Packers Public Relations l Lambeau Field Atrium l 1265 Lombardi Avenue l Green Bay, WI 54304 l 920/569-7500 l 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Nathan LoCascio VOL. XVI; NO. 4 GREEN BAY, AUG. 11, 2014 PRESEASON WEEK 2 GREEN BAY (0-1) AT ST. LOUIS (0-1) play) alongside fellow CBS broadcaster Rich Gannon (analyst), with Saturday, Aug. 16 l Edward Jones Dome l 3 p.m. CDT Rod Burks of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. An informa- tive half-hour pregame show prior to the game, hosted by Lance Allan PACKERS VISIT ST. LOUIS FOR SECOND PRESEASON GAME of WTMJ-TV, will feature former Packers tackle Mark Tauscher. The Green Bay Packers stay on the road as they travel to u In addition to WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee) and WGBA-TV (Green Bay), three St. Louis to take on the Rams for preseason game No. 2. It preseason games will be televised over WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; will be the first time the Packers play a preseason game in WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; the afternoon since Sept. 1, 2006, a home game against the WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/NBC, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; Tennessee Titans that also started at 3 p.m. CDT. KQDS-TV/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; KLJB-TV/FOX and KGCW/CW, u The Packers/Rams contest is one of only four NFL games to kick off Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); KCWI-TV/CW, Des Moines, Iowa; KWWL- before 5 p.m. local time this preseason. TV, Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa; KMTV-TV/CBS, Omaha, Neb.; and u Despite squaring off 93 times (including two playoff meetings) in an all- KFVE-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. time series that dates back to 1937, this marks just the fifth preseason u In its third season, in conjunction with the Packers TV Network, Telemundo meeting between the clubs. After a 19-7 Packers' victory in St. Louis last Wisconsin (WYTU-TV in Milwaukee and on Charter Cable elsewhere in year, the preseason series is tied at 2-2. Wisconsin) will broadcast three preseason games with Kevin Holden u This will be only the second time Green Bay has faced the Rams in the (play-by-play) and Epigmenio (Epi) Guerrero (analyst) calling the action. preseason since they moved to St. Louis in 1995. u Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November u Saturday night will mark the Packers’ third preseason game played 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations indoors under Head Coach Mike McCarthy (2006-13). The only other in five states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers opponent the Packers have faced indoors in a preseason game was Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (color) call the action. McCarren first Arizona on Aug. 28, 2009. Prior to that contest against the Cardinals, the joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 20th season calling last indoor preseason game for the Packers was at the Georgia Dome Packers’ games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren against the Falcons on Aug. 9, 2003. and Larrivee enter their 16th season of broadcasts together. u Green Bay and St. Louis have played five times in the last eight regular PRESEASON seasons (2006-07, 2009, 2011-12). In the last meeting, the Packers Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Sat., Aug. 9 at Tennessee Titans...............L, 16-20 69,143 topped the Rams, 30-20, with QB Aaron Rodgers connecting on 30 Sat., Aug. 16 at St. Louis Rams ..................3 p.m. Packers TV of 37 passes (81.1 percent) for 342 yards and three TDs. Fri., Aug. 22 OAKLAND RAIDERS (Gold Pkg.).......7 p.m. CBS u Outside of their foes in the NFC North, the Rams tie the Giants for the (Midwest Shrine Game) opponent the Packers have played more regular-season games against Thu., Aug. 28 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS...............6 p.m. Packers TV (Bishop’s Charities Game) under McCarthy than any other opponent in the NFL (five). REGULAR SEASON u This is the first time since 2003 that the Packers have opened the pre- Date Opponent Time (CT) TV season with two games outside of Green Bay and closed the preseason Thu., Sept. 4 at Seattle Seahawks..............7:30 p.m. NBC with two home games. That year the Packers opened the preseason in Sun., Sept. 14 NEW YORK JETS................3:25 p.m. CBS the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio, then played two road games Sun., Sept. 21 at Detroit Lions ...................12 p.m. FOX before finishing with two games at Lambeau Field. Sun., Sept. 28 at Chicago Bears ..................12 p.m. FOX u Following the contest at St. Louis this Saturday, the Packers will host Thu., Oct. 2 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (Gold Pkg.) ..7:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN the Oakland Raiders at Lambeau Field on Friday, Aug. 22, in a nationally Sun., Oct. 12 at Miami Dolphins ................