GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Preston Smith would walk past the gym inside Lambeau Field on his way to and from meetings and workouts.
“I’ve seen some other guys play on the basketball court,” Smith said. “That was pre-Matt LaFleur.”
When he walks past now, it’s usually empty.
It sounds like what happened to the Green Bay Packers' first-year head coach, who blew out his left Achilles tendon last week on that very same basketball court, has scared off the players.
And that’s exactly what LaFleur hopes it did.
It might be the one good thing that came of his injury.