Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur leads his team against the New York Jets at Lambeau Field. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin/Imagn Images

"I don't know how you let Matt LeFleur walk back in the room": Ex-Packer James Jones questions future of Green Bay's head coach

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Robin M Adams | Last updated Jan 13, 2026 10:26 AM ET

The Green Bay Packers have no games to look forward to in the 2025 NFL season now that they are eliminated from Super Bowl contention.

That is after their painful 31-27 loss at the hands of Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears in Saturday’s NFC wild-card-round game at Soldier Field in Chicago.

It will take some time for the pain of that loss to subside for the Packers and everyone who cares for the team, including former Green Bay wide receiver James Jones.

Shortly after the Bears completed their incredible come-from-behind win against Jordan Love and company, Jones went live on "Speakeasy" and frankly wondered about the future of head coach Matt LaFleur with Green Bay.

Jones, who was on the last Green Bay team that won a Super Bowl, still believes LaFleur is a talented head coach, but he seemed to think the Packers need to look in a new direction.

"After this game, they were supposed to meet about a contract extension," Jones said. "I don’t know how you still have that meeting. And you talk about an extension. LaFleur is my dog. LaFleur is a heck of a head coach since he came in there, he's won games. But the way the Packers have finished the last couple years, losing so many close games. You get into the playoffs. At halftime, you have a 21-3 lead, not against a team that’s better than you, against a team that you are better than.

"You wasn’t playing the champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. You weren’t playing the [Patrick] Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs. You was playing Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears in Ben Johnson’s first season, a team that you are better than and you give up a 21-3 lead at the half. It’s gonna be a different conversation. Yeah, I think Coach LaFleur, his seat just got real hot. As he’s getting on that bus right now, his seat just got real hot. When [GM Brian Gutekunst] talks to him at that meeting, I don’t know how you let him walk back in the room. I really don't."

"I don't know how you let Matt LeFleur walk back in the room"

– @89JonesNTAF on Matt LeFleur's scheduled contract extension that was scheduled to happen after the Packers vs Bears game

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— Speakeasy (@speakeasytlkshw) January 11, 2026

Will Packers let Matt LaFleur go after playoff loss to Bears?

As of this writing, LaFleur is still the head coach of Green Bay, and whether he sticks to that role or not by the start of the 2026 campaign, it’s hard to deny that many are left frustrated by how he managed the Packers against the Bears.

Coaches are always easy targets, but having such great responsibility in losses is always part of the job.

Even with all the injuries suffered by Green Bay in the 2025 season, the Packers should have taken care of business in the wild-card round, given the big lead they built and eventually squandered.