Football coaches and players at all levels and skills are creatures of habit. Routines are vastly important to the success of the team; preaching perfect practice habits and repetition of plays to be run on game day have been a part of football coaching since the advent of the game. In other words, football gurus rehearse each week’s game plan, and they even script their first plays as if they were reciting lines in a theatrical play.
Nothing is seldom left to chance. However, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur ad-libbed the most important play of week 8’s game versus the Jacksonville Jaguars , a back-breaking, 51-yard pass from Malik Willis to Jayden Reed . It was as if he and the Packers were playing backyard football, and the crucial decision that decided winning or losing was drawn in the dirt.
Matt LaFleur Learned From an Earlier Play The genesis of Jayden Reed’s big reception came about with 1:13 remaining in the third quarter, and the Packers were trailing 17-13. On first and 10 from the Green Bay 42 , Willis faked a left zone read run play to Josh Jacobs and bootlegged toward the right side of the formation. Reed, who was in a wing position on the right side, feigned a block and settled in the middle of the Jaguars defense.
Tight end Tucker Kraft peeled from the left wing across the formation and was looking for a reception in the right flat. Romeo Doubs streaked down the right side of the field, hoping to entice as many Jaguars defenders to follow as he .
