PACKERS AT BENGALS - PRESEASON WEEK 3LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACESGeneral Manager Ted Thompson continued his philosophy of buildingthrough the draft in the 2012 offseason, but also added some veteran<strong>play</strong>ers in free agency.Green Bay welcomes the return of 19 of 22 <strong>play</strong>ers that started againstthe N.Y. Giants in the NFC Divisional <strong>play</strong>off.Seven Packers earned Pro Bowl recognition in 2011, the largest contingentGreen Bay had voted into the all-star game since 1967. Six of those<strong>play</strong>ers return in 2012, with C Scott Wells departing to St. Louis in freeagency.The Packers filled the void left by Wells through unrestricted free agencywhen they signed veteran C Jeff Saturday, a five-time Pro Bowler withthe Indianapolis Colts.Green Bay also added to its defensive line with the signings of DEAnthony Hargrove (Seattle) and free agents Phillip Merling andDaniel Muir.The continuity extends to the coaching staff, where almost the entiregroup returns for 2012 with a few changes in duties.Tom Clements, who tutored the quarterbacks for the past six seasons,moves into the role of offensive coordinator in 2012 after JoePhilbin left to become the head coach of the Miami Dolphins.Ben McAdoo, who coached the team’s tight ends from 2006-11, willnow direct the quarterbacks, while Jerry Fontenot, who tutored therunning backs in 2011, will take over as tight ends coach. Alex VanPelt, a six-year NFL assistant, enters his first season with the club asrunning backs coach.Two other coaches will have different duties, with Joel Hilgenbergserving as assistant offensive line coach and John Rushing as offensiveassistant/special teams.MEET THE DRAFT PICKSTraining-camp storylines always hover around new <strong>play</strong>ers and just howthey figure into the depth chart. This past April, the Packers added to analready deep and talented roster with an eight-man draft class.LB Nick Perry, the first Southern California defensive <strong>play</strong>er to beselected in the first round of the NFL Draft since the Packers picked ClayMatthews in 2009, earned first-team All-Pacific-12 recognition as a juniorin 2011. His career-high 9½ sacks led the conference and he was one ofsix finalists for the Hendricks Award, which is given to the nation’s topdefensive end.The Packers moved up in the second round to select DE Jerel Worthyout of Michigan State, the first of three times that GM Ted Thompsontraded up in the 2012 NFL Draft. Worthy was a consensus first-teamAll-American as a junior in 2011, the first Spartan defensive tackle toearn first-team honors since Ronald Curl in 1971. Worthy was also theschool’s first All-Big Ten first-team selection since 1989.Green Bay traded up into the second round to draft a second <strong>play</strong>er, CBCasey Hayward from Vanderbilt. Hayward twice earned second-teamAll-Southeastern Conference honors for the Commodores and tied forNo. 3 in the country with a career-high seven INTs as a senior in 2011.He posted 15 INTs at Vanderbilt, tying him for the most in school historywith Leonard Coleman (1980-83).In the fourth round, the Packers drafted DT Mike Daniels from Iowa.He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches followinghis senior campaign in 2011 when he posted a career-high 67 tacklesand nine sacks. Daniels posted a team-high 24½ tackles for loss and 13sacks over his final two seasons.Green Bay selected S Jerron McMillian out of Maine with its secondselection in the fourth round. He was a first-team All-Colonial AthleticConference selection in 2011 and earned second-team All-Americanhonors from Phil Steele. McMillian finished second on the team in bothtackles (92) and tackles for loss (11½) as a senior.Thompson traded up for the third and final time on draft weekend toselect LB Terrell Manning from North Carolina State in the fifthround, the last of six consecutive defenders chosen by the Packersto open the draft. Manning earned second-team All-Atlantic CoastConference honors as a junior in 2011, recording a career-high 83 tacklesdespite missing two games with a knee injury.With the first of two choices in the seventh round, Green Bay selectedT Andrew Datko from Florida State. He was a four-year starter at LTfor the Seminoles but saw his senior campaign cut short after just fourgames due to a shoulder injury. Datko was named to the preseasonwatch list in 2011 for the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award. Heallowed just one sack and was penalized only three times in 11 starts asa junior in 2010.The Packers drafted QB B.J. Coleman out of Tennesee-Chattanoogain the seventh round with their eighth and final selection. He finishedhis career at UTC ranked either first or second in