GREEN BAY (8-5) At NEW ENGLAND (11-2)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE – No line
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Green Bay 7-6; New England 9-4
SERIES RECORD – Packers lead 5-4
LAST MEETING – Patriots beat Packers 35-0, Nov. 19, 2006
LAST WEEK – Packers lost to Lions 7-3; Patriots beat Bears 36-7
PACKERS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (24), PASS (8)
PACKERS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (19), PASS (3)
PATRIOTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (15), PASS (9)
PATRIOT DEFENSE – OVERALL (27), RUSH (14), PASS (31)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Patriots have scored NFL high 31.9 points per game, while Packers have allowed league-low of 14.5. … Last time they met, Patriots outgained Packers 357-120 and Tom Brady threw four TD passes to four different receivers at Lambeau Field. … Brady, last year’s NFL comeback player of year, and Packers CB Charles Woodson, last year’s NFL defensive player of year, were teammates at Michigan. … Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy plans to decide Saturday whether QB Aaron Rodgers, who suffered second concussion of season last Sunday, will play. Matt Flynn, seventh-round draft pick in 2008 from LSU, is backup. … LB Clay Matthews leads NFC and is second in NFL with 12 1/2 sacks. … WR Greg Jennings has averaged 111.3 yards receiving in last four games with five TDs during span. … With two losses in last three games, Packers playoff chances took hit going into tough season-ending stretch against New England, Giants and Chicago. … DE Cullen Jenkins set to miss second straight game with knee injury. OLB Frank Zombo, undrafted rookie free agent who became starter after season-ending injury to Brad Jones, expected to sit out with knee sprain. … Patriots became first team to clinch playoff berth with last Sunday’s win. New England reached postseason for 12th time in 17 years and would lock up first-round bye with win and Jets loss to the Steelers. … Brady, NFL’s top-rated QB, leads league with 29 TD passes and hasn’t thrown interception in last eight games. Streak of six games with at least two scoring passes and no INTs is tied with Don Meredith for longest in NFL history. … Rookie CB Devin McCourty tied for first in AFC and is second in NFL with six INTs. … Patriots have outscored last two opponents 81-10. … Since 2002, Patriots are 17-1 at home in December, best in league. … New England leads NFL with a plus 18-turnover differential and hasn’t committed a turnover in its last five games.
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