Green Bay Packers: Matt LaFleur and Rest of His Deputies Are Not Impressive Enough for ESPN as They Fall 2 Spots in Coaching Staff Ranking 1 Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur survey practice during Family Night on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.Tork Mason/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Packers Have One of NFL’s Brightest Futures, According to ESPN

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Aug 11, 2025 11:40 AM ET

The future remains bright for head coach Matt LaFleur, quarterback Jordan Love, and a young and ascending Green Bay Packers roster.

As Love enters his third season as the Packers’ starting quarterback with the reinforcements that come with the arrivals of rookie wide receivers Matthew Golden and Savion Williams, buttressing an up-and-coming roster loaded with talent, Green Bay could be entering a legitimate Super Bowl window.

ESPN Lists Packers as One of The Brightest Futures

In ESPN’s annual Future Rankings of all 32 teams, the Packers check in with a top-10 spot, at No. 6 overall in the NFL.

“As the NFL’s youngest team last season,” ESPN’s Ben Solak writes of the Packers’ biggest reason for hope. “Green Bay would probably take the top spot in a ranking that looks at where teams will stand 10 years from now. Few teams deserve more trust for their drafting and development, and the recent willingness to take bigger free agent swings is a feather in the Packers’ cap as well.”

The youth on the Packers’ roster developing and reaching its potential is what makes this arguably one of the top situations across the league.

General manager Brian Gutekunst and head coach Matt LaFleur seem to have a clear vision for what the Packers value and how they are trying to win at the highest level.

Whether the Packers can bring a Lombardi back to Green Bay hinges not just on the pieces around Love reaching their ceilings as he does, but most importantly on the young quarterback cementing his status as one of the premier players at his position in the NFL.

Packers' Jordan Love to shock NFL with surprising new weapon 1 Jan 12, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) against the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC wild card game at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

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