Packers coach Matt LaFleur got into a heated altercation with a Lions fan
Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur got into an altercation with a Detroit Lions fan ahead of Thursday night’s game at Ford Field.
Darie Carragher of 247Sports shared some insight into the altercation that reportedly happened during the national anthem.
The Lions fan in question was out on the field to hold the flag, per Carragher, and reportedly taunted LaFleur. In return, LaFleur apparently told the Lions fan something very unsavory and NSFW.
Carragher also said the two had to be restrained by Packers staff during the fracas. There is a video of the encounter between LaFleur and the Lions fan from NFL Network that backs up Carragher’s reporting and shows how heated things got.
Things got "spicy" before Thursday's game between Matt LaFleur and a Lions fan who was on the field to hold the flag for the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/jv1V4smgMx
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Even if this Lions fan was being a jerk, LaFleur has to let stuff like this go. One of the people in this interaction is an NFL coach, and that’s always going to be the person understandably held to a higher standard.