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Packers Public Relations • Lambeau Field Atrium • 1265 Lombardi Avenue • Green Bay, WI 54304 • 920/569-7500 • 920/569-7201 fax Jason Wahlers, Aaron Popkey, Sarah Quick, Tom Fanning, Jonathan Butnick VOL. XV; NO. 3 GREEN BAY, AUG. 5, 2013 PRESEASON WEEK 1 ARIZONA (0-0) AT GREEN BAY (0-0) Friday, Aug. 9 • Lambeau Field • 7 p.m. CDT PACKERS OPEN PRESEASON WITH HOME TILT VS. CARDINALS WITH THE CALL Flagshipped by Milwaukee’s WTMJ-TV and in conjunction with WGBA-TV in Green Bay, the game will be televised over a 14-station network throughout The Green Bay Packers’ 2013 season officially kicks off Friday night when the state of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, northeastern Minnesota, the Quad they welcome the Arizona Cardinals to Lambeau Field, the Cities and Des Moines in Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska and Honolulu in Hawaii. first time since 2010 that Green Bay has opened its preseason The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS’s Kevin Harlan (play-byplay) alongside fellow CBS broadcaster Rich Gannon (analyst), with slate at home. It marks the third time in the past five years that the clubs Rod Burks of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. have squared off in the preseason, with the last meeting In addition to WTMJ-TV (Milwaukee) and WGBA-TV (Green Bay), three between the teams coming in 2011 at Lambeau Field (Aug. 19). preseason games will be televised over WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; The teams have met 22 times before in the preseason, with the Packers WAOW/ABC, Wausau/Rhinelander, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; holding a 16-6 lead in the all-time series. The clubs’ first preseason WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WLUC/NBC, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; meeting came on Aug. 16, 1950, when the Packers hosted the Chicago KQDS-TV/FOX, Duluth/Superior, Minn.; KLJB-TV/FOX and KGCW/CW, Cardinals in Green Bay. The teams went on to play each other every year Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities); KCWI-TV/CW, Des Moines, Iowa; KMTVin the preseason from 1950-58 (twice in 1957). TV/CBS, Omaha, Neb.; and KFVE-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Packers have won each of the last six meetings between the clubs In its second season, in conjunction with the Packers TV Network, in the preseason. This marks the first time that Green Bay has opened Telemundo Wisconsin (WYTU-TV in Milwaukee and on Charter Cable the preseason against the Cardinals since the teams squared off in New elsewhere in Wisconsin) will broadcast three preseason games with Andy Orleans on Aug. 8, 1964. Olivares (play-by-play) and Kevin Holden (analyst) calling the action. This will be the fourth preseason meeting between the clubs (2002, Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since 1929, heads 2009, 2011) since the Cardinals moved to Arizona in 1988. up the 50-station Packers Radio Network, with Wayne Larrivee (playby-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (color) The Packers hosted the Cardinals last season in Week 9, a 31-17 Green Bay victory highlighted by QB Aaron Rodgers’ four TD passes. calling the action. The duo enters its 15th season of broadcasts together One of Green Bay’s finest offensive efforts in the preseason came in across the Packers Radio Network, which covers 42 markets in six states. 2009 at Arizona when the Packers racked up 38 points and 357 yards of PRESEASON total offense in the first half of their eventual 44-37 victory. Date Opponent Time (CT) TV The Packers enter Friday night’s contest having won six of their last Fri., Aug. 9 ARIZONA CARDINALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. state eight preseason games at Lambeau Field. (Bishop’s Charities Game) Green Bay’s next preseason contest comes a week from Saturday when Sat., Aug. 17 at St. Louis Rams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. state it travels to St. Louis to face the Rams on Aug. 17. Fri., Aug. 23 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . . 