Game Preview: Patriots at Packers
The Patriots hosted the Packers in a Sunday Night Football game on Dec. 19, 2010, claiming a 31-27 victory. The game featured a 71-yard kickoff return by OL Dan Connolly to the 4-yard line in the second quarter. According to Elias Sports Bureau, it remains the longest kickoff return by an offensive lineman in NFL history. The run by Connolly topped the 48-yard touchdown return by Atlanta's Mal Snider in 1969. The previous longest kickoff return for a Patriots offensive lineman was a 27-yard return by G Stephen Neal on Nov.30, 2008, vs. Pittsburgh.