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"We'll see what the reports say when they all get done doing all the research that the league has to do," LaFleur said. "But we feel confident that we've handled everything as well as we could have.
"I think the league has confidence that we've been handling things the right way in our building."
The team's plan for Tuesday is to have meetings and a walk-through in the morning and then repeat that schedule in the afternoon, essentially cramming the normal Wednesday and Thursday installation practices into one day without a full-speed workout to allow the players to recover from Sunday's game.
Another meeting and walk-through sequence Wednesday morning will be followed by a short practice before the team heads to the airport.
That's the typical preparation schedule for a Thursday game and it hasn't been altered at all due to the team's current COVID situation. What's uncertain is if that situation will get any more complicated over the next couple of days.
"It's the situation that we're presented with, and we're going to make the best of it," LaFleur said. "It's not an excuse to go out there and play bad or anything like that.
"We'll have a plan for whatever comes our way. It doesn't change the expectation or the standards that we have for ourselves. We'll adjust accordingly."
On the field, the biggest issue facing the team heading into the San Francisco game is the run defense, which allowed Minnesota's Dalvin Cook to have a monster game in the Vikings' 28-22 triumph at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
In discussing his review of the film, LaFleur suggested several issues contributed to the poor defensive performance beyond missing tackles and losing gap integrity. Players not rallying to the ball, getting tired and not subbing out, and/or trying to do too much rather than sticking to their job were also evident, according to the head coach.
"It was a combination," LaFleur said. "We had too many missed tackles. We have to make sure we have 11 hats rolling to the football, playing relentlessly with that intent on every play."