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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT: Packers vs. Cardinals: Regular season, all-time: 44-22-4 Preseason, all-time: 16-6 Preseason, all-time, in Green Bay: 6-1 Streaks: The Packers have won each of the last six preseason meetings. Last meeting, regular season: Nov. 4, 2012, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 31-17 Last meeting, preseason: Aug. 19, 2011, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 28-20 COACHES CAPSULES Mike McCarthy: 80-42-0, .656, (incl. 6-4 postseason); 8th NFL season Bruce Arians: 0-0-0, .000; 1st NFL season as head coach vs. Opponent: McCarthy 3-1 vs. Cardinals; Arians 1-0 vs. Packers (as interim coach with Colts in 2012) MIKE McCARTHY…Is in his eighth year as the Packers’ 14th head coach. Joined Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren as the only coaches to guide the Packers to a Super Bowl title with a win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV. Has led the Packers to playoff appearances in five of his seven seasons at the helm, and the team’s five postseason berths over the past six seasons are the most by an NFC team. Led Green Bay to 47 regular-season victories from 2009-12, the second most in the NFL over that span and the second most in franchise history over a four-year period. His .656 winning percentage (including playoffs) ranks No. 3 among active NFL coaches (min. 50 games) entering the 2013 season. Was named Packers head coach on Jan. 12, 2006, his first headcoaching job after 13 years as an NFL assistant. Became the first Packers coach since Lombardi to lead the team to a championship game in his second season (2007). BRUCE ARIANS…Is in his first year as the Cardinals’ 35th head coach. Comes to Arizona after working as offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts in 2012, while also serving 12 games as interim head coach during Chuck Pagano’s absence while being treated for leukemia. Was selected as The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading Indianapolis to a 9-3 record and helping the Colts clinch a playoff berth. Prior to joining the Colts, spent the previous eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-11), including five as the offensive coordinator (2007-11). Also served as Cleveland’s offensive coordinator for three seasons (2001-03). Was also the quarterbacks coach in Indianapolis (1998- 2000), the tight ends coach in New Orleans (1996) and the running backs coach in Kansas City (1989-92). THE PACKERS-CARDINALS SERIES One of the oldest rivalries in sports, the series launched on Nov. 20, 1921, when the Packers and Cardinals tied 3-3. The series has been noted for its streaks, with the Packers winning 15 straight between 1937-46, followed by the Cardinals winning seven straight through 1948. The Packers have won 15 of the last 21 regularseason games (with one tie) since. 33 With the Cardinals franchise located in Chicago prior to 1960, the teams played two or more times in a season 20 different years between 1926-49. The postseason meeting following the 1982 season marked the Packers’ first trip to the playoffs in 10 years and first playoff victory since winning Super Bowl II. NOTABLE CONNECTIONS Packers CB James Nixon entered the NFL as a non-drafted free agent with the Cardinals in May 2012...Packers C Garth Gerhart and CB Brandon Smith both played at Arizona State...Cardinals G Daryn Colledge was a second-round draft choice by the Packers in 2006 and played five seasons (2006-10) in Green Bay...Cardinals DE Ronald Talley entered the NFL with the Packers as a non-drafted free agent in 2009 and spent the entire ’09 season on Green Bay’s practice squad...Cardinals WR Kerry Taylor signed with Green Bay as a non-drafted free agent in 2011 and was with the Packers that preseason...Cardinals DE Matt Shaughnessy played at the University of Wisconsin (2005-08)...Packers head coach Mike McCarthy and special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum both coached at the University of Pittsburgh with Cardinals defensive backs coach Nick Rapone...McCarthy also coached with Cardinals special teams coordinator Amos Jones at Pittsburgh in 1992...Cardinals cornerbacks coach Kevin Ross played for the Chiefs and Cardinals pass rush specialist Tom Pratt coached there when when McCarthy was on the coaching staff in Kansas City...Packers secondary-safeties coach Darren Perry coached with Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians on the staff in Pittsburgh...Perry and Cardinals