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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
DRIVER<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
be<strong>com</strong>ing the seventh player in team history with 5,000<br />
career receiving yards and the 11th Packer with 30 touchdown<br />
receptions; caught a 34-yard TD in the third quarter,<br />
diving between two defenders to put Green Bay up 20-10<br />
(reversed after a Packers replay challenge, the play originally<br />
was ruled in<strong>com</strong>plete). Later in 34-24 triumph over<br />
Dolphins, on a back-breaking fourth-quarter TD drive, ran<br />
an end-around for 6 yards to convert a fourth-and-1…At<br />
Minnesota (Nov. 12): Established a career high with 191<br />
yards on six receptions; caught three passes for 69 yards on<br />
a game-opening FG drive, then just before halftime caught<br />
a short pass over the middle and blazed by a group of defenders<br />
for an 82-yard score — the Packers’ longest 2006<br />
play — giving Green Bay a lead it would not relinquish. In<br />
the third quarter, took a lateral from Jennings and ran for<br />
30 yards, setting up another field goal. His 191-yard performance<br />
was the best single-game<br />
total by an NFC receiver in 2006…<br />
At San Francisco (Dec. 10):<br />
Went over 1,000 yards receiving<br />
on the season and recorded his<br />
400th career catch and 16th career<br />
100-yard game; caught a gamehigh<br />
nine passes for 160 yards<br />
and one touchdown, making a<br />
long catch down the right sideline,<br />
breaking an ankle tackle and running<br />
past a group of defenders for<br />
a 68-yard score to give Green Bay<br />
a 24-13 advantage…Pro Bowl<br />
(Feb. 10): Had three catches for<br />
38 yards; also finished fifth in the<br />
Best Hands <strong>com</strong>petition in the Pro<br />
Bowl Skills Challenge, won by Cincinnati’s<br />
Chad Johnson.<br />
2005<br />
Started all 16 games at<br />
wide receiver and led<br />
the Packers with 86 receptions<br />
and 1,221 yards — then career<br />
bests — with five TDs…Also carried<br />
twice for 13 yards…Was selected as team MVP…Surpassed<br />
No. 7 Paul Coffman (322) on the team’s career receptions<br />
list, finishing the year with 329 catches…Became<br />
just the fourth Packers player with an 85-reception season<br />
(joining Sharpe, Brooks and Walker)…Posted a career-best<br />
five 100-yard receiving games and finished the season with<br />
consecutive 100-yard efforts…Had the Packers’ three longest<br />
catches of the season, a 59-yard reception vs. Seattle<br />
(Jan. 1), a 56-yard catch vs. Chicago (Dec. 25) and a 53-<br />
yard scoring reception vs. Minnesota (Nov. 21)…Earned<br />
the ‘Ed Block Courage Award,’ given to one player on every<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> roster who displays <strong>com</strong>mitment to the principles of<br />
courage and sportsmanship, as voted by his teammates…<br />
At Minnesota (Oct. 23): Caught a game-high eight<br />
passes for 114 yards and one touchdown, a spectacular,<br />
22-yard, one-handed grab, making the catch despite being<br />
held by CB Antoine Winfield (penalty declined) for the<br />
game’s first points in tough, 23-20 loss…At Atlanta<br />
(Nov. 13): Caught season-high 10 passes for 114 yards…<br />
Vs. Minnesota (Nov. 21): Caught five passes for 84<br />
yards and two scores, the third multi-TD game of his pro<br />
career; second TD was 53-yarder on a post pattern in final<br />
minute of first half…Vs. Chicago (Dec. 25): Brought in<br />
six catches for 107 yards, going over 1,000 yards for the<br />
season by converting a third-and-3 early in the game…Vs.<br />
Seattle (Jan. 1): Led the team with six receptions for a<br />
season-high 118 yards; his first five catches all converted<br />
third downs, while his sixth was a 59-yard grab in the third<br />
quarter to the Seattle 5, Green Bay’s longest passing play<br />
of the season.<br />
2004<br />
Played in all 16 games, with 11 starts; did not<br />
start in five contests when club opened in other<br />
