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THE DOPE ON<br />
THIS WEEK’S<br />
OPPONENT:<br />
Packers vs. Cardinals:<br />
Regular season, all-time:<br />
44-22-4<br />
<strong>Preseason</strong>, all-time:<br />
16-6<br />
<strong>Preseason</strong>, all-time, in Green Bay:<br />
6-1<br />
Streaks: The Packers have won each<br />
of the last six preseason meetings.<br />
Last meeting, regular season:<br />
Nov. 4, 2012, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 31-17<br />
Last meeting, preseason:<br />
Aug. 19, 2011, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 28-20<br />
COACHES CAPSULES<br />
Mike McCarthy: 80-42-0, .656, (incl. 6-4 postseason); 8th <strong>NFL</strong> season<br />
Bruce Arians: 0-0-0, .000; 1st <strong>NFL</strong> season as head coach<br />
vs. Opponent: McCarthy 3-1 vs. Cardinals; Arians 1-0 vs. Packers<br />
(as interim coach with Colts in 2012)<br />
MIKE McCARTHY…Is in his eighth year as the Packers’ 14th head coach.<br />
Joined Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren as the only coaches to<br />
guide the Packers to a Super Bowl title with a win over Pittsburgh in<br />
Super Bowl XLV.<br />
Has led the Packers to playoff appearances in five of his seven seasons<br />
at the helm, and the team’s five postseason berths over the past six<br />
seasons are the most by an NFC team.<br />
Led Green Bay to 47 regular-season victories from 2009-12, the second<br />
most in the <strong>NFL</strong> over that span and the second most in franchise<br />
history over a four-year period.<br />
His .656 winning percentage (including playoffs) ranks No. 3 among<br />
active <strong>NFL</strong> coaches (min. 50 games) entering the 2013 season.<br />
Was named Packers head coach on Jan. 12, 2006, his first headcoaching<br />
job after 13 years as an <strong>NFL</strong> assistant.<br />
Became the first Packers coach since Lombardi to lead the team to a<br />
championship game in his second season (2007).<br />
BRUCE ARIANS…Is in his first year as the Cardinals’ 35th head coach.<br />
Comes to <strong>Arizona</strong> after working as offensive coordinator for the<br />
Indianapolis Colts in 2012, while also serving 12 games as interim<br />
head coach during Chuck Pagano’s absence while being treated for<br />
leukemia.<br />
Was selected as The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading<br />
Indianapolis to a 9-3 record and helping the Colts clinch a playoff berth.<br />
Prior to joining the Colts, spent the previous eight seasons with the<br />
Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-11), including five as the offensive coordinator<br />
(2007-11).<br />
Also served as Cleveland’s offensive coordinator for three seasons<br />
(2001-03). Was also the quarterbacks coach in Indianapolis (1998-<br />
2000), the tight ends coach in New Orleans (1996) and the running<br />
backs coach in Kansas City (1989-92).<br />
THE PACKERS-CARDINALS SERIES<br />
One of the oldest rivalries in sports, the series launched on Nov. 20,<br />
1921, when the Packers and Cardinals tied 3-3.<br />
The series has been noted for its streaks, with the Packers winning 15<br />
straight between 1937-46, followed by the Cardinals winning seven<br />
straight through 1948. The Packers have won 15 of the last 21 regularseason<br />
games (with one tie) since.<br />
33<br />
With the Cardinals franchise located in Chicago prior to 1960, the<br />
teams played two or more times in a season 20 different years between<br />
1926-49.<br />
The postseason meeting following the 1982 season marked the<br />
Packers’ first trip to the playoffs in 10 years and first playoff victory<br />
since winning Super Bowl II.<br />
NOTABLE CONNECTIONS<br />
Packers CB James Nixon entered the <strong>NFL</strong> as a non-drafted free agent with<br />
the Cardinals in May 2012...Packers C Garth Gerhart and CB Brandon<br />
Smith both played at <strong>Arizona</strong> State...Cardinals G Daryn Colledge was a<br />
