GREEN BAY, Wis. — After Sunday’s crushing loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur estimated that his quarterback, Jordan Love, was hit about 15 times.
Sunday night came and went. Players and coaches returned to the facility Monday morning to—reluctantly—review the mostly despicable film from the 17-point loss, and it turns out LaFleur’s guess fell just short of the mark.
“18 times, actually,” said offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich on Tuesday.
No one would fault Love for waking up the following morning with extreme soreness after crossing paths with Brian Flores, the Vikings’ maniacal defensive coordinator. The Packers—as do most teams—know all too well Flores’ tendencies to conjure up a bevy of psychotic blitz packages that make life miserable for opposing quarterbacks. Knowing that the Packers had a glaring deficiency along the interior of their offensive line, Flores exploited it tenfold.