*12 p.m. FOX televised game on CBS. This will be the 21st time in the last 22 seasons Sun., Oct. 19 CAROLINA PANTHERS ............*12 p.m. FOX Sun., Oct. 26 at New Orleans Saints ...........*7:30 p.m. NBC that the Packers have appeared on national TV at least once during the Sun., Nov. 2 Open Date preseason. Sun., Nov. 9 CHICAGO BEARS...............*7:30 p.m. NBC Sun., Nov. 16 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (Gold Pkg.) . *12 p.m. FOX WITH THE CALL Sun., Nov. 23 at Minnesota Vikings..............*12 p.m. FOX Flagshipped by Milwaukee’s WTMJ-TV and in conjunction with WGBA-TV Sun., Nov. 30 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS .......*3:25 p.m. CBS in Green Bay, the game will be televised over the 14-station Packers TV Mon., Dec. 8 ATLANTA FALCONS..............7:30 p.m. ESPN Network throughout the state of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, northeastern Sun., Dec. 14 at Buffalo Bills ...................*12 p.m. FOX Minnesota, the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo in Sun., Dec. 21 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers ..........*12 p.m. FOX Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska and Honolulu in Hawaii. Sun., Dec. 28 DETROIT LIONS .................*12 p.m. FOX u The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS’s Kevin Harlan (play-by- *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling PACKERS AT RAMS – PRESEASON WEEK 2 BREAKING DOWN THE ROSTER avg.) with two rushing touchdowns while Tennessee accumulated 105 The Packers’ 90-man roster is composed of 45 offensive players, 42 defen- yards on 32 carries (3.3 avg.) with two touchdowns. Starks’ 49 yards sive players and three specialists. led the way for Green Bay while rookie RB LaDarius Perkins registered u Of the 90 players on Green Bay’s roster, 41 of them (46.1 percent) were the most rushing attempts with 10 for 18 yards (1.8 avg.). draft picks of the Packers. Dating back to 2009, Green Bay has selected u QB Matt Flynn started the game and in five possessions finished 5 of seven players in the first round, all of which are still on the team. 10 for 49 yards and a passer rating of 64.2, while leading the Packers u Green Bay has 45 players on the roster that began their careers as non- on one touchdown drive. drafted free agents, with 28 of those originally signed by Green Bay. u QB Scott Tolzien entered the game with less than a minute to go in u More than 60 percent of the players (56 of 90, 62.2 percent) on Green the first half, and in three possessions he totaled 124 passing yards, Bay’s roster entered the league as a sixth-round or seventh-round pick completing 8 of 12 attempts for a passer rating of 100.7. Tolzien led the or as a non-drafted player. Packers on one scoring drive, going 79 yards on seven plays in the third u The Packers have nine players on the roster that played in the NFL prior quarter. On the drive, Tolzien connected with WR Chris Harper for to the 2009 season, and four of those players began their pro careers as gains of 17 and 38 yards, and RB Rajion Neal racked up 35 yards on non-drafted free agents (CB Tramon Williams, CB Jarrett Bush, FB John four carries (8.8 avg.), including a 12-yard touchdown run. The Packers Kuhn, LS Brett Goode). went for two but the pass to Harper fell incomplete. u Of the 90 players on the roster, 69 began their pro careers with the u QB Chase Rettig entered the game in the fourth quarter for the final Packers (77.5 percent). three offensive possessions and finished 1 of 3 for 10 yards and a 43.8 u Only 20 of the 90 players on the roster (22.2 percent) were selected in passer rating. In all, Packers quarterbacks were 14 of 25 for 183 yards the first three rounds of the draft, with 19 being drafted by the Packers. and a passer rating of 79.3. u Of the 90 players on the roster, 80 of them (88.9 percent) are 28 years u Harper’s two big receptions gave him a team-high 55 yards receiving old or younger (as of Aug. 1) and 51 players (56.7 percent) are 24 years for the game, and second-year WR Kevin Dorsey led the Packers in old or younger. receptions with three for 23 yards (7.7 avg.).