Not less than Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur nonetheless has the assist of one of many faces of the franchise.
LaFleur’s future is up within the air after the Packers collapsed in a 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears within the NFC wild-card spherical. Inexperienced Bay led 21-3 coming into the third quarter however scored simply six factors for the remainder of the sport.
The Packers have now suffered consecutive first-round playoff exits, making LaFleur’s seat even hotter. Inexperienced Bay quarterback Jordan Love, nonetheless, believes the coach should not be the scapegoat for the crew’s latest postseason failures.
Jordan Love defends Matt LaFleur
“I undoubtedly suppose Matt ought to be the pinnacle coach,” Love told the media postgame. “I’ve obtained a variety of love for Matt, and I believe he does a great job. And that is it.”
Since changing into Packers HC in 2019, LaFleur has a 76-40-1 regular-season report and has performed an instrumental function in transitioning from former QB Aaron Rodgers (now with the Pittsburgh Steelers) to Love. In three seasons because the Packers beginning QB, the 2020 first-round choose has a 27-20-1 regular-season report and has tossed 83 TD passes and 31 interceptions.
Nonetheless, he has but to win a Tremendous Bowl and hasn’t guided the Packers to an NFC Championship Sport look for the reason that 2020 season. Potential upgrades can be found on the head-coaching market. Inexperienced Bay could reportedly target Tremendous Bowl champion John Harbaugh, lately fired by the Baltimore Ravens, if it strikes on from LaFleur.
“I am not going to leap to any conclusions or something,” Love stated of rumors relating to LaFleur. “We’ll see what occurs going ahead. That is the case for the top of each season and going into the offseason, that is all the time the case. We’ll see if something comes ahead, if something. So, we’ll see.”
In a postgame news conference, LaFleur dodged questions on his future. Nonetheless, he praised Love — who threw 4 landing passes in opposition to the Bears — for “taking part in his [butt] off.” Nonetheless, the QB’s effort wasn’t sufficient to avoid wasting the Packers’ season. It additionally could not have been sufficient to avoid wasting the coach’s job.
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