Tuesday Cheese Curds: Matt LaFleur prepares for in-season tweaks

Saying the first three weeks of the 2022 season has been a mixed bag is putting it mildly. An emphatic loss, a fairly dominant win, and a grimy, grind-it-out quasi-revenge game will give you that kind of feeling.

But it’s a long season, and sooner or later the Packers’ will level out a bit. At least, you’d hope.

In-season adjustments are hard to nail down, but they definitely play a factor in long-term performance. This week, head coach Matt LaFleur is talking through two big in-season adjustments that he hopes will help the Packers find a bit more consistency.

Will they? That’s anybody’s guess. But at least the Packers aren’t embodying the definition of insanity. In a league where too many things persist because teams have just always done them that way, that’s progress. It’s a low bar, but at least the Packers are clearing it.

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur considering easing practice workload to prevent injuries | Packers News

LaFleur has tinkered with the practice structure before, and doing so again might help the Packers avoid another spate of groin and hamstring issues.

Packers still searching for answers to offensive rollercoaster vs. Bucs | Packers.com

Rollercoasters usually have more than one up-and-down cycle, but after the Packers started high and dropped off, they never really got back up again.

The NFL running back conundrum: How teams view their value | ESPN ($)

Do running backs matter? ESPN sizes up the question.

Why the Chicago Bears Are Protecting Justin Fields | Football Outsiders

Things haven’t been great for Fields and the Bears this year, but Football Outsiders thinks there’s a method to the madness.

Looking for a cake mixer, finding a medieval manuscript in Waterville | The Maine Monitor

Finding something like this at a garage sale is one of my lifelong dreams.