Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is preparing the team for a tough Monday Night Football matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, amping crowd noise into the teams practices.
Live on @nflnetwork from Green Bay, where Matt LaFleur is trying to create chaos at practice to prepare the #Packers for Monday night’s showdown with a #Vikings team that is banged up in the backfield. pic.twitter.com/FuU7IVkHgD
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 19, 2019
LaFleur is doing what many coaches do before a road matchup against a team playing within a dome. Minnesota boasts one of the most rambunctious and loudest crowds in the NFL, especially since the building of U.S. Bank Stadium.
The game between Green Bay and Minnesota will be a highly anticipated one, as the Packers and Vikings fight for the top spot in the NFC North. Green Bay stands at 11-3 while Minnesota is 10-4.
Green Bay is undefeated within the NFC North, and already with a win over the Vikings which came in week two.
Minnesota currently has the final spot in a crowded NFC playoff picture, and a matchup against the New Orleans Saints would come if the playoffs started now. Green Bay, on the other hand, would have Wild Card weekend off before taking on the highest seed to advance to the divisional round.
While Monday will be a major game for the Vikings, the team will be without star running back Dalvin Cook as he recovers from a shoulder injury he re-aggravated in the teams win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Wide receiver Adam Thielen will be back for a second straight week coming off a hamstring injury. In his first game back, Thielen caught three passes for 27 yards.
As the Packers take the field, their practices with artificial crowd noises will help against a wild Vikings fanbase.
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