Week 6 TV Map

Courtesy of the folks at 506 Sports, here is the FOX TV map for the Week 6 early games in the National Football League. A majority of the U.S. (at least in square miles) will see the Packers in Baltimore playing the defending Super Bowl champion Ravens. If you reside in “the red” on the map above, you will see the game. If not, sorry.

Packers-Lions Game Weekend — Part III

The final part of our series from last Sunday’s Packers-Lions game features the game itself. Above, K Tim Masthay kicks off to start the action.

 The Detroit Lions huddle up on their first series.

DE Datone Jones (#95) tries to get QB Matthew Stafford, but can’t get there before the ball is released. 

QB Aaron Rodgers and the Packers’ offense go to work deep in their own end. 

Rodgers gets off a pass. 

Out of the shotgun, Rodgers receives the ball while the linemen go to work. 

Non-zoomed in view from the Packerville, U.S.A. seats in the north end zone. 

Head Coach Mike McCarthy and WR Jordy Nelson (#87) confer with the officials about something they’re not happy about. 

Thousands of Packer fans  — 78,200 fans, which was a new record for Lambeau Field — enjoy the weather and the game. 

The swirling winds in Lambeau play havoc on the field, so safety M.D. Jennings (#43) has to hold the ball for Masthay to kick off.

The Packers’ defense stymies Lions’ RB Reggie Bush. 

The Packers’ bench area. 

The Lions’ bench area. 

The Lambeau Field drum line performs during a time out. 

Rodgers hands off to RB Eddie Lacy (#27), who sees some daylight ahead. 

Packers’ special teams huddle. 

Yep, WR Randall Cobb (#18) is still doing punt returns.

Packers’ huddle up close. 

The UW band splits up and performs throughout the stadium, making it seem more like a college game… or maybe an old-time NFL game. 

Lions’ QB Matthews Stafford has time to throw. But with WR Calvin Johnson out, his targets were more limited.

It’s October, in case you didn’t notice with all the pink blaring from NFL fields across the league. A wonderful cause, but pink doesn’t belong all over the players and the field. Aesthetically, it’s awful. 

The FOX broadcast booth. 

Lacy gained 99 yards on the day. Would’ve been nice to see him make it 100. 

Rodgers runs a bootleg. 

LB Robert Francois (#49) on one of his last plays of the season. He soon suffered an achilles tendon injury which ended his season. 

Rodgers has to run when there’s no one to throw to. 

Lacy fighting for some yardage. 

That’s it… the game is over. 

The final score on the Jumbotron. 

When the UW band is in town, stay and watch the “Fifth Quarter.” It’s a lot of fun. 

Band members do the “Lambeau Leap.” 

The two security guards on the field don’t seem to be enjoying it as much as the band members are. 

Above and below, what’s left at Lambeau after the fans go home. 

Fans leaving the stadium. 

Heading out for the drive back home. 

Only in Green Bay? 

We hope you’ve enjoyed this three-part summary of the Packers-Lions game weekend. Our goal is to provide a sense of what it’s like to be in Green Bay for a football game on a Fall weekend. Some of you may never get there in person, so that’s why we do what we do.

Packers-Lions Game Weekend — Part II

Our next post on the Packers-Lions game this past Sunday features the pre-game time at Lambeau Field. Above, we see some Detroit players going through their early warm-ups shortly after 10:00 a.m.

Game day workers being given their assignments on the Packers’ sideline.

Retro-logo for the Packers’ Equipment Department.

K Mason Crosby comes out early to try kicks from various distances as part of his warm-ups. Behind him, a Detroit staff member tests the radio receivers in the helmets to be worn by the QB and a defensive player.

Crosby’s pads and jersey.

Packers equipment on the sideline.

Another retro logo for the training staff.

Two-level FOX camera vehicle that we believe is new this year.

Mixing up the team’s Gatorade. Jugs of water, plus packets of Gatorade powder, plus ice — and an official “taster” that came by later to make sure everything was just right.

Access to the field is restricted to only people who know someone who knows someone.

One of the new scoreboards on the east and west sides of the boxes, plus a look at the WTMJ-Packers Radio Network broadcast booth (just above the 620 WTMJ sign, with the windows open).

Various broadcast equipment next to the FOX broadcast booth.

The FOX broadcast booth.

Camera guy on the other side of the FOX broadcast booth.

Above and below, various Packers players going through their warm-ups.

G T.J. Lang enjoying some tunes during his stretching and warm-ups.

K Mason Crosby making some kicks.

P Tim Masthay getting in some kicks of his own.

The equipment for printing out overhead photos of the opposing team’s formations.

Kickers’ conference.

Above and below, WR Jordy Nelson warming up.

LB Clay Matthews, back from a hamstring injury, would have his thumb broken in this game.

Above and below, a couple of views of pre-game Lambeau Field.

Above, and in the next two images, Packers fans stream into Lambeau Field on a gorgeous Fall Sunday.

The Packers come out for their team drills and warm-ups.

The Lions go through some practice snaps down in the north end of the field.

Lions partial team huddle.

The University of Wisconsin Marching Band was the featured entertainment for the game, as they are once each season.

The Packers run through some plays in the south end of the field.

After heading back into the locker room briefly, the team comes out for formal pre-game introductions which get the crowd fired up.

Always great to see an actual marching band on an NFL field, instead of just blaring the latest hip-hop hits over the PA system.

The UW band performs the national anthem. On the field also is a group of breast cancer survivors holding a giant pink ribbon.

The coin toss. Part III of our Packers-Lions game coverage will bring images from the game itself.