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2016 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Mike McCarthy
General manager	Ted Thompson
Owner	Green Bay Packers, Inc. (360,760 stockholders)[1]
Home field	Lambeau Field
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st NFC North
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 38–13 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) 34–31 Lost NFC Championship (at Falcons) 21–44
Pro Bowlers	4 FS Ha Ha Clinton-Dix G T. J. Lang QB Aaron Rodgers LT David Bakhtiari
AP All-Pros	2 LT David Bakhtiari (2nd team) S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (2nd team)
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The 2016 Green Bay Packers season was their 98th season overall, 96th season in the National Football League, and the 11th under head coach Mike McCarthy. Despite a 4-6 start to the season, the Packers went on a 6-game winning streak to finish the regular season with a 10–6 record. The team clinched the NFC North for the fifth time in six years with their week 17 win over the Detroit Lions. They routed the fifth-seeded New York Giants 38–13 in the wild card round of the playoffs and upset the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys 34–31 in the divisional round of the playoffs, but their season came to an end when they were beat by the second-seeded Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game 44–21.

Offseason

Free agents

Position	Player	Free agency tag	Date signed	Team
S	Chris Banjo	ERFA	March 8, 2016[2]	Green Bay Packers
T	Don Barclay	UFA	April 18, 2016[3]	Green Bay Packers
K	Mason Crosby	UFA	March 1, 2016[4]	Green Bay Packers
DE	Mike Daniels	UFA	December 14, 2015[5]	Green Bay Packers
LS	Brett Goode	UFA	September 5, 2016[6]	Green Bay Packers
DE	Letroy Guion	UFA	February 12, 2016[7]	Green Bay Packers
CB	Casey Hayward	UFA	March 13, 2016[8]	San Diego Chargers
WR	James Jones	UFA	August 2, 2016[9]	San Diego Chargers
FB	John Kuhn	UFA	August 5, 2016[10]	New Orleans Saints
OLB	Andy Mulumba	RFA	April 1, 2016[11]	Kansas City Chiefs
OLB	Mike Neal	UFA
TE	Justin Perillo	ERFA	March 9, 2016[12]	Green Bay Packers
OLB	Nick Perry	UFA	March 11, 2016[13]	Green Bay Packers
TE	Andrew Quarless	UFA	August 15, 2016[14]	Detroit Lions
NT	B. J. Raji	UFA	N/A	N/A – Hiatus from football[15]
SS	Sean Richardson	UFA
RB	James Starks	UFA	March 22, 2016[16]	Green Bay Packers
G	Lane Taylor	RFA	March 8, 2016[17]	Green Bay Packers
QB	Scott Tolzien	UFA	March 11, 2016[18]	Indianapolis Colts

      Re-signed         Signed Away         Suspended, Released
RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, FT: Franchise Tag^[19]

2016 NFL draft

2016 Green Bay Packers Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	27	Kenny Clark	Nose tackle	UCLA
2	48	Jason Spriggs	Offensive tackle	Indiana
3	88	Kyler Fackrell	Outside linebacker	Utah State
4	131	Blake Martinez	Inside linebacker	Stanford
4	137	Dean Lowry	Defensive end	Northwestern
5	163	Trevor Davis	Wide receiver	California
6	200	Kyle Murphy	Offensive tackle	Stanford

Notes

• As the result of a negative differential of free agent signings and departures that the Packers experienced during the 2015 free agency period, the team received two compensatory selections for the 2016 draft.^[20] Free agent transactions that occurred after May 12, 2015 did not impact the team's formula for determining compensatory selections for the 2016 draft.^[21]
  


• Thompson traded three picks to the Indianapolis Colts for their second round (48th overall) and selected Jason Spriggs. Thompson traded the Packers' second round pick (57th overall) a fourth-round pick (125th) and a seventh-round pick (248th).^[22]
  

Undrafted free agents

All undrafted free agents were signed after the 2016 NFL draft on April 30,^[23] unless noted otherwise.

