GREEN BAY — Matt LaFleur tends to go into self-deprecating mode a lot. Sometimes, it’s not all that convincing, like when it was recently pointed out to him that he’s a pretty smart guy with a high football IQ.
“Well,” LaFleur replied, haltingly, “there might be some objections to how smart I am.”
But when the Green Bay Packers coach was asked in the aftermath of his team’s season-opening 38-3 shellacking at the hands of the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 12 to explain his impressive track record of having his team ready to respond to such defeats — so far in his tenure, the Packers have yet to lose back-to-back games — LaFleur’s reply didn’t sound like false modesty at all.