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Hallo-not: Packers HC Matt LaFleur dismisses Halloween, focused on Panthers matchup

  • Rob DemovskyOct 31, 2025, 01:29 PM ET

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      Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Don’t tell Matt LaFleur that Friday is Halloween. The Green Bay Packers head coach doesn’t give a you-know-what.

Apparently, there had been behind-the-scenes chatter about Halloween in coaches’ offices Friday, which involved, among others, LaFleur and his chief of staff, Darryl Franklin.

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Packers vice president of communications Jason Wahlers clearly was in on the bit as well, based on LaFleur’s answer.

“[It’s] Halloween, huh?” LaFleur began. “We’ve got a big discussion with my assistant Darryl. I was like, ‘I don’t give a s— if it’s Halloween, all right? We’re trying to win a game. Period.’ Well done, Wahlers. It’s a Friday in the National Football League, that’s what day it is.”

And that’s how Friday’s news conference concluded.

The Packers (5-1-1) play the Carolina Panthers (4-4) on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

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