Position	Player	College	Notes
WR	Geronimo Allison	Illinois
S	Kentrell Brice	Louisiana Tech
LB	Beniquez Brown	Mississippi State
QB	Joe Callahan	Wesley	2015 Gagliardi Trophy winner
CB	Makinton Dorleant	Northern Iowa
C	Jacob Flores	Dartmouth
LB	Reggie Gilbert	Arizona
TE	David Grinnage	NC State
CB	Josh Hawkins	East Carolina
RB	Don Jackson	Nevada
T	Josh James	Carroll
CB	Randall Jette	UMass
DT	Tyler Kuder	Idaho State
P	Peter Mortell	Minnesota
WR	Dennis Parks	Rice
LB	Manoa Pikula	BYU
DT	Brian Price	UTSA
WR	Devonte Robinson	Utah State
WR	Herb Waters	Miami (FL)
G	Kyle Steuck	Northern Michigan

Staff

2016 Green Bay Packers staff
	Front office Executive Committee – Board of Directors President/CEO – Mark Murphy Executive Vice President/General Manager – Ted Thompson Vice President of Football Administration/Player Finance – Russ Ball Director of Football Operations – Eliot Wolf Director of Player Personnel – Brian Gutekunst Director of College Scouting – Jon-Eric Sullivan Assistant Director of Pro Personnel – Tim Terry Senior Personnel Executive – Alonzo Highsmith Head coaches Head Coach – Mike McCarthy Associate Head Coach/Offense – Tom Clements Associate Head Coach/Linebackers – Winston Moss Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Edgar Bennett Quarterbacks – Alex Van Pelt Running Backs – Ben Sirmans Wide Receivers – Luke Getsy Tight Ends – Brian Angelichio Offensive Line – James Campen Assistant Offensive Line – David Raih			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Dom Capers Defensive Line – Mike Trgovac Assistant Linebackers – Scott McCurley Secondary (Cornerbacks) – Joe Whitt Jr. Secondary (Safeties) – Darren Perry Defensive Front Assistant – Jerry Montgomery Defensive Quality Control – Ejiro Evero Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Mark Lovat Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Chris Gizzi Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Thadeus Jackson Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Grant Thorne

Final roster

2016 Green Bay Packers final roster
	Quarterbacks  6 Joe Callahan  7 Brett Hundley 12 Aaron Rodgers Running backs 40 Joe Kerridge FB 32 Christine Michael 88 Ty Montgomery 22 Aaron Ripkowski FB 44 James Starks Wide receivers 17 Davante Adams 81 Geronimo Allison 18 Randall Cobb 11 Trevor Davis 83 Jeff Janis 13 Max McCaffrey 87 Jordy Nelson Tight ends 89 Jared Cook 82 Richard Rodgers		Offensive linemen 69 David Bakhtiari T 67 Don Barclay G 75 Bryan Bulaga T 70 T. J. Lang G 63 Corey Linsley C 68 Kyle Murphy T 78 Jason Spriggs T 65 Lane Taylor G Defensive linemen 97 Kenny Clark DE 76 Mike Daniels DE 98 Letroy Guion NT 94 Dean Lowry DE 99 Christian Ringo DE		Linebackers 91 Jayrone Elliott OLB 51 Kyler Fackrell OLB 95 Datone Jones OLB 50 Blake Martinez ILB 52 Clay Matthews III OLB 56 Julius Peppers OLB 53 Nick Perry OLB 47 Jake Ryan ILB 48 Joe Thomas ILB 58 Jordan Tripp ILB Defensive backs 29 Kentrell Brice FS 42 Morgan Burnett SS 21 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix FS 25 Marwin Evans SS 36 LaDarius Gunter CB 28 Josh Hawkins CB 33 Micah Hyde SS 23 Damarious Randall CB 24 Quinten Rollins CB 26 Herb Waters CB Special teams  2 Mason Crosby K 61 Brett Goode LS 10 Jake Schum P		Reserve lists 38 John Crockett RB (IR) 20 Makinton Dorleant CB (IR) 39 Demetri Goodson CB (IR) 34 Don Jackson RB (IR) 27 Eddie Lacy RB (IR) 37 Sam Shields CB (IR) 73 JC Tretter C (IR) Practice squad 31 Bené Benwikere CB 86 Devon Cajuste TE (Injured) 57 Jacob Flores C 93 Reggie Gilbert OLB 19 Antwan Goodley WR 49 Derrick Mathews ILB 62 Lucas Patrick G 96 Brian Price NT 85 Beau Sandland TE 35 Jermaine Whitehead FS Rookies in italics 53 Active, 6 Inactive, 11 Practice squad

