Packers' Matt LaFleur denies huge claim from Aaron Rodgers Netflix documentary 'Enigma'

Earlier this week, the new Netflix documentary “Enigma,” which is about Aaron Rodgers, his divorce from the Packers and his time with the New York Jets, was released for streaming.

There were many people interviewed as part of the making of the film, including Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. As fans may recall, LaFleur was hired by Gutekunst and the organization in 2019 to take over for Mike McCarthy, who was fired before the end of the 2018 season.

One clip of LaFleur went viral on social media as he is apparently filmed saying that the person responsible for the decision to draft Love was Thompson, not Gutekunst:

“I don’t think a lot of people, at least in our camp, thought that Jordan would have been there when we were picking and the opportunity presented itself. It was an opportunity that Ted Thompson thought was too good to pass up.”

This, of course, does a great deal to take credit away from Gutekunst for selecting Love. This is problematic because drafting a franchise quarterback is often viewed as the defining pick of a general manager’s career. If Gutekunst did not make the pick himself, or was heavily influenced by Thompson, it would hurt his credibility as an executive.

The problem, though, is that LaFleur revealed that the quote attributed to him was not accurate. Instead, it was the result of clever editing by the documentary’s production team.

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur did not give Ted Thompson credit for drafting Jordan Love

During his media session following Packers practice on Thursday, LaFleur was asked about his remarks crediting Thompson for the drafting of Love.

He insinuates some creative editing may have taken place.

“I haven’t seen that. I don’t remember saying that, but apparently I did. You know, I don’t know if they cut it up.

“I think what we were trying to do was show parallels between Ted drafting Aaron and Gutey drafting Jordan. But I don’t know how it got edited and what not. But Ted Thompson had nothing to do with the drafting of Jordan Love.

“I think there were some lessons learned from him doing what he did when he drafted Aaron, and you see it all across the league. You better have a quarterback, or else life can be very, very difficult.

“I think he obviously made a great decision, and one that does take courage in the moment. You’re going to get a lot of flack for it. It was the case how ever many years ago when Aaron was drafted. It was the case five years ago when Jordan got drafted.

“So it takes courage in that moment, but by no means was I trying to reference that Ted was the reason we drafted Jordan.”

The question, then, is why would the documentary try to take credit away from Gutekunst and give it to Thompson?