) games was John Brockington, who had four such efforts in 1971. Donald Driver, 2004 (16 games) XIn Packers history, 42 players now have rushed for 100 yards. The fran- 81 Antonio Freeman, 1997 (16 games) chise has 161 such individual efforts. XGado on the Packers’ all-time rookie rushing charts: SPEAKING OF DRIVER: The receiver Nov. 13 made 2005 his fourth Attempts Longest carry career 50-reception season. Only four other players in team history (James 216 John Brockington, 1971 72 , 1957 Lofton and Sterling Sharpe with seven, and Antonio Freeman and Ahman 143 Samkon Gado, 2005 Ralph Earhart, 1948 Green with six) have as many. 126 , 1980 70 , 1938 XDriver also became only the fourth player in Packers history with three 121 Willard Harrell, 1975 64 Samkon Gado, 2005 career 1,000-yard receiving seasons. He joins James Lofton (5), Sterling 114 Kenneth Davis, 1986 60 Steve Atkins, 1979 Sharpe (5) and Antonio Freeman (3). 59 , 1960 Yards Tony Falkenstein, 1943 1,105 John Brockington, 1971 TACKLES RECORD FALLS: Packers ‘Mike’ linebacker Nick Barnett Dec. 582 Samkon Gado, 2005 100-yard rushing games: 25 vs. Chicago captured the single-season tackles record, surpassing Mike 545 Gerry Ellis, 1980 4 John Brockington, 1971 Douglass’ 1981 single-season mark of 180. 519 Kenneth Davis, 1986 3 Samkon Gado, 2005 X The team’s leading single-season tacklers, since Bart Starr’s coaching 445 , 1938 staff became the first to track defensive numbers in 1975: Touchdowns 194 Nick Barnett, 2005 157 Jim Carter, 1977 6 Samkon Gado, 2005 180 Mike Douglass, 1981 151 Randy Scott, 1985 5 , 1987 166 Rich Wingo, 1979 150 Steve Luke, 1978 Gerry Ellis, 1980 165 Mike Douglass, 1980 John Anderson, 1981 4 John Brockington, 1971 162 Mike Douglass, 1983 Scott Hunter, 1971 Nick Barnett, 2004 Dave Hampton, 1969 Tom Moore, 1960 Chuck Sample, 1942 IN GADO WE TRUST: With 582 rushing yards in eight games, Samkon Buckets Goldenberg, 1933 Gado established a pace that would result in 1,164 yards over a 16-game season. A knee injury ended his storybook season prematurely Dec. 19 at Baltimore. OTHER QUARTERBACKS DURING STREAK: Brett Favre on Jan. 1 X On Dec. 11, Gado broke John Brockington’s 34-year old Packers rookie made his 221st consecutive start, padding his NFL record among quarter- rushing record. Most rushing yards by a rookie in team history: backs. Since the streak began, Sept. 27, 1992, 191 other quarterbacks 171 Samkon Gado, Dec. 11, 2005, vs. Det (29 carries) have started an NFL game. 149 John Brockington, Nov. 14, 1971, at Min (23 carries) XDuring the 2005 season, eight quarterbacks made their first NFL starts: 142 John Brockington, Nov. 7, 1971, at ChiB (30 carries) Charlie Frye (Cleveland), Ryan Fitzpatrick (St. Louis), (San 137 , Dec. 7, 1958, at SF (22 carries) 120 John Brockington, Oct. 3, 1971, vs. Cin. (19 carries) Francisco), Brooks Bollinger (N.Y. Jets), (Chicago), Alex Smith (San Francisco), J.P. Losman (Buffalo) and Matt Mauck (Tennessee). AMONG 2005 ROOKIES: Samkon Gado finished tied for first among XThe Saints on Dec. 18 opted to start Todd Bouman and end the league’s NFL rookies with six rushing TDs, fourth with 582 rushing yards and fourth third-longest active streak, Aaron Brooks’ 82 games. Favre (221) and with 143 carries. A comparison between Gado and running backs taken on (128) are 1-2, while Trent Green (80) and Day 1 of the 2005 NFL Draft: (78) are next. Rd Overall Player, Team College Att Yds Avg TD Lg XAlso, 21 NFL teams during Favre’s streak have started at least 10 quar- 1 2 , Mia Auburn 207 907 4.4 4 65 1 4 , Chi Texas 67 272 4.1 0 36 terbacks. During the ‘05 campaign, the following have made a starting 1 5 Carnell Williams, TB Auburn 290 1,178 4.1 6 71 debut with their respective teams: Todd Bouman (New Orleans), Charlie 2 44 JJ Arrington, Ari California 112 370 3.3 2 32 Frye (Cleveland), Ryan Fitzpatrick (St. Louis), Cody Pickett (San 2 54 Eric Shelton, Car Louisville — injured reserve — Francisco), Mike McMahon (Philadelphia), (Detroit), Trent 3 65 Frank Gore, SF Miami 127 608 4.8 3 72 Dilfer (Cleveland), Kyle Orton (Chicago), J.P. Losman and 3 73 Verand Morency, Hou Okla. State 46 184 4.0 2 25 (Buffalo), Alex Smith (San Francisco), (Miami), Drew 3 77 Ryan Moats, Phi La. Tech 55 278 5.1 3 59 Bledsoe (Dallas), (Arizona), Brooks Bollinger (N.Y. Jets), 3 101 Maurice Clarett, Den Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 (Pittsburgh) and Matt Mauck (Tennessee). Orton became FA FA Samkon Gado, GB Liberty 143 582 4.1 6 64 the 20th quarterback to start a Bears game, most in the NFL, during Favre’s streak. OTHER ROOKIE RUSHING RECORDS: Dré Barnes and Eugene XThe Bears’ 20 starters since Sept. 27, 1992: , Chris Goodman. Those were the two running backs at Liberty University ahead Chandler, , , , Chad Hutchinson, of Samkon Gado on the depth chart in 2004. One year later, Gado had more , , , , Cade McNown, rushing touchdowns than any Packers rookie ever. Gado also ranked , , , Kyle Orton, , among all-time leaders in other single-season rookie rushing categories. , , Steve Walsh and . JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 13 LAMBEAU & FAVRE REACH NO. 100: Future Hall of Famer Brett THE DEUCE: WR/KR Antonio Chatman, whose nickname “Deuce” is Favre on Dec. 11 played his 100th regular-season game in the league’s symbolic of the uniform No. 2 he wore before making the Packers’ season- most historic venue, Lambeau Field. The stadium’s all-time list of most opening roster in 2003, enjoyed his best career game Dec. 25 vs. Chicago. games: XChatman eclipsed 1,000 all-purpose yards for the third straight season, 102 Brett Favre, 1992-2005 and his 85-yard touchdown vs. Chicago marked the longest punt return 86 William Henderson, 1995-2005 in the NFL this season: 77 LeRoy Butler, 1990-2001 85 Antonio Chatman, GB vs. Chi., Dec. 25 (touchdown) 72 , 1997-2005 81 Antwaan Randle El, Pit. at Det., Jan. 1 (touchdown) 70 , 1990-2002 76 Chris Gamble, Car. vs. NE, Sept. 18 75 Otis Amey, SF vs. StL, Sept. 11 (touchdown) JOIN THE CLUB: Brett Favre has thrown touchdowns to 39 players over 73 Bobby Wade, Chi. vs. Det., Sept. 18 (touchdown) his career, including Samkon Gado and Donald Lee in 2005. The 40th play- er nearly RT Mark Tauscher, who caught a 1-yard touchdown pass Dec. 25 XMost Punt Returns, Packers Career: vs. Chicago, but a holding call nullified the score. 187 , 1960-71 (1,391 yds) XCounting overall receptions, on Nov. 13 at Atlanta Andrae Thurman 110 Antonio Chatman, 2003-05 (903 yards) became the 17th player to catch a pass from Favre this season. Gardner 100 , 1953-58 (753 yds) became No. 18 on Dec. 25. Never before has Favre completed passes to Phillip Epps, 1982-88 (819 yds) more teammates. Prior to ‘05, Favre’s single-season high was 16 in ‘98. 87 Walter Stanley, 1985-88 (720 yds) XMost players to catch a pass during a single season, Packers history: 85 , 1975-83 (656 yds) No Year Record Leader Rec Yds Avg TD *19 1987 5-9-1 Walter Stanley 38 672 17.7 3 XMost Punt Returns, Packers Season: 18 1951 3-9-0 Bob Mann 50 696 13.9 8 58 , 1996 (875 yds) 2005 4-12-0 Donald Driver 86 1,221 14.2 5 45 Antonio Chatman, 2005 (381 yds) 16 1940 6-4-1 Don Hutson 45 664 14.8 7 44 Roell Preston, 1998 (398 yds) 1984 8-8-0 James Lofton 62 1,361 22.0 7 40 Robert Brooks, 1994 (352 yds) 1988 4-12-0 Sterling Sharpe 55 791 14.4 1 37 Johnnie Gray, 1976 (307 yds) 1998 11-5-0 Antonio Freeman 84 1,424 17.0 14 Antonio Freeman, 1995 (292 yds) *—includes three games using replacement players during 1987 NFL players strike XMost Punt Return Yards, Packers Career: 1,391 Willie Wood, 1960-71 (187 returns) LONGWELL IN THE FINAL STANZA: Ryan Longwell in the fourth 968 Desmond Howard, 1996, 1999 (70 returns) quarter or overtime has connected on 21 of his last 22 field goal attempts, 903 Antonio Chatman, 2003-05 (110 returns) a stretch that began at San Francisco, Dec. 15, 2002. 834 Billy Grimes, 1950-52 (63 returns) XHis only fourth-quarter miss during the regular-season stretch came 819 Phillip Epps, 1982-88 (100 returns) Oct. 23 at Minnesota. 753 Al Carmichael, 1953-58 (100 returns)

