Why Matt LaFleur thought ‘it was in the very best curiosity’ to droop Patriots-Packers sport following Isaiah Bolden’s damage

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Bolden was stretchered off the sphere following an damage Saturday evening.

Saturday’s preseason sport between the New England Patriots and the Inexperienced Bay Packers led to an unlucky method.

Patriots rookie cornerback Isaiah Bolden was stretchered off the sphere following an damage within the fourth quarter, inflicting each groups to mutually comply with droop the sport.

Packers coach Matt LaFleur defined why he and Invoice Belichick got here to the settlement to finish Saturday’s sport.

“Clearly a really scary ending to the sport there, ideas and prayers to Isaiah Bolden and his household,” LaFleur informed reporters. “That’s a scary state of affairs, one that you simply by no means wish to see in our sport and I believed it was in the very best curiosity of each groups – coach Belichick and I talked on the sphere – simply to take the motion that we took.

“There’s quite a lot of good work that we’ve had over the past couple of days, but it surely’s onerous to consider a lot of that, simply hope that younger man goes to be OK.”

The vast majority of the press conferences for each groups after the sport centered on Bolden and his well being. Packers quarterback Jordan Love emphasised that suspending the sport was “the correct resolution.”