7 p.m. CBS BISHOP’S CHARITIES GAME Friday night marks another Green Bay preseason tradition: the Bishop’s Charities Game. It was first played in 1961 after Vince Lombardi was approached by the Diocese of Green Bay about playing a charitable contest in Green Bay (the Shrine contest was a fixture in Milwaukee). The series enjoys its 53rd contest this year and has raised more than $3.7 million. For more than 30 years, the church handled much of the game’s business-related tasks, including game program and advertising sales, using a network of volunteers covering 14 counties throughout northeastern Wisconsin. The Packers assumed many of those tasks beginning in 1994. The Packers are 28-23-1 all-time in the series. They will be playing the Cardinals for the second time in the series, with the other meeting coming in 1972 when the Cardinals played in St. Louis. Green Bay has won four straight games in the series, including a 24-3 victory over Kansas City in 2012. Prior to that, the Packers had lost six consecutive Bishop’s Charities contests. That six-game losing streak (2003-08) came on the heels of a 12-game winning streak (1991-2002) in the series. Thu., Aug. 29 (Midwest Shrine Game) at Kansas City Chiefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. state REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Sun., Sept. 8 at San Francisco 49ers . . . . . . . . . . . 3:25 p.m. FOX Sun., Sept. 15 WASHINGTON REDSKINS. . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. FOX Sun., Sept. 22 at Cincinnati Bengals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. FOX Sun., Sept. 29 Open Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun., Oct. 6 DETROIT LIONS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. FOX Sun., Oct. 13 at Baltimore Ravens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 p.m. FOX Sun., Oct. 20 CLEVELAND BROWNS . . . . . . . . . . . 3:25 p.m. CBS Sun., Oct. 27 at Minnesota Vikings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 p.m. NBC Mon., Nov. 4 CHICAGO BEARS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:40 p.m. ESPN Sun., Nov. 10 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (Gold Pkg.) . . 12 p.m. FOX Sun., Nov. 17 at New York Giants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*7:30 p.m. NBC Sun., Nov. 24 MINNESOTA VIKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12 p.m. FOX Thu., Nov. 28 at Detroit Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:30 a.m. FOX Sun., Dec. 8 ATLANTA FALCONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . *7:30 p.m. NBC Sun., Dec. 15 at Dallas Cowboys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3:25 p.m. FOX Sun., Dec. 22 PITTSBURGH STEELERS. . . . . . . . . *3:25 p.m. CBS Sun., Dec. 29 at Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12 p.m. FOX *—Start time and broadcast may shift due to NFL flexible scheduling
CARDINALS AT PACKERS – PRESEASON WEEK 1 BREAKING DOWN THE ROSTER The Packers currently have an 89-man roster that is composed of 45 offensive players, 40 defensive players and four specialists. Of the 89 players on Green Bay’s roster, 44 of them (49.4 percent) were drafted by the Packers. With 24 non-drafted free agents on the roster having started their NFL careers with Green Bay, 68 of the 89 players (76.4 percent) began their pro careers with the Packers. Nearly two-thirds of the players (57 of 89, 64.0 percent) on Green Bay’s roster entered the league as a sixth-round or seventh-round pick or as an undrafted player. Almost half of the players (44 of 89, 49.4 percent) on the roster were not drafted. Only 19 of the 89 players on the roster (21.3 percent) were selected in the first three rounds of the draft. Of the 89 players on the roster, 81 of them (91.9 percent) are 28 years old or younger (as of Aug. 9) and 53 players (59.6 percent) are 24 years old or younger. GREEN BAY’S ROSTER ... BY AGE (as of Aug. 9) 21-24 53 players 25-28 28 players 29-32 7 players 33-plus 1 players BY EXPERIENCE R-1 39 players 2-3 21 players 4-5 17 players 6-9 11 players 10-plus 1 players BY DRAFT ROUND 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th Undrafted 9 players 10 players 14 players 12 players 44 players MEET THE DRAFT PICKS Training-camp storylines always hover around new players and just how they figure into the depth chart. This past April, the Packers added to an already deep and talented roster with an 11-man draft class. DE Datone Jones, the first UCLA defensive lineman to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since DT Manu Tuiasosopo in 1979 (No. 18 overall, Seattle), ranked fifth in the Pacific-12 in 2012 with 19 tackles for loss on his way to earning second-team all-conference honors from the league’s coaches. He led the team’s defensive line with a careerhigh 62 tackles (45 solo) as a senior and added a career-best 6.5 sacks. Jones finished his career ranked No. 11 in school history