LONGWELL SOLID FROM LONG RANGE: In a 33-25 win at Atlanta XMost Punt Return Yards, Packers Season: Nov. 13, Ryan Longwell for the first time in his career hit multiple field *875 Desmond Howard, 1996 (58 returns) goals of at least 50 yards. In one game, the veteran nailed more 50-yarders 555 Billy Grimes, 1950 (29 returns) than he had during every season of his career except 2000 (three) and 398 Roell Preston, 1998 (44 returns) 2004 (two). He also became the first kicker in franchise history to nail two 381 Antonio Chatman, 2005 (45 returns) 50-yarders in a game. 352 Robert Brooks, 1994 (40 returns) XIn 2005, Longwell established a career-best with four field goals from 342 Bill Schroeder, 1997 (33 returns) that distance, edging his 2000 high. He hit four of five from 50-plus this *—NFL record past season. XWith 13 career field goals of 50-plus yards, Longwell stands four behind franchise leader (17). Longwell in 2005 fell two short of THE LAST GUY TO BEAT USC: Quick trivia question — before Vince Jacke’s single-season record, six in 1993. Young turned in one of the greatest individual performances ever to lead Texas past USC in the Jan. 4 national championship, can you name the last ONLY REGGIE WHITE REMAINS: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila on Dec. 4 at quarterback to beat the Trojans? Chicago surpassed No. 2 Tim Harris (55) on the Packers’ all-time sacks XAaron Rodgers can. Before Young, the Packers’ No. 1 draft pick was the list. Now with 58½ career sacks, he stands just 10 from tying Reggie last quarterback to defeat USC. Rodgers led Cal to a 34-31 win at White’s franchise record, 68½. Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, on Sept. 27, 2003. XUSC avenged the loss in 2004 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, but not DAVIS REACHES 150: Packers long snapper Rob Davis played in his before Rodgers nearly beat the Trojans again. The Bears fell one last- minute pass from tying the game. 150th consecutive game Dec. 25 vs. Chicago, against his former team. XBefore losing to Texas in the Rose Bowl, USC had won 34 straight, XDavis’ 151-game streak includes 135 with the Packers. including two national championships. XThe team’s longest active games-played streaks, entering 2006: Brett Favre ...... 223 Ryan Longwell...... 144 Rob Davis ...... 135 Paris Lenon ...... 64 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... 60 William Henderson ...... 60 Pg. 14 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW COACHING CHANGES, TODAY AND YESTERDAY, A FACT OF NFL LIFE

By Lee Remmel The Packers, under the leadership of President Emil Team Historian R. Fischer Sr., startled many of the faithful by settling upon a former Chicago Bear, ex-running back Gene Coaching changes, though relatively infrequent, have been Ronzani, as Curly's successor. The Packers' rivalry a fact of life for the Green Bay Packers for more than 50 with the Bears already was highly contentious and years…beginning with the historic departure of team founder Packers fandom's reaction to the selection thus was Curly Lambeau following the 1949 season. mixed, to say the least. For the record, the "process" — the one in which General Whatever the case, Ronzani was unable to turn the Manager Ted Thompson recently completed to select the 14th Packers around. The square-cut Iron Mountain, Mich., head coach in the Packers' 86-year history — is far different native did pull off a major upset early in his baptismal, than it was the first time there was a changing of the guard. 1950 season, surprising the heavily favored Bears in Week Three, Today it is a deliberate, detailed and measured process involving, 31-21, but lost 8 of the next 9 games to finish 3-and-9. He followed in most cases, a series of scheduled interviews with a variety of with another 3-9 campaign in 1951 before kindling hopes with a 6- candidates over a period of time — customarily two or three weeks. 6 mark in 1952 (6-4 after 10 games), then was relieved of his duties When Lambeau left, in contrast, he was essentially breaking new after starting the '53 season 2-7-1. ground. Looking back, it seems clear there was no specific mecha- Beside himself over losing what he obviously considered the job nism in place when Lambeau's job security came under serious of a lifetime, Ronzani followed the team to the West Coast for its scrutiny — for the simple reason that Curly had always been there final two games of the '53 season, boarding the team's train to the — since the team's birth in 1919…and, it then appeared, always San Francisco area and attempting — without success — to attend would be. the daily practices. Earl Louis Lambeau was, in essence, "the Green Bay Packers," Awkward as those circumstances may have been, Ronzani sub- holding the multiple titles of vice president, general manager and sequently was welcomed back like a member of the family. In fact, head coach. he was on the on-field speakers' stage on Sunday afternoon, Sept. Thus, when his contract was about to expire late in the '49 sea- 29, 1957 — along with then Vice President Richard Nixon, NFL son, it was a matter for the team's entire 30-man board of directors Commissioner Bert Bell and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. to address. General Manager Lambeau obviously was not going to Thomson — for opening day ceremonies dedicating what is now relieve himself of his coaching duties, even though he was coming Lambeau Field. off the two worst years in his career — a 3-9-0 record in 1948 and Meanwhile, faced with finding a new head coach for only the sec- then en route to a career-low 2-10-0 mark in 1949. ond time, the Packers had settled upon Lisle Blackbourn of In addition, hovering over the organizational scene at the time Marquette University, well known for his commitment to discipline was the impression he had lost favor with some of the more promi- and fundamentals, as Ronzani’s successor in 1954. nent members of the board, including longtime former president But he also could not upgrade Green Bay's fortunes, posting a Lee Joannes, because Lambeau had dismissed the team's veteran four-year record of 17-31-0 before being dismissed following a 3- publicity director, George W. Calhoun, the man who had called the 9 final season in 1957. first meeting of the Packers in 1919 and was considered a co- Things, unfortunately, then got worse before they got better founder of the team. when former Ronzani and Blackbourn aide Ray "Scooter" McLean It was against this somewhat divisive backdrop that the board was promoted, becoming the fourth head coach in Packers history. convened in the supervisors' room at the Brown County court- He managed to salvage only one victory from a dismal 1958 sea- house the evening of November 30, 1949, (the Packers had no offi- son which saw the Packers post the worst record in their history cial offices of their own at the time) to consider whether to renew (1-10-1). Lambeau's contract. Whereupon newly elected President Dominic Olejniczak and the An acrimonious, five-hour meeting ensued, one punctuated by team's Executive Committee came to the conclusion, under sub- shouting on occasion, before Lambeau emerged by himself to stantial media pressure, that a strong general manager/head coach announce to the modest media corps on site that the board had was needed to take control of the organization's football operations approved of a new, two-year contract for him as vice president, in order to field a consistently competitive team. general manager and head coach. Their search led them to Vince Lombardi, then offensive coordi- Details of the period immediately following that now distant nator for the New York Giants, heartily endorsed by coaching icons action remain murky to this day, but it appears there was no spe- Paul Brown and , along with NFL Commissioner Bert cific attempt to have Lambeau formally sign the new document. He Bell, among others. He was named head coach and general man- thus left for the NFL's annual meeting at Philadelphia in late ager Feb. 4, 1959, reportedly with a five-year contract at $40,000 January (of 1950) without a contract and, formally resigning per annum. February 1, 1950, he returned to Green Bay as vice president and Virtually anonymous nationally at the time, Lombardi was head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, ending a 30-year reign high- supremely confident at his introductory press conference in Green lighted by six world championships and 212 