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VIKINGS AT PACKERS – NFC WILD CARD
VERSATILITY ON DISPLAY
With a 14-yard punt return in the first quarter in Week 16 vs. Tennessee,
WR Randall Cobb set the franchise record for the most combined net
yards in a season (rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns,
kickoff returns, fumble returns).
A look at the top seasons as far as combined net yards in franchise
history:
Player
Combined Net Yards
1. Randall Cobb, 2012 2,342
2. Ahman Green, 2003 2,250
3. Ahman Green, 2001 1,981
Cobb led the NFL with 2,342 combined net yards (156.1 per game)
despite missing one game this season:
Player
Combined Net Yards
1. Randall Cobb, GB 2,342
2. Adrian Peterson, MIN 2,314
3. Calvin Johnson, DET 1,964
Cobb became the first Packer to lead the league in combined net yards
since Travis Williams in 1969 (1,517 yards).
With 954 receiving yards and 964 kickoff return yards, Cobb became
the first player in NFL history to post 900-plus receiving yards and
900-plus kickoff return yards in the same season.
Cobb set the franchise rookie record for combined net yards with 1,616
yards in 2011.
Cobb led the team in receptions (80) and receiving yards (954), despite
missing the final game due to injury. Over his last 12 games, he had 69
receptions for 858 yards (12.4 avg.) and eight TDs.
Cobb had seven TD grabs in his last nine games, tied for No. 4 in the
NFL over that span:
Player Rec. TDs (Weeks 7-16)
1. Dez Bryant, DAL 10
2t. Eric Decker, DEN 8
2t. Brandon Marshall, CHI 8
4t. Randall Cobb, GB 7
4t. Rob Gronkowski, NE 7
When Cobb returned a fourth-quarter punt 75 yards for a TD vs. San
Francisco in the season opener, it marked the second consecutive season
that he scored on a kick return in Week 1.
Last season, Cobb made a splash in his pro debut vs. New Orleans with
a 108-yard kickoff return for a TD that matched the NFL record.
According to Elias, Cobb is the only player in NFL history to score
on a kick return (punt or kickoff) in Week 1 each of his first two seasons.
Cobb now has three kick return scores in 30 NFL games, which already
ties him for No. 2 in franchise history:
Player
Total Kick Return TDs
1. Travis Williams 6
2t. Randall Cobb, six other players 3
Cobb is tied for No. 3 in the league in kick return TDs since 2011:
Player
Total Kick Return TDs
1t. Jacoby Jones, BAL 4 (2 PR, 2 KR)
1t. Patrick Peterson, ARI 4 (4 PR, O KR)
3t. Randall Cobb, GB 3 (2 PR, 1 KR)
3t. Devin Hester, CHI 3 (2 PR, 1 KR)
3t. Leodis McKelvin, BUF 3 (3 PR, 0 KR)
In 2011, Cobb checked in among the league leaders in both kickoff
returns (27.7, 2nd) and punt returns (11.3, 7th).
Cobb’s kickoff return average in 2011 ranked No. 3 in franchise history
for players with 25 or more returns in a season behind only Dave
Hampton (28.6 in 1971) and Al Carmichael (28.1 in 1956).
In 2011, Cobb posted an 80-yard punt return for a TD vs. Minnesota in
Week 10, becoming the first NFL rookie since the merger to register
a 100-yard kickoff return and an 80-yard punt return in the same season.
NOT IN A GIVING MOOD
Green Bay turned the ball over just 16 times this season, which was tied
for No. 2 in the league.
Team Total Giveaways (2012)
1. Washington 14
2t. Green Bay, Baltimore, 16
New England, San Francisco
The three best giveaway seasons in franchise history have come under
Head Coach Mike McCarthy’s direction:
Season
Total Giveaways
1. 2011 14
2t. 2009, 2012 16
4. 1972 19
Since 2009, Green Bay has turned the ball over only 68 times, which
ranks No. 2 in the NFL over that span:
Team Total Giveaways Since 2009
1. New England 65
2. Green Bay 68
3. San Francisco 73
The Packers’ 52 giveaways from 2010-12 match the franchise record
for the fewest over a three-year span in franchise history, tying the mark
set from 2009-11.
Green Bay is 52-16 (.765) under Head Coach Mike McCarthy when it
doesn’t have a giveaway or turns it over just once. A look at the Packers’
record by the number of giveaways they have in a game since 2006:
Giveaways In Game GB Record Since 2006
None 27-5 (.844)
One 25-11 (.694)
Two 17-12 (.586)
Three-plus 5-10 (.333)
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