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HOUSTON (5-7) at GREEN BAY (5-7)
Sunday, Dec. 7 - Lambeau Field - 12 p.m. CST



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WITH THE CALL

- The Packers make their second and final appearance of the season on CBS. The network will air the contest to a regional audience.

- Play-by-play man Gus Johnson and color analyst Steve Tasker will have the call from the broadcast booth.

TEXANS COME TO LAMBEAU FOR FIRST TIME

- Houston makes its franchise debut at Lambeau Field Sunday as the Packers host the Texans.

- Green Bay enters the contest fighting for its playoff life, two games behind division-leading Minnesota with four games remaining.

- It must get back to its winning ways - first and foremost against the Texans on Sunday at home - if the team is going to entertain any postseason thoughts.

- The Packers lost another back-and-forth battle this past weekend at home to Carolina, its fourth loss this season by four points or less.

- Taking the lead on a field goal just under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, it took the Panthers less than 30 seconds to march down the field for what proved to be the game-winning touchdown.

- Houston comes into the contest off a short week, having defeated Jacksonville 30-17 in the franchise's first-ever Monday Night Football appearance to improve to 5-7.

- Now in third place in the AFC South, Houston is just 1-5 on the road this season.

IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

- Whether it involves fighting for division crowns, jockeying for playoff positioning or building momentum for next season, the final month of the NFL season and its importance cannot be understated.

- December football on the frozen tundra at Lambeau Field seems to almost define the Green Bay Packers, and like their storied past, is centered around winning.

- The Packers were 1-4 in the month of November as they fell from first to third place in the NFC North. Now, they must continue their trend of success over the season's final month in order to make a second consecutive trip to the postseason.

- Head Coach Mike McCarthy has continued the tradition of December success for the Packers. He is 7-2 (4-1 in 2006, 3-1 in 2007) over the final stretch since coming to Green Bay.

- Over the past 10 seasons, only the New England Patriots have a better record over the final month of the season than Green Bay. A look at the most successful teams, including regular-season game played in Jan.:

Team, W-L record (Pct.)
New England, 34-12 (.739)
Green Bay, 34-13 (.723)
Tennessee, 31-18 (.632)
Pittsburgh, 30-18 (.625)
Philadelphia, 28-17 (.622)
*Houston, 10-19 (.344)

The only good thing about this game is that Gus Johnson is the play by play guy. Cant wait for him to go nuts over a play

If Schaub is back as expected he must be smiling all week. He'll have all day to throw and won't have to worry much about being hit.

an_also wrote:The only good thing about this game is that Gus Johnson is the play by play guy. Cant wait for him to go nuts over a play

That's just awesome.

MickeyDavis wrote:If Schaub is back as expected he must be smiling all week. He'll have all day to throw and won't have to worry much about being hit.

You cant be serious. I know your team's pass rush is better than that. Our OL stinks. You guys should have a field day on Duane Brown.

Good luck in the game guys.

You cant be serious. I know your team's pass rush is better than that. Our OL stinks. You guys should have a field day on Duane Brown.

We are serious, the Packers have zero pass rushers besides Kampman, it's truly miserable. Your OL would have to be beyond pathetic to make our pass rush look good.



One guy i was all wrong about in the last draft was Slaton. I thought he was to skinny and played in a college scheme that inflated his numbers, thus he'd struggle some playing in a more pro style scheme. Man, i couldn't have been more wrong about that kid.

El Duderino wrote:

You cant be serious. I know your team's pass rush is better than that. Our OL stinks. You guys should have a field day on Duane Brown.

We are serious, the Packers have zero pass rushers besides Kampman, it's truly miserable. Your OL would have to be beyond pathetic to make our pass rush look good.



One guy i was all wrong about in the last draft was Slaton. I thought he was to skinny and played in a college scheme that inflated his numbers, thus he'd struggle some playing in a more pro style scheme. Man, i couldn't have been more wrong about that kid.

You dont understand, besides Chester Pitts and Eric Winston, or OL suck. That includes Chris Myers, Duane Brown and Mike Breisel. The game will be in Lambeau, and we are not used to playing there so we might have some problems on the OL. I know your DL has to be better than that. Who is the 2nd leading tackler?

Yeah, Im glad we made the move with the Ravens to get an extra pick to draft Slaton. The guy has been a steal for our team. If only we can find a compliment back to take away some carries from him then we will be set. We need to find thunder to Slaton's lightning.

You dont understand, besides Chester Pitts and Eric Winston, or OL suck. That includes Chris Myers, Duane Brown and Mike Breisel. The game will be in Lambeau, and we are not used to playing there so we might have some problems on the OL. I know your DL has to be better than that. Who is the 2nd leading tackler?

We have one really good defensive end in Kampman and one pretty good DT in Pickett, but he's strictly a run stuffer, a below average college guard could probably stop Pickett from pressuring the QB. That's about it for our defensive line. We have three other DT's that aren't much and after Jenkins got hurt, we had scrubs backing him up at the other end spot. We are on pace for getting near the franchise low for sacks in a season.

31-20 Pack

I'm looking forward to seeing Steve Slaton. I loved watching him at West Virginia. I couldn't believe he dropped so far in the draft.

hahaha, great start.

My god, I took off work yet another Sunday to watch this. You would have thought I'd have learned my lesson by now.

I'm laughing to keep from crying.

At least their is a comedic, Keystone cops element with guys tripping over one another.

Please take Blackmon off the KR squad.

I'm gonna love Gus Johnson today.

****, was a TD if not for penalty. Very smart play.

Twice going deep on 3rd and short? WTF?

GREAT PUNT!

No idea who was off there but should have been a big gain on that 3rd down play, another missed chance.

Hahaha, what a **** punt.