victories. Bay. Asked by one member of the media what kind of football team An improbable scenario next unfolded in the organization's he expected to have, he promptly replied, "You will be proud of it search for a Lambeau replacement. because I will be proud of it." JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 15 As history has voluminously recorded, he was right. The erst- After posting a 53-77-3 record over nine seasons, highlighted by while Fordham "Block of Granite" went on to preside over one of the a playoff berth in 1982, he was relieved of his duties following an greatest dynasties in the annals of professional sports, leading the 8-8 finish in 1983. Packers to their first winning record in 12 years that '59 season (7- The Green and Gold next called upon another of yesterday's 5), then to five NFL championships in seven years and the first two heroes, perennial all-pro tackle , saluted by Lombardi Super Bowl titles before stepping down as head coach following the as "the finest player I have ever coached." '67 season and remaining as general manager. Gregg had taken the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl as a Lured by the opportunity to have a "piece of the action," some- coach before returning to Green Bay. But like Starr before him, he thing not available to him in Green Bay under the Packers' struc- had little success in restoring the Packers to pro football's heights, ture, he was to leave Titletown just a year later to become vice pres- posting a 25-37-1 record in four seasons (1984-87) before resign- ident, head coach and general manager of the Washington ing with one year remaining on his contract to become head coach Redskins. at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University. In a virtual repeat of his first Green Bay season, Gregg was followed into the head Lombardi led the Redskins to their first winning cam- coach's office at 1265 Lombardi Avenue paign in 15 years (7-5-2) in 1969 and what was to be his by his former offensive coordinator at last season. Less than a year later (Sept. 3, 1970) he Cincinnati, Lindy Infante, who was to have was dead of colon cancer. a similar experience, winning only 24 While stepping down as head coach in Green Bay, games, 10 of them in a 10-6 season in Lombardi had anointed his longtime defensive coordi- 1989, while losing 40 in four seasons. nator, Phil Bengtson, as head coach, giving him a three- Enter Ron Wolf. year contract. (It was rumored at the time that Lombardi Packers President , deciding had exceeded his authority in doing so, that it was the new and aggressive leadership was need- exclusive prerogative of the team's Executive ed, dismissed Tom Braatz as vice presi- Committee to hire the head coach, but there never was dent (Nov. 20, 1991) and hired Wolf one official confirmation of the report). week later (Nov. 27) with sweeping Following a legend and inheriting a team well past its authority to oversee all football operations. prime, Bengtson had little chance for success. He had Wolf, in turn, relieved Infante of his one winning season, his second (8-6-0 in 1969), and duties 25 days later, setting in motion one subsequently resigned under pressure following a 6-8- of the major turnarounds in pro football 0 record in '70, closing out his head coaching stint with history. a 20-21-1 record. The rest of the story…is still fresh in the The Packers turned to the college ranks for his suc- minds of the Packers faithful. How Wolf cessor, , possessor of the third-best winning Earl “Curly” Lambeau hired Mike Holmgren, offensive coordina- record (.733) in collegiate circles at the time, as head tor under the legendary Bill Walsh with the coach and general manager. Following a 4-8-2 shake- San Francisco 49ers, who led the Packers down cruise in 1971, his first season, he appeared to be on his way to seven consecutive winning seasons (1992-1998), six straight after winning a division championship in 1972 (10-4-0). playoff appearances, three consecutive division titles and back-to- But the record fell to 5-7-2 in 1973 and to 6-8-0 in 1974 and he back Super Bowls. was relieved of his duties the day after the season ended. Then, after Holmgren left to become executive vice president, Devine, however, was well prepared for the latter eventuality. general manager and head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, and one Three days earlier, on the Friday prior to his final game as Green year in "neutral" (8-8) under Ray Rhodes, Wolf quickly resolved the Bay's head coach, he had had an aide mail two letters — one to latter problem, bringing in Mike Sherman, who escorted the Seattle presumably declining a head coaching offer from the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons, three division titles University of Washington and the other to South Bend, Ind., pre- and four straight playoff appearances, a parlay which extended the sumably accepting the head coaching position at Notre Dame. Packers' streak of .500-or-better football to 13 consecutive sea- The following Monday morning, he had his agent in the Packers sons (1992-2004), the best such record in the NFL for that period. offices, making sure he would receive his salary for the final year That memorable span, of course, came to an end in the season on his Packers coaching contract, then announced, upon resigning, just past, the record falling to 4-12, a 14-year low, following the that he was becoming head coach at Notre Dame with a reputed costly injury losses of Javon Walker and running back five-year contract. Ahman Green, among others. This time, the Packers returned to one of their own, Bart Starr. A Thompson relieved Sherman of his duties the day after the sea- huge fan favorite from his playing days, from which he was only son ended, explaining he felt the need for a "new face" in the head three years removed, he was clearly — and overwhelmingly — the coach's chair. people's choice. And hence, that of the Executive Committee, which named him Devine's successor on Dec. 24, 1974. Though tireless and dedicated, Starr could not duplicate as a coach and general manager the remarkable success he had enjoyed as a player, when he quarterbacked the Packers to nine winning seasons over a 10-year span, punctuated by five world champi- onships and six title game appearances. Pg. 16 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW 150th NFL game First Packers start First NFL sack 2005 RECORDS & MILESTONES R.Davis ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. N.Collins ...... 9/11 at Det. C.Cole ...... 10/23 at Min. INDIVIDUAL NFL RECORDS, 2005 S.Gado ...... 11/13 at Atl. A.Harris ...... 10/9 vs. NO 100th NFL start R.Gardner ...... 1/1 vs. Sea. P.Lenon ...... 10/23 at Min. X *Most consecutive seasons completing 300 or More Passes: 14, Brett Favre W.Henderson . .11/21 vs. Min. M.Hawkins . . . . .12/19 at Bal. M.Montgomery . . .12/4 at Chi. (extended from 2004) V.Leach ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. K.Peterson ...... 10/9 vs. NO X *Most consecutive starts, quarterback: 221, Favre (extended from 2004) First NFL game D.Lee ...... 9/25 vs. TB B.Poppinga . . . .10/23 at Min. X *Most consecutive seasons, 3,000 yards passing: 14, Favre (extended from 2004) A.Bigby ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. R.Lee ...... 10/9 vs. NO X Most overall seasons, 3,000 yards passing, 14, Favre N.Collins ...... 9/11 at Det. R.Manning . . . . .9/18 vs. Cle. First NFL touchdown (old record: 13, Dan Marino, 1984-1992, 1994-95, 1997-98) J.Coston ...... 10/9 vs. NO B.Poppinga . . . .12/11 vs. Det. N.Barnett ...... 10/9 vs. NO X Most consec. seasons, 20 or more TD passes: 12, Favre (extended from 2004) P.Dendy ...... 11/13 at Atl. J.Thomas ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. S.Gado ...... 11/6 vs. Pit. X Most TD passes, single stadium: 189, Favre at Lambeau Field R.Flinn ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. A.Thurman . . . . .11/6 vs. Pit. N.Herron ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. (old record: 180, at Mile High Stadium) T.Fontenot ...... 1/1 vs. Sea. W.Whitticker . . . .9/11 at Det. X Seasons leading league, passing defense: 10, S.Gado ...... 