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