It did not take lengthy for us to witness fireworks on “Thursday Evening Soccer” this week. We anticipated a heated matchup between the Detroit Lions and rival Inexperienced Bay Packers, however issues acquired testy earlier than we even had an opportunity to sing the nationwide anthem!
As these at Ford Area had been establishing for the “The Star-Spangled Banner,” a fan that gave the impression to be on the sector for the pregame ceremony exchanged phrases with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. The interplay was picked up by NFL Community cameras. Take a look at what occurred:
Following the Packers’ 34-31 loss to the Lions, LaFleur gave a proof on what occurred with the fan earlier than kickoff.
“By no means been part of one thing like that… he was speaking junk to our gamers, giving them the throat slash signal,” LaFleur mentioned, through NFL Media. “You are making an attempt to deescalate it after which he will get in my face… I assumed it was fairly unsportsmanlike… often they police that so much higher, I wish to see safety or one thing step in there and get him out of right here.”
The fan was clearly elated to get a response from the rival coach, and even tried to pump up the house crowd as soon as they realized what was happening. LaFleur was backed up by a number of gamers, together with operating again Josh Jacobs, whereas assistant coaches and NFL officers acquired in between the 2 events earlier than issues escalated.