Starters

Regular season

Playoffs

Standings

Division

NFC North
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(4)Green Bay Packers	10	6	0	.625	5–1	8–4	432	388	W6
(6)Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	346	358	L3
Minnesota Vikings	8	8	0	.500	2–4	5–7	327	307	W1
Chicago Bears	3	13	0	.188	2–4	3–9	279	399	L4

Conference

NFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Dallas Cowboys	East	13	3	0	.813	3–3	9–3	.471	.440	L1
2	Atlanta Falcons	South	11	5	0	.688	5–1	9–3	.480	.452	W4
3	Seattle Seahawks	West	10	5	1	.656	3–2–1	6–5–1	.441	.425	W1
4	Green Bay Packers	North	10	6	0	.625	5–1	8–4	.508	.453	W6
Wild Cards
5	New York Giants	East	11	5	0	.688	4–2	8–4	.486	.455	W1
6[a]	Detroit Lions	North	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.475	.392	L3
Did not qualify for the playoffs
7[a]	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	9	7	0	.563	4–2	7–5	.492	.434	W1
8	Washington Redskins	East	8	7	1	.531	3–3	6–6	.516	.430	L1
9	Minnesota Vikings	North	8	8	0	.500	2–4	5–7	.492	.457	W1
10	Arizona Cardinals	West	7	8	1	.469	4–1–1	6–5–1	.463	.366	W2
11[b]	New Orleans Saints	South	7	9	0	.438	2–4	6–6	.523	.393	L1
12[b]	Philadelphia Eagles	East	7	9	0	.438	2–4	5–7	.559	.518	W2
13	Carolina Panthers	South	6	10	0	.375	1–5	5–7	.518	.354	L2
14	Los Angeles Rams	West	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	.504	.500	L7
15	Chicago Bears	North	3	13	0	.188	2–4	3–9	.521	.396	L4
16	San Francisco 49ers	West	2	14	0	.125	2–4	2–10	.504	.250	L1
Tiebreakers[c]
^ ab Detroit finished ahead of Tampa Bay for the No. 6 seed and qualified for the last playoff spot based on record vs. common opponents — Detroit's cumulative record against Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and New Orleans was 3–2, while Tampa Bay's cumulative record against the same four teams was 2–3. ^ ab New Orleans finished ahead of Philadelphia based on better record vs. conference opponents. ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Schedule

Preseason

On February 16, the NFL announced that the Packers would play the Indianapolis Colts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. The game would have occurred on Sunday, August 7, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, but was cancelled due to field conditions. However, the two teams met during the regular season in Green Bay.

