In Week 4, Matt LaFleur was pissed. His team was being humbled at home in prime time by the Lions.
The loss to Detroit became the first of four in a row, sending the Packers from 2-1 to 2-5. The turning point came when the Packers upended the Lions on Thanksgiving.
Now, Green Bay is one more upset win away from potentially returning to Ford Field for a rubber match against the Lions.
There’s plenty of credit to go around as the Packers smoothly transition from Aaron Rodgers to Jordan Love. When Favre gave way to Rodgers, the Packers went from the brink of the Super Bowl under Favre to out of the playoffs under Rodgers. This time around, the Packers have gone from out of the playoffs under Rodgers to the brink of the NFC Championship.
Coach Matt LaFleur deserves plenty of credit, both for what he’s done this year and what he did in the four prior seasons. Joined at the hip with a delicate genius, LaFleur had to tiptoe around a quarterback who, right out of the gates, used the media to win a tug-o-war over whether LaFleur would give Rodgers far more freedom to change the play at the line of scrimmage.
