MINNEAPOLIS — Give it up to him. Forty-eight hours after one of the most gutless answers you’ll hear from a head coach, Matt LaFleur managed to coach an equally pathetic game. His starting running back — accused of abhorrent domestic abuse — is merely involved in “an unfortunate situation,” you see. Per the police report, Josh Jacobs’ alleged victim said he gave her a lump on her head. But hey, as LaFleur noted, “situations occur in life.”
Like, say, this situation.
A 1-in-2.5 million situation.
This isn’t a new phenomena. LaFleur’s career as the Green Bay Packers’ head coach is defined by cinematic meltdowns. When it comes to authoring a choke, he’s Shakespeare. Sunday’s 39-22 spiral into the abyss was simply the latest disaster under his watch.