Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker made a bold statement last week: \u201cI think we can go undefeated honestly. . . . Pound for pound, I look at these teams, and I don\u2019t really see who\u2019s better than us honestly. That\u2019s why I can say that so confidently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three days later, the Packers were upset by the Browns 13-10.<\/p>\n
It seems at least some of the Packers ate the cheese.<\/p>\n
Packers coach Matt LaFleur didn\u2019t mention Walker specifically in his Monday comments, but LaFleur appeared to be referring to Walker\u2019s comments from last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal \u2014 and I\u2019ve said it to you guys a million times to you guys; I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve obviously said it enough to our team \u2014 the goal is to go 1-0 every week, and it pisses me off when we start talking about things outside of the next game, things that are way down the road,\u201d LaFleur said, via Dave Schroeder of WBAY. \u201cKeep the focus on the present, on the now, and worry about getting better each and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Packers looked like the best team in the NFL \u2014 or at least one of the best \u2014 in the first two weeks. They looked like that most of Sunday, too, before the Browns scored 13 points in the final 3:38 to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat.<\/p>\n
The Packers won\u2019t go 17-0, but they still have a chance to be a special team. <\/p>\n
LaFleur will ensure his players focus on the Cowboys this week and nothing beyond that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s always good reminder, like, \u2018Hey guys, pump the brakes on everything. We\u2019re just trying to win one game at a time,\u2019\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re thinking [like that] or have your sights set on anything outside of that, I think you\u2019re focused on the wrong things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker made a bold statement last week: \u201cI think we can go undefeated honestly.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-175936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}