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November was not a good month for the Packers as a team as they went 1-4 and fell behind the Vikings in the race for the NFC North title.

The NFL still thought it was a good month for cornerback Damarious Randall, however. Randall has been named the league’s top defensive rookie for November, making him the first Packers rookie to win monthly honors on either side of the ball since running back Eddie Lacy did it in October 2013.

Randall made the first two interceptions of his NFL career during the month by picking off Peyton Manning and Cam Newton in consecutive weeks to kick off the month. The 30th overall pick of the 2015 draft also recorded 25 tackles and was credited with five pass defenses while starting the final four games of the month.

The Packers need their offense to find its footing to surge back ahead of the Vikings, but they’ll also need the defense to keep up the work that has Green Bay ranked sixth in points allowed. Randall’s role in that performance has grown over his rookie season and more of the same down the stretch would be a big boost to playoff hopes in Wisconsin.