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PAGE 2B Joint journal NFL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA Home Nail cramming to learn offense y-New England :..12 Buffalo 6 Jets 3 Miami 0 Wianapots Jacteonvile 8 7 Houston 5 9 Cleveland 7 Cincinnat) 4 Batdmore .....4 Away AFC 7-00 940 3-3-0 5-5-0 1-54 3-54 00 00 NFC Dh 344 444 1-14 3-24 044 2-34 M4 0-44 NFC Dtv 469 209 5-M 184 274 3-3-0 221 291 2-4-0 00 196 317 South PF PA Honw Away AFC 5-1-0 6-2-0 4-2-0 6-3-0 3-34 4-4-0 2-54 344 Away AFC 337 197 5-1-0 444 444 2- 14 2-34 3- 14 3-24 2-14 044 268 223 4-2-0 232 241 4-2-0 3-2-0 263 291 NoUk PF PA Horn 296 155 7-0-0 NFC Dtv 2-14 544 2-14 3-24 0- 24 2-34 344 0-54 NFC OIy 1- 24 3-14 0- 34 2-24 1- 24 2-34 0-34 2-34 2-34 7-24 2-44 5-44 1-54 444 1- 54 144 Away AFC 2- 44 6-34 2-44 5-44 2-34 3-64 2-44 4-54 336 338 5-1-0 316 3-3-0 291 206 270 3-34) West PF PA Horn 233 5-1-0 241 329 3-3-0 172 230 2-5-0 234 260 2-4-0 4 CONFERENCE He could be No. 2 QB with Rodgers hurt By Cuius Jenkins The Associated Press GREEN BAY Craig Nail certainly knows his way around Green Bay, but it's going to take him some time to learn Mike McCarthy's version of the West Coast offense. That didn't seem like a big deal over the weekend, when xsaii was brought back to the Pack to fill the third-string quar- Notebook i mm Quarterback Craig Nail, who played with the Packers from 2002-2005, has re-signed with the team and could be the No. 2 quarterback for this week's game against Oakland. 4 terback spot that has been vacant all season.

But after No. 2 quarterback Aaron Rodgers hurt his hamstring in practice on Monday and could be out a week or two, Nail suddenly faces the unexpected possibility of going into Sunday's game against Oakland as the backup to Brett Favre who is still recovering from the elbow and shoulder injuries that knocked him out of last Thursday's loss at Dallas. With Favre limited to throwing a few short passes and handing off in practice on Wednesday, Nail took the majority of snaps. So much for easing his way back into things. "I come in here with the expectations of being told, 'Hey, you've got to come in here and help Brett hunt a little bit, because the guys he's hunting with aren't very good at to taking all the reps today," said Nail, a frequent hunting buddy of Favre's during his first stint with the Packers.

"You know, I just have to do what I have to do. There's really no easy way around it. I think having to go in there and take all the reps helps me not think too much, 1 000 .500 .250 .000 Pel .833 .667 .583 .417 Pel .750 .583 .333 .333 Pet .583 San Diego I Denver Kansas Oakland .417 Pet .917 Giants .667 .417 .417 Pd Tampa Bay 1 Carolina. New .667 .417 .417 .250 Pet Green 10 Detroit 6 Minnesota 6 Chicago 5 .833 .500 .500 .417 Pet .667 Arizona. .500 .250 .250 San Francisco 3 9 St.

Louis 3 9 x-cinched playoff spot y-clinched division Week 13 Thursday, Nov. 29 Dallas 37, Green Bay 27 Sunday, Dec. 2 N.YJeMO. Miami 13 Tennessee 28, Houston 20 Mmnesota 42, Detroit 10 Buffalo 17, Washington St. Louis 28.

Atlanta 16 Indianapolis 28, Jacksonville 25 San Diego 24, Kansas City 10 Seattle 28. Philadelphia 24 Carolina 31, San Francisco 14 Oakland 34. Denver 20 Arizona 27. Cleveland 21 Tampa Bay 27, New Orleans 23 NYGiants 21, Chicago 16 Pittsburgh 24. Cincinnati 10 Monday, Dec.

3 New England 27, Balfmore 24 NFC Individual Leaders Through Week 13 Quarterbacks Art Com Vds Romo.Dal 382 252 3352 Favre, G.B 439 296 3412 Garcia. T.B 282 182 2135 Warner. Ariz 284 176 2178 Hassdtieck, Sea 436 270 3074 KitrnDet 417 276 3157 McNabb. Phi 326 195 2329 Brees. NO 479 324 3176 J.

