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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
RODGERS<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
only 13 interceptions over the course of his career and finish<br />
with a 150.27 career passing efficiency mark, the best<br />
in school history…Authored 10 career passing games of<br />
250-plus yards…Overall, <strong>com</strong>pleted 424-of-665 passing<br />
attempts (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, while playing in<br />
25 games with 22 starts…Also demonstrated effective running<br />
ability by notching eight touchdowns and 336 yards<br />
on 160 career carries.<br />
2008 season<br />
Started all 16 games and ranked<br />
third in the NFC and sixth in the<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> with a 93.8 passer rating…Completed 341-of-536<br />
passes (63.6 percent) for 4,038 yards, 28 touchdowns and<br />
13 interceptions…Under center for 1,039-of-1,049 (99.1<br />
percent) offensive plays…Ranked fourth in the league in<br />
both TD passes and passing<br />
yards…Third in the <strong>NFL</strong><br />
with a 105.8 passer rating<br />
on third down, including<br />
14 TDs, which trailed only<br />
Philip Rivers’ 15…Third<br />
on the team with 207 rushing<br />
yards on 56 carries<br />
(3.7 avg.) and tied for the<br />
team lead with four rushing<br />
touchdowns, the most<br />
by a Packers quarterback<br />
since Don Majkowski’s five<br />
in 1989…Vs. Minnesota<br />
(Sept. 8): Started first <strong>NFL</strong><br />
game and <strong>com</strong>pleted 18-of-<br />
22 passes for 178 yards and<br />
a touchdown with no interceptions.<br />
His 81.8 <strong>com</strong>pletion<br />
percentage ranks as<br />
the second-best mark in<br />
league history by a quarterback<br />
(min. 20 attempts)<br />
in his first start, behind<br />
only former Jacksonville<br />
Jaguars quarterback Rob<br />
Johnson’s 83.3 percentage<br />
(20-of-24) in 1997. Scored<br />
first career rushing TD on<br />
1-yard plunge in the fourth<br />
quarter to give Green Bay<br />
a 24-12 lead…At Detroit<br />
(Sept. 14): Posted first 300-yard passing day in <strong>NFL</strong><br />
and threw a career-high three TD passes. Connected on<br />
24-of-38 passes for 328 yards…At Tampa Bay (Sept.<br />
28): Sprained his right shoulder in third quarter on 7-yard<br />
scramble as he dove to extend the ball for a first down. On<br />
next series, hit Jennings for a 48-yard TD pass, but then<br />
sat out the following series with the injury. Returned for<br />
one more series late in the fourth quarter before exiting<br />
the game for good. Finished the afternoon 14-of-27 for<br />
165 yards and two touchdowns…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5):<br />
Started despite being limited all week in practice as he recovered<br />
from sprained right shoulder. Recorded the second<br />
300-yard passing game of his pro career as he connected<br />
on 25-of-37 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns<br />
to match a career high…At Tennessee (Nov. 2): Completed<br />
22-of-41 passes for 314 yards, one touchdown and<br />
one interception, the third 300-yard passing game of his<br />
career. Connected on a career-high six passes of 20-plus<br />
yards…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30): Matched his career high<br />
with three TD passes, <strong>com</strong>pleting 29-of-45 passes for 298<br />
yards. Completed passes to nine different players, which<br />
tied a career high…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Completed<br />
21-of-31 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns for<br />
a career-high 132.2 passer rating, and matched career<br />
best with three TD passes. With Lions having just scored<br />
a TD to narrow Green Bay’s lead to 24-21, connected on<br />
career-long pass when he found Donald Driver deep down<br />
the right sideline midway through the fourth quarter for a<br />
220<br />
71-yard score. The pass also put him over the 4,000-yard<br />
mark for the season.<br />
2007<br />
Serving as Favre’s backup for the third straight<br />
season, appeared in two regular-season games<br />
and <strong>com</strong>pleted 20-of-28 passes (71.4 percent) for 218<br />
yards with one touchdown and no interceptions for a 106.0<br />
rating, plus seven rushes for 29 yards…Put together his<br />
best preseason as a pro, <strong>com</strong>pleting 37-of-59 passes (62.7<br />
percent) with three touchdowns in four appearances…Vs.<br />
Minnesota (Nov. 11): Saw his first action of the regular<br />
season, entering with 3:56 remaining and <strong>com</strong>pleting<br />
both of his passes for 17 yards, including a 15-yarder to<br />
James Jones on his first throw…At Dallas (Nov. 29):<br />
Was inserted into the game in the second quarter after<br />
Favre suffered elbow and<br />
shoulder injuries. Completed<br />
18-of-26 passes for<br />
201 yards and one touchdown<br />
for a 104.8 passer<br />
rating, plus had five rushes<br />
for 30 yards. On the Packers’<br />
final drive of the first<br />
half, found Jennings for a<br />
43-yard catch-and-run and<br />
connected with him again<br />
on an 11-yard touchdown<br />
(Rodgers’ first TD pass as<br />
a pro). In the third quarter,<br />
led a 12-play, 69-yard drive<br />
that finished with a 1-yard<br />
Ryan Grant TD plunge; on<br />
the series, <strong>com</strong>pleted all<br />
six passes for 61 yards,<br />
including throws of 22 and<br />
17 yards. In the fourth, led<br />
the team’s final scoring<br />
drive that culminated in<br />
a 52-yard Mason Crosby<br />
FG…Injured a hamstring<br />
the following week in practice<br />
and was inactive for the<br />
final four regular-season<br />
games before recovering<br />
to serve as Favre’s backup<br />
in the postseason…Vs.<br />
Seattle (Jan. 12): Played<br />
the final series of Divisional playoff game, but did not attempt<br />
a pass.<br />
2006<br />
Served as the No. 2 quarterback for the team’s<br />
first 10 games, playing in two contests…<br />
Dressed but did not play in the other eight games…In the<br />
preseason, served as the No. 2 quarterback for all four<br />
games…Completed 22-of-38 passes for 323 yards and<br />
three touchdowns, including an 85-yard pass to Jennings,<br />
vs. Atlanta (Aug. 19)…Before sustaining a season-ending<br />
broken foot in Week 11, had taken 36 regular-season offensive<br />
snaps in 2006 and <strong>com</strong>pleted 6-of-15 passes (40.0<br />
percent) for 46 yards, with no TDs or interceptions, for a<br />
48.2 rating…At Philadelphia (Oct. 2): Made his season<br />
debut in place of an injured Favre (neck/head); nearly engineered<br />
a touchdown drive on the last series of the game,<br />
<strong>com</strong>pleting 2-of-3 passes for 14 yards, but the Packers<br />
were held out of the end zone on a goal-line stand…Vs.<br />
New England (Nov. 19): Saw the most extensive action<br />
of his career to date when he was inserted into the<br />
lineup for an injured Favre (elbow), and played the last two<br />
offensive snaps of the first half and the entire second half.<br />
Completed 4-of-12 passes and had a 6-yard scramble on<br />
a third-and-6. Played the second half with a foot injury he<br />
sustained toward the start of the third quarter; post-game<br />
tests revealed a fracture that caused him to miss the rest of<br />
the season. Placed on injured reserve Nov. 21.
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