Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur sounds stuck between wanting to play his starters to ward off the possibility of repeating last year’s Week 1 disaster and understanding the risk-reward analysis of exposing key players to injury in a game that doesn’t mean anything in the win-loss column.
LaFleur said Sunday that he’s still trying to determine if his starters – including quarterback Aaron Rodgers – will play in the preseason finale against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night. He does expect every player to suit up and go through a pre-game warm-up routine, however.