GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers believe they are on a Super Bowl trajectory. They have the right coach, the right general manager, the right quarterback, and the right approach.

That is why team president/CEO Ed Policy eschewed wholesale offseason changes to keep head coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst and director of football operations Russ Ball with multi-year contract extensions.

In his words, the Packers opted for “continuity” when the alternative was “chaos.”

There is no other way to interpret what Policy said during Monday’s annual shareholders meeting at Lambeau Field, where a crowd of 3,215 (plus 1,173 online viewers) heard Policy address and lead the meeting for the first time as president since succeeding Mark Murphy following last year’s event.

“We had 10 head coach openings throughout the league this past offseason, and that caused a tremendous amount of chaos in a lot of other organizations,” Policy told shareholders Monday — two days before the Packers kick off training camp with their first practice of the summer on Wednesday morning.

“I believe that players, and especially quarterbacks, in championship-caliber teams, develop best in an environment of continuity — not chaos.”

The Packers were 9-3-1 and leading the Denver Broncos, the AFC’s eventual No. 1 playoff seed, on Dec. 14 in Denver when first-team All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons crumpled to the turf with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

For the Packers, it was a crowning blow in a season filled with devastating injuries, starting with tight end Tucker Kraft (torn right ACL) and wide receiver Jayden Reed (broken collarbone) and continuing with defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (broken ankle), center Elgton Jenkins (broken leg) and right tackle Zach Tom (partially torn patellar tendon).

The Packers lost that game to the Broncos and never won another game the rest of the year, finishing 9-8-1 with a 31-27 NFC wild card playoff loss to the rival Chicago Bears — a game in which they had a 21-3 halftime lead and allowed a mind-boggling 25 fourth-quarter points.

“As we turn the page to 2026, we recognize how close we are to becoming the team we expect to be,” Gutekunst told shareholders from the stage. “But at the same time, we have no delusions about the areas where we must improve.

“Finishing games, maintaining our composure at critical moments and consistently playing the best football when it matters most will be essential.”

Gutekunst and LaFleur’s contracts had only the 2026 season remaining on them after that playoff loss to the Bears, but Policy has said he’d already made up his mind that he would be keeping both men long before the playoff game in Chicago kicked off.

“I’ve known Russ Ball for 25 years,” Policy said. “I’ve worked with Brian for 14 years. I’ve worked very closely with Matt for the past seven seasons. I’m incredibly confident in them and their ability to put us in position to compete for championships.”

LaFleur faced most of the public backlash, despite a 76-40-1 career regular-season record since taking over as head coach in January 2019. Although his first two teams reached the NFC Championship Game, the Packers have won only one playoff game since then — an NFC wild card win at Dallas in quarterback Jordan Love’s first postseason start.

In their three seasons with Love as the starter after the April 2023 trade that ended four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers’ time with the franchise, the Packers have been a seventh and final seed in the NFC each year and are 1-3 in those playoff games.

“His work with quarterbacks has been exceptional,” Policy said. “That’s obviously a very critical role in our game, but he brought out the very best in Aaron Rodgers winning two consecutive MVPs to developing Jordan Love into a budding star, developing Malik Willis into a very valuable contributor for our team and a very probable starter for the Miami Dolphins.”

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