Packers’ youth has LaFleur feeling as if he’s a first-year coach again heading into training camp
1 year, 4 months ago

Packers’ youth has LaFleur feeling as if he’s a first-year coach again heading into training camp

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Matt LaFleur enters his fifth season as the Green Bay Packers head coach feeling as though he’s just getting started. “It feels like Year 1, quite frankly,” LaFleur said Tuesday, the day before the Packers begin their first training camp since the trade of Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets. “It feels like we’re right back where we started when I first got hired here.” The exit of Rodgers and several other veterans make this one of Green Bay’s most intriguing camps in recent memory. “If the right player and the right price and all that kind of stuff comes around, we’ll certainly contemplate it and see if that makes some sense,” general manager Brian Gutekunst said.

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Love says Packers are ready for start of season after performing better in their 2nd joint practice
4 months ago

Love says Packers are ready for start of season after performing better in their 2nd joint practice

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love believes the Packers are ready for the regular season. “I think we’re ready to go, get the season started.” Packers coach Matt LaFleur wasn’t saying Thursday whether he planned to play his starters at all Saturday. “That’s just being a pro,” Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely said regarding the lack of …

Hiring Jeff Hafley as Packers defensive coordinator puts pressure on Matt LaFleur
10 months ago

Hiring Jeff Hafley as Packers defensive coordinator puts pressure on Matt LaFleur

New York Times  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Matt LaFleur better hope he got this Jeff Hafley hire right. LaFleur fired defensive coordinator Joe Barry the week following the season-ending loss to the 49ers despite four consecutive solid performances to end Green Bay’s resurgent second half. “Certainly any time you make a change of that magnitude there’s a lot of thought and deliberation that …

Packers must follow up a surprising season by dealing with heightened expectations
11 months ago

Packers must follow up a surprising season by dealing with heightened expectations

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur began the offseason with a message for a team that overcame inexperience to reach the divisional round of the playoffs. “Just because we got to a certain spot doesn’t mean that’s guaranteed moving forward,” LaFleur said Monday at his season-ending news conference. And the expectation is that when they come …

Aaron Rodgers is finding patience in the process as he kicks off camp with the Jets
1 year, 5 months ago

Aaron Rodgers is finding patience in the process as he kicks off camp with the Jets

Associated Press  

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Allen Lazard was confident Aaron Rodgers would join him with the New York Jets. “There was probably like an eight-hour period of time where I’m like, ‘What the, bro?’” a smiling Lazard said Thursday, drawing laughs from reporters. And there’s a lot of positivity around here, which I think is a good thing.” Rodgers said when …

Packers enter camp preparing for start of new era with Jordan Love taking over at QB
1 year, 5 months ago

Packers enter camp preparing for start of new era with Jordan Love taking over at QB

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY PACKERS CAMP SITE: Green Bay, Wisconsin KEY ADDITIONS: K Anders Carlson, TE Tucker Kraft, S Tarvarius Moore, TE Luke Musgrave, S Jonathan Owens, WR Jayden Reed, OLB Lukas Van Ness. KEY LOSSES: S Adrian Amos, WR Randall Cobb, K Mason Crosby, WR Allen Lazard, TE Marcedes Lewis, DL Dean Lowry, DL Jarran Reed, QB Aaron Rodgers, TE Robert …

Packers takeaways: New backup QB, changes in the secondary, kicker uncertainty
1 year, 8 months ago

Packers takeaways: New backup QB, changes in the secondary, kicker uncertainty

New York Times  

PHOENIX — No storyline is bigger in Green Bay right now than the transition at quarterback, and Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Love were the main topics of conversation when Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur spoke with reporters this week at the NFL’s annual league meeting. “I think we’re fooling ourselves if we think he’s going …

Rodgers absent as Packers conduct voluntary OTAs this week
2 years, 6 months ago

Rodgers absent as Packers conduct voluntary OTAs this week

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers was one of several notable veterans missing as the Green Bay Packers began voluntary organized team activities this week. The Packers conduct more OTAs next week, but Rodgers will be participating in “The Match” golf exhibition with fellow quarterbacks Josh Allen, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes on June 1. But I wouldn’t …

Packers’ pitch to Rodgers: ‘There’s no plans for a rebuild’
2 years, 10 months ago

Packers’ pitch to Rodgers: ‘There’s no plans for a rebuild’

Associated Press  

Aaron Rodgers says he doesn’t want to be part of a rebuilding project. “There’s no plan for a rebuild,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday, two days after the Packers’ season ended with a 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. I don’t think that’s anybody’s intention.” The Packers are about $40 million over the salary cap according to overthecap.com …

Packers’ LaFleur thrives by giving freedom to staff, players
2 years, 11 months ago

Packers’ LaFleur thrives by giving freedom to staff, players

Associated Press  

Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur didn’t need much time as a head coach to discover the importance of letting his assistant coaches and players do their jobs without feeling undue restrictions. “Let them do their jobs and let them go out there, and the players, for example, let them go out there and play freely.” LaFleur’s fast start hasn’t surprised former …

Rodgers arrives in Green Bay for start of training camp
3 years, 4 months ago

Rodgers arrives in Green Bay for start of training camp

Associated Press  

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers has made it to Green Bay on the eve of the Packers’ first training-camp workout. The Packers later tweeted a photo of Rodgers at Lambeau Field — wearing oversize sunglasses and a novelty T-shirt referencing “The Office.” The Packers open training camp Wednesday. When the NFL’s only publicly owned team held its shareholders meeting …

Packers’ Love maintains usual mindset in unusual offseason
3 years, 6 months ago

Packers’ Love maintains usual mindset in unusual offseason

Associated Press  

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love says he isn’t letting the uncertainty surrounding teammate Aaron Rodgers change his own offseason approach. “My mindset this whole offseason’s been to get ready, get myself ready, and that’s been my mindset since I got here,” Love said Wednesday. “Whether Aaron was here or not here, that’s going to be my mindset regardless, because …

LaFleur on Rodgers: ‘We want him back in the worst way’
3 years, 7 months ago

LaFleur on Rodgers: ‘We want him back in the worst way’

Associated Press  

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur reiterated his hope that he’d get to continue working with Aaron Rodgers this season while offering no news on the quarterback’s status. “I’ve got nothing new to update, and we still obviously feel the same way,” LaFleur said Friday after the opening workout of the Packers’ rookie minicamp. I know he knows that and, …

Packers’ LaFleur ready to match up with former boss Vrabel
3 years, 11 months ago

Packers’ LaFleur ready to match up with former boss Vrabel

Associated Press  

All the concern about how well Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur would work with veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers have disappeared near the end of their second season together. LaFleur, who came to Green Bay after one unremarkable season as the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator, has teamed with Rodgers to make Green Bay one of the NFL’s most dynamic offenses. …

Rodgers more appreciative of LaFleur after virtual offseason
4 years, 3 months ago

Rodgers more appreciative of LaFleur after virtual offseason

Associated Press  

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says all those Zoom sessions during this unusual offseason improved his comfort level with the offense and his working relationship with second-year coach Matt LaFleur. “The Zoom meetings this offseason, I think, really helped our relationship to progress to where we’re hashtag #FriendGoals,” Rodgers quipped Wednesday. LaFleur had taken over for Mike McCarthy, who …

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