Week 17 vs. Detroit Game Release.indd - NFL.com

at Detroit Lions (11/24): Carried six times for 20 yards (3.3. avg.) and added
three catches for 20 yards (6.7 avg.)...Helped sell the run fake on Rodgers’
65-yard play-action TD pass to Jones that extended the Packers’ lead to
21-0 in the third quarter.
at New York Giants (12/4): Carried a team-high 13 times, but netted only 29
yards (2.2 avg.) against a stingy Giants run defense...Posted his seasonlong
17-yard reception in the third quarter.
vs. Oakland Raiders (12/11): Led the rushing effort with an excellent performance,
highlighted by a season-long 47-yard TD run on the offense’s first
play in the game...In total, carried 10 times for 85 yards (8.5 avg.) and
two TDs...The pair of TDs tied his regular season career high that he has
posted on three other occasions...On the long TD, took a handoff from
Rodgers between C and LG, making a hesitation fake before hitting the hole
that drew LB Rolando McClain into the wrong gap and freed him through
the line and into the second level...Broke a tackle attempt by S Michael
Huff and outran S Mike Mitchell the rest of the way for his first TD of the
season...Rush was his longest since a 56-yard TD run vs. Seattle on Dec.
27, 2009 (he missed the final 15 games of 2010), and was the longest by
a Packer this season...Second TD came from 6 yards out in the second
quarter when he shot through the left side of the line and scored to extend
Green Bay’s lead to 31-0 with 7:06 to play in the opening half...Also made
a 13-yard reception on a swing pass on the offense’s second possession
that set up a TD from Rodgers to TE Ryan Taylor on the following play...
Paired with Kuhn, shouldered the entirety of the rushing load with Starks
inactive due to an ankle injury and rookie RB Brandon Saine leaving the
game with a concussion in the first half.
at Kansas City Chiefs (12/18): Started as the lone active RB on gameday...
Led the team with 12 carries for 66 yards (5.5 avg.) and a long run of
18...Also posted a season-high 35 yards on three receptions (11.7 avg.),
including a season-long 22-yard catch in the fourth quarter.
vs. Chicago Bears (12/25): Carried eight times for 44 yards (5.5 avg.),
helping to create a balance for an efficient offense that manufactured
five TD drives despite only possessing the ball for just over 24 minutes...
Also made two catches for 34 yards (17.0 avg.), including his career-long
32-yard catch-and-run off of a screen pass on the game’s opening drive...
On the play, followed an initial block by RG Josh Sitton and then exploded
through a lane created in part by a good downfield block by WR Donald
Driver...Helped set up a TD pass from Rodgers to TE Jermichael Finley that
gave Green Bay an early 7-0 lead it would never relinquish...Also stormed
off of left end for his game-long run in the third quarter, bouncing off of
a pair of hits, first from S Major Wright and then LB Lance Briggs, before
finally being brought down.
20 Alex Green, RB, Rookie, Hawaii
2011 Season: A promising young weapon who had begun to see his
role in the offense increase each week following an early-season Achilles
injury...Had appeared in four games, seeing time on special teams and as
the No. 3 RB on offense before suffering a season-ending knee injury at
Minnesota in Week 7...Placed on injured reserve, Oct. 31.
vs. New Orleans Saints (9/8): Saw action in his professional contest, mostly
on special teams...Made a good block on WR Randall Cobb’s NFL recordtying
108-yard KR-TD, walling off S Isa Abdul-Quddus just long enough
to allow Cobb a lane to run through at the beginning of the return...Also
caught the action at the tail end of the return and finished off DE Junior
Galette, who was still trailing the play.
at Carolina Panthers (9/18): Listed as a gameday inactive after suffering an
Achilles injury in practice on Sept. 16.
at Chicago Bears (9/25): Inactive.
vs. Denver Broncos (10/2): Returned to the gameday lineup in the absence
of the injured Ryan Grant (kidney), serving as the top backup at RB and
seeing time on special teams during the game...Saw his first action from
scrimmage as a pro late in the fourth quarter when the team began resting
its starters...Carried three times for 11 yards (3.7 avg.), ripping off an
8-yard run through the left side on his first carry.
