Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is not a fan of Halloween. It's either that, or he's really feeling the pressure of this Super Bowl window.

More than likely, the latter is the truth in this matter. With that said, LaFLeur railed against the candy-centric holiday at the end of a press conference on Friday.

Apparently, as Rob Demovsky of ESPN tells it, there was talk about Halloween in the coaches' office on Friday. and chief of staff Darryl Franklin was leading the way.

Rather than talking about Halloween, LaFleur would have prefered his staff to be talking about Green Bay's matchup with the Carolina Panthers this weekend.

"[It's] Halloween, huh?" LaFleur said in the press conference. "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.'

"It's a Friday in the National Football League, that's what day it is."

You love to see that kind of focus from a head coach, but this also gives a glimpse into LaFleur's mindset as the Packers sit at 5-1-1 heading into Week 9.

The Packers are absolutely in a Super Bowl-or-bust window. If that wasn't clear when general manager Brian Gutekunst said that there was urgency to win the thing early in the offseason, it became abundantly clear when he traded two first round picks and Kenny Clark to the Dallas Cowboys for superstar pass-rusher Micah Parsons just before the season.

The Parsons trade wasn't a move made with long-term implications in mind. That was a move made to put the Packers over the hump in the NFC and get them to the Super Bowl. Now, LaFLeur has to deliver, and you get the sense he feels that pressure.

This is a team with Super Bowl talent on both sides of the football. There are stars everywhere. From Tucker Kraft and Josh Jacobs (not to mention Jordan Love) on offense to Parsons and Xavier McKinney on defense.

At times this season, we've seen the Pack put it together and they look like a team that can't be beat. At other times, though, LaFleur has seemingly been unable to get his talented team to focus.

That's okay, albeit disappointing, against the Cleveland Browns in Week 3. It becomes more and more unacceptable the closer the playoffs come, though.

This team has had a bad habit of "playing down" to its opponents, and the 4-4 Panthers could very well be a trap game for the Packers, especially when looking ahead at a schedule that features the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles up next.

LaFleur knows he needs to keep this team focused, so it's no surprise that he spent his Friday acting like the Grinch who stole Halloween.