GREEN BAY — Matt LaFleur was a man with a plan. Whether the way the first three weeks of training camp have gone for the Green Bay Packers will cause their head coach to alter his plans remains to be seen.
But he figures to stick to his original plan for Saturday’s second preseason game, against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium: Sitting his starters.
LaFleur’s plan for his starters on both sides of the ball had been for them to play in last weeks’ preseason opener against the New York Jets (which they did, in a 30-10 loss), then have the starters only take part in Thursday’s joint practice with the Colts but hold them out of the game.
LaFleur then intended for the starters to both go up against the Seattle Seahawks’ starters in next Thursday’s joint practice in Green Bay and