10/30 at Cin. First NFL punt 1947-48, 1962, 1964-68, 1996, 2005 (extended) M.Hawkins . . . . .9/18 vs. Cle. 2,500th drive engineered R.Flinn ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. T.Humphrey . . . . .1/1 vs. Sea. B.Favre ...... 12/19 at Bal. B.Sander ...... 9/11 at Det. INDIVIDUAL PACKERS RECORDS, 2005 J.Jones ...... 10/9 vs. NO C.Lucas ...... 11/13 at Atl. 1,000 NFL points 100th NFL punt return X Most games played, career: 223, Favre (exteneded from 2004) R.Manning ...... 9/11 at Det. R.Longwell . . . . .11/6 vs. Pit. A.Chatman . . . .12/11 vs. Det. X Most consecutive games played: 223, Favre (extended from 2004) M.Montgomery . .9/11 at Det. X *Most consec. seasons leading tm., scoring: 9, Ryan Longwell, 1997-2005 T.Murphy ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. 1,500th Packers carry First punt return touchdown (extended from 2004) B.Poppinga . . . . .9/11 at Det. A.Green ...... 9/25 vs. TB A.Chatman . . . .12/25 vs. Chi. X Most points, career: Longwell, 1,054 (extended from 2004) A.Rodgers ...... 10/9 vs. NO X *Most consecutive games scoring points: 144, Longwell, 1997-2005 B.Sander ...... 9/11 at Det. 500th NFL carry (extended from 2004) M.Underwood . . .9/11 at Det. B.Favre ...... 11/27 at Phi. X Most consecutive seasons leading team, PAT: 9, Longwell, 1997-2005 C.White ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. (old record: 8, Chris Jacke, 1989-96) NOTABLE SINGLE- W.Whitticker . . . .9/11 at Det. First NFL carry X Most PAT, career: 376, Longwell, 1997-2005 (extended from 2004) GAME CAREER HIGHS J.Wishom ...... 11/27 at Phi. S.Gado ...... 10/30 at Cin. X Most consecutive (kicking) PAT: 156, Longwell, 2001-05 A.Rodgers . . . . .12/19 at Bal. (old record: 134, Chris Jacke, 1990-94) Rushing attempts First Packers game B.Sander ...... 9/11 at Det. X Highest (kicking) PAT percentage, career: 98.95, Longwell (remained leader) 29, S.Gado . . . .12/11 vs. Det. N.Collins ...... 9/11 at Det. X Most seasons leading team, field goals: 9, Longwell, 1997-2005 J.Coston ...... 10/9 vs. NO First rushing touchdown (old record: 8, Chris Jacke, 1989-96) Rushing yards P.Dendy ...... 11/13 at Atl. S.Gado ...... 11/6 vs. Pit. X *Most consecutive seasons leading team, field goals: 9, Longwell, 1997-2005 171, S.Gado . . .12/11 vs. Det. R.Flinn ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. N.Herron ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. (old record: 8, Chris Jacke, 1989-96) T.Fontenot ...... 1/1 vs. Sea. X Most FG attempted, career: 277, Longwell, 1997-2005 (extended from 2004) Longest carry S.Gado ...... 10/30 at Cin. First NFL pass X Most field goals, career: 226, Longwell, 1997-2005 (extended from 2004) 64t, S.Gado . . .12/11 vs. Det. R.Gardner . . . . .12/25 vs. Chi. S.Gado ...... 12/11 vs. Det. X Most consecutive games, scoring field goals: 15, Longwell, 2004-05 M.Hawkins . . . . .9/18 vs. Cle. A.Rodgers ...... 10/9 vs. NO (old record: 14, Longwell, 1997-98) Rushing touchdowns N.Herron ...... 12/4 at Chi. B.Sander ...... 11/13 at Atl. X Highest FG percentage, career: 81.59, Longwell (remained leader) 2, N.Davenport . . .10/9 vs. NO T.Humphrey . . . . .1/1 vs. Sea. X Most field goals, 50 or more yards, game: 2, Longwell, at Atl., Nov. 13 2, S.Gado ...... 11/13 at Atl. J.Jones ...... 10/9 vs. NO First NFL completion (old record: 1, 27 times) A.Klemm ...... 9/11 at Det. A.Rodgers ...... 10/9 vs. NO X Most rushing yards, game, rookie: 171, Samkon Gado, vs. Det., Dec. 11 Interceptions thrown J.Leake ...... 12/19 at Bal. (old record: 149, John Brockington, at Min., Nov. 14, 1971) 5, B.Favre ...... 10/30 at Cin. D.Lee ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. 50,000 yards passing X Most rushing TD, season, rookie: 6, Samkon Gado R.Lee ...... 10/9 vs. NO B.Favre ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. (old record: 5, B.Goldenberg, 1933; G.Ellis, 1980; and B.Fullwood, 1987) Receptions E.Little ...... 9/11 at Det. X Highest passer rating, career: 86.2, Favre, 1992-2005 (remained leader) 8, A.Chatman . . .10/30 at Cin. C.Lucas ...... 11/13 at Atl. 400th time sacked X Most seasons leading team, passing attempts: 14, Favre, 1992-2005 8, T.Fisher . . . . .12/25 vs. Chi. R.Manning ...... 9/11 at Det. B.Favre ...... 1/1 vs. Sea. (old record: 13, Bart Starr, 1957-68, 1970) M.Montgomery . .9/11 at Det. X *Most consec. seasons leading team, passing att.: 14, Favre (extended from 2004) Receiving yards T.Murphy ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. 300th NFL reception X Most passes attempted, career: 7,606, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) 97, A.Chatman . .10/30 at Cin. B.Poppinga . . . . .9/11 at Det. D.Driver ...... 11/27 at Phi. X Most passes attempted, season: 607, Favre 69, T.Fisher . . . . .12/4 at Chi. A.Rodgers ...... 10/9 vs. NO A.Green ...... 10/3 at Car. (old record: 599, , 1989) B.Sander ...... 9/11 at Det. W.Henderson . .11/21 vs. Min. X Most passes completed, career: 4,678, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) Longest reception R.Thomas ...... 9/11 at Det. X Most passes completed, season: 372, Favre 51, R.Ferguson . .10/9 vs. NO J.Thornburg . . . .11/6 vs. Pit. 200th NFL reception (old record, 363, Favre, 1994) 27, D.Lee ...... 12/4 at Chi. M.Underwood . . .9/11 at Det. B.Franks ...... 10/30 at Cin. X Highest completion percentage, career: 61.50, Favre, 1992-2005 (remained leader) T.Wallace ...... 10/30 at Cin. X Most seasons leading tm., passing yds.: 14, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) Total tackles C.White ...... 12/25 vs. Chi. 100th NFL reception X *Most consec. seasons leading tm., passing yds.: 14, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) 21, N.Barnett . . . .10/3 at Car. W.Whitticker . . . .9/11 at Det. R.Ferguson . . . .10/23 at Min. X Most yards passing, career: 53,615, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) 12, N.Collins . . . .12/19 at Bal. J.Wishom ...... 11/27 at Phi. T.Fisher ...... 12/4 at Chi. X Most games, 300 or more yards passing, career: 45, Favre (extended from 2004) 11, K.Gbaja-Biamila .10/3 at Car. X Most TD passes, career: 396, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) First NFL start First NFL reception X Most games, four or more TD passes, career: 19, Favre (extended from 2004) Sacks N.Collins ...... 9/11 at Det. S.Gado ...... 11/6 vs. Pit. X Most passes had intercepted, career: 253, Favre (extended from 2004) 3, A.Kampman .11/21 vs. Min. S.Gado ...... 11/13 at Atl. V.Leach ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. X Lowest percentage, had intercepted, career: 3.33 percent, Favre (remained leader) 2, C.Williams . . . .10/9 vs. NO M.Hawkins . . . . .12/19 at Bal. T.Murphy ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. X Most times sacked, career: 402, Favre, 1992-2005 (extended from 2004) V.Leach ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. W.Williams . . . . .11/6 vs. Pit. X Most consecutive seasons leading team, tackles: 3, Nick Barnett, 2003-05 Interceptions R.Lee ...... 10/9 vs. NO (old record: 2, six times; last: , 2000-01) 2, A.Harris ...... 10/9 vs. NO R.Manning . . . . .9/18 vs. Cle. First receiving touchdown X Most total tackles, season: 194, Barnett B.Poppinga . . . .12/11 vs. Det. S.Gado ...... 11/13 at Atl. (old record: 180, Mike Douglass, 1981) Passed defensed J.Thomas ...... 9/18 vs. Cle. 5, A.Carroll . . . . .11/27 at Phi. A.Thurman . . . . .11/6 vs. Pit. 500th tackle TEAM RECORDS, 2005 N.Diggs ...... 9/25 vs. TB X *Most consecutive games scoring points: 233, 1991-2005 (extended from 2004) 100th NFL pass defensed X Most consecutive games, field goal: 15, 2004-05 A.Harris ...... 12/19 at Bal. (old record: 14, 1987 and 1997-98) X Most two-point conversions, game: 2, at Carolina, Oct. 3 First NFL interception (old record: 1, 14 times; last: vs. Jacksonville, Dec. 19, 2004) N.Collins . . . . .11/21 vs. Min. X Fewest first downs, rushing, both teams, game: 3, GB (1) at Det. (2), Sept. 11 R.Thomas ...... 11/6 vs. Pit. (old record: 4, six times, last: at Chicago Bears, Oct. 7, 2002) X Most first downs by penalty, season: 36 (old record: 32, 1985) X Most passes attempted, season: 626 (old record: 609, 1994) X Most completions, season: 383 (old record: 382, 2004) X Turnover ratio, season: -24 (old record: -19, 1976 and 1983) * — current streak entering 2006 JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 17 DEPTH CHART

