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qualified as the least by a Packers team in 27 years…<br />
Was playing at a similarly high level in 2002 before the<br />
abrupt end to his season in Tampa…Had been thrust<br />
into the starting lineup seven games into his 2000<br />
rookie campaign, immediately shoring up what had<br />
been a trouble spot for Green Bay early in the year…<br />
As a rookie starter, was not intimidated by the hostile<br />
crowds or noisy dome stadiums – situations he<br />
had encountered in the years prior as a standout at<br />
the University of Tennessee – while holding his own<br />
against some of the game’s better pass rushers…A<br />
second-round draft choice of the Packers in 2000,<br />
joined fellow rookie Tauscher in the lineup that year to<br />
give Green Bay its first pair of starting rookie offensive<br />
tackles in 48 years.<br />
2008 season<br />
Started 15 games at left tackle<br />
and helped pave the way for<br />
Grant’s career-high 1,203 rushing yards, which ranks<br />
as the seventh-highest single-season rushing total in<br />
franchise history…Also protected Rodgers on his way<br />
to 4,038 passing yards to give the Packers a 4,000-<br />
yard passer and a 1,200-yard rusher in the same<br />
season for the first time in team history…Played 88.5<br />
percent of the offensive snaps, missing the Week 9<br />
contest at Tennessee due to illness…Vs. Minnesota<br />
(Sept. 8): Limited Allen, who finished tied for fifth in<br />
the <strong>NFL</strong> with 14.5 sacks, to no tackles and no sacks.<br />
Part of a line that helped pave the way for team’s 139<br />
rushing yards on 27 carries and did not allow a sack<br />
of Rodgers…Vs. Atlanta (Oct. 5): Started at LT but<br />
left the game midway through the third quarter with<br />
a hamstring injury and did not return…At Seattle<br />
(Oct. 12): Started after being limited all week with<br />
the hamstring injury, and helped block for Grant’s 90 rushing<br />
yards…Vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 19): Part of line that<br />
blocked for Grant’s 105 rushing yards, his first 100-yard<br />
game of the season, and did not allow a sack of Rodgers.<br />
Limited perennial Pro Bowl DE Dwight Freeney to no sacks<br />
and just two tackles…At Tennessee (Nov. 2): Had<br />
streak of 33 games started snapped when he did not play<br />
due to pre-game illness caused by a reaction to medication…Vs.<br />
Chicago (Nov. 16): Part of line that paved the<br />
way for team’s 200 rushing yards, including season-best<br />
145 from Grant. Line did not allow a sack or pressure of<br />
Rodgers all afternoon. On Grant’s game-long 35-yard run<br />
in the first quarter, sealed DE Alex Brown to open the hole.<br />
Left game after sustaining finger injury on the first play<br />
from scrimmage, but returned for the next series…Vs.<br />
Houston (Dec. 7): Blocked for Grant’s 104 yards on 19<br />
carries. Matched up with DE Mario Williams, who finished<br />
tied for seventh in the league with 12 sacks, for much of the<br />
afternoon and held him to no sacks and just one tackle…<br />
At Jacksonville (Dec. 14): Left game late in the fourth<br />
quarter with injured thumbs and missed the final series…<br />
Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Blocked for team’s 211 rushing<br />
yards, the most in a game on the season. Helped pave the<br />
way for Grant and RB DeShawn Wynn to each post 100<br />
yards rushing, only the second time since 1985 that the<br />
Packers had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same game.<br />
2007<br />
Started all 16 games and both playoff contests<br />
and was named to his first Pro Bowl, filling in<br />
for Seattle’s Jones (shoulder injury)…Played 93.3 percent<br />
of the offensive snaps, the fifth straight year he’s played at<br />
least 93 percent…Was ranked as the Packers’ top offensive<br />
player by Pro Football Weekly and The Sporting News in<br />
their respective preseason previews, and went on to lead an<br />
offensive line that allowed just 19 sacks on the season…At<br />
New York Giants (Sept. 16): Held Umenyiora without<br />
a sack; suffered an ankle injury in the fourth quarter and<br />
missed a series while his ankle was re-taped…Vs. San<br />
Diego (Sept. 23): Held Pro Bowler Merriman without a<br />
sack…At Denver (Oct. 29): Was part of an offense that<br />
101<br />
posted 430 yards in the team’s 19-13 overtime win. Grant<br />
rushed for 104 yards, giving Green Bay its first 100-yard<br />
rusher of the season…At Kansas City (Nov. 4): Held<br />
’07 sack leader Allen to ½ sack…Vs. Minnesota (Nov.<br />
11): Helped Green Bay amass a season-high 488 yards,<br />
and held the Vikings without a sack; Grant collected 119<br />
yards rushing…Vs. Oakland (Dec. 9): Suffered a shin<br />
injury, but returned to the game. In the fourth quarter, suffered<br />
a shoulder injury and did not return…Vs. Seattle<br />
(Jan. 12): Was part of an offensive line that assisted Grant<br />
to 201 yards and three touchdowns in Divisional playoff<br />
game, both Packers playoff records…Vs. New York Giants<br />
(Jan. 20): Held Umenyiora without a sack in the NFC<br />
Championship Game.<br />
2006<br />
VETERANS<br />
Started 15 games at left tackle and played in 93.1<br />
percent of the team’s offensive snaps…Continued<br />
to work back to his Pro Bowl-caliber form after surgeries<br />
on his ankle in January and on his knee in May…Along<br />
with Tauscher, was one of two returning full-time starters<br />
on Green Bay’s offensive line…Played every snap on an offensive<br />
line that didn’t allow a sack from the fourth quarter<br />
vs. New Orleans (Sept. 17) to the second quarter vs. St.<br />
Louis (Oct. 8); the streak covered 108 passing plays and included<br />
a shutout at Philadelphia (Oct. 2) against the Eagles’<br />
attacking defense…At Miami (Oct. 22): Was listed as inactive<br />
just before the 90-minute deadline, ending his streak<br />
of 53 straight starts, which had been tied with Tauscher and<br />
Al Harris for the second-longest active streak on the team<br />
behind Brett Favre; had battled flu-like symptoms the night<br />
before and the morning of the game, the first contest he<br />
missed since Warren Sapp ended his 2002 season…Vs.<br />
Arizona (Oct. 29): Helped the offense amass 203 yards<br />
on the ground (383 total) including 100-yard performances<br />
from both Green (106) and Vernand Morency (101), which<br />
was the first time the Packers had a pair of 100-yard rushers<br />
in the same game since Dec. 1, 1985, vs. Tampa Bay<br />
(Eddie Lee Ivery, Gerry Ellis)…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 17):<br />
Left the game near halftime with a shoulder stinger, but returned<br />
to play the entire second half…At Chicago (Dec.<br />
31): Played his 100th career game.<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES CLIFTON FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
MISC.
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