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Look for another round of State Farm Insurance “discount double check”
Clay Matthews & BJ Raji
commercials to hit the television airwaves soon, possible by this weekend.
Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji told me last night that he and teammate Clay Matthews are a part of the latest round of ads with teammate Aaron Rodgers. Raji said taping for the new spots took place on Tuesday.
The Green Bay Packers have seven of their players represent them on the 2011-12 NFC Pro Bowl team. The Packers learned that wide receiver Greg Jennings, fullback John Kuhn, linebacker Clay Matthews, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, nose tackle B.J. Raji, center Scott Wells and cornerback Charles Woodson were named Pro Bowl selections by the National Football League. Kuhn, Matthews, Rodgers and Woodson were named starters for the NFC.
Kicker Mason Crosby was named first alternate. Other alternates include linebacker Desmond Bishop, returner Randall Cobb, tight end Jermichael Finley, wide receiver Jordy Nelson, guard Josh Sitton and cornerback Tramon Williams.
The seven players are the most the Packers have had voted into the Pro Bowl since 1967.
John Kuhn, B.J. Raji and Scott Wells are all first time Pro Bowl selections.
Dealing with injuries and the pressure that goes along with the pursuit of a perfect season, the Green Bay Packers winning streak finally came to an end. After 19-straight victories and a 13-0 record to start this season, the unlikely villain turned out to be the Kansas City Chiefs. It was the Chiefs that dominated the time of possession and committed zero turnovers in a 19-14 upset victory over the Packers.
AUDIO: Mike McCarthy on his teams loss :24
The Packers struggled offensively. Aaron Rodgers completed less than 50% of his passes (17-35), although he had plenty of help. In the first half, Green Bay receivers dropped six passes, four of them by tight end Jermichael Finley who has had plenty of issues hanging on to the football this season. Jordy Nelson was even hit with a pair of offensive pass interference penalties. Aaron Rodgers was also sacked four times.
Defensively, the Packers struggled to get off the field and despite leading the NFL in interceptions, got nothing from the Chiefs. Kyle Orton, who has lost to the Packers earlier this season as a member of the Denver Broncos, completed 23 of 31 for 299 yards and turned out to be a real difference maker.
AUDIO: Clay Matthews says no take/aways hurt :09
The Chiefs gave their interim head coach Romeo Crennel a win in his first game after Todd Haley was fired earlier in the week.
The Packers may still go on to win the Super Bowl, but they won’t do it as an unbeaten team. They have home games left against the Bears on Christmas night and the Lions on New Years day. They’ll try to correct their mistakes on film and then start getting ready for the Chicago Bears next.
For the first time this season, the Green Bay Packers 45-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings was a dominant performance in all three
Aaron Rodgers visits with fan
facets of the game.
The Packers improved to 9-0 by getting their usual solid contribution from the offense. But this time, the defense and special teams came to play as well and the Packers turned in their most dominating performance of the season.
Aaron Rodgers tossed four more touchdown passes to give him 28 for the season, to go along with just 3 interceptions. Randall Cobb returned a 1st quarter punt 80-yards for a touchdown and added a 55-yard kickoff return to give the Packers good field position on another series. But the biggest part of this win was a defense that entered the game ranked 30th in yards allowed, yet held the NFL’s best running back, Adrian Peterson, to just 51 yards rushing.
The defense had been waiting for this kind of performance and linebacker Clay Matthews (2 sacks) was glad to finally see it happen.
AUDIO: Clay Matthews on the defensive effort :19
A week earlier, Charles Woodson used the media to deliver a message to defensive coordinator Dom Capers. He said Capers needed to find more ways to get their best player, Clay Matthews to the quarterback. Capers went one better. He found ways to get Matthews, Woodson, Tramon Williams, Morgan Burnett, Desmond Bishop and the list goes on, to the quarterback. [Read more...]
The Green Bay Packers improved to 9-0 on the season with a 45-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football at Lambeau Field. The win also extended the Packers franchise record winning streak to 15-games.
Aaron Rodgers continued his MVP pace tossing for 250-yards and 4-scores. Rodgers now has over 2800-yards and 28-touchdowns on the season. Jordy Nelson was Rodger’s favorite target in the game; Nelson caught 5-balls for 63-yards and 2-TDs. Rodgers talks about Nelson…
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