GREEN BAY – The Packers are coming off an emotional, exhausting and dramatic win over an NFC contender, they're facing a backup quarterback, and they're off to London in a few days for the first international regular-season game in franchise history.
But don't go calling this a "trap game" or say the Packers are due for a letdown when the Patriots visit Lambeau Field on Sunday.
"No, because we don't talk like that in the locker room," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "That's outside the locker room. Nobody ever talks about letdowns or emotional setbacks or trap games or any of the codewords you guys (in the media) use.
"We have a standard of which we play and that's the standard. If it dips below that, we don't attribute that to anything other than the preparation we put in, the way we practiced and the focus for that game."
Head Coach Matt LaFleur was adamant this week the Packers would not be looking ahead to the London trip, because that's how "you get your (butt) whipped, bottom line."
There's also the matter of the opponent this week being coached by Bill Belichick, even if it's a backup in Brian Hoyer taking over at quarterback.
"With Belichick, week by week, they've got a game plan for you," veteran safety Adrian Amos said. "They know what you do well or what you don't do well, so they will try to attack that."
The Packers have plenty of respect for the veteran Hoyer. LaFleur's brother has coached him with two different teams and spoken very highly of him. Hoyer also filled in for the Bears against the Packers back in 2016 and had Chicago right in the game until leaving due to injury.
Rodgers mentioned he's gotten to know Hoyer, who spent two different stints as Tom Brady's backup in New England, over the years at the Kentucky Derby, where the two future Hall of Famers annually bring a contingent of friends together.
"He's a good dude," Rodgers said. "He's been around the league for a long time, obviously, and he's had some stretches as a starter with a lot of success. But he's around the league because he's smart, he knows the schemes that he's in and he can come in and execute as well as they want him to."
All that said, the Packers' history against backup quarterbacks in the Rodgers era is pretty good, as expected.
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