second-round draft choice by the Packers in 2006 and played five seasons<br />
(2006-10) in Green Bay...Cardinals DE Ronald Talley entered the<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> with the Packers as a non-drafted free agent in 2009 and spent the<br />
entire ’09 season on Green Bay’s practice squad...Cardinals WR Kerry<br />
Taylor signed with Green Bay as a non-drafted free agent in 2011 and<br />
was with the Packers that preseason...Cardinals DE Matt Shaughnessy<br />
played at the University of Wisconsin (2005-08)...Packers head coach<br />
Mike McCarthy and special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum both<br />
coached at the University of Pittsburgh with Cardinals defensive backs<br />
coach Nick Rapone...McCarthy also coached with Cardinals special teams<br />
coordinator Amos Jones at Pittsburgh in 1992...Cardinals cornerbacks<br />
coach Kevin Ross played for the Chiefs and Cardinals pass rush specialist<br />
Tom Pratt coached there when when McCarthy was on the coaching staff<br />
in Kansas City...Packers secondary-safeties coach Darren Perry coached<br />
with Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians on the staff in Pittsburgh...Perry<br />
and Cardinals asst. special teams/asst. tight ends coach Steve Heiden<br />
were teammates with the Chargers in 1999....Packers defensive line<br />
coach Mike Trgovac coached Cardinals defensive line coach Brentson<br />
Buckner in Carolina as defensive line coach and defensive coordinator...<br />
Buckner also played in Pittsburgh with Packers outside linebackers coach<br />
Kevin Greene and when Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers held<br />
the same position with the Steelers...Cardinals linebackers coach Mike<br />
Caldwell played for the Eagles and the Panthers when Trgovac was on<br />
the coaching staff of those teams...Cardinals defensive assistant/asst.<br />
defensive backs coach Ryan Slowik played strong safety and coached<br />
one season at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh while his father,<br />
Bob, was a former defensive assistant coach for the Packers (2000-04)...<br />
Packers defensive quality control coach Scott McCurley was a teammate<br />
of Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald at the University of Pittsburgh…Former<br />
college teammates include Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Cardinals LB<br />
Lorenzo Alexander (California), Packers LB Clay Matthews and Cardinals<br />
G Chilo Rachal and DE Frostee Rucker (Southern California), WR Jordy<br />
Nelson and Cardinals LB Reggie Walker (Kansas State), Packers TE<br />
Jermichael Finley and Cardinals C Lyle Sendlein and LB Sam Acho<br />
(Texas), Packers CB Sam Shields and Cardinals DE Calais Campbell and<br />
WR LaRon Byrd (Miami), Packers WR Randall Cobb and P Tim Masthay<br />
and Cardinals RB Alfonso Smith and DT Ricky Lumpkin (Kentucky),<br />
Packers T Marshall Newhouse and Cardinals LB Daryl Washington (Texas<br />
Christian), Packers T David Bakhtiari and Cardinals T Joe Caprioglio<br />
(Colorado), Packers TE Ryan Taylor and Cardinals G Jonathan Cooper<br />
(North Carolina), Packers DE Datone Jones and RB Johnathan Franklin<br />
and Cardinals DT David Carter (UCLA), Packers TE Andrew Quarless and<br />
S Chaz Powell and Cardinals TE Mickey Shuler (Penn State), and Packers<br />
RB Eddie Lacy and Cardinals CB Javier Arenas (Alabama).<br />
LAST MEETING, PRESEASON<br />
Aug. 19, 2011, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 28-20<br />
QB Aaron Rodgers connected on 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards and a TD<br />
(126.0 passer rating).<br />
WR Chastin West led Green Bay’s offense with 134 receiving yards<br />
on five catches (26.8 avg.), highlighted by a game-winning 97-yard<br />
TD grab from QB Matt Flynn early in the fourth quarter that gave the<br />
Packers a 21-20 lead.<br />
Flynn <strong>com</strong>pleted 5 of 6 passes for 141 yards and a TD for a perfect<br />
158.3 passer rating.