Campbell, Was 401 240 2600 i Harrington. AV 348 215 2215 Rushers Att Yds Avg Peterson, Min 184 1197 6.5 Westbrook, PN 216 994 4.6 James. Ariz 245 922 3.8 1 Ports, Was 238 920 3.9 Barber, Dal 162 796 4.9 Graham, T.B 176 737 4.2 Foster, Car. 203 728 3.6 Gore.S.F. 171 713 4.2 Benson.

Chi 196 674 3.4 S. Jackson, St.L 165 628 3.8 Receivers No Vds Avg TO Int 33 14 22 10 11 3 15 9 20 10 15 13 13 6 20 15 12 11 7 8 LG TD 73t 10 36 7 27 6 32 54 28t 20 43t 43t 53t LG TD 48t 6 25 2 40 6 49 4 52t 14 47 2 45 6 57t 4 53 6 91t 5 LG Avg 74 49.5 80 48.1 64 47.1 66 44.8 61 44.5 Fitzgerald. Bush, NO. HoltSU Engram, Sea Owens. Dal.

Driver. GB Colston, NO 75 1060 14.1 73 417 72 944 5.7 13.1 72 874 12.1 71 1249 17.6 70 (98 12.8 ...70 B86 12.7 Westbrook, Phi 69 604 8.8 Witten.Da) 65 817 12.6 I Williams, Oet 63 836 13.3 Punters No Yds Lee.S.F. 79 3908 Jues.SU. 62 2984 McBriar.Dal 42 1979 Ryan, G.B 50 2240 Bidwell.T.B 57 2537 Pun! Returners He Yds Avg LG TD Hester. Chi 36 542 15.1 891 3 D.HaH.SLL .19 286 15.1 85t 1 Burleson.

Sea 45 528 11.7 94t 1 Moore, 15 161 10 7 48 0 Breaston, Ariz 34 363 10.7 73t 1 Kickotl Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Cartwright. Was 42 1148 27.3 80 0 Cason.Oet 21 566 27.0 74 0 Norwood, Atl 38 956 25.2 76 0 Hall. StL 29 729 25.1 84 0 Austin, Dal 15 373 24,9 38 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD Rush Rec Owens, Dal 14 0 14 Peterson. Mn 11 10 1 Westbrook. Pli .11 7 4 Jennings.

10 I 10 Ret Pit 0 84 0 66 0 66 0 60 7 I 0 7 0 Burns. NY-G. Barber. Dal i 0 54 0 48 0 44 LG Pts 53 107 53 107 52 93 49 93 53 93 Cooley.Was. 7 Kicking PAT F6 35-35 24-30 Crosby, GB.

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call or Human Dec. 7, Post East PF PA Hone 248 6-1-0 Away NFC 544 844 5-14 644 244 3-54 3-34 344 Away NFC 3- 34 7-24 4- 24 544 3-34 444 1-54 244 Away NFC 5- 14 7-24 244 444 244 4-54 3-34 244 AFC Bv 3-14 444 244 2-24 2-24 1-34 2-14 1-34 AFC Dh) 1-24 444 0- 34 2-34 1- 34 2-34 1- 34 1-34 AFC Drv 344 3-14 24-0 3-24 2- 14 2-34 3- 14 1-34 AFC Dtv 1-24 4-14 3-14 2-24 0-24 3-34 0-24 144 395 274 257 3-3-0 229 257 3-3-0 258 246 2-4-0 South PF PA Home 241 187 5-14 204 257 1-54 266 279 2 44 171 272 244 North PF PA Home 323 222 311 5-14 4-24 267 278 237 4-24 237 272 244 West PF 273 PA Home Away NFC 207 5-14 3-34 7-24 281 280 4-24 164 285 144 196 297 1-54 244 3-54 2-54 3-74 244 3-74 Week 14 Today's game Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m. Sunday's garnet Dallas at Detroit, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon San Diego at Tennessee, noon Oakland at Green Bay, noon Tampa Bay at Houston, noon St. Louis at Cincinnati, noon Giants at Philadelphia, noon Carolina at Jacksonville, noon Arizona at Seattle. 3:05 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y Jets, 3:15 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at New England, 3:15 p.m. Manapots at Baltimore.

7:15 p.m. Monday's games New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. 19-25 53 84 Tynes.NY-G 28-30 18-21 48 82 LongweHMin 33-33 1 5-18 55 78 Wilkins. St.L 18-18 20-26 53 78 AFC Individual Leaders Through Week 13 Quarterbacks Att Com Yds t. Brady, N.E 430 302 3696 Garrard.

