GREEN BAY — The good news for Xavier McKinney was that his coach was much angrier with the officiating crew than he was at McKinney.

Nevertheless, the Green Bay Packers first-team All-Pro safety was fortunate that his 15-yard penalty for taunting — no matter how much Packers head coach Matt LaFleur vehemently disagreed with referee Clete Blakeman’s crew on how the adjudicated it — wound up not costing his team dearly in a game the Packers wound up winning, 27-13, at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

“But I’m sure it might change when we’re watching the film,” McKinney said of LaFleur’s anger being directed at Blakeman’s crew. “It’s all right though.”

With the NFL having put an emphasis on reducing players’ trash-talking and taunting this season, McKinney’s second-quarter taunting penalty came af

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