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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn’s history goes back to 2015, when Quinn, as a first-time head coach, hired LaFleur to be his quarterbacks coach with the Atlanta Falcons. LaFleur served in that role for two years, including the 2016 team that went to the Super Bowl, before leaving to become a non-play-calling offensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams.
After a year with the Rams, he took a play-calling offensive coordinator job with the Tennessee Titans, which, after one season, led to him becoming the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. 68 wins and five playoff berths in six seasons later, that’s all history.
But I bring this LaFleur and Quinn connection up for one reason and one reason only: LaFleur’s teams have beaten Quinn’s teams badly in the passing game. Quinn famously plays a lot of predictable single-high coverages, Cover 1 and Cover 3, which LaFleur has had great game plans for.
Since becoming a play-caller, LaFleur’s beaten Quinn in all three head-to-head matchups. In all three of those games, the Packers have never scored fewer than 30 points. In all three of those games, Green Bay quarterbacks have thrown for at least three touchdowns and no interceptions.
In total, the LaFleur-era Packers quarterbacks against Quinn defenses have completed 57 of 74 passes (77% completion percentage) for 823 yards (11.1 yards per pass), 10 touchdowns and zero interceptions. That’s good for a passer rating of 152.2. For reference, the max number for passer rating is 158.3.
Most recently, the Jordan Love-led Packers beat the Quinn Dallas Cowboys 48-32 at A&T Stadium back in January of 2024. Love averaged 13 yards per pass, threw for three touchdowns and posted a quarterback rating of 157.2 on the day.
From a coaching standpoint, you’ll find few examples more one-sided than LaFleur versus Quinn.