Jac 238 1 60 1883 Roethlisberger, Pit 320 214 2564 Manning. Ind 408 260 3109 Anderson, Cle 406 233 3062 Pennington, NY-J 190 128 1317 Schaub.Hou ...289 192 2241 Palmer. 462 299 3259 Cutler, Den. 332 210 2598 Rivers, S.D 351 212 2458 Rushers TO bit 41 5 11 1 25 11 23 13 24 13 9 7 9 9 21 15 13 12 15 13 LG TD 32 2 41t 11 46t 7 23 9 48 3 36 1 Att Yds Parker, PI 285 1 093 Tomlinson, S.0 239 1049 McGahee.BaJ 243 1048 Addai.lnd 223 943 Fargas.Oak. 181 863 T.

Jones, NY-J 231 838 Taylor. Jac 173 812 Lewis, Cle 197 803 Avg 3.8 4.4 43 4.2 4.8 3.6 4.7 4.1 36 3.8 White. Ten 211 754 3.6 28 6 Lynch. But. ..196 751 3.8 56t 6 RtC8tV6ft No Yds Avg LG TD 914 10.4 421 11 Mason.

Bal 85 842 9.9 28 3 Welker.N.E 84 896 10.7 42 7 C. Johnson, Cin 77 1127 14.6 56 6 Wayne, Ind 76 1169 15.4 64 8 Moss. N.E 75 1129 15.1 55 17, Gonzalez, K.C 72 878 12.2 31 4 Marshall, Den 65 914 14.1 68t 4 Winslow.Cle 65 909 14.0 49 5 Edwards. Cle .62 1043 16.8 78t 12 Punters No Yds LG Avg LechtetOak. 53 2615 70 49.3 Sauerbrun.

Den. 40 1889 65 47.2 Scifres.S.0 59 2725 70 462 Colquitt K.C 68 3067 81 45.1 Fields. Mia .50 2189 61 43.8 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD 74t 1 87t 1 31 0 35 0 Pamsh.Buf. 20 379 19.0 Ginn.Mia 15 168 12.5 Cnbbs.Cle 20 231 11.6 Welker.N.E 22 237 10.8 Davis, Ten 23 237 10.3 39 0 Kkkotf Returners No Yds Avg Citbbs.Cle ....50 1560 31.2 L. Washington, NY-J 33 1011 30.6 Jones-Drew, Jac 27 735 27.2 LG TD 1001 2 981 3 1001 1 108t 1 891 1 Hobbs, N.E 30 810 Sproles.S.D 29 761 Scoring 270 262 TD Moss.

N.E 17 Edwards. Cle ...12 Tomlinson, S.D .12 Addai.lnd 11 Rac Ret Pts 17 0 102 0 0 11 9 0 12 1 2 11 0 72 0 72 0 66 0 66 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Gostkowski, N.E 6141 14-16 45 103 Bironas.Ten 22-22 26-29 56 100 Dawson, Cle 35-36 21-24 61 98 K. Brown, Hou 24-27 57 97 Sapp welcomes battles with Favre 4 It.yM'- A clipboard come Sunday. "The focus really isn't on me," Nail said. "Brett's going to be healthy, going to be able to play this weekend.

I'm just trying to help out any way I can to keep this team on a roll." And yes, Nail and Favre might actually go hunting this week assuming Nail can borrow some camouflage clothing. "He's talked about it," Nail said. "I don't have anything up here, but I'm sure he's got some stuff laying around in the corner that I can throw on." Resting Rodgers McCarthy said he wasn't quite sure how long Rodgers might be out because he doesn't have a history of hamstring injuries. "It could be a week," McCarthy said. "It could be two weeks.

We're kind of up in the air on how bad he did it." Rodgers got hurt on the final play of Tuesday's practice quarter, and he was going for Mike Holmgren, so I'm chasing him now and Mike's like, 'Don't go talk to He's like, Wait a minute, I'll be right "And he came back and looked me in the face, and it wasn't an adversarial type of situation. It was one that was like, Yeah, I like And I'm like, Yeah, I like it too. Let's go 15 more It was the beginning of the fourth quarter in a playoff game. That's when it started. We were both after the same, after a championship and our team being on top of our games.

It was one of those deals. It wasn't Oakland Raiders Sunday's game, Kiffin said: "I don't know anything about that." Culpepper reportedly said he sustained the injury in the Nov. 25 game against Kansas City. Running back Michael Bush (leg) has been on the physically unable to perform list all season. Player to watch JaMarcus Russell Position: Quarterback.

Number: 2. Height: 6-6. Weight: 255. Age: 22. NFL experience: Rookie.

College: LSU. What to watch JaMarcus Russell for: After missing all of training due to a contract dispute, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft didn't sign his contract until Sept. 10. He finally got on the field in Sunday's win over i Ml MENOMINEE CASINO -BINGO -HOTEL HWY29-Exlt 225 8 miles north to Keshena, Wl Responsible Games, duties.