at Atlanta Falcons (10/9): Appeared in the game, mostly on special teams
but also briefly on offense where he recorded his first reception as a pro, a
6-yard gain to convert a key third-and-2 late in the first half...Drive resulted
in the then-trailing Packers’ second FG of the game, tightening the score to
14-6 just before halftime of what was eventually a 25-14 victory.
vs. St. Louis Rams (10/16): Inactive.
at Minnesota Vikings (10/23): Appeared in the game, but suffered a severe
knee injury while blocking on the Packers’ first kickoff return in the first
quarter and did not return...The following day, it was announced that he
would miss the remainder of the season due to the injury.
95 Howard Green, NT/DE, 7th Year, Louisiana State
2011 Season: Massive, well-traveled veteran continues to provide bulk
and depth up front...Has appeared in each game, starting five, and has
recorded 21 tackles (six solo) as a reserve DL while also serving as an
interior protector and rusher on the placement units.
vs. New Orleans Saints (9/8): Active, but played only sparingly as the
Packers employed their nickel defense featuring only two down linemen
for most of the game.
at Carolina Panthers (9/18): Saw limited snaps for the second consecutive
week with the defense in nickel for most of the game.
at Chicago Bears (9/25): Dressed but appeared only on placement rushes
and protections as he did not see any time on defense.
vs. Denver Broncos (10/2): Appeared on 17 plays, making two tackles (one
solo).
at Atlanta Falcons (10/9): Saw action on seven defensive snaps, but did not
record any statistics...Served as part of the protection unit on each of K
Mason Crosby’s career-high tying four FGs, including his then franchise
record-tying 56-yarder in the third quarter.
vs. St. Louis Rams (10/16): Was particularly productive in limited action,
being credited with a season-high four tackles (one solo) in 10 plays as
part of a defense that did not give up a TD during the game...Occupied
two blockers on LB A.J. Hawk’s second-quarter sack when Hawk twisted
around Green to drop QB Sam Bradford for a 9-yard loss.
at Minnesota Vikings (10/23): Appeared on a season-high 23 plays and
recorded an assisted tackle...Was credited with a QB pressure when
he came free from from a block by G Steve Hutchinson to pressure QB
Christian Ponder into a throwaway on the Vikings’ final drive of the fourth
quarter that would ultimately end with a punt...Again served as part of the
interior-protection unit for all four of Crosby’s successful FG attempts,
including his franchise-record 58-yarder in the third quarter.
at San Diego Chargers (11/6): Saw 21 plays on defense and recorded an
assisted tackle.
vs. Minnesota Vikings (11/14): Significant part of a defense that limited All-
Pro RB Adrian Peterson to just 51 yards on 14 carries (3.6) during the
game...Was credited with one assisted tackle and saw increased action in
the defense’s effort to limit Minnesota’s dangerous running game.
vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11/20): Started for the first time in 2011 with the
defense opening in its base 3-4 alignment against the Buccaneers’ powerful
rushing attack...Posted two assisted tackles, the first coming when he
combined with LB Desmond Bishop to drop RB LeGarrette Blount for a
3-yard loss in the backfield in the second quarter...Tackle behind the line
extended the down-and-distance on a red-zone drive that ultimately ended
with a FG.
at Detroit Lions (11/24): Appeared briefly on defense and on special teams
but did not record any statistics.
at New York Giants (12/4): Made his second start of the season, appearing
on 25 plays and tallying two tackles (one solo).
vs. Oakland Raiders (12/11): Started for the second consecutive week at
RDE, posting three tackles (two solo).
at Kansas City Chiefs (12/18): Started once again at RDE and saw action on
a season-high 49 snaps in the absence of fellow DL Ryan Pickett who was
inactive following a concussion suffered against Oakland the week before...
Tied his season high with four tackles (one solo) and was an integral part
of the short-yardage red-zone and goal-line defenses that limited to the
Chiefs to just one TD in five red-zone trips and three goal-to-go situations.
vs. Chicago Bears (12/25): Started at RDE and appeared on 20 plays,
recording an assisted tackle.