Packers’ Matt LaFleur once again forced to talk about the same problem, and it could produce an eye-opening moment
This has been an issue for a long, long time.
Two consecutive weeks, and two disappointing results for the Green Bay Packers after two promising wins earlier this regular season. To make things worse, a blocked kick caused the loss to the Cleveland Browns last week and is partially responsible for the tie versus the Dallas Cowboys on “Sunday Night Football.”
After Brandon McManus was blocked on what would be a game-winning field goal in Cleveland, he was blocked again on an extra point early in the game on Sunday night, and the Cowboys returned it for a two-point conversion. The three-point swing was huge for a game that went to overtime and ended in a draw.
“You’ve got to go back and you’ve got to practice and you’ve got to do a better job,” head coach Matt LaFleur said after the game. “We’ve got to do a better job in practice. That’s disappointing, obviously, two weeks in a row where you have a kick blocked. So, I thought we did a lot of good things throughout the course of the week to try to correct the problem. Obviously, it wasn’t enough.”
Recurring issue
Special teams have been a big issue for the Packers for a long time. Rich Bisaccia is respected in the locker room and has a solid background to justify his position as an assistant head coach. But the results as a special teams coordinator have been underwhelming at best.
The Packers will certainly not make drastic in-season changes. But in another answer, LaFleur mentioned that it takes everyone to overcome the challenges.
“It’s on all of us. It’s not just on one individual. It’s everybody,” LaFleur added. “It’s starting with myself. So we got to do a better job coaching what we need to get done, and then our players got to, we all collectively got to do a better job there.”
Yes, the Packers have the youngest roster in football. But that’s not an excuse anymore, even if the lack of continuity this year due to injuries is an undeniable problem.
“I mean, every year is a different situation,” LaFleur explained. “You got a lot of new players out there, so it’s never the same. Anytime mistakes happen, it’s disappointing, whether it’s Year 3 with your group of guys or you got a rookie in there. It really doesn’t matter at the end of the day, because nobody cares. Bottom line is you got to get it right.”
The Packers have a bye to get some players back, and then play the Cincinnati Bengals at Lambeau Field in Week 6. It’s as close to a must to get things right as they could possibly be after such a strong start.
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