Matt LaFleur, Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears
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Head coach Matt LaFleur strongly hinted in his Tuesday press conference that Lloyd will be sidelined for the rest of 2025. In his second season, Lloyd had been practicing in his return from injured reserve for a calf issue before he was then sidelined on Friday with a hamstring injury.
Packers running back Josh Jacobs banged his injured knee early against the Broncos but returned to score two touchdowns.
The Green Bay Packers crumble under pressure. Can head coach Matt LaFleur rally his team to overcome adversity and silence doubters against the Chicago Bears?
Nix went 23-of-34 passing for 302 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, leading the Broncos to a 34-26 win that clinched a spot in the NFL playoffs. Nix also made plays with his legs, ending the day with no sacks taken and 12 yards gained on the ground (before losing two yards on kneeldowns).
In a brutal loss in Denver, the Packers' coach lost his best defender, and a golden opportunity to quiet the noise.
Coach Matt LaFleur didn't confirm the bad news after Sunday's 34-26 loss to the Broncos, but what he did say gives Packers fans no hope of a different diagnosis. "It doesn't look good. I'll leave it at that," LaFleur said. Parsons will undergo an MRI on Monday to confirm.
The Green Bay Packers are no longer in first place in the NFC North after losing to the Denver Broncos 34-26 on Sunday, and some are starting to wonder about the future of head coach Matt LaFleur.
Micah Parsons went down with a non-contact injury during the Packers' Week 15 loss to the Broncos on Sunday. The initial fear is that Parsons tore his ACL. After the game a coach Matt LaFleur addressed the media and did not sound optimistic saying that "it doesn't look good."
LaFleur has complied a record of 21-4 in December. That matches Vince Lombardi at 21-4-2. It’s an 84-percent success rate for LaFleur, the highest percentage in December with at least 15 games. A win today at Denver would push LaFleur to 22-4 and 84.6 percent.