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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
CLIFTON<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
2005<br />
Though nagged by an ankle injury for the final<br />
three-fourths of the season, started all 16 games<br />
at left tackle for the third straight year, playing 94.2 percent<br />
of the Packers’ offensive snaps – second among offensive<br />
linemen and third among all players on offense…Was voted<br />
as an NFC Pro Bowl alternate a second straight year…<br />
At Carolina (Oct. 3): Sustained left ankle injury early in<br />
Monday night contest, forcing him to sit out quarters 2-4…<br />
Vs. New Orleans (Oct. 9): Though he missed most of<br />
practice in the week leading up to game, still started in 52-3<br />
victory and shut out Saints DE Will Smith, who would go on<br />
to tie for eighth in the NFC in sacks…At Minnesota (Oct.<br />
23): Helped to extend the offensive line’s streak to 111<br />
consecutive passing plays without a sack in border battle…<br />
Vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 6): Blanked Pittsburgh sack specialist<br />
Joey Porter (10.5 sacks in ’05) in hard-fought loss to<br />
eventual Super Bowl champs…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 11):<br />
Threw several key blocks for rookie running back Samkon<br />
Gado as he rushed for a team rookie record 171 yards…<br />
Underwent offseason surgery (Jan. 16, 2006) to alleviate<br />
ankle problem.<br />
2004<br />
On the heels of signing a lucrative contract extension<br />
during the offseason, enjoyed perhaps his<br />
finest year as a professional, matter-of-factly shutting down<br />
several of the league’s top pass rushers as Green Bay allowed<br />
an all-time franchise-low 14 sacks…Was a Pro Bowl<br />
alternate…Started all 16 games for the second consecutive<br />
season and played 100 percent of the team’s offensive<br />
snaps during the regular season a second consecutive year,<br />
a feat matched only by linemate Wahle in ’04…Was a catalyst<br />
in the Packers not allowing half of their regular-season<br />
opponents (an all-time high eight of 16) to record a sack…<br />
Following the season, was named to the ‘All-Joe’ team of<br />
USA Today as a player who is “overlooked and underappreciated”<br />
as well as to Fox Sports analyst Daryl Johnston’s<br />
‘All-Lunch Pail Crew’ for his blue-collar approach to football…At<br />
Carolina (Sept. 13): Kept Pro Bowl DE Julius<br />
Peppers from recording a sack in season-opening victory<br />
over the Panthers…Vs. Chicago (Sept. 19): Made his<br />
50th <strong>NFL</strong> start (along with Tauscher)…At Indianapolis<br />
(Sept. 26): Turned in his top personal performance of the<br />
season in noisy, hostile RCA Dome, neutralizing the Colts’<br />
cat-quick Freeney, who would go on to lead the <strong>NFL</strong> with 16<br />
sacks; Indy’s Pro Bowl DE could post only one solo tackle<br />
in spite of the fact that he was playing on the fast track of<br />
his home stadium and the Packers were in catch-up mode<br />
for much of the contest…Vs. Minnesota (Jan. 9): Exited<br />
Wild Card playoff game in the third quarter after spraining<br />
his left ankle; subsequently underwent arthroscopic<br />
surgery on that ankle Feb. 14, 2005.<br />
2003<br />
Returned successfully from the pelvic injury that<br />
had ended his 2002 season to start all 16 games<br />
for the first time as a professional…Was the only Green<br />
Bay lineman to play every offensive snap during the regular<br />
season…Also started both playoff contests…As a general<br />
rule, practiced only once a day early in training camp as<br />
he returned gradually from the pelvic injury that had cut<br />
short his 2002 season, and he did not see game action until<br />
the third preseason contest (Aug. 15 at Cleveland)…His<br />
<strong>com</strong>eback efforts had been hindered by a pair of unrelated<br />
offseason operations…Underwent arthroscopic surgery<br />
on his right knee Jan. 31, 2003, to address cartilage damage<br />
tied into an MCL sprain from the ’02 season, then later<br />
had his right elbow scoped April 14, 2003, to remove multiple<br />
loose bodies…Was personally responsible for only<br />
two pressures and one-half sack, according to Green Bay<br />
coaches…Manned critical left tackle spot on an offensive<br />
line that permitted but 19 sacks – at the time a franchise<br />
low for a 16-game season and tied (with Indianapolis) for<br />
the second fewest in the <strong>NFL</strong>…Included in that low sack<br />
number was a (then) team-record six games without a sack<br />
allowed (since statistic became official in 1963), including<br />
three straight contests (Sept. 14-21-29) with zero sacks for<br />
the first time in franchise history…Also helped the Packers<br />
to single-season franchise records for yards rushing<br />
(2,558) and yards per carry (5.05), including 1,883 yards<br />
by Green to break Jim Taylor’s 41-year-old team rushing<br />
mark; Green Bay’s 2,558 rushing yards ranked third in the<br />
<strong>NFL</strong>, behind only Baltimore (2,669) and Denver (2,629)…<br />
Played a part in November stretch in which the Packers<br />
rushed for 190-or-more yards in four straight games…At<br />
St. Louis (Oct. 19): Blanked Rams’ Pro Bowl DE Leonard<br />
Little (third in the NFC with 12½ sacks)…At Tampa<br />
Bay (Nov. 16): Played a pivotal role when Green Bay<br />
snapped the Buccaneers’ <strong>NFL</strong>-record streak of 69 consecutive<br />
games with at least one sack in 20-13 triumph, shutting<br />
out Simeon Rice, the Bucs’ Pro Bowl DE who ultimately<br />
would finish second in the NFC with 15 sacks.<br />
2002<br />
Turned in several notable performances before<br />
his season was ended by a pelvic injury after 11<br />
games…Played in 10 of Green Bay’s first 11 games, making<br />
nine starts at left tackle, and was inactive twice…Vs.<br />
Carolina (Sept. 29): Shut out Mike Rucker – the league’s<br />
leading sacker entering the contest and the eventual NFC<br />
‘Defensive Player of the Month’ – in victory over Panthers…At<br />
New England (Oct. 13): Was playing well<br />
before he sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right<br />
knee, which made him inactive vs. Washington (Oct. 20)…<br />
At Miami (Nov. 4): Did not start as he continued to battle<br />
knee injury, but played the final two-and-a-half quarters as<br />
he neutralized defensive end Jason Taylor, who had been<br />
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