It has long been wondered if new Green Bay Packers president and CEO Ed Policy would change his stance on the organization’s structure. Before 2018, the year Brian Gutekunst replaced Ted Thompson as general manager, the head coach reported to the general manager, who in turn reported directly to the president and CEO.
Many speculated that Policy wanted to reinstall that system, rather than the one they currently have, where both the head coach and general manager report directly to the president and CEO, separately.
And it’s possible that the Packers wanted that structure, but [according to the *Milwaukee Journal...
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After a few days of drama, the deal is done to ensure that Matt LaFleur will remain the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. LaFleur and the franchise, led by President/CEO Ed Policy, have agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in that role for the foreseeable future.
LaFleur’s previous contract was set to expire after the 2026 season, but NFL teams rarely allow their head coaches to operate as a lame-duck on the final year of their deal. Policy said as much in 2025, suggesting that a decision would be made one way or another on...
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Green Bay Packers fans will have to wait until Sunday of the NFL Divisional Playoffs to see if the Chicago Bears’ season comes to an end. Chicago hosts the Los Angeles Rams in the final game of Divisional weekend, with Saturday instead featuring both #1 seeds in action against their conferences’ #6 teams.
First up is the AFC, where the top-seeded Denver Broncos host Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. Then it’s yet another NFC West matchup, with the rested Seahawks welcoming in the San Francisco 49ers.
The AFC game is not a rematch of a regular season game from...
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According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley “has emerged as a frontrunner” for the Miami Dolphins’ head coaching vacancy. This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, considering that Hafley is one of the hottest names on the coaching market. As of now, he’s been requested to interview or has interviewed for six of the eight head coaching openings in the league.
Miami has already pecked away at Green Bay this offseason, as they hired general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan from the Packers to run their front office. Since Sullivan got the job, [the team has...
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Well, we’re out, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still interested, and if you’re a Green Bay Packer fan, I think you should have some clear rooting interests in the remaining teams. The Packers have been around for so very long that they’ve had some kind of big moment, for good or ill, against almost everyone, especially in the NFC. And so, this weekend, you can safely be invested in basically every game. For instance:
Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos, Saturday, 3:30 Central
Screw the Broncos, who defeated the Packers in the 1997 Super Bowl, and who were the opponents...
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A week ago,t he Packers were in the playoffs. Today, their attention is on the 2026 season.
Who’s going to be a part of that 2026 team? Not everyone from 2025 can or will come back, and a few of the Packers’ biggest names are in the danger zone due to their high cap numbers for next season. Over the next week or so, I’m going to take a look at a few of the potential cap casualties in Green Bay, starting with edge rusher Rashan Gary.
The Packers selected Rashan Gary with the 12th overall pick in the 2019...
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The NFC Wildcard game between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers evolved into a true coaching clinic, a legendary chess match orchestrated by Bears offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. His layered play-calling and masterful conditioning of the Packers’ defense ultimately led to the game-winning touchdown.
Johnson’s first move was a calculated test of the Packers’ defensive philosophy. In the first quarter, he unveiled a specific “wide bunch” formation positioned to the field side—the wider portion of the field.
The formation inherently threatened the flat and stressed the two deepest defensive backs on that side. Crucially, the Packers’ defense responded...
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As it stands now, it sure seems like we’re in the middle of a staring contest between Green Bay Packers president/CEO Ed Policy and Matt LaFleur’s agent, Trace Armstrong of Athletes First. At this point, if Armstrong, one of the bigger agents on the coaching side of things in the industry, doesn’t have a number that another team would be willing to pay, he wouldn’t be doing his job — as we’re now six days removed from the Packers’ season-ending loss.
Per Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “The debate between the Packers and LaFleur’s agent isn’t as much...
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Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Dallas Cowboys requested to interview Green Bay Packers defensive line coach and run game coordinator Demarcus Covington for their open defensive coordinator vacancy. On Friday, the New York Jets announced that they had finished interviewing Covington, along with seven other initial candidates for the job.
The Jets are led by a defensive coach, Aaron Glenn, unlike the Cowboys, but Glenn does not call plays for the defense. Defensive coordinator Steve Wilks held that role until he was fired mid-season and replaced by interim defensive coordinator Chris Harris, who is also up for...
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Since we’re still waiting for an answer about whether Matt LaFleur is or isn’t going to be the Green Bay Packers’ next head coach, let’s at least do something productive with our time. One of the biggest questions I get every draft cycle is where NFL draft offensive line prospects have lined up in the past. This isn’t necessarily where they will play at the next level, but it will give us a pretty good sense of the role they’re projected to play.
Based on conversations with scouts I’ve had, the expectation is that this class is actually pretty good...
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I agree with many of my APC brethren that there is not a clear upgrade from Matt LaFleur out there at the moment, and that bringing him back is probably, objectively, the correct thing to do.
However, I’m also getting pretty sick of the Green Bay Packers playing like losers. LaFleur is a great play designer, which is why the Packers often build big leads, but as Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” When the Packers inevitably get punched in the face, all they do is turtle.
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With the Packers’ 2025 season now in the books, it’s time to take a look around and see where Packers players ended up on the team’s all-time statistical leaderboards. A minor spoiler: most of the Packers’ offensive climbing had something to do with Tobin Rote. You’ll see what I mean below.
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There was an insane statistical occurrence on the Packers this year: Jordan Love finished the 2025 season exactly tied with Rote for fifth all time in passing yardage. Both have 11,535 yards, the fifth-best total in team history. Love, obviously, should have easily passed Rote, but he missed...
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