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The Green Bay Packers takes a visit to Texas to handle the Houston Texans this Р’ Р’ sunday

• It marks the 5th matchup between the Packers and Texans, with Green Bay keeping a 3-1 lead, including a 2-0 mark in Houston.
• It’s the Packers’ first stop by at Houston since a 42-24 victory in 2012 in Week 6.
• While Green Bay has just played during the Texans twice, it’s played into the state of Texas six times since 2010, such as the postseason, and won all of those games, beating the Dallas Cowboys four times in addition to Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas. The packers have scored over 30Р’ points (31, 42, 37, 34, 35, 34) in each of those six contests.
• Sunday marks the 2nd game of this only collection of back-to-back road games for Green Bay in 2020, the fewest for the group since 2013 (zero). This comes following the Packers had three sets of back-to-back road competitions in both 2018 and 2019.
• This is the 3rd time this period Green Bay will play a casino game that commences at 12 p.m. CT, plus the very very very first since Week 2. The Packers won both of the prior games that kicked off at 12 p.m. CT, scoring 43 points at Minnesota and 42 points versus Detroit.
• The Packers have started 4-1 when it comes to 2nd season that is consecutive when it comes to 3rd amount of time in the past four years (2017).Р’
• Dating back once again to 2017, Green Bay joins the Kansas City Chiefs (four times) because the only groups in the NFL to win at the very least four of their very very first five games in at the least three associated with final four periods (Stathead.com).
• The Packers have won nine of the final 10 games that are regular-season.
• The Packers are coming down their loss that is first of period. The next week.Р’ in the first season under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, Green Bay lost three regular-season games and each time responded with a win
• Green Bay will come back to Lambeau Field for the 8 matchup with the Vikings on Nov. 1 week. It shall function as Packers’ 3rd house game of this season and first since Oct. 5 against Atlanta. Including playoffs, Green Bay comes with a 8-3-2 mark (.692) resistant to the Vikings at Lambeau Field since 2008.

BECAUSE OF THE CALL

FOX will broadcast the overall game to a nationwide market. Play-by-play guy Kenny Albert joins analyst Jonathan Vilma with Shannon Spake reporting through the sidelines.Р’

• Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio system that is comprised of 50 channels in four states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers professional Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) and three-time Packers professional Bowler and two-time All-Pro John Kuhn (sideline) will phone the action. McCarren first joined up with the group’s broadcasts in 1995 and goes into their season that is 25th calling games. After initially being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 22nd period of broadcasts together. They exceeded Jim Irwin and Max McGee when it comes to many regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 during the 2018 period opener against Chicago.
• The broadcast can be available on Sirius Satellite broadcast (WTMJ feed), WTMJ.com via pc as well as on many products through NFL Game Pass.
• DIRECTV members can observe the overall game on Channel 709.

THE DOPE WITH THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT:

Packers at Texans:

• Regular period, all-time: 3-1
• All-time, Postseason: 0-0
• All-time, at Houston: 2-0 (2-0 at NRG Stadium)
• Streaks: Green Bay has won two games that are consecutive Houston dating back to into the 2012 season
• Final conference, regular period: Dec. 4, 2016, Lambeau Field, Packers won, 21-13

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 17-4-0, .810; (1-1 postseason); 2nd NFL period
• Romeo Crennel: 29-56-0, .341 (0-0 postseason); 7th NFL period
• Visit Head: 0-0
• vs. single muslim Opponent: LaFleur 0-0 vs. Texans; Crennel 1-0 vs. Packers postseason that is(1-0

MATT LaFLEUR… In the 2nd period whilst the Packers’ fifteenth mind mentor.

• In their 12th period within the NFL, having formerly offered being a unpleasant coordinator for two periods (l . a . Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quarterbacks advisor for six periods (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16), plus a unpleasant associate for just two periods (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
• In the very very very first period leading the Packers in 2019, considering that the coach that is first club history to guide the group into the playoffs in the first period. Additionally led the greatest one-year improvement that is win group history (plus-seven victories).
• Became just the 5th advisor in NFL history to win 13-plus regular-season games inside the very very very very first period being a mind mentor (Jim Caldwell, George Seifert, Jim Harbaugh, Steve Mariucci).
• Directed the Titans’ offense in 2018 to a # 7 league position in rushing (126.4 ypg) as Tennessee registered 11 games with 100-plus rushing yards, tied up for number 2 into the NFL.
• Assisted the inside scoring with on average 29.9 points per game in 2017, significantly more than doubling their average (14.0 ppg).
• Tutored QB Matt Ryan, who led the league in passer score (117.1) on their option to being known as NFL most effective Player by The Associated Press, and QB Robert Griffin III, who became the QB that is first Washington franchise history to win AP Offensive Rookie of the season in 2012.

ROMEO CRENNEL…Named Texans’ interim mind advisor in 5 of the 2020 NFL season week.