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VIKINGS AT PACKERS – NFC WILD CARD<br />
PICKING PACK<br />
In 2011, the Packers led the league in interceptions (31) for the second<br />
time in three seasons (2009).<br />
Green Bay had 18 INTs this season, which was tied for No. 8 in the<br />
<strong>NFL</strong>:<br />
Team<br />
Interceptions<br />
1. Chicago 24<br />
2. Arizona 22<br />
3t. N.Y. Giants, Washington 21<br />
5t. Atlanta, New England 20<br />
7. Tennessee 19<br />
8t. Green Bay, Seattle, Tampa Bay 18<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers have finished in the top eight in the league in INTs every<br />
season under Head Coach Mike McCarthy (2006-12), the only team<br />
in the league to do so over that span.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers led the <strong>NFL</strong> with 49 interceptions from 2011-12:<br />
Team<br />
Interceptions<br />
1. Green Bay 49<br />
2. Chicago 44<br />
3. New England 43<br />
Green Bay's interception total in 2011 was the best by the team since the<br />
1970 AFL-<strong>NFL</strong> merger and the most since the Packers also recorded 31<br />
INTs in 1962. A look at the best team totals since 1970:<br />
Season<br />
Interceptions<br />
1. 2011 31<br />
2t. 1981 30<br />
2t. 2009 30<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers’ two INTs for touchdowns in Week 9 at San Diego in 2011<br />
gave them three for the season, their franchise-record fourth straight<br />
season recording at least three interception returns for TDs. <strong>The</strong> last <strong>NFL</strong><br />
team to register four straight seasons with at least three INT returns for<br />
TDs was the Los Angeles Rams from 1983-86.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Packers’ 1,948 INT return yards from 2008-11 were the most by<br />
an <strong>NFL</strong> team over a four-year period since the merger. A look<br />
at where Green Bay ranks in several categories since 2008:<br />
Team<br />
Interceptions<br />
1. Green Bay 125<br />
2t. Chicago, New England 100<br />
4. Baltimore 95<br />
Team<br />
Interception TDs<br />
1. Green Bay 17<br />
2. Chicago 15<br />
3. Tampa Bay 14<br />
Team<br />
INT Return Yardage<br />
1. Green Bay 2,194<br />
2. Tampa Bay 1,624<br />
3. Tennessee 1,519<br />
TRAMON TAKES IT AWAY<br />
In Week 2 vs. Chicago, CB Tramon Williams matched his career high<br />
with two interceptions, his second two-INT game over a nine-game span<br />
in the regular season (also Week 11 in 2011 vs. Tampa Bay).<br />
Williams was the only undrafted player in the league to record at least<br />
four INTs in each of the past four seasons (2008-11).<br />
In Green Bay’s Week 9 win at San Diego in 2011, Williams posted the<br />
first TD of his career in the regular season on a 43-yard INT return.<br />
Williams led the team in INTs in 2010 with a career-high six picks, and<br />
added three more during the postseason.<br />
Including playoffs, Williams is tied for No. 2 in the <strong>NFL</strong> in interceptions<br />
and ranks No. 2 in interception return yards since 2010:<br />
Player<br />
Interceptions<br />
1. Ed Reed, BAL 16<br />
2t. Tramon Williams, GB 15<br />
2t. Asante Samuel, PHI/ATL 15<br />
Player<br />
INT Return Yards<br />
1. Stevie Brown, NYG 307<br />
2. Tramon Williams, GB 296<br />
3. Ed Reed, BAL 286<br />
Williams was No. 2 on the team with 22 passes defensed this season, his<br />
fourth straight campaign with 20-plus passes defensed.<br />
STIFLING SIGNAL-CALLERS<br />
Under defensive coordinator Dom Capers, Green Bay’s defense has<br />
been one of the best in the league in opponent passer rating.<br />
Since 2009, opposing quarterbacks have <strong>com</strong>pleted 1,293 of 2,272<br />
passes (56.9 percent) for 15,679 yards and 98 touchdowns with 103<br />
interceptions against the Packers. <strong>The</strong> 73.8 passer rating registered by<br />
opposing signal-callers over that span ranks No. 2 in the <strong>NFL</strong>:<br />
Team Opp. Passer Rating (Since 2009)<br />
1. N.Y. Jets 71.0<br />
2. Green Bay 73.8<br />
3. Baltimore 74.6<br />
Green Bay has held its opponents to a passer rating less than 80 in 38<br />
of 64 games since 2009. <strong>The</strong> Packers have a 36-2 mark (.947) in<br />
those games:<br />
Team