asst. special teams/asst. tight ends coach Steve Heiden were teammates with the Chargers in 1999....Packers defensive line coach Mike Trgovac coached Cardinals defensive line coach Brentson Buckner in Carolina as defensive line coach and defensive coordinator... Buckner also played in Pittsburgh with Packers outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene and when Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers held the same position with the Steelers...Cardinals linebackers coach Mike Caldwell played for the Eagles and the Panthers when Trgovac was on the coaching staff of those teams...Cardinals defensive assistant/asst. defensive backs coach Ryan Slowik played strong safety and coached one season at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh while his father, Bob, was a former defensive assistant coach for the Packers (2000-04)... Packers defensive quality control coach Scott McCurley was a teammate of Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald at the University of Pittsburgh…Former college teammates include Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Cardinals LB Lorenzo Alexander (California), Packers LB Clay Matthews and Cardinals G Chilo Rachal and DE Frostee Rucker (Southern California), WR Jordy Nelson and Cardinals LB Reggie Walker (Kansas State), Packers TE Jermichael Finley and Cardinals C Lyle Sendlein and LB Sam Acho (Texas), Packers CB Sam Shields and Cardinals DE Calais Campbell and WR LaRon Byrd (Miami), Packers WR Randall Cobb and P Tim Masthay and Cardinals RB Alfonso Smith and DT Ricky Lumpkin (Kentucky), Packers T Marshall Newhouse and Cardinals LB Daryl Washington (Texas Christian), Packers T David Bakhtiari and Cardinals T Joe Caprioglio (Colorado), Packers TE Ryan Taylor and Cardinals G Jonathan Cooper (North Carolina), Packers DE Datone Jones and RB Johnathan Franklin and Cardinals DT David Carter (UCLA), Packers TE Andrew Quarless and S Chaz Powell and Cardinals TE Mickey Shuler (Penn State), and Packers RB Eddie Lacy and Cardinals CB Javier Arenas (Alabama). LAST MEETING, PRESEASON Aug. 19, 2011, at Lambeau Field; Packers won, 28-20 QB Aaron Rodgers connected on 9 of 12 passes for 97 yards and a TD (126.0 passer rating). WR Chastin West led Green Bay’s offense with 134 receiving yards on five catches (26.8 avg.), highlighted by a game-winning 97-yard TD grab from QB Matt Flynn early in the fourth quarter that gave the Packers a 21-20 lead. Flynn completed 5 of 6 passes for 141 yards and a TD for a perfect 158.3 passer rating.
CARDINALS AT PACKERS – PRESEASON WEEK 1 SAVE THE DATE Important dates to remember (all times CDT): Friday, Aug. 9 – First preseason game, vs. Arizona Cardinals, 7 p.m., Lambeau Field (Bishop’s Charities Game) Saturday, Aug. 17 – Preseason game at St. Louis Rams, 7 p.m., Edward Jones Dome Friday, Aug. 23 – Preseason game vs. Seattle Seahawks, 7 p.m., Lambeau Field (Midwest Shrine Game) Tuesday, Aug. 27 – Final practice open to public, 11 a.m., Nitschke Field Tuesday, Aug. 27 – Roster reduction to a maximum of 75 players by 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 – Preseason game at Kansas City Chiefs, 7 p.m., Arrowhead Stadium Saturday, Aug. 31 – Roster reduction to a maximum of 53 players by 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1 – After 11 a.m., clubs may establish a practice squad of eight players Sunday, Sept. 8 – Regular-season opener at San Francisco 49ers, 3:25 p.m. (CDT) A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE The Green Bay Packers’ 93rd NFL regular-season schedule is headlined by four prime-time games (subject to flexible scheduling) and a Thanksgiving contest at Detroit. Green Bay’s schedule includes seven games against 2012 playoff teams, with three of those contests (Atlanta, Minnesota, Washington) at Lambeau Field and four on the road (Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minnesota, San Francisco). The Packers will travel to play both of the teams that played in Super Bowl XLVII (Baltimore and San Francisco). The Packers have two prime-time contests at home (vs. Chicago on Monday Night Football in Week 9 and vs. Atlanta on Sunday night in Week 14) and two on the road (Sunday night contests at Minnesota in Week 8 and at the N.Y. Giants in Week 11). Green Bay plays at Detroit on Thanksgiving in a nationally televised contest. The Packers’ bye arrives in Week 4, the earliest their open date has come on the schedule since they had a Week 4 bye in 1999. For the first time since entering the National Football League in 1921, Green Bay does not have back-to-back road games on its schedule. The Packers have 14 games on Sunday, including seven straight to start the season, one Monday night game and the Thursday game on Thanksgiving. For just the second time in eight seasons under Head Coach Mike McCarthy (also 2010), the Packers will open the season on the road, this year against San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. 