The Associated Press
GREEN BAY (5-2) at NEW ORLEANS (2-4)
Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC
OPENING LINE — Saints by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Green Bay 3-3-1, New Orleans 2-4
SERIES RECORD — Packers lead 16-7
LAST MEETING — Packers beat Saints 28-27, Sept. 30, 2012
LAST WEEK — Packers beat Panthers 38-17; Saints lost to Lions 24-23
AP PRO32 RANKING — Packers No. 6, Saints No. 21
PACKERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (22), PASS (20).
PACKERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (19), RUSH (31), PASS (6).
SAINTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (13), PASS (2).
SAINTS DEFENSE — OVERALL (21), RUSH (11), PASS (28).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers has 18 TDs vs. one INT this season, the only QB in NFL history to do so in his team’s first seven games. … During Packers four-game winning streak, Rodgers has had at least three TDs passing and no INTs in each game. … RB Eddie Lacy has four TDs rushing in his last four games. … Randall Cobb leads NFL WRs with eight TD catches and has a TD catch in four straight games. … WR Jordy Nelson has five TD catches this season, including a TD reception in four straight. Nelson has caught a TD pass in each of his last two games vs. New Orleans. … Packers LB Clay Mathews has two forced fumbles … Green Bay LB Julius Peppers has two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. … Packers’ turnover margin is plus-10, while Saints’ margin is minus-8. … Saints have won 19 straight at home, including playoffs, under head coach Sean Payton, who was suspended for all of 2012 season. … Saints have won 13 straight night games in Superdome and 16 of 17 going back to 51-29 victory over Green Bay in 2008. … Saints have won their last 10 in Superdome, where they haven’t lost since 2012 regular season. … Saints QB Drew Brees has passed for at least 300 yards and two TDs in all five meetings with Green Bay. … Brees has passed for 11 TDs vs. seven INTs this season. … WR Kenny Stills had five catches for 103 yards and a 46-yard TD last week. . Rookie WR Brandin Cooks has 34 receptions, tied for team high with TE Jimmy Graham. … LB Junior Galette has 12 sacks in past 10 games at home and leads Saints with four sacks this season. He is only Saints player with more than one sack. … Saints’ defense has produced only four takeaways this season: three INTs and one fumble recovery.
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