GREEN BAY, Wis. — Inexperienced Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur did not like what he noticed on the sector Sunday in his staff’s 13-10 upset loss on the Cleveland Browns, and he did not like what he heard from his locker room final week.
That is when Rasheed Walker used the “U” phrase after the Packers began 2-0 with convincing wins over a pair of NFC playoff groups from final season: the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders. The Packers left deal with steered, “I feel we are able to go undefeated, truthfully.”
Contemplating considered one of LaFleur’s favourite phrases is to go 1-0 every week, it wasn’t a shock to listen to his response Monday.
“I’ve stated it 1,000,000 occasions to you guys — I do not suppose I’ve clearly stated it sufficient to our staff — the purpose is to go 1-0 each week,” LaFleur stated Monday. “And it pisses me off after we begin speaking about issues exterior of the following sport. Issues which are means down the street. Like, give attention to, preserve the give attention to the current, on the now, and fear about getting higher every day.”
LaFleur didn’t point out Walker particularly, and Walker declined to remark after Sunday’s loss.
“I feel it is all the time an excellent reminder, like, ‘Hey guys, pump the brakes on every part. We’re simply attempting to win one sport at a time,'” LaFleur stated. “And in the event you’re pondering [beyond that] or have your sights set on something exterior of that, I feel you are centered on the mistaken issues. Like, we have to be centered on attempting to get higher. Clearly right now, the main target is on initially being sincere in regards to the tape and what the tape says, after which studying from that, after which it is transferring on.”
Maybe the most important factor that jumped out on tape was what occurred on the 43-yard potential go-ahead discipline purpose that the Browns blocked within the closing minute. A number of Browns gamers obtained vital push on the left aspect of the safety unit.
“It comes down to simply being disciplined and trusting your approach and what you are coached to do each day,” LaFleur stated. “Sadly, we obtained lifted, and we performed with poor pad degree, we did not take the right steps and simply did not carry out the correct approach. So in the event you do not do this towards a very good staff that is going to hurry arduous, you are vulnerable to having a catastrophic occasion happen.”
On the damage entrance, LaFleur stated security Javon Bullard is within the concussion protocol after leaving the sport late within the fourth quarter.
Proper deal with Zach Tom, who left after one play due to the indirect damage that stored him out the earlier week, didn’t injure himself any worse.
“I might chalk it as much as it is arduous to simulate what these guys are going to go towards within the sport,” LaFleur stated of Tom, who was restricted in apply final week. “We did our greatest by way of attempting to place them by sufficient and definitely had them stepping into apply, however nonetheless the sport’s a special pace.”