Pack's LaFleur wasn't happy with undefeated talk

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay Packers manager Matt LaFleur didn't similar what helium saw connected the tract Sunday successful his team's 13-10 upset nonaccomplishment astatine the Cleveland Browns, and helium didn't similar what helium heard from his locker country past week.

That's erstwhile Rasheed Walker utilized the "U" connection aft the Packers started 2-0 with convincing wins implicit a brace of NFC playoff teams from past season: the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders. The Packers near tackle suggested, "I deliberation we tin spell undefeated, honestly."

Considering 1 of LaFleur's favourite phrases is to spell 1-0 each week, it wasn't a astonishment to perceive his effect Monday.

"I've said it a cardinal times to you guys -- I don't deliberation I've evidently said it capable to our squad -- the extremity is to spell 1-0 each week," LaFleur said Monday. "And it pisses maine disconnected erstwhile we commencement talking astir things extracurricular of the adjacent game. Things that are mode down the road. Like, absorption on, support the absorption connected the present, connected the now, and interest astir getting amended each and each day."

LaFleur did not notation Walker specifically, and Walker declined remark aft Sunday's loss.

"I deliberation it's ever a bully reminder, like, 'Hey guys, pump the brakes connected everything. We're conscionable trying to triumph 1 crippled astatine a time,'" LaFleur said. "And if you're reasoning [like that] oregon person your sights acceptable connected thing extracurricular of that, I deliberation you're focused connected the incorrect things. Like, we've got to beryllium focused connected trying to get better. Obviously today, the absorption is connected archetypal of each being honorable astir the portion and what the portion says, and past learning from that, and past it's moving on."

Perhaps the biggest happening that jumped retired connected portion was what happened connected the 43-yard imaginable go-ahead tract extremity that the Browns blocked successful the last minute. Several Browns players got important propulsion connected the near broadside of the tract extremity extortion unit.

"I deliberation it comes down to conscionable being disciplined and trusting your method and what you're coached to bash connected a regular basis," LaFleur said. "Unfortunately we got lifted, and we played with mediocre pad level, we didn't instrumentality the close steps and conscionable didn't execute the close technique. So if you don't bash that against a truly bully squad that's going to unreserved hard, you're susceptible to having a catastrophic lawsuit occur."

On the wounded front, LaFleur said information Javon Bullard is successful the concussion protocol aft leaving the crippled precocious successful the 4th quarter.

Right tackle Zach Tom, who near aft 1 play due to the fact that of the oblique wounded that kept him retired the erstwhile week, did not injure himself immoderate worse.

"I would chalk it up to it's hard to simulate what these guys are going to spell against successful the game," LaFleur said of Tom, who was constricted successful signifier past week. "We did our champion successful presumption of trying to enactment them done capable and surely had them going successful practice, but inactive the game's a antithetic speed."