end of season OFFENSE WR: 83 Antonio Chatman 82 LT: 76 Chad Clifton 65 Mark Tauscher 70 LG: 63 70 Adrian Klemm 62 Junius Coston C : 58 Mike Flanagan 67 Grey Ruegamer 68 Chris White RG: 79 William Whitticker 67 Grey Ruegamer 63 Scott Wells RT: 65 Mark Tauscher 71 Kevin Barry TE : 87 David Martin 86 Donald Lee 49 Tory Humphrey WR: 80 Donald Driver 83 Antonio Chatman 81 Andrae Thurman QB: 4 Brett Favre 12 16 RB: 35 Samkon Gado 40 Tony Fisher 23 Noah Herron FB: 33 William Henderson 48 Vonta Leach

DEFENSE LE: 74 Aaron Kampman 98 Kenny Peterson 77 Cullen Jenkins DT: 75 Grady Jackson 90 Colin Cole 95 Donnell Washington DT: 77 Cullen Jenkins 99 Corey Williams 98 Kenny Peterson RE: 94 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 96 Michael Montgomery SAM: 59 Na'il Diggs 53 Paris Lenon MIKE: 56 Nick Barnett 54 Roy Manning WILL: 53 Paris Lenon 54 Roy Manning 57 John Leake LCB: 28 Ahmad Carroll 37 Mike Hawkins 34 Patrick Dendy RCB: 31 Al Harris 37 Mike Hawkins 39 Therrian Fontenot 41 Jerron Wishom SS: 20 Mark Roman 43 Todd Franz 47 FS: 36 Nick Collins 25 Marviel Underwood

SPECIAL TEAMS K: 8 Ryan Longwell P: 6 Ryan Flinn 8 Ryan Longwell H: 6 Ryan Flinn 12 Aaron Rodgers 16 Craig Nall PR: 83 Antonio Chatman 81 Andrae Thurman KR: 28 Ahmad Carroll 83 Antonio Chatman 81 Andrae Thurman 23 Noah Herron PC: 60 Rob Davis 67 Grey Ruegamer KC: 60 Rob Davis 67 Grey Ruegamer

## Rookies and first-year players are underlined ##

Head Coach: Mike Sherman, sixth year Assistants: Tom Rossley (Offensive Coordinator), Jim Bates (Defensive Coordinator), John Bonamego (Special Teams Coordinator), Joe Baker (Secondary/Safeties), Larry Beightol (Offensive Line), Edgar Bennett (Running Backs), Darrell Bevell (Quarterbacks), James Campen (Assistant Offensive Line/Quality Control), Mark Duffner (Linebackers), James Franklin (Wide Receivers), Charlie Jackson (Defensive Quality Control), Brad Miller (Assistant Special Teams), Robert Nunn (Defensive Tackles), Joe Philbin (Tight Ends/Assistant Offensive Line), Barry Rubin (Strength and Conditioning), Bob Sanders (Defensive Ends), Lionel Washington (Defensive Nickel Package/Cornerbacks) Pg. 18 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW 2005REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICS Packers Opponent RECEIVING No Yds Avg Long TD TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ...... 318 280 Donald Driver ...... 86 1221 14.2 59 5 Rushing ...... 76 107 Antonio Chatman ...... 49 549 11.2 25 4 Passing ...... 206 143 Tony Fisher ...... 48 347 7.2 15 1 Penalty ...... 36 30 Donald Lee ...... 33 294 8.9 27 2 3rd Down: Made/Att ...... 91/221 74/206 William Henderson ...... 30 264 8.8 32 0 3rd Down Pct...... 41.2 35.9 Robert Ferguson ...... 27 366 13.6 51 3 4th Down: Made/Att ...... 9/19 3/8 David Martin ...... 27 224 8.3 21t 3 4th Down Pct...... 47.4 37.5 Bubba Franks ...... 25 207 8.3 24 1 POSSESSION AVG...... 30:48 29:12 Ahman Green ...... 19 147 7.7 20 0 TOTAL NET YARDS ...... 5118 4690 Rod Gardner ...... 4 67 16.8 33 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 319.9 293.1 Samkon Gado ...... 10 77 7.7 30 1 Total Plays ...... 1051 969 Andrae Thurman ...... 7 92 13.1 33 0 Avg. Per Play ...... 4.9 4.8 Terrence Murphy ...... 5 36 7.2 12 0 NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 1352 2010 Vonta Leach ...... 5 19 3.8 9 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 84.5 125.6 Javon Walker ...... 4 27 6.8 9 0 Total Rushes ...... 398 504 Najeh Davenport ...... 2 3 1.5 2 0 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 3766 2680 Walt Williams ...... 1 19 19.0 19 0 Avg. Per Game ...... 235.4 167.5 ReShard Lee ...... 1 5 5.0 5 0 Sacked/Yards Lost ...... 27/198 35/196 PACKERS ...... 383 3964 10.3 59 20 Gross Yards ...... 3964 2876 OPPONENTS ...... 252 2876 11.4 80t 22 Attempts/Completions ...... 626/383 430/252 Completion Pct...... 61.2 58.6 INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD Had Intercepted ...... 30 10 PUNTS/AVERAGE ...... 70/38.9 85/42.3 Al Harris ...... 3 30 10.0 22t 1 Net Punting Avg ...... 70/33.5 85/36.9 Ahmad Carroll ...... 2 38 19.0 38 0 PENALTIES/YARDS ...... 119/918 98/975 Mark Roman ...... 2 18 9.0 12 0 /BALL LOST ...... 31/15 33/11 Nick Barnett ...... 1 95 95.0 95t 1 TOUCHDOWNS ...... 34 37 Robert Thomas ...... 1 24 24.0 24 0 Rushing ...... 11 10 Nick Collins ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Passing ...... 20 22 PACKERS ...... 10 205 20.5 95t 2 Returns ...... 3 5 OPPONENTS ...... 30 370 12.3 95 3

SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS PUNTING No Yds Avg Net TB In 20 LG Blk PACKERS 77 100 36 82 3 298 B.J. Sander ...... 64 2508 39.2 33.9 2 11 53 0 OPPONENTS 88 100 59 97 0 344 Ryan Flinn ...... 6 218 36.3 29.3 0 0 42 0 PACKERS ...... 70 2726 38.9 33.5 2 11 53 0 SCORING TD - Ru - Pa - Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS ...... 85 3597 42.3 36.9 4 29 63 0 Ryan Longwell ...... 0 0 0 0 30/31 20/27 0 90 Samkon Gado ...... 7 6 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 42 PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Donald Driver ...... 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30 Antonio Chatman ...... 45 18 381 8.5 85t 1 Antonio Chatman ...... 5 0 4 1 0/0 0/0 0 30 PACKERS ...... 45 18 381 8.5 85t 1 David Martin ...... 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 1 20 OPPONENTS ...... 49 12 339 6.9 49 0 Robert Ferguson ...... 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 1 20 Noah Herron ...... 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 KICKOFF RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD Donald Lee ...... 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 Ahmad Carroll ...... 19 390 20.5 57 0 Tony Fisher ...... 2 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 ReShard Lee ...... 15 319 21.3 35 0 Najeh Davenport ...... 2 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 Najeh Davenport ...... 10 189 18.9 27 0 Bubba Franks ...... 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 Andrae Thurman ...... 8 136 17.0 23 0 Nick Barnett ...... 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 Al Harris ...... 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 Antonio Chatman ...... 5 91 18.2 33 0 PACKERS ...... 34 11 20 3 30/31 20/27 2 298 Terrence Murphy ...... 5 91 18.2 29 0 OPPONENTS ...... 37 10 22 5 33/35 29/34 1 344 Jamal Jones ...... 4 80 20.0 25 0 2-Point Conversions: Robert Ferguson, David Martin; PACKERS 2-3, OPPONENTS 1-2 Vonta Leach ...... 3 39 13.0 20 0 Robert Ferguson ...... 2 44 22.0 22 0 William Henderson ...... 2 20 10.0 10 0 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 8, Aaron Kampman 6.5, Al Harris 3, Cullen Jenkins 3, Kenny SACKS: Kenny Peterson ...... 1 5 5.0 5 0 Peterson 3, Colin Cole 2, 2, Corey Williams 2, Paris Lenon 1.5, Nick Barnett 1, Grady Jackson 1, Michael Montgomery 1, (group) 1, PACKERS 35, OPPONENTS 27 Corey Williams ...... 1 14 14.0 14 0 PACKERS ...... 75 1418 18.9 57 0 OPPONENTS ...... 65 1404 21.6 73 0 RUSHING No Yds Avg Long TD Samkon Gado ...... 143 582 4.1 64t 6 FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Ahman Green ...... 77 255 3.3 13 0 Ryan Longwell ...... 0/0 7/7 6/10 3/5 4/5 Tony Fisher ...... 60 173 2.9 17 1 PACKERS ...... 0/0 7/7 6/10 3/5 4/5 Noah Herron ...... 45 121 2.7 17 2 OPPONENTS ...... 1/1 11/11 10/10 6/10 1/2 Najeh Davenport ...... 30 105 3.5 24 2 Longwell: (50G) (34G) (42N,32G) ( ) (26G) (53N,53G, 42N,39G) ( ) (40G,31N) (46G,23G,53G,51G) Brett Favre ...... 18 62 3.4 20 0 (46G) ( ) ( ) (36G,38B,39G,28G) (27G) (38N,39N,26G) (26G,32G,28G) Antonio Chatman ...... 8 34 4.3 11 0 Opponents: (21G) (21G,39G) (42G) (32G,38G) (33G,43N,43N) (27G,22G,56G) ( ) (32G,24G,51B) ReShard Lee ...... 11 16 1.5 4 0 (37G) (49N, 24G,27G) (44G,38G,37G,33G) (21G,40G,25G,35G,43N) (19G,23G) (23G,40G) (45G) Donald Driver ...... 2 13 6.5 9 0 (44G) Aaron Rodgers ...... 2 7 3.5 8 0 William Henderson ...... 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0 B.J. Sander ...... 1 -11 -11.0 -11 0 PACKERS ...... 398 1352 3.4 64t 11 OPPONENTS ...... 504 2010 4.0 43 10

PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brett Favre ...... 607 372 3881 61.3 6.39 20 3.3 29 4.8 59 24/170 70.9 Aaron Rodgers ...... 16 9 65 56.3 4.06 0 0.0 1 6.3 16 3/28 39.8 Tony Fisher ...... 1 1 14 100.0 14.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 0/0 118.8 Samkon Gado ...... 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6 B.J. Sander ...... 1 1 4 100.0 4.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0/0 83.3 PACKERS ...... 626 383 3964 61.2 6.33 20 3.2 30 4.8 59 27/198 70.1 OPPONENTS ...... 430 252 2876 58.6 6.69 22 5.1 10 2.3 80t 35/196 86.2 JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 19 2005 REGULAR-SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS final official totals (based on coaches film) SPECIAL TEAMS

Total Sacks/ Int/ Fum For Pass Player TT FR FF Player Tackles Solo Asst Yards Yards Rec Fum Def Marviel Underwood . . . . . 23 0 0 Nick Barnett ...... 194 128 66 1.0/5.0 1/95 3 1 3 Brady Poppinga ...... 22 0 0 Mark Roman ...... 105 74 31 0.0/0.0 2/18 2 0 8 William Henderson ...... 14 0 0 Aaron Kampman ...... 105 62 43 6.5/38.0 0/0 0 3 1 Roy Manning ...... 14 0 0 Nick Collins ...... 96 66 30 0.0/0.0 1/0 0 1 9 Nick Collins ...... 10 0 1 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... 81 39 42 8.0/45.5 0/0 3 2 0 Rob Davis ...... 10 0 0 Paris Lenon ...... 79 47 32 1.5/9.5 0/0 0 1 5 Jason Horton ...... 7 0 0 Grady Jackson ...... 72 47 25 1.0/3.5 0/0 0 1 4 ReShard Lee ...... 7 0 0 Colin Cole ...... 62 34 28 2.0/8.0 0/0 0 0 2 Andrae Thurman ...... 7 0 0 Al Harris ...... 53 47 6 3.0/14.0 3/30 0 1 18 Mike Hawkins ...... 6 0 0 Robert Thomas ...... 51 30 21 0.0/0.0 1/24 0 0 1 Paris Lenon ...... 6 0 0 Cullen Jenkins ...... 49 28 21 3.0/20.5 0/0 1 0 7 Vonta Leach ...... 5 0 0 Ahmad Carroll ...... 45 40 5 0.0/0.0 2/38 0 1 11 Donald Lee...... 5 0 0 Na’il Diggs ...... 45 34 11 0.0/0.0 0/0 1 0 0 John Leake ...... 5 0 0 Corey Williams ...... 34 21 13 2.0/7.0 0/0 0 0 0 Jerron Wishom ...... 5 0 0 Kenny Peterson ...... 30 17 13 3.0/14.0 0/0 1 2 4 Na’il Diggs ...... 4 0 0 Michael Montgomery ...... 25 15 10 1.0/7.0 0/0 0 0 0 Tony Fisher ...... 4 0 0 Roy Manning ...... 20 9 11 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Patrick Dendy ...... 3 0 0 Joey Thomas ...... 16 12 4 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 3 Robert Ferguson ...... 3 0 0 Marviel Underwood ...... 14 10 4 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 1 0 Todd Franz ...... 3 0 0 Brady Poppinga ...... 10 6 4 2.0/17.0 0/0 0 0 0 Earl Little ...... 3 0 0 Mike Hawkins ...... 880 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 2 Michael Montgomery . . . . 3 0 0 Jason Horton ...... 862 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Robert Thomas ...... 3 0 0 Earl Little ...... 211 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 0 Noah Herron ...... 2 0 0 Jerron Wishom ...... 000 0.0/0.0 0/0 0 0 1 Jeremy Thornburg ...... 2 0 0 Totals ...... 1,204 781 423 35/196 10/205 11 14 80 Atari Bigby ...... 1 0 0 Ryan Longwell ...... 1 0 0 Team Sacks (1): Ben Steele ...... 1 0 0 9/25 vs. Tampa Bay, 7 yards Walt Williams ...... 1 0 0 Totals ...... 180 0 1 DEFENSIVE SCORING MISCELLANEOUS TACKLES Forced fumbles (1): Int Fum Player Tackles N.Collins 11/6 vs. Pit. (Q.Morgan, kickoff) Player TD Ret Ret Safeties Donald Driver ...... 6 Nick Barnett ...... 1 1 0 0 William Whitticker ...... 4 Al Harris ...... 1 1 0 0 Robert Ferguson ...... 3 BLOCKED KICKS Totals ...... 2 1 0 0 Tony Fisher ...... 3 Brett Favre ...... 2 Player PAT FG P Defensive Touchdowns (2): Rod Gardner ...... 2 Cullen Jenkins ...... 2 1 0 N.Barnett 10/9 vs. NO (95-yard interception return) Donald Lee ...... 2 Totals ...... 2 1 0 A.Harris 10/9 vs. NO (22-yard interception return) Adrian Klemm ...... 2 Kevin Barry ...... 1 Blocked Touchdowns (2): Antonio Chatman ...... 1 C.Jenkins 9/18 vs. Cle. (P.Dawson) AND 10/3 at Car. Bubba Franks ...... 1 (J.Kasay) Samkon Gado ...... 1 William Henderson ...... 1 Blocked Field Goals (1): ReShard Lee ...... 1 C.Jenkins 11/6 vs. Pit. (J.Reed, 51-yard att.) David Martin ...... 1 Grey Ruegamer ...... 1 Scott Wells ...... 1 Total ...... 33 2005 Pronunciation Guide PLAYERS Ahman Green ...... ah-MAHN Javon Walker ...... juh-VONN Ahmad Carroll ...... ah-MAHD Noah Herron ...... HAIR-in Donnell Washington ...... DAHN-ell Junius Coston . .JOON-ee-us KAHST-en Cullen Jenkins ...... KULL-en Jarron Wishom . . . .JARE-in WISH-um Najeh Davenport ...... NAH-jay Aaron Kampman ...... CAMP-man Na'il Diggs ...... NIE-uhl Vonta Leach ...... VON-tay COACHES Brett Favre ...... FARVE Craig Nall ...... NAHL Larry Beightol ...... BECK-tull Therrian Fontenot ...... FON-tin-OH Brady Poppinga ...... puh-PING-ah Darrell Bevell ...... BEVV-uhl Todd Franz ...... FRANNZ Grey Ruegamer ...... ROOG-ah-mer John Bonamego . . . . .bonn-ah-MAY-go Samkon Gado . . . .SAM-konn GAH-doh Mark Tauscher ...... TAU-sher James Campen ...... KAMP-en Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila Andrae Thurman ...... AHN-dray Tom Rossley ...... ROSS-lee . .kah-BEER BAH-jah BEE-ah-MILL-lah Marviel Underwood . . . . .mar-vee-ELL Pg. 20 z JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW NFL No ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Exp College High School Hometown 56 Barnett, Nick ...... LB 6-2 232 5/27/81 3 Oregon State Fontana, Calif. 71 Barry, Kevin ...... T 6-4 332 7/20/79 4 Arizona Racine, Wis. 47 Bigby, Atari ...... S 5-11 211 9/19/81 R Central Florida Miami, Fla. 28 Carroll, Ahmad ...... CB 5-10 190 8/4/83 2 Arkansas Atlanta, Ga. 83 Chatman, Antonio ...... WR/KR 5-9 183 2/12/79 3 Cincinnati Los Angeles, Calif. 76 Clifton, Chad ...... T 6-5 330 6/26/76 6 Tennessee Martin, Tenn. 90 Cole, Colin ...... DT 6-2 325 6/24/80 1 Iowa Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 36 Collins, Nick ...... S 5-11 200 8/16/83 R Bethune-Cookman Cross City, Fla. 62 Coston, Junius ...... G/T 6-3 317 11/5/83 R North Carolina A&T Raleigh, N.C. 60 Davis, Rob ...... LS 6-3 284 12/10/68 10 Shippensburg Greenbelt, Md. 34 Dendy, Patrick ...... CB 6-0 190 3/10/82 R Rice Austin, Texas 59 Diggs, Na’il ...... LB 6-4 240 7/8/78 6 Ohio State Los Angeles, Calif. 80 Driver, Donald ...... WR 6-0 190 2/2/75 7 Alcorn State , Texas 4 Favre, Brett ...... QB 6-2 222 10/10/69 15 Southern Mississippi Kiln, Miss. 40 Fisher, Tony ...... RB 6-1 222 10/12/79 4 Notre Dame Euclid, Ohio 58 Flanagan, Mike ...... C 6-5 301 11/10/73 10 UCLA Sacramento, Calif. 6 Flinn, Ryan ...... P 6-5 210 2/14/80 1 Central Florida Lehigh, Fla. 39 Fontenot, Therrian ...... CB 5-11 187 6/20/82 R Fresno State Lawndale, Calif. 43 Franz, Todd ...... S 6-0 205 4/12/76 4 Tulsa Weatherford, Okla. 35 Gado, Samkon ...... RB 5-10 226 11/13/82 R Liberty University Columbia, S.C. 82 Gardner, Rod ...... WR 6-2 215 10/26/77 5 Clemson Jacksonville, Fla. 94 Gbaja-Biamila, Kabeer ...... DE 6-4 250 9/24/77 6 San Diego State Los Angeles, Calif. 31 Harris, Al ...... CB 6-1 185 12/7/74 8 Texas A&M-Kingsville Pompano Beach, Fla. 37 Hawkins, Mike ...... CB 6-1 180 7/15/83 R Oklahoma Carrollton, Texas 33 Henderson, William ...... FB 6-1 252 2/19/71 11 North Carolina Chester, Va. 23 Herron, Noah ...... RB 5-11 224 4/3/82 R Northwestern Mattawan, Mich. 49 Humphrey, Tory ...... TE 6-2 257 1/20/83 R Central Michigan Saginaw, Mich. 75 Jackson, Grady ...... DT 6-2 345 1/21/73 9 Knoxville Greensboro, Ala. 77 Jenkins, Cullen ...... DT/DE 6-3 290 1/20/81 2 Central Michigan Belleville, Mich. 74 Kampman, Aaron ...... DE 6-4 278 11/30/79 4 Iowa Parkersburg, Iowa 70 Klemm, Adrian ...... G 6-4 318 5/21/77 6 Hawaii Santa Monica, Calif. 48 Leach, Vonta ...... FB 6-0 250 11/6/81 2 East Carolina Rowland, N.C. 57 Leake, John ...... LB 6-0 230 8/28/81 1 Clemson Plano, Texas 86 Lee, Donald ...... TE 6-4 248 8/31/80 3 Mississippi State Maben, Miss. 53 Lenon, Paris ...... LB 6-2 240 11/26/77 4 Richmond Lynchburg, Va. 8 Longwell, Ryan ...... K 6-0 200 8/16/74 9 California Bend, Ore. 54 Manning, Roy ...... LB 6-2 245 12/4/81 R Michigan Saginaw, Mich. 87 Martin, David ...... TE 6-4 265 3/13/79 5 Tennessee Norfolk, Va. 96 Montgomery, Michael ...... DE 6-5 275 8/18/83 R Texas A&M Center, Texas 16 Nall, Craig ...... QB 6-3 230 4/21/79 4 Northwestern (La.) St. Alexandria, La. 98 Peterson, Kenny ...... DE/DT 6-3 285 11/21/78 3 Ohio State Canton, Ohio 12 Rodgers, Aaron ...... QB 6-2 223 12/2/83 R California Chico, Calif. 