Matt LaFleur, it appears as if you’re on the clock, sir. No, the Green Bay Packers aren’t going to fire LaFleur if he doesn’t win a Super Bowl next season. General Manager Brian Gutekunst has put some pressure on him,
The NFL hiring cycle is in full swing, and it looks like the Packers are going to keep their coaching staff intact.
Packers' Xavier McKinney, Keisean Nixon and Jayden Reed trolled the Detroit Lions following their 45-31 loss to the Washington Commanders in the NFL playoffs.
Perhaps it was no surprise that he would come in hot in his first press conference as the Bears' head coach. He was just hoping for a better outcome when he made a joke about Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. "To be quite frank with you, I kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year,” Johnson said with a smirk on his face.
Former Packers cornerback Terrell Buckley, the No. 5 pick in the 1992 NFL Draft, has landed a head-coaching job in college football.
The Green Bay Packers survived an early-season injury to Jordan Love, won seven of eight games after a 2-2 start and clinched a playoff berth at 11-4 but then limped into the postseason, losing back-to-back games to division rivals before falling 22-10 to the Philadelphia Eagles to open the playoffs as the NFC’s No. 7 seed.
Ben Johnson, the Chicago Bears new head coach, had this to say about Matt LaFleur and the Green Bay Packers: "I kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year.”
After a disappointing finish to their season, the Green Bay Packers will need to act with urgency to reassert themselves in the NFC North. The Detroit Lions remain the class of the division despite their own playoff failure.
Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears fan will get a referendum on whether Ben Johnson was right to head to the other side of Lake Michigan.
Chicago has hired Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson to be their next head coach. The toughest division in the NFL could get even more competitive.