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Jonathan Gannon is a defensive coordinator once again. The Green Bay Packers are hiring the former Philadelphia Eagles DC to replace Jeff Hafley, who left the Packers to become the new Miami Dolphins head coach. Gannon was available after being fired by the Arizona Cardinals earlier this month. In three years as a head coach, […]
From Bleeding Green Nation | 9 days ago | 1 read
In case you missed it, the Green Bay Packers hired a new defensive coordinator . And while the good news (for the time being) is that it was *NOT* Al Harris, it turns out that the Chicago Bears defensive backs coach could be on the radar of a former Packers head coach. Mark Kaboly, who used to cover the Pittsburgh Steelers for The Athletic, shared this tweet that piqued my interest: I'd keep a keen eye on Al Harris coming in as the Steelers defensive coordinator. Harris is currently ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 9 days ago | 6 reads
Day 7 of the Chicago Bears offseason. I’d rather be preparing for a NFC Championship Game battle against the Seattle Seahawks. Instead, I’ll spend a chunk of my day staring out the window thinking about what could have been. Sigh . The Green Bay Packers hired a new defensive coordinator. And while we’ll probably take a deeper dive into this hire later this week, I wanted to get some initial thoughts regarding Jonathan Gannon’s hire on the board right now while I had a moment: A b...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 9 days ago | 10 reads
The Pittsburgh Steelers surprised many when they announced that former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy would be the new man under the headset in Pittsburgh. McCarthy sat out of coaching in 2025 after his contract with the Cowboys wasn’t extended, but he had success in Dallas, winning 12 games in […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain | 10 days ago | 0 reads
The Arizona Cardinals fired Jonathan Gannon less than three weeks ago. He already has a new job. The former Arizona Cardinals head coach will now be the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers Gannon was the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator for two years before coming over as the Cardinals head coach. In his time […]
From Revenge of the Birds | 10 days ago | 6 reads
Well, it looks like Matt LaFleur won’t be waiting for Jim Leonhard after all. On Sunday morning, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that the Green Bay Packers will be hiring Jonathan Gannon, the former head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, as their next defensive coordinator. Many reports stated that Leonhard and Raheem Morris were at […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Steelers hire Mike McCarthy: Former Cowboys, Packers coach to succeed Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh – Bryan DeArdo, CBS Sports After a year out of football, former Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy lands on his feet in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steelers have reached an agreement to hire Mike McCarthy as their next coach, the team announced. McCarthy is […]
From Blogging The Boys | 10 days ago | 1 read
It’s probably going to be a slow weekend for Green Bay Packers news, but the NFL coaching cycle has been churning all month. Since we have a little time here, I wanted to ask you all what you think of the recent coaching hires that have been made. Here are some of my thoughts. New […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Earlier this week, we wrote about top-150 cornerbacks who are Green Bay Packers-type defensive backs in the 2026 NFL Draft class and who might actually be available for the team when they’re on the clock with the 53rd overall pick. Among those nine cornerbacks, the first to officially measure in at an all-star game this […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 0 reads
The Miami Dolphins completed three in-person head coaching interviews on Monday, including Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham, Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard, and Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley. After days of speculation and rumors that the Dolphins were looking toward Hafley as their primary candidate for the vacancy, the rumors […]
From The Phinsider | 10 days ago | 4 reads
The Miami Dolphins are becoming Green Bay South quickly. This offseason, they hired Jon-Eric Sullivan, the Packers’ former vice president of player personnel, and Jeff Hafley, Green Bay’s former defensive coordinator, to be the team’s new general manager and head coach, respectively. Beyond that, the Dolphins have also signed a former Packers player and added […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 1 read
