Notebook: Driver One Catch Away From Record

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Wide receiver Donald Driver's first-ever game at Lambeau Field was in 1999 against the Detroit Lions, and that will be the opposition once again on Sunday as he looks to become the Packers' all-time leader in receptions.

Driver tied wide receiver Sterling Sharpe's (1988-94) mark of 595 career receptions in Week 4 at Minnesota with a 10-yard reception late in the fourth quarter, so his first catch on Sunday against the Lions will give him the top spot all to himself.

"I guess it will be shocking," Driver said. "Last week I got a call from Sterling just saying, "You deserve it.' I told him that to be mentioned in the same breath as him and James Lofton and all of the great guys that played before me, it's an honor. He said, 'You deserve it. It's nothing that has been given to you. Go out and do what you do.'

"That's one thing you say you would never imagine. I would have never predicted it, in a million years. If someone would have said, 'Donald, a seventh-r..

Source: Packers.com
 

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