Opponent Preview: Green Bay Packers face New Orleans Saints in Week 4, Indianapolis Colts in Week 5
Week four and five put up some mouth watering fixtures for Green Bay Packers fans as their team plays the New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field before travelling to Indianapolis to face the new look Colts at the imposing Lucas Oil Stadium.
These two fixtures will showcase some great battles between the offensive sides and fans are in for two high scoring back-to-back fixtures.
Week 4: New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints will enter the 2012 season as the team facing the greatest amount of adversity after a torrid offseason where they have faced the full wrath of the National Football League (NFL) due to the bounty scandal.
With two of their best players on defence suspended for this game the Saints will be focussed on putting up the maximum points on board.
Green Bay’s defence is their Achilles heel and with quarterback Drew Brees in the side the Saints will look to take full advantage.
However the Packers boast their own great quarterback in Aaron Rodgers and this game has all the makings of an offensive masterpiece for the watching fans.
Both the Saints and Packers are two of the strongest sides in the National Football Conference (NFC) and fans will look forward to watching a great battle between the teams.
Head-to-Head
Both teams have faced each other 22 times and played out an epic battle in 2011 which Green Bay won by a 42-34 score-line.
The Packers lead the Saints in wins with 15 victories to New Orleans 7.
Week 5: Indianapolis Colts
For the Indianapolis Colts this will be the first season that the name of Peyton Manning will not be on their roster anymore.
Manning’s replacement at quarterback, number one draft pick from Stanford University Andrew Luck will take over duties in offence.
Luck has received great praise throughout the drafts for his talent with many calling him the next Peyton Manning.
The young quarterback now has to shoulder the burden of an entire franchise and expectations from him will be huge among fans.
Against the Packers, Luck will have to battle against the best quarterback in the league today, Aaron Rodgers and his performance in this game will be watched closely by all.
This will be a tricky game for Green Bay as the Colts are an unknown quantity in 2012 and it will be interesting to see how this fixture plays out.
Head-to-Head
Both teams have faced each other 42 times. Green Bay Packers have just about managed to win more games over Indianapolis.
The Packers have 21 wins to the Colts 20 with one game ending as a tie.
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