(LEARFIELD/PACKERS) – Third-year defensive lineman Colby Wooden is emerging as a force for the Green Bay Packers.
Wooden is easing the impact of the departure of veteran Kenny Clark in the Micah Parsons trade.
Lombardi Avenue.com reports that Green Bay was able to keep the pressure on Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett in Sunday’s 27-23 win.
The 24-year-old Wooden had his most productive game of the season, getting credit for six tackles, three quarterback pressures, and one tackle for loss.
Things to know: The Green Bay Packers travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers on Sunday Night Football.
- It marks the second Sunday Night Football game for the Packers at Pittsburgh (Week 12 in 2017).
- Packers are 20-17 against the Steelers (including the postseason).
- Green Bay is 7-9 at Pittsburgh and looking for its first win in the city since 1970.
- Seven of the last eight games between the two teams in Pittsburgh have been decided by single
- Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay has scored 27-plus points in five of the last six matchups against Pittsburgh.
- The Packers (.633, 329-190-3) and Steelers (.625, 325-194-3) have the second- and third-best winning percentages in the NFL in the free-agency era (since
1993), trailing only the New England Patriots (.639, 334-189-0). - The Packers are 1-0-1 in prime-time games this season.
- Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, Green Bay is 23-11-1 in prime-time contests, a winning percentage of .671 that ranks No. 5 in the league since 2019 (TruMedia). The Packers’ 23 wins in prime time are No. 2 in the NFL since 2019, trailing only the Kansas City Chiefs (26-9, .743).
- Green Bay has averaged 27.69 points scored per prime-time game since 2019, No. 3 in the NFL.
- Over his last 10 starts in prime time, QB Jordan Love has completed 210 of 319 passes (65.8 pct.) for 2,521 yards and 20 TDs with two INTs for a 108.2 passer rating. Love has posted a 110-plus passer rating in seven of those 10 games, including five of the last six.
- Under LaFleur, the Packers are 11-4-1 in games played on Sunday night. The 11 wins are No. 2 in the NFL since 2019 behind Kansas City (13-5, .722) and the .719 winning percentage is No. 4 among NFL teams with five-plus games over that span.
- Love has started four Sunday night games, posting 11 passing TDs and zero INTs with passer ratings of 118.6, 125.3, 123.8 and 118.1. The Packers are 3-0-1 in those contests. Dating back to 2000, Love is the only NFL QB to post a 115-plus passer rating (min. 15 att.) in four straight Sunday night games.
Dating back to 2023, Love leads the NFL with a passer rating of 121.1 in Sunday night games and is tied for No. 1 in the NFL in passing TDs (11).
Love’s 121.1 passer rating in Sunday night games is the second best since 2000 (min. 100 pass att.) behind Drew Brees (121.7).
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