Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is still wondering what went wrong in his team’s season-ending loss to the 49ers Sunday. During his final press conference of the season Wednesday, LaFleur reflected on the fact that he’s still trying to figure out why his team looked flat in the NFC Championship.
LaFleur admitted that the San Francisco staff, “definitely out-coached,” him and his own staff. He added, “I just don’t feel like we played with the same intensity,” as the team did throughout the rest of the 2019 season.
“It’s extremely… It’s bothersome,” he said.
The 49ers led 27-0 after the first half before finishing with a 37-20 final score to earn the trip to the Super Bowl over the Packers. In particular, the Packers struggled to stop San Francisco’s running game.
More than what happened on the field, it sounds like LaFleur is trying to diagnose what happened in his team’s mental preparation that resulted in him saying, “Our players [weren’t] playing with their hair on fire.”