Packers 30, Seahawks 13
MATT LaFLEUR: Great team effort, especially our defense I thought they played a really good game for four quarters, got constant pressure on the quarterback, got a couple takeaways. It was great to have Cooper obviously back. His stat line was pretty impressive. Made some big-time plays.
I think offensively we started fast, then stalled in the second half and didn't probably perform the way we'd like to. But you got to give them a lot of credit. I think that defense has come a long way. I got a lot of respect for Mike and his staff, Aden Durde, their ability to get those guys to play. They play hard and they play the right way. It's a good scheme. You got to give them a lot of credit.
But I also want to give a big shout-out to our fans. I mean, I definitely was not expecting that many Packer fans in the stands. This is a tough place to play. It's extremely loud. I was shocked when our defense was on the field and I could hear our Packer fans, so...
I definitely think that made a difference for us.
Q. You guys are probably going to have to play on the road when you get in the playoffs, be road warriors. How do you like how you're handling these situations?
MATT LaFLEUR: You must have listened to my postgame deal with Larry. That's exactly what I said. I mean, that's the reality of it more than likely.
But we just got to keep stacking wins and try to take it one day at a time, one game at a time. But I like our guys' confidence. We came out, we started fast. We knew that was going to be a key to the game, to try to take the crowd out as best we could.
I thought the first half was a pretty clean half. C.B. had a huge pick for us, weren't able to take it down and get points at the end of the half.
I totally mismanaged the end of the half. That was 100% on me, just being too indecisive, putting it on Jordan, giving him a call at the line of scrimmage that took far too long. That is something that can't happen. That can cost us if it were a tighter game. That one's on me.
Q. (Question about field goal range.)
MATT LaFLEUR: Not necessarily. It was a moment where I was indecisive. Didn't want to call timeout because too much time had ticked off the clock. Then I should have called timeout and didn't.
It was just poor management, something that can't happen.
Q. Jordan's check into a play...
MATT LaFLEUR: He was. I gave him free rein to get to what I wanted to. But I shouldn't have done that. I should have been more decisive and had a play called for us, got on the ball.
Definitely did not want to give them the ball back before the end of the half. Once we got to midfield, we needed to be more aggressive. That was just lousy play calling by me.
Q. What did having Romeo back in this game mean?
MATT LaFLEUR: Yeah, how about that catch, that second touchdown catch? That was a big-time play.
I love how Rome works. He's been pretty consistent for us when given opportunities. He comes through. So it was cool to have him back out there.
It's hard to get all the guys the amount of touches you'd like to when you have a room that you feel is pretty stacked. You got a lot of guys that you want to get involved, whether it's our running backs. Certainly Tucker Kraft made some big-time plays. But that's a good problem to have.
Q. With a young team, what is the process like in instilling that killer instinct? How important was that touchdown to put a stamp on this win?
MATT LaFLEUR: It was big-time 'cause it felt way disjointed in the second half. I mean, that's the reality of it. Again, give them credit. That's a good defense. But I thought there were some opportunities we just didn't capitalize on. Some was just lack of execution, others was terrible play calls.
Q. How do you look at those pass interference ones to Christian?
MATT LaFLEUR: Are you talking about the last third down?
Q. First half pass interference down to Christian. Jordan said he wanted to get that a little farther down the field. Are those plays you consider good decisions on his part?
MATT LaFLEUR: I would think so, yeah. I mean, we have a lot of confidence in our wide receivers, no matter it's Rome or Wicks or Watson or Jay Reed, Bo, any of those guys. When they get one on one open, we expect them to make the plays.
A PI, it doesn't show up on the stat sheet, but those are some chunk plays.
Q. What is it about Cooper, he's a rookie, misses three games, then he gets in there and has a huge impact game? What is it about him that allows him to do that?
MATT LaFLEUR: He's just a hell of a player. I think Haf does a great job of putting him in positions to have success. It's been fun to watch and witness his growth. Campanelli does a hell of a job with that whole room.
Those guys have all gotten better throughout the course of season, whether it's Quay, Eric, Isaiah. They're all improving. Hopper. Every guy in that room.
It's because of the consistency coaching that Campanelli does. I think Haf does a great job of putting those guys in positions to make plays. Coop is a hell of an athlete, man. He's a really good football player. I think he's just scratching the surface of what he can become in this league.
Q. Geno going down obviously changes the game for the Seahawks. How about the sacks in this one? Was that a plan or an opportunity?
MATT LaFLEUR: I think that's the plan every week, right? It's just whether or not you're able to go out there and do it.
Yeah, obviously we're always trying to get pressure on the quarterback. That's the number one way to disrupt anything on offense.
But our D-line came to play and they did a hell of a job. Just got constant pressure. You never want to see a guy like that go down. I got a lot of respect for Geno, just watching him through his career, how he's reinvented himself. He's playing really good football. You're not the second-ranked passing leader in this game for no reason. They got a lot of good players over there. He does a great job.
Hated to see it for him and for them to go down. We never want to see that. That's unfortunate. But that is part of our game.
Q. You are 10-4, had a decisive win against a good team in a tough place to play. How close do you feel you are to realizing and reaching what the potential is?
MATT LaFLEUR: We'll see. We're going to take it one game at a time. That's just the mindset that we've always had here. I still think there's a lot to improve upon, myself included obviously (smiling).
Q. How much does that weigh on your mind? You just had this big win, but the things that are still out there?
MATT LaFLEUR: That's kind of the mindset that we have, is just how can we get better? I think you got to keep pushing that envelope and strive to reach your full potential.
Q. Did you spend some time on screen passes this past week in practice?
MATT LaFLEUR: We did. It came up handy, right (smiling)? We did a really good job. I got to give Haf a ton of credit. I think he just does a heck of a job, man. It means a lot to him obviously, but he does a great job of putting our guys in position, always trying to come up with things to offset wherever our holes are.
Me being an offensive guy, you always think you can poke holes through any defensive scheme at some point. You're constantly trying to stay ahead of the competition.
Seattle does a great job in their screen game. We knew that was going to be a part of this game. I thought our guys went out there and took the coaching and executed at a high level.
Q. Giving to it Josh the first eight times, was that (indiscernible)?
MATT LaFLEUR: That wasn't necessarily scripted plays in order. I think the first three I want to say out of our 30 plays or whatever we had scripted went in order. I just felt like we were getting good movement up front. I kept leaning on the run game. Josh was running hard, getting downhill. Just kept feeding him the ball. It kind of set the tone for us, as well.
Q. (Indiscernible) start with two safeties back?
MATT LaFLEUR: That's their defense. It's extremely difficult to get behind this defense. They do a good job of keeping a lid on the coverage. We knew the check-downs were going to be huge.
I thought there were some opportunities the screen game going into the game. So that's why we came out with those right away. Rarely do teams screen back to back. There was just some intent behind that. Our guys went out there and executed and it set us up in a good position.
Q. (No microphone.)
MATT LaFLEUR: I don't know. I just know they told me at halftime he was going to be out.
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