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The Green Bay Packers’ exit from the playoffs on Saturday immediately put more attention on what the organization will do under head coach Matt LaFleur.
The NFL training cycle has been the wildest in recent memory with veteran coaches like John Harbaugh and Pete Carroll being shown the door. Packers fans apparently benched LaFleur following their crushing loss to the Chicago Bears.
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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur reacts during the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Chicago Bears on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
ESPN’s Adam Schefter said Sunday that the Packers will have a big decision to make.
“The Green Bay Packers and their new president, Ed Policy, have an important decision to make here in the coming days, and that is whether to extend Matt LaFleur’s contract. He currently has one more year left or leave him,” Schefter said. “If he were left behind, he would automatically move toward the top of available coaches and change this current head coaching cycle once again.”
Schefter added that Harbaugh could be one of the names the Packers organization would be interested in.
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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur speaks after an NFL Wild Card Playoff football game against the Chicago Bears on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
“Notice how we said this belongs to Packers president Ed Policy. Well, the former president of the Packers back in the day was a man named Bob Harlan,” Schefter explained. “Bob Harlan’s son, Brian Harlan, represents John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh is a guy from the Midwest, who has a house in the Upper Peninsula, and a lot of people around the league have been wondering if the Packers decide to go in a different direction, if suddenly the Green Bay Packers could fall to the top of John Harbaugh’s list as the best option available to him.
“This has been a wild and crazy training cycle, and we may be just scratching the surface.”
Green Bay Packers’ Matthew Golden celebrates his touchdown during the second half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Chicago Bears, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
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Green Bay finished 9-7-1 this season. LaFleur is 76-40-1 as the Packers’ head coach with a 3-6 playoff record.
