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Latest report sheds new light on Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst futures with the Packers as pressure continues to build

It's taking time, but the expectation is that the Green Bay Packers will keep and extend both general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur.

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Green Bay Packers: Micah Parsons makes emphatic statement regarding the NFL after MLB star got $240 million contract

The Green Bay Packers, to the enthusiasm of their fan base, traded for All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons right before the start of the 2025 NFL season.

Green Bay Packers News / Pro Football Rumors / January 17

Packers Expected To Extend GM Brian Gutekunst, HC Matt LaFleur

The Packers are working toward contract extensions with general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Both Gutekunst and LaFleur are expected to reach agreements with the team.

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Who had the most sacks in a season during the NFL's pre-modern era?

Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.

Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / January 17

Packers Report Card: Grading Their 2025 Offseason

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst has typically been a savant in free agency. In 2019, Gutekunst turned a 6-9-1 team into a 13-win NFC Championship Game participant in one offseason due in part to the additions of Za’Darius Smith, Preston Smith, Adrian Amos, and Billy Turner.

NFL News / The Packers Post / January 17

The Day the 1995 Packers Took the Next Step: A Playoff Rout of the Falcons

The 1995 Green Bay Packers were a team on the rise. They had just won their first division title in a non-strike year since 1972. Brett Favre, Reggie White and company earned a playoff berth for the third consecutive season.

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Looking back at every NFL Christmas Day game

For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.

Keisean Nixon News / WI Sports Heroics / January 17

New footage of Nixon’s highly criticized ‘business decision’ emerges

New footage of Keisean Nixon’s highly criticized ‘business decision’ against Bears emerges

It was the decision and effort that fans were questioning Nixon about the most.

Agent rips Packers amid Matt LaFleur contract negotiations

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Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / January 16

Could Packers’ Matt LaFleur Be Part of Rare Coach Trade?

In 1999, the Green Bay Packers traded Mike Holmgren to the Seattle Seahawks for a second-round pick. Could history repeat itself with Matt LaFleur? As of Friday afternoon, almost a full week after the Packers’ brutal playoff loss to the Chicago Bears, there has been no resolution regarding the coach’s future with the team he’s led since 2019.

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Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / January 16

Packers Report Card: Grading the 2025 NFL Draft Class

The NFL season is in the books for the Green Bay Packers, and it did not have a happy ending. In fact, it had one of the worst endings you could probably write, blowing a 21-3 lead at Soldier Field against their archrival Chicago Bears.

NFL News / NFLTradeRumors.co / January 16

NFC Notes: Micah Parsons, Brian Flores, Bears, Packers, Vikings

Bears DT Grady Jarrett was a member of the Falcons’ Super Bowl loss to the Patriots in 2017, where Atlanta led 28-3 in the third quarter. Chicago G Joe

Matt Lafleur News / NFLTradeRumors.co / January 16

Contract Length, Not Money Holding Up Extension Between GB & Matt LaFleur?

Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, citing two agents who have negotiated coaching contracts, reports the issue holding up Packers HC Matt LaFleur‘s extension is the length of his next deal as opposed to money. “It’s years, not money,” one agent said.

Danny Etling News / NFLTradeRumors.co / January 16

Commanders Hire Former NFL QB Danny Etling As Assistant Coach

According to Matt Zenitz, the Commanders hired former NFL QB Danny Etling as their assistant quarterbacks coach. This marks Etling’s first coaching role of his career. Etling, 31, is a former seventh-round pick of the Patriots back in 2019.

Malik Willis News / WI Sports Heroics / January 16

Green Bay Packers: former #3 overall NFL Draft pick named as possible Malik Willis replacement

The Green Bay Packers, as of Friday morning, do not yet have a contract extension in my place with head coach Matt LaFleur despite a week-long negotiation.

Green Bay Packers News / WI Sports Heroics / January 16

Green Bay Packers: former Pro Bowler blames culture, not coaches, for teams failure in 2025 NFL Playoffs

Leading up to the Green Bay Packers game against the Chicago Bears in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs, a great deal was made of comments made by rival head coach Ben Johnson.

Green Bay Packers News / Green Bay Packers on SI / January 16

Packers 2025 Season Report Card: Grading Running Backs

Last season, the Green Bay Packers’ primary trio of running backs, Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks, combined for 2,473 total yards. This season, they combined for 2,003.

Green Bay Packers News / Yardbarker / January 16

Agent rips Packers amid Matt LaFleur contract negotiations

Two agents with experience taking part in such contract talks recently spoke with Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the Packers-LaFleur relationship.

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