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PRNewswire, PRNewswire, 20th January 2026, Chainwire

The Green Bay Packers will need a new defensive coordinator in 2026. On Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Miami Dolphins will be hiring Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley to be the team’s next head coach, following the firing of Mike McDaniel earlier this offseason. The Dolphins also made a change at general manager, hiring former Packers vice president of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan to run their front office. This isn’t the first move that the Dolphins have made to poach from the Packers since Sullivan’s hiring, either, as the team has signed preseason star Omar Brown, who was placed on injured reserve for a collapsed lung and later waived with an injury settlement, and brought in a pro scout from Green Bay, too. Hafley joined Green Bay in 2024, following a head coaching stint at Boston College, where he had three different athletic directors in four seasons. In 2024, Hafley’s disguise-heavy defense improved throughout the season. After the team’s Week 10 bye that year, the Packers only allowed 18.4 points per game. His defense’s performance in the second half of the 2024 season was the catalyst for his name getting hot at the head coaching level in the NFL. Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said several times this year that he believed that Hafley was going to get a job in 2025, that it was surprising to LaFleur that Hafley didn’t get a job last cycle and that he expected Hafley to receive one in 2026. In total, Hafley interviewed with six teams for their head coaching vacancies this year. Hafley said in December that his expectation for “Micah [Parsons] and myself” is for the All-Pro pass-rusher to return from injury and lead the league in sacks in 2026. Obviously, Parsons and Hafley will no longer be paired up for the upcoming season. Now, it’s time for the defensive coordinator search. Green Bay has two potential internal candidates, defensive line coach and run game coordinator Demarcus Covington and passing game coordinator Derrick Ansley, on staff. Both have previously been defensive coordinators at the NFL level. Sources in the coaching representation world have told me throughout the year that both Covington and Ansley make some sense as either Hafley’s replacement in Green Bay or Hafley’s defensive coordinator, should he take a head coaching gig. At this point, it’s not clear whether Hafley, who coached in the booth for the Packers, will be an on-field play-caller in Miami. Covington has already interviewed for the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets defensive coordinator openings this offseason, the two most developed searches thus far in 2026.

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One of the first coordinators to be hired this cycle was not a particularly hot name on the market. Everyone and their mother wants former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel to call offensive plays for their team next year, but that enthusiasm never built around Drew Petzing, who, like head coach Jonathan Gannon, was fired from the Arizona Cardinals after this season. Petzing is a 38-year-old who had the offensive coordinator title for the Cardinals before signing with the Lions today. Before then, he had worked with Kevin Stefanski with both the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns. Here are some key stats from Petzing’s time in Arizona (the higher ranked, the better for all stats). Passing Game (2023-2025) Pass attempts: 6th Pass yards: 19th Completion percentage: 11th Touchdown percentage: 22nd Interception percentage: 12th Sack rate: 18th Yards per attempt: 25th Yards per completion: 29th Adjusted net yards per attempt (ANY/A): 25th In general, the Cardinals threw a lot of short passes and avoided interceptions at a slightly above-average rate, but were only more efficient (ANY/A) than the Browns, Jets, Raiders, Panthers, Titans, Giants and Bears through the air under Petzing’s leadership in Arizona. Certainly nothing to write home about. Running Game (2023-2025) Run attempts: 25th Rushing yards: 9th Rushing yards per attempt: 2nd Rushing touchdowns: 17th By far, the best stat on Petzing’s resume is his rushing yards per attempt number. With that being said, though, that also deserves some context. Quarterback Kyler Murray, a former first overall pick, ran the ball 151 times for 989 yards and a 6.5 yards per carry mark under Petzing. That’s substantially higher than the only running back who got more carries than Murray during Petzing’s time in Arizona (James Conner, 4.7) and the first back below Murray’s rush attempts (Michael Carter, 4.1). When you just count running back carries, here’s what the NFL yards per carry averages have looked like since 2023: Ravens: 5.2 Lions: 4.9 Dolphins: 4.8 Bills: 4.7 Eagles: 4.7 Cardinals: 4.6 49ers: 4.5 Colts: 4.5 Falcons: 4.5 Rams: 4.5 Commanders: 4.5 Steelers: 4.3 Jets: 4.3 Bears: 4.3 Cowboys: 4.2 Packers: 4.2 Titans: 4.2 Vikings: 4.2 Seahawks: 4.2 Broncos: 4.2 Bengals: 4.2 Panthers: 4.2 Patriots: 4.1 Buccaneers: 4.1 Texans: 4.0 Jaguars: 3.9 Giants: 3.9 Chargers: 3.9 Chiefs: 3.8 Browns: 3.8 Saints: 3.7 Raiders: 3.7 This hiring, to me, signals that finding ways to run the football is the trait that the Lions looked for the most out of a potential offensive coordinator candidate. Petzing’s backs have put up good production, but there was still always the threat that mobile quarterback Kyler Murray could have pulled the ball on any play, something that won’t be a factor when Jared Goff is under center for Detroit. It’s a bit of an odd fit and an odd hire for the Lions. We’ll just have to see how it works out for them down the line. Detroit had to do something, though, as head coach Dan Campbell began calling offensive plays for the team in Week 10 of last season after replacing Ben Johnson, who left to become the head coach of the Chicago Bears, with John Morton, who was fired in January after just one year after being named offensive coordinator.