For the third time in the Matt LaFleur era, the Packers are on the hunt for a defensive coordinator.
LaFleur walked into the Packers’ job with an arranged marriage to Mike Pettine, but he’s had two opportunities since to hire his own man. The first one came down to a choice between Jim Leonhard, Joe Barry, and Ejiro Evero, and after Leonhard (reportedly) declined an offer, LaFleur made one of the worst 50/50 calls imaginable.
He got it right the second time around, picking Jeff Hafley out of a crowded field of candidates, many of whom have gone on to success elsewhere. Now he’s got a chance to do something we haven’t really seen from LaFleur to this point: make two good coordinator hires in a row.
Can he do it? The field of candidates certainly looks fairly strong, but there’s no guarantee that even a good candidate will work out. But the pressure’s on LaFleur to get this call right, else this supposed Super Bowl window might close even harder and faster.
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