![]() ![]() I’m always pacing up and down the sideline just waiting to see what happens. “It’s been eight years now and I still don’t know what I personally like to do. That’s a great question,” wide receiver Davante Adams said. “I haven’t found out if I like getting the ball yet. The Packers never relinquished the lead, keeping it for the remaining 25:26. That put the Packers in the same place they’ve spent most of the season thus far: Trailing.Īfter never leading against the Saints, the Packers didn’t take their first lead on Monday night until Rodgers fired a 22-yard touchdown strike to tight end Robert Tonyan on the first series of the third quarter, 4:34 into the second half. ![]() The Lions went against the grain on that Monday night, winning the toss, taking the ball and driving 75 yards in seven plays en route to a 5-yard Jared Goff-to-Quintez Cephus touchdown pass and a 7-0 lead. “I would say traditionally, most teams defer.” “That’s something we talk about before every game: What do we think is going to be the best for us to go win the football game? Whether it’s deferring or take the ball,” LaFleur said. The Packers offense has possessed the ball for a combined 22:13. While falling behind at halftime 17-3 to the Saints and 17-14 to the Lions, the Packers have watched their two opponents hold the ball for a combined 37 minutes, 47 seconds in the two first halves. That’s because new defensive coordinator Joe Barry’s unit has struggled in its first two games in his system, not only giving up early points but allowing the Saints and Lions to embark on long, time-consuming drives. “That might be something that we might look at.” In the 38 games (including playoffs) that LaFleur has coached in Green Bay, the Packers have won the toss 18 times. “Shoot, I think every time we’ve won the toss here,” LaFleur said, “we’ve deferred.” LaFleur had no choice on Monday night, but he did a week earlier in the season opener, when the Packers won the toss and opted to defer to the second half, giving the New Orleans Saints the ball – as they have throughout LaFleur’s tenure. ![]() “You do know,” LaFleur said, smirking, “that the Detroit Lions won the toss and took the ball, right?” And, he’d been asked, if he might consider taking the ball first in future games given how his team’s defense has struggled to find its footing in the first two games of the season. The Green Bay Packers coach was doing his usual day-after-the-game Q&A session with reporters Tuesday, roughly 16 hours removed from his team’s 35-17 victory over the Detroit Lions on “Monday Night Football” at Lambeau Field. GREEN BAY – First, Matt LaFleur wanted to make sure the person who’d asked the question understood how coin flips worked. ![]()
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