Pro Football Rumors
JANUARY 27: Getsy is indeed set to remain with the Packers as a senior offensive assistant, Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. It comes as no surprise he will return to his more familiar side of the ball in 2025.
Silverstein adds that special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia has received an extension. Green Bay’s assistant head coach was believed to have one year left on his deal, with Silverstein noting retirement may have been under consideration. Now, another year has been tacked onto his pact, so the 64-year-old is in position to remain in place through 2026.
JANUARY 24: Following Robert Saleh, Luke Getsy joined Matt LaFleur‘s Packers staff in an advisory capacity after an in-season firing. The short-lived Raiders OC worked remotely for a stretch helping out Green Bay’s defense, while the defense-oriented Saleh aided the offense.
Getsy has an extensive history with the Packers, and ESPN.com’s Rob Demovsky indicates the team is expected to retain the two-time OC on its 2025 staff. The Pack need a new quarterbacks coach, after veteran Tom Clements‘ latest retirement, and Getsy has experience in that role.
The Bears hired Getsy off the Packers’ staff in 2022, as Matt Eberflus tasked him with elevating Justin Fields. Although steady criticism came Getsy’s way, Fields did take significant steps as a runner during Getsy’s tenure. A bid to break Lamar Jackson‘s single-season QB rushing record fell short, as the Bears rested Fields for a Week 18 game in which a loss would have given them a chance at the No. 1 overall pick. Fields did not ultimately progress where the Bears wanted as a passer, though had Chicago not obtained that top pick in 2023 and traded it to the freefalling Panthers (ahead of Carolina’s pick becoming No. 1 in 2024), there is a good chance Fields would have played out his rookie deal with the Bears.
Antonio Pierce also booted Getsy, doing so halfway into a miserable Raiders season. As Pierce voiced issues with the Raiders’ Gardner Minshew-centered quarterback plan, the team traded Davante Adams after having lost Josh Jacobs in free agency. Amid a losing streak, Getsy lost his job. LaFleur, who had rehired Getsy after he had initially caught on under Mike McCarthy, gave his former assistant a landing spot post-Las Vegas. Barring another OC interview coming up, Getsy may be prepared to settle in Green Bay once again.
Getsy, 40, worked with the Packers from 2014-17 and then again, after a year at Mississippi State, from 2019-21. He served as the team’s QBs coach during Aaron Rodgers‘ third and fourth MVP seasons (and Jordan Love‘s first two NFL years), launching him onto the OC carousel. The Pack could also be a team to watch involving recently dismissed OC Bobby Slowik, per Demovsky, as the second-generation NFL coach is a Green Bay native. But Slowik generating OC interest is more plausible compared to Getsy right now; it is far from certain he would be available as an assistant to work...
