GREEN BAY — It’s gotten to the point where Matt LaFleur is borderline apologetic when he utters one of his favorite clichés these days.
The Green Bay Packers second-year coach is fond of saying that “everyone has to do their 1/11th,” and when he looked at the film of the Packers’ troublesome run defense from Sunday’s 28-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, he saw some players trying to do a higher percentage than that 9.1%, and others who weren’t doing enough.
Combine that with a defensive scheme that has historically had trouble stopping the run, and that’s how Vikings running back Dalvin Cook ended up racking up a whopping 226 total yards and four touchdowns from scrimmage — 30 carries for 163 yards and three TDs, plus two receptions for 63 yards, including a 50-yard TD.