Packers finish preseason against Seahawks

The Packers and Seahawks will practice against each other Thursday before facing off at Lambeau Field on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT.

• Green Bay and Seattle last met in the preseason in 2023, a 19-15 Packers victory at Lambeau Field.
• This will be the seventh preseason meeting between the two teams, with the series tied at 3-3 (2023, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2004, 1983).
• Green Bay has won three of the last four preseason meetings.
• The Packers, who are 1-1 through two preseason games, have gone 2-1 in the preseason each of the last two years.

WITH THE CALL

Flagshipped by Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV and in conjunction with WGBA-TV in Green Bay, Packers preseason games are televised over a 22-station network throughout the state of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and northeastern Minnesota, Peoria in Illinois, Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, Davenport and Des Moines in Iowa, Omaha in Nebraska, St. Louis in Missouri, Bismarck, Fargo and Minot in North Dakota, Sioux Falls in South Dakota and Anchorage and Fairbanks and Juneau in Alaska. All preseason games will also be broadcast on TELEMUNDO.

• The top-notch broadcast team includes CBS's Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) alongside former Green Bay fullback John Kuhn (analyst) with Ashley Washburn of WTMJ-TV serving as the sideline reporter. Washburn will also host an informative half-hour pregame show.
• In addition to flagship station WTMJ-TV and WGBATV, the games are televised over WQOW/ABC, Eau Claire, Wis.; WXOW/ABC, La Crosse, Wis.; WKOW/ABC, Madison, Wis.; WAOW/ABC, Wausau, Wis.; KQDS/ FOX, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis.; WLUC-NBC/FOX UP, Escanaba/Marquette, Mich.; WMBD/CBS, Peoria/ Bloomington, Ill.; KCCI/CBS, Des Moines, Iowa; WHBF/ CBS, Davenport, Iowa; KWWL/NBC, Cedar Rapids/ Waterloo, Iowa; KTVI/FOX, St. Louis, Mo.; KETV/ABC, Omaha, Neb.; KNDB/BEK, Bismarck, N.D.; KRDK/BEK, Fargo, N.D.; KNDM/BEK, Minot, N.D.; KDLT/NBC, Sioux Falls, S.D.; KYUR/ABC, Anchorage, Alaska; KATN/ABC, Fairbanks, Alaska and KJUD/ABC, Juneau, Alaska. For a map of the affiliates, please go to packers.com/video/tv-network.
• All Packers games can be heard on the Packers Radio Network, which is made up of 54 stations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois and North and South Dakota. 97.3 The Game – WRNW-Milwaukee begins its fourth season as the flagship station of the Packers Radio Network. For a map and full listing of radio affiliates, go to packers.com/video/radio-network. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 31st season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 27th season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postseason games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.

SAVE THE DATE

Important dates to remember (all times CT):

• Thursday, Aug. 21 – Last open practice of training camp (joint practice against Seattle Seahawks), 10:30 a.m.
• Saturday, Aug. 23 – Home preseason game vs. Seattle Seahawks, 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Roster reduction to a maximum of 53 players by 3 p.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 27 – Upon receipt of the personnel notice, clubs may establish a practice squad of 17 players, as long as one player qualifies as an International Player.
• Sunday, Sept. 7 – Regular-season opener vs. Detroit, 3:25 p.m., Lambeau Field

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:

Packers vs. Seahawks:

• All-time, regular season: 13-8
• All-time, preseason: 3-3
• All-time, postseason: 3-1 (3-0 at Lambeau)
• All-time, regular season at home: 10-3
• Streaks: Green Bay has won five of the last six regular-season games played.
• Last meeting, regular season: Dec. 15, 2024, Lumen Field, Packers won, 30-13

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 67-33-0, .670; (3-5 postseason); 7th NFL season
• Mike Macdonald: 10-7, .588; (0-0 postseason); 2nd NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 1-0 vs. Macdonald
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 3-0 vs. Seahawks (including 1-0 postseason); Macdonald 0-1 vs. Packers

MATT LaFLEUR…In his seventh season as the Packers' 15th head coach.

• Is in his 17th season in the NFL, having previously served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a quarterbacks coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16), and an offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
• In his first six seasons leading the Packers, has authored one of the greatest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 67 wins are the second most in league history by a head coach in his first six seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (75 in 1989-94). Green Bay's 67-33 regular-season record since 2019 is No. 4 in the NFL and ranks No. 1 in the NFC.
• Became the first coach in NFL history to post 13-plus wins in three straight seasons and his 39 wins from 2019-21 passed Seifert (38) for the most wins by an NFL head coach in his first three seasons in the league (Elias). His 39 wins are also tied for the second most by a coach over any three-season span in league history, trailing only Andy Reid's 40 wins with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2020-22 and Mike Ditka's 40 wins with the Chicago Bears from 1985-87 (Elias).
• Led Green Bay to the playoffs last season for the fifth time in six years (tied for No. 3 in the NFL over that span), guiding the two youngest playoff teams in the NFL over the past 45 seasons in 2023 (weighted age of 25.25) and 2024 (25.72).
• In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to guide the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).

MIKE MACDONALD…In his second season as the Seahawks' ninth head coach.

• Is in his 11th season as an NFL coach, having previously spent nine seasons with the Baltimore Ravens (2014-20, 2022-23).
• During his two seasons as defensive coordinator in Baltimore, helped guide the Ravens to an AFC North title and two playoff appearances.
• In his final season in Baltimore, helped the Ravens' defense become the first unit in NFL history to finish No. 1 in the league in points allowed, sacks and takeaways.