The remainder of the Packers' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 7.^[24]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Recap
HOF	August 7	vs. Indianapolis Colts	Cancelled due to field conditions
1	August 12	Cleveland Browns	W 17–11	1–0	Lambeau Field	Recap
2	August 18	Oakland Raiders	W 20–12	2–0	Lambeau Field	Recap
3	August 26	at San Francisco 49ers	W 21–10	3–0	Levi's Stadium	Recap
4	September 1	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–17	3–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com Recap
1	September 11	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 27–23	1–0	EverBank Field	Recap
2	September 18	at Minnesota Vikings	L 14–17	1–1	U.S. Bank Stadium	Recap
3	September 25	Detroit Lions	W 34–27	2–1	Lambeau Field	Recap
4	Bye
5	October 9	New York Giants	W 23–16	3–1	Lambeau Field	Recap
6	October 16	Dallas Cowboys	L 16–30	3–2	Lambeau Field	Recap
7	October 20	Chicago Bears	W 26–10	4–2	Lambeau Field	Recap
8	October 30	at Atlanta Falcons	L 32–33	4–3	Georgia Dome	Recap
9	November 6	Indianapolis Colts	L 26–31	4–4	Lambeau Field	Recap
10	November 13	at Tennessee Titans	L 25–47	4–5	Nissan Stadium	Recap
11	November 20	at Washington Redskins	L 24–42	4–6	FedExField	Recap
12	November 28	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–13	5–6	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
13	December 4	Houston Texans	W 21–13	6–6	Lambeau Field	Recap
14	December 11	Seattle Seahawks	W 38–10	7–6	Lambeau Field	Recap
15	December 18	at Chicago Bears	W 30–27	8–6	Soldier Field	Recap
16	December 24	Minnesota Vikings	W 38–25	9–6	Lambeau Field	Recap
17	January 1	at Detroit Lions	W 31–24	10–6	Ford Field	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Postseason

Playoff round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
Wild Card	January 8, 2017	New York Giants (5)	W 38–13	11–6	Lambeau Field	Recap
Divisional	January 15, 2017	at Dallas Cowboys (1)	W 34–31	12–6	AT&T Stadium	Recap
Conference	January 22, 2017	at Atlanta Falcons (2)	L 21–44	12–7	Georgia Dome	Recap

Game summaries

Regular season

Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 2: at Minnesota Vikings

Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 4: Bye week

No game. Green Bay had their bye week on Week 4.

Week 5: vs. New York Giants

Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys

The Packers wore their throwback uniforms for this game.

The Dallas defense forced four Green Bay turnovers. It was the first time since 2008, and second time in Cowboys history, that Dallas had won at Lambeau.

This was the Packers first loss wearing throwback uniforms.

Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears

For the first time since 1989, the Packers wore their white jerseys at a home game. As part of the NFL Color Rush, they wore white jerseys and white pants for the first time.

Week 8: at Atlanta Falcons

Despite Aaron Rodgers throwing for 4 touchdowns and the team holding a 32-26 lead with less than a minute left in the game, Matt Ryan threw a game-sealing touchdown pass to wide receiver Mohamed Sanu to stun Green Bay. The Packers drop to 4-3 after the last-second loss.

Week 9: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Despite Aaron Rodgers throwing for 3 touchdowns and just one interception, the Colts got their first victory at Lambeau since 1988 with a 31-26 win. The Packers drop to 4-4 with the loss.

Week 10: at Tennessee Titans

Week 11: at Washington Redskins

The Packers fell to 4-6 for the first time since 2006. Days later, Aaron Rodgers coined the phrase "Run The Table", which the Packers did by going on an 8-game winning streak (6 regular-season, 2 playoff) that lasted until the NFC Championship against the Falcons.

Week 12: at Philadelphia Eagles

With the 27–13 win, the Packers improved to 5–6. This was the start of an eight-game winning streak going into the NFC Championship against the Falcons.

Week 13: vs. Houston Texans

The Packers beat the Texans for the first time at home 21–13 to improve to 6–6 at a snowy Lambeau Field. With the Texans' loss, no team has an undefeated record at Lambeau. This was also the first time the Packers had beaten a Houston NFL team at home.

Week 14: vs. Seattle Seahawks

The Packers intercepted Russell Wilson a career-high five times as the Packers routed the Seahawks 38–10 to improve to 7–6. Aaron Rodgers, with his 3:0 TD-INT ratio in this game, posted a 150.8 passer rating, the highest allowed by the Seattle defense (which was without safety Earl Thomas, who was out for the year with a broken leg) since Pete Carroll became the Seahawks' head coach in 2010.