20 Roman, Mark ...... S 5-11 201 3/26/77 6 Louisiana State New Iberia, La. 67 Ruegamer, Grey ...... G/C 6-4 305 6/11/76 7 Arizona State Las Vegas, Nev. 65 Tauscher, Mark ...... T 6-4 315 6/17/77 6 Wisconsin Auburndale, Wis. 81 Thurman, Andrae ...... WR 5-11 192 10/25/80 1 Southern Oregon Avondale, Ariz. 25 Underwood, Marviel ...... S 5-10 197 2/17/82 R San Diego State San Leandro, Calif. 95 Washington, Donnell ...... DT 6-6 328 2/6/81 2 Clemson Beaufort, S.C. 63 Wells, Scott ...... C/G 6-2 304 1/17/81 2 Tennessee Brentwood, Tenn. 68 White, Chris ...... C 6-2 285 2/28/83 R Southern Mississippi Winona, Miss. 79 Whitticker, William ...... G 6-5 338 8/2/82 R Michigan State Marion, Ind. 99 Williams, Corey ...... DT 6-4 313 8/17/80 2 Arkansas State Camden, Ark. 41 Wishom, Jerron ...... CB 6-0 197 3/1/82 R Louisiana Tech Lutcher, La. Practice Squad: 19 Butler, Vince ...... WR 6-0 195 5/9/81 R Northwestern Okla. St. Tampa, Fla. 45 Carthon, Ran ...... RB 5-11 211 2/10/81 2 Florida Key West, Fla. 46 Dixon, Jimmy ...... FB 6-1 237 4/26/82 R Georgia Tech Arlington, Texas 10 Lucas, Chad ...... WR 6-1 201 11/7/81 1 Alabama State Tuskegee, Ala. 18 Martin, Ruvell ...... WR 6-4 217 8/10/82 1 Saginaw Valley St. Muskegon, Mich. 69 McGill, Tim ...... DT 6-2 316 6/24/79 1 Illinois Chicago, Ill. Injured Reserve: 52 Campbell, Kurt ...... LB 6-1 227 7/30/82 R Albany knee (Aug. 30) 44 Davenport, Najeh ...... RB 6-1 247 2/8/79 4 Miami (Fla.) ankle (Oct. 10) 89 Ferguson, Robert ...... WR 6-1 219 12/17/79 5 Texas A&M knee (Dec.30) 88 Franks, Bubba ...... TE 6-6 265 1/6/78 6 Miami (Fla.) knee/back (Dec.22) 30 Green, Ahman ...... RB 6-0 218 2/16/77 8 Nebraska quadricep (Oct. 25) 26 Horton, Jason ...... CB 6-0 190 2/16/80 2 North Carolina A&T shoulder (Nov. 23) 85 Murphy, Terrence ...... WR 6-1 196 12/15/82 R Texas A&M neck (Oct. 6) 51 Poppinga, Brady ...... LB 6-3 245 9/21/79 R Brigham Young knee (Dec. 14) 11 Sander, B.J...... P 6-4 218 7/29/80 2 Ohio State knee (Dec. 22) 55 Thomas, Robert ...... LB 6-0 233 7/17/80 4 UCLA quadricep (Dec. 28) 38 Thornburg, Jeremy ...... S 6-0 196 5/7/82 R Northern Arizona shoulder (Nov. 30) 84 Walker, Javon ...... WR 6-3 215 10/14/78 4 Florida State knee (Sept. 21) 42 Williams, Chaz ...... RB 5-9 210 7/9/82 R Georgia Southern ankle (Aug. 9) Roster as of Jan. 1, 2006 JAN. 27, 2006; SEASON REVIEW z Pg. 21 NFL Green Bay No NUMERICAL ROSTER Pos Ht Wt Age Exp College Acquired GP/GS/DNP/IA 4 Brett Favre ...... QB 6-2 222 36 15 Southern Mississippi T-92 (Atl) 16/16/0/0 6 Ryan Flinn ...... P 6-5 210 25 1 Central Florida FA-05 2/0/0/0 8 Ryan Longwell ...... K 6-0 200 31 9 California W-97 (SF) 16/0/0/0 12 Aaron Rodgers ...... QB 6-2 223 22 R California D1-05 3/0/13/0 16 Craig Nall ...... QB 6-3 230 26 4 Northwestern (La.) St. D5b-02 0/0/0/16 20 Mark Roman ...... S 5-11 201 28 6 Louisiana State UFA-04 (Cin) 16/16/0/0 23 Noah Herron ...... RB 5-11 224 23 R Northwestern FA-05 5/0/0/0 25 Marviel Underwood ...... S 5-10 197 23 R San Diego State D4a-05 16/0/0/0 28 Ahmad Carroll ...... CB 5-10 190 22 2 Arkansas D1-04 16/16/0/0 31 Al Harris ...... CB 6-1 185 30 8 Texas A&M-Kingsville T-03 (Phil) 16/16/0/0 33 William Henderson ...... FB 6-1 252 34 11 North Carolina D3b-95 16/8/0/0 34 Patrick Dendy ...... CB 6-0 190 23 R Rice FA-05 4/0/0/4 35 Samkon Gado ...... RB 5-10 226 23 R Liberty University FA-05 8/5/0/2 36 Nick Collins ...... S 5-11 200 22 R Bethune-Cookman D2a-05 16/16/0/0 37 Mike Hawkins ...... CB 6-1 180 22 R Oklahoma D5b-05 11/1/0/5 39 Therrian Fontenot ...... CB 5-11 187 23 R Fresno State FA-05 1/0/0/0 40 Tony Fisher ...... RB 6-1 222 26 4 Notre Dame FA-02 14/4/0/2 41 Jerron Wishom ...... CB 6-0 197 23 R Louisiana Tech FA-05 5/0/0/1 43 Todd Franz ...... S 6-0 205 29 4 Tulsa FA-05 5/0/0/0 47 Atari Bigby ...... S 5-11 211 24 R Central Florida FA-05 1/0/0/1 48 Vonta Leach ...... FB 6-0 250 23 2 East Carolina FA-04 16/5/0/0 49 Tory Humphrey ...... TE 6-2 257 22 R Central Michigan FA-05 1/0/0/0 53 Paris Lenon ...... LB 6-2 240 28 4 Richmond FA-02 16/12/0/0 54 Roy Manning ...... LB 6-2 245 24 R Michigan FA-05 15/2/0/1 56 Nick Barnett ...... LB 6-2 232 24 3 Oregon State D1-03 16/16/0/0 57 John Leake ...... LB 6-0 230 24 1 Clemson W-05 (Atl) 3/0/0/0 58 Mike Flanagan ...... C 6-5 301 32 10 UCLA D3a-96 14/14/0/2 59 Na’il Diggs ...... LB 6-4 240 27 6 Ohio State D4a-00 9/6/0/7 60 Rob Davis ...... LS 6-3 284 37 10 Shippensburg FA-97 16/0/0/0 62 Junius Coston ...... G/T 6-3 317 22 R North Carolina A&T D5a-05 1/0/1/14 63 Scott Wells ...... C/G 6-2 304 24 2 Tennessee FA-04 (D7-04) 16/10/0/0 65 Mark Tauscher ...... T 6-4 315 28 6 Wisconsin D7a-00 16/16/0/0 67 Grey Ruegamer ...... G/C 6-4 305 29 7 Arizona State FA-05 (UFA-03) 13/2/1/2 68 Chris White ...... C 6-2 285 22 R Southern Mississippi FA-05 1/0/0/15 70 Adrian Klemm ...... G 6-4 318 28 6 Hawaii UFA-05 (NE) 16/8/0/0 71 Kevin Barry ...... T 6-4 332 26 4 Arizona FA-02 16/1/0/0 74 Aaron Kampman ...... DE 6-4 278 26 4 Iowa D5a-02 16/16/0/0 75 Grady Jackson ...... DT 6-2 345 32 9 Knoxville W-03 (NO) 16/16/0/0 76 Chad Clifton ...... T 6-5 330 29 6 Tennessee D2-00 16/16/0/0 77 Cullen Jenkins ...... DT/DE 6-3 290 24 2 Central Michigan FA-04 16/12/0/0 79 William Whitticker ...... G 6-5 338 23 R Michigan State D7b-05 15/14/0/1 80 Donald Driver ...... WR 6-0 190 30 7 Alcorn State D7b-99 16/16/0/0 81 Andrae Thurman ...... WR 5-11 192 25 1 Southern Oregon W-05 (Ten) 10/1/0/0 82 Rod Gardner ...... WR 6-2 215 28 5 Clemson W-05 (Car) 2/1/0/0 83 Antonio Chatman ...... WR/KR 5-9 183 26 3 Cincinnati FA-03 16/3/0/0 86 Donald Lee ...... TE 6-4 248 25 3 Mississippi State FA-05 15/5/0/1 87 David Martin ...... TE 6-4 265 26 5 Tennessee D6-01 12/8/0/4 90 Colin Cole ...... DT 6-2 325 25 1 Iowa FA-04 16/4/0/0 94 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila ...... DE 6-4 250 28 6 San Diego State FA-00 (D5a-00) 16/16/0/0 95 Donnell Washington ...... DT 6-6 328 24 2 Clemson D3b-04 0/0/1/15 96 Michael Montgomery ...... DE 6-5 275 22 R Texas A&M D6a-05 12/0/0/4 98 Kenny Peterson ...... DE/DT 6-3 285 27 3 Ohio State D3-03 16/0/0/0 99 Corey Williams ...... DT 6-4 313 25 2 Arkansas State D6-04 12/0/0/4 Practice Squad: 10 Chad Lucas ...... WR 6-1 201 24 1 Alabama State FA-05 1/0/0/1 18 Ruvell Martin ...... WR 6-4 217 23 1 Saginaw Valley St. FA-05 0/0/0/0 19 Vince Butler ...... WR 6-0 195 24 R Northwestern Okla. St. FA-05 0/0/0/0 45 Ran Carthon ...... RB 5-11 211 24 2 Florida FA-05 0/0/0/0 46 Jimmy Dixon ...... FB 6-1 237 23 R Georgia Tech FA-05 0/0/0/0 69 Tim McGill ...... DT 6-2 316 26 1 Illinois FA-05 0/0/0/0 Injured Reserve: 11 B.J. Sander ...... P 6-4 218 25 2 Ohio State D3c-04 knee (Dec. 22) 26 Jason Horton ...... CB 6-0 190 25 2 North Carolina A&T FA-04 shoulder (Nov. 23) 30 Ahman Green ...... RB 6-0 218 28 8 Nebraska T-00 (Sea) quadricep (Oct. 25) 38 Jeremy Thornburg ...... S 6-0 196 23 R Northern Arizona W-05 (SF) shoulder (Nov. 30) 42 Chaz Williams ...... RB 5-9 210 23 R Georgia Southern FA-05 ankle (Aug. 9) 44 Najeh Davenport ...... RB 6-1 247 26 4 Miami (Fla.) D4-02 ankle (Oct. 10) 51 Brady Poppinga ...... LB 6-3 245 26 R Brigham Young D4b-05 knee (Dec. 14) 52 Kurt Campbell ...... LB 6-1 227 23 R Albany D7a-05 knee (Aug. 30) 55 Robert Thomas ...... LB 6-0 233 25 4 UCLA T-05 (StL) quadricep (Dec. 28) 84 Javon Walker ...... WR 6-3 215 27 4 Florida State D1-02 knee (Sept. 21) 85 Terrence Murphy ...... WR 6-1 196 22 R Texas A&M D2b-05 neck (Oct. 6) 88 Bubba Franks ...... TE 6-6 265 27 6 Miami (Fla.) 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Driver enters with 2,239 career receiving yards at Lambeau. X Has a reception in 64 consecutive games, the franchise’s second- 58 MIKE FLANAGAN: longest streak behind Sharpe’s 103 (1988-94). X Needs two games for 100 career. X Needs two games played for 100 career. X Needs 366 receiving yards for 5,000 career. X Needs 186 yards of total offense for 5,000 career. 