THE PACKERS-SEAHAWKS SERIES

• The Packers rattled off three consecutive wins to begin the series with the Seahawks from 1976-81 before Seattle returned the favor, winning three in a row from 1984-90.
• Former Green Bay and Seattle head coach Mike Holmgren was the head coach for one of the teams for an eight-game span (including postseason) in the series from 1996-2008.
• The Packers are 13-0 (including postseason) against Seattle when scoring 25-plus points.

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CONNECTIONS

Former Seahawks: CB Bo Melton was selected by the Seahawks in the seventh round (No. 229 overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft and was on Seattle's practice squad for the majority of the 2022 season…QBs coach Sean Mannion was with the Seahawks during his playing career for a portion of the 2021 offseason and also spent time on Seattle's practice squad during the 2022 season and a portion of the 2023 season…OL coach Luke Butkus was a quality control assistant for the Seahawks from 2010-11…Director of college scouting Matt Malaspina was an area scout for Seattle for five seasons (2000-04)...Former Packers: Seahawks president of football operations/general manager John Schneider spent 13 seasons with the Packers as a personnel intern (1992), scout (1993-96), personnel analyst to the general manager (2002-07) and director of football operations (2008-09)…Offensive assistant/quality control – OL coach Quinshon Odom was a coaching assistant with the Packers through the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship from 2022-23…Odom also worked in the Packers' player personnel department in 2018…ILBs coach Kirk Olivadotti served in the same role for the Packers from 2019-23…Run game specialist/assistant OL coach Justin Outten was the Packers' TEs coach from 2019-21…WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling played for the Packers from 2018-21…CB Shemar Jean-Charles played for the Packers from 2021-22…NT Jarran Reed played for the Packers in 2022…LS Zach Triner spent time on Green Bay's practice squad at the end of the 2017 season and in the 2018 offseason…Seahawks with connections to Wisconsin...Schneider is a native of De Pere, Wis., and attended Abbot Pennings High School...Notable NFL connections: Packers executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball and Schneider worked together with the Washington Redskins in 2001…Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and Schneider worked together with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1998…Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde and Outten were on the Atlanta Falcons' coaching staff in 2016…LaFleur and Seahawks OL coach John Benton were both on the Houston Texans' coaching staff from 2008-09…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich was on the Texans' practice squad during his playing career from 2008-09, where he was coached by Benton…LaFleur was the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams when Seahawks WR Cooper Kupp played there in 2017…Mannion also played for the Rams with Kupp in 2017…LaFleur and Olivadotti were both on the Washington Redskins' coaching staff in 2010…Packers assistant DL coach Vince Oghobaase spent time on the Redskins' practice squad while LaFleur and Olivadotti were there in 2010…Olivadotti was on the Redskins' coaching staff in 2001 when Ball was director of football administration for the Redskins…Packers assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia was on the Dallas Cowboys' coaching staff when Durde was there from 2014-15…Bisaccia also overlapped with Seahawks DE DeMarcus Lawrence from 2014-17 during their time in Dallas…Packers passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was an offensive assistant with the N.Y. Jets in 2018 when Seahawks QB Sam Darnold and DE Leonard Williams were on the team...Packers TEs coach John Dunn was on the Jets' staff from 2019-20 when Darnold and Williams played for the Jets...Seahawks RBs coach Kennedy Polamalu served in the same role with the Las Vegas Raiders from 2021-23, where he worked with Packers RB Josh Jacobs and Bisaccia…Mannion crossed paths with Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, Seahawks run game coordinator/senior offensive advisor Rick Dennison, Polamalu and QBs coach Andrew Janocko when he played quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings from 2019-20 and in his second stint with the team in 2021…Janocko was QBs coach for the Chicago Bears when Packers senior assistant Luke Getsy was the Bears' offensive coordinator from 2022-23...Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and Janocko were on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coaching staff from 2012-13…Packers G Aaron Banks and RB Tyrion Davis-Price played with Darnold on the San Francisco 49ers in 2023…Kubiak was passing game coordinator for the 49ers in 2023 when Banks and Davis-Price played there…Notable college connections: Jacobs and Seahawks QB Jalen Milroe played together at Alabama in 2021…Packers S Xavier McKinney was coached by Seahawks DBs coach/passing game coordinator Karl Scott at Alabama from 2017-18…Seahawks CB Josh Jobe played with McKinney and Jacobs at Alabama from 2018-19…Packers CB Nate Hobbs and DL Keith Randolph crossed paths with Seahawks LB Seth Coleman and CB Devon Witherspoon at Illinois from 2019-20…Packers WR Christian Watson played at North Dakota State from 2018-21, where he was teammates with Seahawks G Grey Zabel and C Jalen Sundell ...Packers DL Rashan Gary was at Michigan from 2016-18, where he overlapped with Seahawks OLBs coach Chris Partridge, LB Josh Ross and special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh…Packers WR Jayden Reed and Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III played for Michigan State in 2021…Walker III and Packers OL Zach Tom were both at Wake Forest from 2019-20…Hafley and Janocko were both on Rutgers' coaching staff in 2011…Packers G Sean Rhyan and Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet were teammates at UCLA in 2021…Packers DL Barryn Sorrell and Seahawks DT Byron Murphy II played at Texas