Week 15: at Chicago Bears

The Packers led 27–10, but the Bears came back and tied the game at 27. Aaron Rodgers then threw a 60-yard pass to Jordy Nelson to set up a Mason Crosby field goal to win 30–27 and improve to 8–6.

The Packers tied the series with the Bears for the first time since 1933.

Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings

The Packers defeated the reeling Vikings 38–25 to improve to 9–6 as Rodgers became the first quarterback to throw for 300 yards against the Vikings defense.

This was the Packers first win over the Vikings since November 2015. With the win, the Packers eliminated the now 7-8 Vikings from the playoffs.

Week 17: at Detroit Lions

The Packers successfully ran the table as they improved to 10–6 and won the NFC North, matching last year's record.

Postseason

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (#5) New York Giants

The Packers hosted the fifth seeded New York Giants, who defeated the Packers at Lambeau in the 2007 and 2011 playoffs. It was also a rematch of week five, which was won by the Packers 23–16. The Giants had one of the best defenses in the NFL going into the game, but Rodgers threw for 4 touchdowns, including a 42-yard Hail Mary pass to Cobb at the end of the first half as the Packers would lead 14–6. The Packers went on to rout the Giants 38–13 and would travel to face the top-seeded Cowboys.

NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (#1) Dallas Cowboys

This game was a rematch of week six, a game the Packers lost 16–30. However, unlike Week six, the Packers were expected to give the Cowboys difficulties. Dallas clinched the #1 seed as well as home-field advantage, but the Packers were able to prevail and upset the Cowboys with a Mason Crosby field goal as time expired 34–31.

NFC Championship: at (#2) Atlanta Falcons

This was the end of an 8-game winning streak for the Packers as they were crushed 44–21. The Packers were scoreless until they scored a touchdown when they were behind 31–0 as Atlanta took an early 7–0 lead and never trailed from there. Green Bay's 24-0 halftime deficit was also the largest deficit Aaron Rodgers had faced in his entire career.

Statistics

Best game performances

	Player(s)	Value	Opponent
Passing yards	Aaron Rodgers	371	@ Tennessee Titans
Passing touchdowns		4	Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions New York Giants
Rushing yards	Ty Montgomery	162	@ Chicago Bears
Rushing touchdowns		2	@ Dallas Cowboys @ Chicago Bears
Receiving yards	Davante Adams	156	@ Tennessee Titans
Receiving touchdowns	Randall Cobb	3	New York Giants
Tackles	Jake Ryan	12
Sacks	Nick Perry	2	Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings
Interceptions	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Damarious Randall Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	2	Indianapolis Colts Seattle Seahawks Chicago Bears

League rankings

Category	Total yards	Yards per game	NFL rank (out of 32)
Passing offense	4,199	262.4	7
Rushing offense	1,701	106.3	20
Total offense	5,900	368.8	8
Passing defense	4,308	269.2	31
Rushing defense	1,515	94.7	8
Total defense	5,823	363.9	22

Statistical values are correct through the end of the season^[25][26]

Awards

Recipient	Award(s)
Davante Adams	Week 7: NFC Offensive Player of the Week[27]
David Bakhtiari	2016 All-Pro second team[28]
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	Probowler[29] 2016 All-Pro second team[28] Week 15: NFC Defensive Player of the Week[30]
T. J. Lang	Probowler[29]
Aaron Rodgers	Probowler[29] Week 7: FedEx Air Player of the Week (Quarterbacks)[31] Week 14: NFC Offensive Player of the Week[32] Week 14: FedEx Air Player of the Week (Quarterbacks)[31] Week 16: NFC Offensive Player of the Week[33] Week 16: FedEx Air Player of the Week (Quarterbacks)[31] NFC Player of the Month – December[34]

References

External links

• Official website