every major statisticalpassing category despite <strong>play</strong>ing only three seasons there after transferringfrom Tennessee. Coleman started 29 games in his three seasons atChattanooga and threw for 6,871 yards and 52 TDs.BREAKING DOWN THE ROSTERThe Packers’ current 90-man roster is composed of 47 offensive <strong>play</strong>ers,40 defensive <strong>play</strong>ers and three specialists.Of the 90 <strong>play</strong>ers on Green Bay’s roster, 38 of them (42.2 percent) weredrafted by the Packers.With 31 non-drafted free agents on the roster having started their NFLcareer with Green Bay, 69 of the 90 <strong>play</strong>ers (76.7 percent) began theirpro careers with the Packers.Nearly two-thirds of the <strong>play</strong>ers (59 of 90, 65.6 percent) on Green Bay’sroster entered the league as a sixth-round or seventh-round pick or asan undrafted <strong>play</strong>er. Close to half the <strong>play</strong>ers (44, 48.9 percent) on theroster were not drafted.Of the 90 <strong>play</strong>ers on the roster, 81 of them (90.0 percent) are 28 yearsold or younger.GREEN BAY’S ROSTER...BY AGE (as of Aug. 23)21-24 50 <strong>play</strong>ers25-28 31 <strong>play</strong>ers29-32 6 <strong>play</strong>ers33-plus3 <strong>play</strong>ersBY EXPERIENCER-1 34 <strong>play</strong>ers2-3 28 <strong>play</strong>ers4-5 12 <strong>play</strong>ers6-9 11 <strong>play</strong>ers10-plus5 <strong>play</strong>ersBY DRAFT ROUND1st2nd/3rd4th/5th6th/7thUndrafted10 <strong>play</strong>ers12 <strong>play</strong>ers9 <strong>play</strong>ers15 <strong>play</strong>ers44 <strong>play</strong>ers4
PACKERS AT BENGALS - PRESEASON WEEK 3PUT IT ON THE BOARDWith 560 points in 2011, the Packers easily eclipsed the franchise recordfor the most points scored in a season, besting the previous mark bynearly 100 points:SeasonTotal Points1. 2011 5602. 2009 4613. 1996 456Green Bay’s scoring total was good for No. 2 in NFL history behind onlythe 2007 New England Patriots:TeamTotal Points1. New England, 2007 5892. Green Bay, 2011 5603. Minnesota, 1998 556Green Bay’s average of 35.0 points per game ranked No. 1 in franchiseannals and was good for No. 5 in NFL history:SeasonPoints Per Game1. 2011 35.02. 1962 29.63. 2009 28.8TeamPoints Per Game1. L.A. Rams, 1950 38.82. New England, 2007 36.83. Houston, 1961 36.64. Chicago, 1941 36.05. Green Bay, 2011 35.0With the average of 35.0 points per game, the Packers led the league inscoring for the first time since 1996 (28.5 points per game):TeamPoints Per Game1. Green Bay 35.02. New Orleans 34.23. New England 32.1Green Bay set a single-season franchise record with 70 TDs in 2011, withtwo of the top three totals coming over the past three seasons:SeasonTouchdowns1. 2011 702. 1996 563. 2009 54The Packers’ TD total in 2011 was tied for No. 2 in NFL history:TeamTouchdowns1. New England, 2007 752t. Green Bay, 2011 702t. Miami, 1984 70The Packers ranked No. 2 in the NFL in 2011 with an average of 40.1points per game at home, an average that also ranked No. 2 since the1970 AFL-NFL merger:TeamPoints Per Game/Home1. New Orleans, 2011 41.12. Green Bay, 2011 40.13. San Diego, 1982 39.5Last season’s home scoring average ranked No. 1 in franchise history:SeasonPoints Per Game/Home1. 2011 40.12. 1942 38.03. 1945 34.6The Packers outscored their opponents 560-359 last season, a 201-point differential that ranked No. 2 in the NFL behind only NewOrleans (plus-208, 547-339).It marked the third straight season that the Packers outscored theiropponents by at least 145 points on the season. The last NFL team toaccomplish that feat was the San Francisco 49ers from 1991-95.The Packers scored at least 24 points in each of the first 13 games in2011, a streak that topped an eight-game one (Sept. 22-Nov. 10, 1963)for the longest single-season streak in franchise annals.Green Bay scored at least 24 points in every game but one last season(14 points at Kansas City in Week 15). That is tied for the second mostin a season in NFL history:Team24-Point Games1. Minnesota, 1998 162t. Green Bay, 2011 152t. Washington, 1983 152t. Miami, 1984 152t. New England, 2007 15With 45 points in the 2011 season finale vs. Detroit, Green Bay moved tothe top of the NFL record book for the most 42-point games in a seasonsince the merger:Team42-Point Games1. Green Bay, 2011 62. Dallas, 1971 53. Several teams 4The Packers scored 28-plus points in the first half in Week 14 vs.Oakland for a franchise-record fourth time in 2011. The other 31teams in the NFL combined for 12 first halves with 28-plus points.A look at Green Bay’s regular-season record since 2006 by point total:Points Scored GB Record Since 200630-plus 39-2 (.951)21-29 16-13 (.552)11-20 5-11 (.313)10 or less 3-7 (.300)55
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