GREEN BAY — When Matt LaFleur was asked Tuesday what his biggest focus was for the team’s earlier-than-they’d-like Week 5 bye, the Green Bay Packers head coach responded with a one-word answer.
“It’s called, ‘Health,’” LaFleur said.
Among the NFL’s most tried-and-true clichés is that the bye week always arrives at just the right time. That’s not really the case here. But since there’s nothing LaFleur can do about it, all he can really hope for is for the respite to help get two of his starting offensive linemen—right tackle Zach Tom (oblique) and left guard Aaron Banks (groin) — back in the lineup.
“That is the big thing. We’ve got to get these guys’ bodies back [healthy],” LaFleur said during a 24-minute Q&A session with reporters at Lambeau Field on Tuesday afternoon. “We also underst