88 BUBBA FRANKS: X Needs two TD receptions to reach 30 career. In team history, only 10 X Needs 64 receiving yards for 2,000 career. players have reached the milestone. Bubba Franks enters with 29 and X Needs two TD receptions at Lambeau Field to tie No. 3 Robert Brooks Javon Walker with 22. (17) and five to tie No. 2 Sterling Sharpe (20) on the stadium’s all- time list. Franks enters with 15 Lambeau Field TD receptions. X With a fourth Pro Bowl appearance, would earn more than any tight 4 BRETT FAVRE: On the NFL’s all-time passing list… end in Packers history. Paul Coffman (1982-84) and X Needs four touchdown passes to become the second in NFL history (1995, 1997-98) also made three Pro Bowls. with 400, joining Dan Marino (420). Favre enters with 396. Marino X Needs 10 games played for 100 career. reached the milestone in his 227th NFL game. Favre enters having X Needs one TD reception to reach 30 career. In team history, only 10 played 225 league contests. previous players have reached the milestone. Donald Driver enters X Needs 24 TD passes to match Dan Marino’s NFL record, 420. with 28 and Javon Walker with 22. X By throwing for four TDs in two games, would match Marino’s career X Needs 10 touchdown catches to match Paul Coffman’s team record mark, 21. Favre has 19 career games of at least four TD passes. for a tight end, 39. Franks, No. 2 on the list, enters with 29. X Needs 290 completions to surpass No. 1 Dan Marino (4,967). Favre enters with 4,678. X Needs 322 completions to become the first in NFL history to reach 94 KABEER GBAJA-BIAMILA: 5,000. X On Green Bay’s all-time sacks list, needs 10 to match Reggie White’s X Counting all recorded consecutive-starts streaks, needs to start the career record, 68½. Gbaja-Biamila enters with 58½. season’s first eight games to tie No. 3 Bruce Matthews (229, 1987- X Needs 14 games played for 100 career. 2001). Favre enters having started 221 consecutive games, the X With 10 sacks in a fifth overall season, would break a tie with White league’s longest active streak, and longest ever among quarterbacks. for the franchise record; White also recorded at least 10 sacks four X Needs eight wins to match No. 2 John Elway (147-93-0, .613) and times. nine to tie No. 1 Dan Marino (148-82-1, .643). Favre enters third on X Can lead the team in sacks for a sixth consecutive season, breaking a the all-time quarterback wins list (139-82-0, .629). current tie with Tim Harris (five, 1986-90). X By leading the league in touchdown passes for a fifth time, would establish the NFL record. With four, he’s currently tied with Unitas (1957-60), (1962-63, 1965-66) and (1992- 30 AHMAN GREEN: On Green Bay’s all-time rushing list… 94, 1998). X Needs 268 rushing attempts to surpass No. 1 Jim Taylor (1,811). X Needs 63 postseason passing yards to surpass No. 2 John Elway Green enters with 1,544. (4,964). Favre enters with 4,902. X Could become one of only three players ever to lead the Packers in X Needs 98 postseason passing yards to become the second in NFL his- rushing for six seasons, joining (7) and Jim Taylor (7). tory with 5,000 career, joining Joe Montana (5,772). Favre enters with Green has led the team five seasons. 4,902. X Needs 1,105 rushing yards to surpass No. 1 Jim Taylor (8,207). X Needs 11 touchdown passes at Lambeau Field for 200. Favre (189) Green enters with 7,103. already holds the single-stadium NFL record, having surpassed John X With 1,000 yards rushing, would surpass Jim Taylor’s record of five Elway’s Mile High Stadium mark (180) in 2005. overall 1,000-yard seasons. Green also enters with five. X Needs three rushing touchdowns to surpass No. 2 Paul Hornung Favre also: (50). Green enters with 48. X Needs five 300-yard passing games for 50 career. He has 45 regular- X Needs 180 receiving yards to surpass No. 1 Gerry Ellis (2,514) on the season efforts entering 2006. Including three 300-yard games in the team’s all-time offensive backs list. Green enters with 2,335. William playoffs, he has 48 entering next season. Henderson enters with 2,347. X By playing next year, would join (15, 1958-72) and Bart X Needs two overall touchdowns to surpass No. 4 Paul Hornung (62) Starr (16, 1956-71) as the only individuals in team history to play at and six to surpass No. 3 Sterling Sharpe (66). Green enters with 61 least 15 seasons in a Packers uniform. in a Packers uniform. X By playing in a 16th NFL season next year, would join X Needs 14 points to surpass No. 10 Clarke Hinkle (379), 15 to surpass (17, 1983), Starr (1971), Raleigh McKenzie (2000), Hardy Nickerson No. 9 (380), 31 to surpass No. 8 Sterling Sharpe (396) (2002) and Frank Winters (2002) as one of the six most-experienced and 90 to surpass No. 7 Fred Cone (455). Green enters with 366. individuals ever to play for the Packers. X Needs 275 yards from scrimmage to surpass No. 2 Jim Taylor (9,712) X Needs 891 yards passing at Lambeau Field to reach 25,000. By far the and 464 to surpass No. 1 James Lofton (9,901). Green enters with stadium’s all-time leader, Favre enters with 24,109 in Green Bay. 9,438. 23 Looking Ahead to ‘06 66 00 00 22

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16. Miami Dolphins 9 7 0 .563 .457 117-139-0 Exclusive Rights (4) AS 17. Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 .563 .484 124-132-0 DT Colin Cole ...... 2 18. Dallas Cowboys 9 7 0 .563 .523 134-122-0 CB Jason Horton ...... 2 19. San Diego Chargers 9 7 0 .563 .559 143-113-0 DT/DE Cullen Jenkins ...... 2 WR Andrae Thurman ...... 1 20. Kansas City Chiefs 10 6 0 .625 .504 129-127-0 21. 10 6 0 .625 .508 130-126-0 22. Washington Redskins 10 6 0 .625 .539 138-118-0 X Two main cateogries: restricted (RFA) and unrestricted (UFA). RFA must complete three accrued seasons. UFA must complete at least four. 23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 5 0 .688 .449 115-141-0 X Accrued season (AS): Six-plus regular-season games on club’s active/inac- 24. Cincinnati Bengals 11 5 0 .688 .477 122-134-0 tive, reserve-injured or physically unable to perform lists. 25. New York Giants 11 5 0 .688 .492 126-130-0 X Signing Periods: RFA — early March-mid April; UFA — early March to the 26. Chicago Bears 11 5 0 .688 .457 117-139-0 first day of first NFL training camp (or July 22, whichever is later). 27. Carolina Panthers 11 5 0 .688 .449 115-141-0 X RFA must receive qualifying offers (salary level predetermined by collective bargaining agreement) from old club. If RFA signs offer sheet from new 28. Jacksonville Jaguars 12 4 0 .750 .465 119-137-0 club, old club can match it and retain him. If old club opts not to match offer, it may receive draft-choice compensation, depending on amount of 29. Denver Broncos 13 3 0 .813 .500 128-128-0 qualifying offer. If no offer sheet executed, RFA’s rights revert to his old club in April. 30. Indianapolis Colts 14 2 0 .875 .457 117-139-0 X UFA are free to sign anywhere. If old club extends tender offer (110 percent of previous year’s salary) by June 1, team regains rights when UFA signing 31. Pittsburgh Steelers * 11 5 0 .688 .492 126-130-0 period ends. If no tender offered by June 1, UFA may sign with any club at any time. 32. Seattle Seahawks * 13 3 0 .813 .430 110-146-0

GREEN BAY’S FIRST-ROUND DRAFT HISTORY * - Subject to Super Bowl Offensive Backs (29) Defensive Backs (9) Last time first pick was… # - Subject to coin flip Back ...... 7 ...... 7 1 —1959 17 —never 2 —1989 18 —1990 Quarterback ...... 8 Defensive Back . . . .1 3 —1958 19 —1998 Running Back . . . .5 Safety ...... 1 4 —1987 20 —2002 Draft-order ties are resolved by the Halfback ...... 6 5 —1992 21 —1973 6 —1981 22 —1982 cumulative record of each team’s Fullback ...... 3 Linebackers (7) 7 —1988 23 —1976 opponents. The team with the weaker Linebacker ...... 7 8 —1956 24 — 2005 opponents receives drafting priority. Pass Catchers (8) 9 —1977 25 —2004 10 —2001 26 —1980 Within a tied segment, non-playoff End ...... 1 Def. Linemen (9) 11 —1983 27 —1996 clubs are given priority over playoff Wide Receiver . . . .5 Defensive End . . . .5 12 —1984 28 —1977 clubs. Priority of playoff clubs within a Tight End ...... 2 Defensive Tackle . . .4 13 —1966 29 —2003 14 —2000 30 —1997 tied segment will be based on their 15 —1993 31 —never April 29-30 advancement in the playoffs, but they Off. Linemen (19) Punters (0) 16 —1994 32 —1995 will not drop out of their tied segment Center ...... 2 QB —2005 DE —2001 unless they participate in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl cham- Center/Guard . . . . .1 Kickers (0) RB —1990 DT —1998 pion selects 32nd and the runner-up 31st. Tackle ...... 11 FB —1966 LB —2003 WR—2002 CB —2004 Guard ...... 5 TE —2000 S —1993 NOTE—The Packers drafted (1955) as a guard/line- G —1994 backer; this chart groups him with the LB, where he saw most T —1997 P —none of his playing time. C —1967 K —none

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