Matt LaFleur - Head Coach, packers Event: Press Conference | Date: 2026-10-12 | Full transcript (primary source).
Matt LaFleur, Head Coach of the Packers, addressed the media during a press conference following a recent game on October 12, 2026. The discussion centered on the team's performance and the injury of a key player, highlighting the emotional impact of the win overshadowed by the loss.
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LaFleur: So I stand up here a little bittersweet right now. I'm obviously really excited for our team and winning the game but just I just saw Hargrave and it doesn't look good so that kind of takes the air out of the room a little bit when you lose such a just not only a great player but a great guy key piece to this team and it kind of puts a little bit of a cloud on the day.
LaFleur: No, I mean early indications look like Achilles.
LaFleur: Well, I mean did you just listen to what I had to say? It was yeah it's great I'm excited for our team I'm excited for our guys but like anytime you see a player in especially a meaningless point of the game get hurt it it just is deflating.
LaFleur: You're getting all these good players hurt it started last year? Yeah it is what it is it's just I mean it's football and you know we're not going to sit up here and it's the next man up and guys got to get.
