`Risk/reward wasn´t worth it´: Matt LaFleur went with his `gut´ in sitting Aaron Rodgers, starters
(World News USA)

GREEN BAY - Matt LaFleur grinned. The night before, the Green Bay Packers coach had gotten into a slightly contentious back-and-forth with a Canadian reporter after Thursday´s preseason loss to the Oakland Raiders in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The reporter wanted clarity on why quarterback Aaron Rodgers and 32 others hadn´t played in the debacle of a game played on a truncated 80-yard field, and LaFleur was doing his best not to create an international incident or anger the Raiders, whom the Packers will see in regular-season play as well. And so, when the subject came up Friday afternoon, LaFleur interjected, `You really want to go there?` but did so with a smile before the question was half over....