At least as far as the reporting goes, the Green Bay Packers are running a relatively slow defensive coordinator search. Currently, the Packers have only interviewed four candidates for the job, despite the Dallas Cowboys hitting the double-digit mark for interviews and other teams, notably the Washington Commanders and New York Jets, also being aggressive […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 1 read
The Pittsburgh Steelers ran an exhaustive search to figure out who would be replacing Mike Tomlin, who coached the team for 19 years and never posted a losing season. Tomlin stepped down from the position the day after the Steelers’ playoff loss to the Houston Texans. In total, the Steelers ran 10 interviews, with three […]
From Acme Packing Company | 10 days ago | 1 read
UPDATE: The Steelers announced that they have “verbally agreed” for McCarthy to become their head coach. That wording does not inspire much confidence. The Pittsburgh Steelers have, confoundingly, hired former Packers and Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy to replace Mike Tomlin. At first glance, this does not make much sense. If the Steelers could not […]
From Baltimore Beatdown | 10 days ago | 2 reads
The Pittsburgh Steelers have a new head coach. After Mike Tomlin stepped down following a 19-season tenure, the Steelers are hiring former Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy as their next head coach, per Adam Schefter. McCarthy is a Pittsburgh native. He has 11 10-win seasons and an 11-11 playoff record. […]
From Behind the Steel Curtain | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Mike McCarthy is back in the NFL. It was reported on Saturday afternoon that the Pittsburgh Steelers are set to hire McCarthy to succeed Mike Tomlin. Incidentally McCarthy’s Green Bay Packers beat Tomlin’s Steelers in Super Bowl LXV which took place in Cowboys Stadium, a building he would one day call home. One that is […]
From Blogging The Boys | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Our subjects in this series so far have been fairly uncontroversial. Rashan Gary, Elgton Jenkins, and Josh Jacobs all carry big cap numbers, and all of them have interesting cases for and against keeping them in 2026. Keisean Nixon is no less interesting, but the discussion around him is going to be a lot more […]
From Acme Packing Company | 11 days ago | 2 reads
According to The New York Post, Green Bay Packers starting left tackle Rasheed Walker has been charged with second-degree possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm in New York. The gun was registered in Wisconsin, per his attorney. The root issue of the case is that Walker attempted to fly with a […]
From Acme Packing Company | 11 days ago | 3 reads
The East-West Shrine Bowl took its measurements today, giving us 630 data points on 126 players. Let’s go position-by-position, breaking down what can be taken away from the scale and measuring tape day from a Green Bay Packers perspective. I’m going to reference a Size Score to rank players, which is really just the combined […]
From Acme Packing Company | 11 days ago | 0 reads
With former defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley off coaching the Miami Dolphins, the biggest move that the Green Bay Packers will make this offseason will probably be who they replace Hafley with. In talking to those in the know in the coaching and coaching representation space, two names have come up consistently (throughout the year), mostly […]
From Acme Packing Company | 11 days ago | 3 reads
Every Green Bay Packers fan wants two new starters at cornerback in 2026. I want Sauce Gardner and Patrick Surtain playing outside for my team, too. But it won’t happen this year because of the team’s cap situation and the fact that they’re out of a first-round pick (and will be in 2027, too). The […]
From Acme Packing Company | 11 days ago | 0 reads
Jonathan Gannon takes the Packers DC job Anthony Lynn gets another head coach interview Teryl Austin interviewed The Washington Commanders reportedly prefer to hire a coach with play calling experience as their next defensive coordinator and they’ve added a new name to the list. The Steelers are searching for a new head coach after Mike […]
From Hogs Haven | 11 days ago | 2 reads
The Miami Dolphins need a veteran quarterback, and Packers QB Malik Willis is going to be a free agent. You do the math.
From Phin Phanatic | 11 days ago | 3 reads
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Ben Solak ranked the best coordinator openings in the league this offseason, with five official openings on the offensive side and eight official openings on the defensive side. Obviously, more teams will get involved in the coordinator market later this offseason, as more head coaching decisions will be made that will […]
From Acme Packing Company | 12 days ago | 0 reads
During the season, I like to look around the league and see what other teams are doing in the passing game. It’s a good way to get familiar with other offenses around the league, but it also works as a bit of a thought experiment when it comes to the Green Bay Packers’ offense. When […]
From Acme Packing Company | 12 days ago | 2 reads