8. Green Bay opens its season against the 49ers for the second straight year and at San Francisco for the first time in franchise history. In Week 2, the Packers open their home slate against the Redskins for the first time since 1933, when they hosted the Boston Redskins in the season opener. Green Bay heads into its Week 4 bye with a road contest at Cincinnati in Week 3, and then hosts Detroit in Week 5, the third time in the past five seasons that the Lions have visited Lambeau Field in October. The Packers travel to Baltimore in Week 6 to take on the Ravens, the second straight season that Green Bay has visited the defending Super Bowl champions (N.Y. Giants in 2012). Green Bay’s Week 8 trip to Minnesota for a Sunday night contest kicks off a stretch of three prime-time games in four weeks for the Packers. In Week 9, the Packers will host the Bears in a Monday night game, the 21st consecutive season that Green Bay has appeared on Monday Night Football (1993-2013). It marks the eighth straight season (2006-13) that the division rivals have squared off in a prime-time contest. Green Bay stays home on a short week to host the Eagles in Week 10 before traveling to New York for the second straight season to play the Giants in a Sunday night contest. The Packers visit Detroit on Thanksgiving (Week 13) for the fourth time in seven seasons (2007, 2009, 2011) and then return home for their final scheduled prime-time contest against Atlanta in Week 14 on Sunday night. The Packers’ lone NFC North contest in the final month of the season comes in Week 17 at Chicago, the second time under McCarthy (also 2006) that Green Bay has closed out the regular season at Soldier Field. The Packers visit Dallas in Week 15 and host Pittsburgh in the home finale in Week 16. 2012 RESULTS PRESEASON (2-2) Date Opponent Result Att. Thu., Aug. 9 at San Diego Chargers. . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 13-21 (55,527) Thu., Aug. 16 CLEVELAND BROWNS . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 10-35 (68,201) Thu., Aug. 23 at Cincinnati Bengals. . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-13 (52,584) Thu., Aug. 30 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 24-3 (67,999) REGULAR SEASON (11-5) Date Opponent Result Att. Sun., Sept. 9 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS . . . . . . . . . . . L, 22-30 (70,523) Thu., Sept. 13 CHICAGO BEARS (Gold Pkg.) . . . . . . .W, 23-10 (70,543) Mon., Sept. 24 at Seattle Seahawks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 12-14 (68,218) Sun., Sept. 30 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS . . . . . . . . . . .W, 28-27 (70,571) Sun., Oct. 7 at Indianapolis Colts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 27-30 (67,020) Sun., Oct. 14 at Houston Texans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 42-24 (71,702) Sun., Oct. 21 at St. Louis Rams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 30-20 (64,359) Sun., Oct. 28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS . . . . . . . . .W, 24-15 (70,464) Sun., Nov. 4 ARIZONA CARDINALS (Gold Pkg.) . . .W, 31-17 (70,504) Sun., Nov. 11 Open Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun., Nov. 18 at Detroit Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W, 24-20 (63,716) Sun., Nov. 25 at New York Giants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 10-38 (80,365) Sun., Dec. 2 MINNESOTA VIKINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 23-14 (70,567) Sun., Dec. 9 DETROIT LIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 27-20 (70,382) Sun., Dec. 16 at Chicago Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 21-13 (62,534) Sun., Dec. 23 TENNESSEE TITANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 55-7 (70,508) Sun., Dec. 30 at Minnesota Vikings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . L, 34-37 (64,134) POSTSEASON (1-1) Date Opponent Result Att. Sat., Jan. 5 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (Wild Card) . . .W, 24-10 (71,548) Sat., Jan. 12 at San Francisco 49ers (Divisional). . . L, 31-45 (69,732) 4
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