LaFleur faces job questions after Packers loss

The Green Bay Packers entered the 2025 NFL play with precocious hopes. Many believed they were among the favorites to triumph the 2026 Super Bowl. Two aboriginal wins against the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders raised the enthusiasm among fans.

However, the past fewer weeks person shown a antithetic story. The squad suffered 2 consecutive losses astatine location – archetypal to the Carolina Panthers, and past to the Philadelphia Eagles successful the 9th and 10th rounds.

Packers manager Matt LaFleur was already nether occurrence earlier the matchup with the Eagles. The Packers unexpectedly mislaid 16-13 to the Panthers, acknowledgment to Bryce Young. The caller loss, 10-7 to the Eagles, with a anemic discourtesy that had to “bleed” for points and yards, has raised questions astir the information of his presumption again.

Focus connected what you tin control

LaFleur acknowledged the sound of criticism, but said helium wants to absorption lone connected what helium tin control.

"I'll permission it up to others to decide," LaFleur said aft the game, per The Athletic's Matt Schneidman. "I'm going to absorption connected 1 time astatine a clip and effort to bash the champion I can. You're ever grooming for everything successful this league, you know? That's my mindset. You tin ne'er afloat relax. You ever person to push. That's my attack and it's going to beryllium that mode until they archer maine I can't manager anymore."

LaFleur is successful his seventh play arsenic a caput manager and portion the squad has yet to scope the apical nether his leadership, they person been competitory for the astir portion – making the NFL playoffs 5 times since helium took over. Still, a play successful Green Bay is lone palmy if it ends with a parade of the Vince Lombardi Trophy done downtown. Right now, astatine 5-3-1, the Packers don't look similar they're connected the close track.

All that's near for LaFleur is to get backmost to enactment and find solutions to the team's problems portion inactive successful control. In the adjacent round, Green Bay volition play connected the roadworthy against the New York Giants.

Packers backmost Jordan Love, aft a sack successful the archetypal 4th of the crippled against the Eagles, was helped disconnected the tract by violative tackle Rasheed Walker.