than base personnel…Had 84 catches for 1,208 yards and<br />
118<br />
matched career high with nine TDs (2002)…Teamed with<br />
Walker to register the Packers’ best season by a receiving<br />
duo in both <strong>com</strong>bined receptions (173) and <strong>com</strong>bined<br />
receiving yards (2,590), respectively surpassing the 172<br />
catches of Sharpe and Edgar Bennett in 1994, and the<br />
2,253 receiving yards of Freeman and Brooks in 1997…<br />
Among <strong>NFL</strong> receiving pairs in 2004, the two ranked second,<br />
behind only the Rams’ Holt and Bruce (2,664)…In the<br />
process of racking up huge numbers, the duo became the<br />
club’s first set of 1,000-yard receivers since 1999 (Freeman,<br />
Bill Schroeder) and just the third overall (Freeman,<br />
Brooks in ’97)…At Indianapolis (Sept. 26): Scored his<br />
first TD of the season by catching a deep out and gracefully<br />
tight-roping along the sideline to cut deficit to 38-31…At<br />
Detroit (Oct. 17): Caught a game-high nine passes for<br />
110 yards in 38-10 victory, including a pair of touchdowns,<br />
his second two-TD game as a pro<br />
(Sept. 29, 2002, vs. Carolina); the<br />
second TD came on 20-yard pass<br />
from halfback Ahman Green…<br />
At Washington (Oct. 31):<br />
Pulled in career catch No. 200…<br />
At Houston (Nov. 21): Had<br />
a spectacular home<strong>com</strong>ing in<br />
his native Houston, making 10<br />
catches for 148 yards and one<br />
touchdown, including a seasonlong<br />
50-yard bomb, a 24-yard TD<br />
catch off his fingertips to bring the<br />
Packers within three points, a 15-<br />
yard catch on third-and-16 to set<br />
up game-tying kick, and a 12-yard<br />
catch to the Houston 28-yard line<br />
just prior to the game-winning 46-<br />
yard FG…At Minnesota (Dec.<br />
24): In division-clinching triumph,<br />
had a clutch performance with<br />
11 catches (matching his career<br />
high) for a (then) career-best 162<br />
yards and a touchdown. In the<br />
fourth quarter, capped a drive by<br />
converting a fourth-and-3 with a tough touchdown reception,<br />
knotting the game at 31…Vs. Minnesota (Jan. 9):<br />
Started in NFC Wild Card game and registered game highs<br />
in receptions (seven) and receiving yards (78).<br />
2003<br />
Served as Green Bay’s starting flanker for the<br />
second straight season, occasionally shifting to<br />
split end as dictated by injuries…Started 15 regular-season<br />
games (13 at flanker, two at split end)…Also saw action<br />
in both playoff games; he did not start Wild Card contest<br />
vs. Seattle (Jan. 4) when Green Bay opened with two tight<br />
ends…Led the team in receptions for the second consecutive<br />
season, with 52 catches for 621 yards and two touchdowns…Also<br />
tied for the team lead in postseason receptions<br />
with eight for 91 yards…Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 7):<br />
Suffered a sprained neck midway through the fourth quarter<br />
of the season opener when he landed on his head after going<br />
high to attempt a catch, but missed only one game…<br />
At Minnesota (Nov. 2): Had a career-long 45-yard run<br />
to set up an early field goal…At San Diego (Dec. 14):<br />
Enjoyed his top performance of the season as he pulled in<br />
eight passes for 112 yards – the Packers’ first 100-yard receiving<br />
effort of the season – and a 7-yard TD just before<br />
halftime to give Green Bay a 17-3 advantage…At Oakland<br />
(Dec. 22): Keyed the Packers’ final touchdown with a season-long<br />
41-yard reception; he caught the ball between two<br />
defenders, over his shoulder, falling backward toward the<br />
sideline…Vs. Seattle (Jan. 4): Posted his best effort of<br />
the playoffs in Wild Card win, pulling in six passes for 66<br />
yards, including a leaping, 23-yard catch between two defenders<br />
to set up a field goal just before halftime.<br />
2002<br />
Developed into one of the league’s most explosive<br />
playmakers in his fourth <strong>NFL</strong> season…Won
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