Most wins by a Packers first-year coach (9)
Rookie NFL head coach Matt LaFleur reached his first bye week in Green Bay at 8-2 and atop the NFC North. He gets the extra week to plan for next week's game at San Francisco.
A ninth win for LaFleur this season would tie him with Mike Holmgren and Mike Sherman for most wins by a Packers head coach in his first season.
For the record, two fellas named Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi didn't have 16-game seasons when they made their Green Bay debuts. Lambeau was 3-2-1 in 1921, the Packers' first season in the NFL. Lombardi was 7-5 in 1959.
Lambeau had only three losing seasons in 29 years as Packers coach. Lombardi had no losing seasons in his nine years in Green Bay.
LaFleur's Packers will play four of their final six games on the road. They come out of the bye with consecutive games on opposite coasts (49ers, Giants).
Their last home game is Week 15 and is followed by a "Monday Night Football" game at the Vikings and the regular-season finale in Detroit.
Overall, the Packers' last six opponents — at 49ers (8-1), at Giants (2-8), Redskins (1-8), Bears (4-6), at Vikings (7-3) and at Lions (3-5-1) — have a combined 25-31-1 record (. 447).
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