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Packers Starters Will Play Week 18 vs. Bears amid NFL Playoff Picture, LaFleur Says

The Green Bay Packers' playoff positioning can't change all that much in Week 18, but head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that the team's starters will suit up.

"You've got a 53-man roster plus two call-ups, so guys gotta play, so that's the approach that we take here," LaFleur explained, via Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. "The right answer is whatever works, and I think you've got to have a philosophy on what works best for you. We were in a similar situation a few years back where we played the guys a half, and lost in the second half, and then we had the bye and we lost in the playoffs.