Packers head coachMatt LaFleur played the ultimate diplomatin addre sing Aaron Rodgers' criticism of Green Bay's joint practices with Houstonthis week.
The two teams held joint practices in Green Bay on Monday and Tuesday, and Rodgers was clearly not pleased, telling reporters,"I wouldn't Arizona State Sun Devils Jersey Sale mind if they didn't do it for another 14 years," and "it's out of my control."
Rodgers also criticized certain drills, saying "I don't think doing live special teams drills is very smart."
The remarks were quickly construed by some NFL observers and Packers fans as an early warning sign in the relationship between the franchise quarterback and the Caleb Swanigan Jersey first-year head coach. But anyone looking forLaFleur to add to the drama by poking back at Rodgers will be disappointed. Najee Goode Jersey After the Packers' 28-26 win over the Texans on Thursday,LaFleur joked that he and Rodgers were not on speaking terms.
Then he directly addre sed Rodgers' criticism.
You know what? Theres a lot of things that a lot of players dont like about training camp,". From his perspective, I can understand where hes coming from in some regard because its not like theyre playing, they run about four different coverages, so its not overly complicated.
"Its not like Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine throwing everything at you. So, I get it from his perspective. But Marques Bolden Jersey at the same time, theres 10 other guys on the field with him on each play, and it was great for us, especially when you talk about our run game getting some different looks to go against.
"I always TJ Gibbs Jr. Jersey respect his opinion, just like I do all our players. But I still think it was beneficial for us.
LaFleur did admit that the live kickoff drills were not a great idea.
The one thing that I will comment on that I thought that he was dead right on was when you look at the kickoff, they ramped up their intensity level and we didnt match it, LaFleur said. It looked a little, we got it taken to us a little bit. Thats something moving forward I probably wouldnt do again is those Khwan Fore Jersey full covered kickoff drills.
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