(PT) from or by 4:30 Post Office GANNETT WISCONSIN NEWSPAPERS RLE PHOTO while scrambling during a red zone drill. He tried to return to practice on Wednesday but left early after struggling to throw the ball, McCarthy said. Notes TE Bubba Franks attended the funeral of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor on Monday. Franks continues to be hobbled by a knee injury and did not practice on Wednesday. LB Tracy White (ankle) also did not practice on Wednesday.

Favre, Rodgers, LT Chad Clifton Koren Robinson (knee), RT Mark Tauscher (ankle), CB Charles Woodson (toe) and DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (ankle) all were limited in practice on Wednesday. McCarthy said Woodson took part on the jog-through portion of practice on Wednesday. "He's pushing it a little more each day" McCarthy said. McCarthy said Gbaja-Biamila "practiced hard." a combative thing but a little admiration between us." Sapp's battle with Favre became a sideshow each time the teams met in twice-a-year battles within the former NFC Central Division. But the Bucs moved out of the division after the 2001 season, which was the last time Sapp will have played at Lambeau until Sunday, when his Oakland Raiders face the Packers.

Sapp, who turns 35 later this month, is a 13th-year pro who's no longer the dominating Pro Bowler of the late 1990s and early 2000s. He has three sacks this year, increasing his career total to 92'i the Broncos. Playing two series, he completed 4-of-7 passes for 56 yards and rushed three times for 4 yards. He also had a fumbled exchange on a snap that was probably more the fault of center Jeremy Newberry. Kiffin left open the possibility that Russell could play more against the Packers this week.

"Going into the (Broncos') game, the plan was two series unless they were really short or one series (if it was) really long," Kiffin said on Monday. "It went as planned. I would to (play Russell again), but I don't know that yet for this week. We need to look at things and develop a plan in the next 48 hours." Meanwhile, Josh McCown performed well in place of Culpepper and threw three touchdown passes. Last time against the Packers: This will be Russell's first game against the Packers.

Rob Demovsky, Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers i just go in there and react and play ball." Nail, the Packers' fifth-round draft pick in 2002, left Green Bay as a free agent after the 2005 season. Aaron Rodgers He spent last year in Buffalo, didn't play, and split this season between Buffalo and Houston before being cut by the Texans late last month. "It's exciting," Nail said. "Better than sitting on the couch." McCarthy praised Nail for his ability to pick up new offensive terminology quickly. "Craig Nail did an excellent job," McCarthy said.

"He took every rep today in the passing game. For him to come in with a new language, it's different from his time here in the past, I thought he did a good job with that." Nail said hell continue to cram to learn the offense, but still expects to be holding a 21-7 Packers win, Sapp and Favre went nose to nose after plays in a display of trash-talking and competitive fire that turned into a game within the game. "We ended up shoving and shouting and wild things," Sapp said Wednesday in a conference call f-, I with reporters I 1 in Wisconsin. "I Warren Sapp rememoer going to the sideline and (Favre) said, Where you and I said, Who you talkin' And he said, It was the fourth A Look at the Odds and ends Backup cornerback Chris Johnson was a seventh-round pick of the Packers in 2003 but never played in a regular-season game. The Raiders signed him as a free agent in March.

Defensive tackle Terdell Sands was on the Packers' practice squad in 2002 and 2003 and played in one game for the Packers in This is the first appearance in Green Bay for the Raiders since Sept 12, 1999. The Raiders have played the Packers in Green Bay only five times in their history. Key injuries Quarterback Daunte Culpepper was scheduled to start against the Broncos but came up with a right quadriceps injury and didn't play. Several reports out of Oakland said Culpepper was injured after running a race against cornerback Stanford Routt after a practice. After A Li By Pete Dch oiierty Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers p00ughergreenbavpressgazette.com GREEN BAY Warren Sapp remembers when he became one of Lambeau Field's favorite villains.

Entering their Jan. 4, 1998, playoff game, the Green Bay Packers were reigning Super Bowl champs and on their way to back-to-back appearances in the NFL's title game, Sapp's Tampa Bay Buccaneers were on the rise, and former coach Tony Dungy had identified the Packers as the target for his club. Several times that day, a for the smooth operation table games, staffing, records, 1-PT, 1 -FT position avail. Visit, submit application from menomineecasinoresort.com or MCBH Resources, by 4:30 p.m., l07. 800-343-7778 Fax 7 1 5-799-1 306 nchevaliermenomineecasinoresort.com Office Box 760, Keshena, Wl 54135 Quick facts Game: Noon, Sunday, Lambeau Field.

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