Week 6 - Green Bay @ Seattle - 10/12 - 3:15 PM CDT
Posted: Thu Oct 9, 2008 7:31 pm
GREEN BAY (2-3) at SEATTLE (1-3)
Sunday, Oct. 12 | Qwest Field | 1:15 p.m. PDT / 3:15 p.m. CDT
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WITH THE CALL
-FOX Sports enters its 15th season as an NFL network television partner and will air the contest to a regional audience. (Unless you live in GB, then you're just s*** outta luck.)
-Play-by-play man Chris Rose joins color analyst JC Pearson in the booth with Nischelle Turner serving as the sideline reporter. How does JC Pearson still have a job?
INJURY REPORT
-Doubtful: Bigby, Hall, Hunter, Lumpkin, Rouse
-Questionable: A-Rod (He's playing), Hawk
PACKERS LOOK TO END SKID IN SEATTLE
-In the midst of its first three-game losing streak since 2006, Green Bay looks to get back on the winning track Sunday afternoon at Qwest Field against the Seattle Seahawks.
-Last weekend, Green Bay fell at home to the Atlanta Falcons, 27-24, and subsequently fell to second place in the NFC North.
-Winners of nine of their last 12 road games, the Packers head into one of the league's toughest venues.
-Sunday will be viewed as a must-win for both clubs. Both were division champions a season ago and are off to slow starts this season.
-Green Bay and Seattle got together last season for one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NFL history. Played in near white-out conditions thanks to a heavy snowstorm, the Packers defeated the Seahawks 42-20 at Lambeau Field in the NFC Divisional round.
-The teams previously met in another memorable playoff game in the 2003 NFC Wild Card round. It remains the only postseason game in league history to be ended by a sudden-death defensive score.
-Including the two postseason victories, the Packers have won four of the last five meetings between the clubs. The loss came in 2006 at Qwest Field - the franchise's lone appearance at the stadium.
-Coming off a 44-6 defeat to the New York Giants, Seattle comes into the game 1-3 and in third place in the NFC West.
THE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK
-Just two weeks ago, Green Bay was hoping to avoid consecutive losses for the first time in 23 games. Now, it faces a week of practice and film study after a third consecutive loss.
-The team's last losing streak was when it lost three consecutive games in 2006 (Weeks 11-13).
-So how did McCarthy and the Packers respond then? They reeled off four straight victories to end the season. Carrying over into 2007, the team won eight consecutive games before its next loss.
-The Packers haven't lost four consecutive games since 2005 when they dropped the first four games of the season. They finished 4-12.
-The Packers also lost four straight games in 2004 en route to a 1-5 start. The team won nine of its last 11 games to finish atop the NFC North with a 10-6 record.
-Green Bay's last 2-3 start came in 2000, Mike Sherman's first year as head coach. The Packers finished 9-7, with a playoff berth eluding them on the final day of the season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP2BSJGWbLM&feature=related
Sunday, Oct. 12 | Qwest Field | 1:15 p.m. PDT / 3:15 p.m. CDT
@
WITH THE CALL
-FOX Sports enters its 15th season as an NFL network television partner and will air the contest to a regional audience. (Unless you live in GB, then you're just s*** outta luck.)
-Play-by-play man Chris Rose joins color analyst JC Pearson in the booth with Nischelle Turner serving as the sideline reporter. How does JC Pearson still have a job?
INJURY REPORT
-Doubtful: Bigby, Hall, Hunter, Lumpkin, Rouse
-Questionable: A-Rod (He's playing), Hawk
PACKERS LOOK TO END SKID IN SEATTLE
-In the midst of its first three-game losing streak since 2006, Green Bay looks to get back on the winning track Sunday afternoon at Qwest Field against the Seattle Seahawks.
-Last weekend, Green Bay fell at home to the Atlanta Falcons, 27-24, and subsequently fell to second place in the NFC North.
-Winners of nine of their last 12 road games, the Packers head into one of the league's toughest venues.
-Sunday will be viewed as a must-win for both clubs. Both were division champions a season ago and are off to slow starts this season.
-Green Bay and Seattle got together last season for one of the most memorable postseason games in recent NFL history. Played in near white-out conditions thanks to a heavy snowstorm, the Packers defeated the Seahawks 42-20 at Lambeau Field in the NFC Divisional round.
-The teams previously met in another memorable playoff game in the 2003 NFC Wild Card round. It remains the only postseason game in league history to be ended by a sudden-death defensive score.
-Including the two postseason victories, the Packers have won four of the last five meetings between the clubs. The loss came in 2006 at Qwest Field - the franchise's lone appearance at the stadium.
-Coming off a 44-6 defeat to the New York Giants, Seattle comes into the game 1-3 and in third place in the NFC West.
THE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK
-Just two weeks ago, Green Bay was hoping to avoid consecutive losses for the first time in 23 games. Now, it faces a week of practice and film study after a third consecutive loss.
-The team's last losing streak was when it lost three consecutive games in 2006 (Weeks 11-13).
-So how did McCarthy and the Packers respond then? They reeled off four straight victories to end the season. Carrying over into 2007, the team won eight consecutive games before its next loss.
-The Packers haven't lost four consecutive games since 2005 when they dropped the first four games of the season. They finished 4-12.
-The Packers also lost four straight games in 2004 en route to a 1-5 start. The team won nine of its last 11 games to finish atop the NFC North with a 10-6 record.
-Green Bay's last 2-3 start came in 2000, Mike Sherman's first year as head coach. The Packers finished 9-7, with a playoff berth eluding them on the final day of the season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP2BSJGWbLM&feature=related
