So Sunday’s trip to Green Bay will be a first for most of the Patriots, an experience many are looking forward to.

Three other members of today’s roster, LeGarrette Blount , Jonathan Casillas , and Michael Hoomanawanui , have visited Lambeau as members of other teams.

The last time the Patriots played at storied Lambeau Field was in 2006. Only three members of the current roster were with the team that day: Tom Brady , Vince Wilfork , and Stephen Gostkowski , who was a rookie.

“I’m excited about it,” said Matthew Slater. “A lot of history there, with Curly Lambeau and everything that the organization stands for. I don’t think the league would be where it is without a franchise like this. We’re excited about the challenge.”


“I’ve never played there, never been there,” said Danny Amendola (who was on injured reserve when his Rams traveled to Green Bay in 2011). “I heard it’s a great place to play. Obviously it has a lot of tradition, it’s been in the NFL forever. We’re all excited to go there and play.”

According to Brady, Bill Belichick put on his historian’s hat this week to educate his players on the Packers’ history as one of the oldest franchises in the NFL, nearing its 100th season of play.

“I’ve been there — it’s pretty sweet,” Brady said. “Coach was talking a little bit about the history of the Packers. There is like 100,000 people in the entire town and 80,000 seats in the stadium. They’ve made quite a few additions over the years to the stadium.

“It’s a great organization. They’ve got a very storied history. It should be a fun weekend.

“It gives us a big test to go up there and try to play a team that’s been so dominant at home. We’re going to need to try to match their intensity and match their level of execution, but they do a lot of things really well.”


The Packers are 5-0 at Lambeau this year, averaging 43.8 points in home games.

Tough to tackle

After going a few years with a substandard rushing game, the Packers drafted former Alabama running back Eddie Lacy in 2013, and he paid immediate dividends: Lacy rushed for nearly 1,200 yards as a rookie with 11 touchdowns.

He’s off that pace this season, but Lacy is also adept as a pass-catcher. That double threat makes him tough to defend.

“He’s got good vision and he’s hard to tackle,” said Belichick. “The guy breaks a lot of tackles. He’s a strong runner, hard to get to the ground, whether they hand it to him or throw it to him.

“He had 120-some receiving yards against New Orleans, so it’s the same issue when they hit him on check-downs or screen passes or plays like that. It’s tackling.”

Listed at 5 feet 11 inches, 231 pounds, Lacy definitely has the size of a power back.

“He does a great job of running with his pads over the ball, where he’s protecting the ball and he’s taking contact on with his shoulders, which makes it very difficult to tackle a runner like that,” said New England defensive coordinator Matt Patricia.

“On first contact, he’s usually running through arm tackles or he does a great job of spinning out of difficult situations. He’s constantly driving his legs. He’s got extremely good lower-body strength to push a pile or drive through a tackler.


“It’s a big challenge for us to get a guy with this size and this strength, and the ability that he has to get through small spaces in the line of scrimmage and then burst into the secondary and into the linebacker level at a very high pace, downhill, and running with a full head of steam.”

A rave for Rodgers

The Packers’ third-round pick this year was tight end Richard Rodgers, who played college football at California but played in high school at St. John’s of Shrewsbury. Rodgers has played in all 11 games this season, with five starts; he has 11 catches for 137 yards and a touchdown.

“A fine young man, excellent young player,” said Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy. “He continues to impress as he moves forward through the season. We ask a lot of our tight ends, and Richard is doing a great job.”

Rodgers’s father, also named Richard, is the Panthers’ special teams coordinator.

White among wounded

The Patriots practiced Thursday and had one addition to their injury report: Linebacker Chris White was limited with an ankle injury. Nine others were listed as limited Wednesday. The Packers added wideout Davante Adams (heel) to their list, and he was limited. Guard T.J. Lang (ankle) was upgraded to limited . . . Via the NFL transaction wire, the Patriots waived defensive back Don Jones, who had eight special teams tackles. There was no corresponding roster move.

Week 13: Packers 26, Patriots 21

Shalise Manza Young can be reached at syoung@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @shalisemyoung.