with 36.5 career tackles for loss. The Packers selected RB Eddie Lacy out of the University of Alabama in the second round. Lacy earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference recognition as a junior in 2012 after rushing for 1,322 yards and 17 TDs on 204 carries (6.5 avg.). He was named MVP of the BCS National Championship Game in his final season after carrying 20 times for 140 yards (7.0 avg.) and scoring two total TDs. Lacy finished his career at Alabama with a 6.8-yard-per-carry average that ranked No. 1 in school history among players with 300-plus attempts. Green Bay drafted T David Bakhtiari with the first of three selections in the fourth round. Bakhtiari entered the draft following his junior campaign and earned second-team All-Pacific-12 honors each of his last two seasons at Colorado. He was named to the watch lists for both the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in 2012 and was the co-recipient of the John Mack Award as Colorado’s most outstanding offensive player in 2012. Bakhtiari opened 22 games at LT over his final two seasons after starting at RT as a redshirt freshman in 2010. With their second pick in the fourth round, the Packers selected T JC Tretter out of Cornell University. He earned unanimous first-team All- Ivy League honors and was named a first-team All-American (FCS) by The NFL Draft Report in 2012 after he started all 10 games at LT. Tretter played tight end for his first two seasons at Cornell before moving to the offensive line prior to his junior campaign. He earned second-team All-Ivy League recognition at LT as a junior in 2011. Green Bay selected RB Johnathan Franklin with its last of three selections in the fourth round. Franklin finished his career at UCLA as the school’s all-time leader in both rushing yards (4,403) and allpurpose yards (4,936). He set single-season school records for rushing yards (1,734), all-purpose yardage (2,062) and 100-yard rushing games (nine) as a senior in 2012. Franklin was a Doak Walker Award finalist (nation’s best RB) and earned second-team All-America recognition from The Associated Press in 2012. The Packers picked CB Micah Hyde out of the University of Iowa with the first of two selections in the fifth round. Hyde earned first-team All- Big Ten honors from both the league’s coaches and media following his senior season in 2012 and was also honored as the second-ever recipient of the conference’s Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year Award. Hyde played in every game for the Hawkeyes over the course of his career. Green Bay drafted DE Josh Boyd out of Mississippi State with its second selection in the fifth round. Boyd played in 51 games with 41 starts at DT during his four seasons with the Bulldogs. He was named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy in 2012 after leading the team’s defensive line with a career-high 51 tackles (14 solo) as a junior in 2011, adding a career-best eight tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks that season. The Packers selected LB Nate Palmer out of Illinois State with their sixth-round choice. Palmer earned second-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference honors at DE following both his junior and senior seasons. He started all 24 games over those two seasons and registered 117 tackles (50 solo), 25.5 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. With the first of three choices in the seventh round, Green Bay drafted WR Charles Johnson from Grand Valley State. Despite playing just two seasons at the school, he finished his career ranked sixth in school history in catches (128), fifth in receiving yards (2,229) and second in TD catches (31). He led the team in receptions (72), receiving yards (1,199) and TD catches (16) as a senior in 2012. Green Bay selected WR Kevin Dorsey out of the University of Maryland with its second choice in the seventh round. Dorsey was a four-year letterman who appeared in 47 games during his career and finished with 81 catches for 1,088 yards (13.4 avg.) and nine TDs. He averaged 30.2 yards per TD catch during his career. With their third and final pick in the seventh round, the Packers selected LB Sam Barrington from the University of South Florida. He earned second-team All-Big East honors as a senior in 2012 after posting a career-high 80 tackles (49 solo), including 6.5 tackles for loss, a careerbest 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and three passes defensed. 2
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