“The physicality, the communication, all of it,” LaFleur said. “Guys are playing off one another.
“Just the play style, it felt different. Quite frankly, I think it looked different, too.”
Most important is the Packers keep it up with a playoff berth on the line Sunday night against the Lions. Detroit will come to Lambeau Field with the same 8-8 record Green Bay possesses, but with an impressive offense that ranks in the top quarter of the league in yards and points.
Former Packers running back Jamaal Williams has 15 rushing touchdowns this season, receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown has reached 100 catches and more than 1,100 yards, and QB Jared Goff’s passer rating is now in the triple digits on the year (100.1), as he’s thrown 15 TDs with no interceptions since his last pick – which came against Green Bay all the way back in Week 9.
LaFleur added he believes Detroit’s offensive line ranks up there with Philadelphia’s as one of the best in the league, so this is no time for the Packers’ defense to hit a lull.
“We’ve got a great challenge in front of us,” LaFleur said. “They’ve done it consistently throughout the course of the season.”
The Packers were in a different place when they faced the Lions the first time this season, having lost four in a row, a streak Detroit pushed to five.
Now Green Bay has won four straight, having adopted a playoff mindset for the last month with its collective back against the wall. The hope is that’s hardened them for the biggest game of the season, to date, and yet another must-win situation.
“Anytime people go through a little bit of adversity and you can come out the other side, I think it callouses you to some degree,” LaFleur said. “I think it can bring everybody closer together. Because there was a point there when you’re sitting at 4-8 when it can go a lot of different ways and … they chose to stick together, to trust one another.”
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