{"id":678731,"date":"2026-01-15T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678731\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:11:19","slug":"insider-suggests-steelers-target-current-nfl-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678731\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider Suggests Steelers Target Current NFL Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-opponents\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Opponents<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-26-2025-Steelers-v-Packers-5712.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matt LeFleur Steelers Packers\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LeFleur enters Acrisure Stadium before a matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. Ed Thompson\/Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>To some extent, Matt LeFleur is feeling the same pressure as now-former Pittsburgh <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/saunders-even-with-tomlin-gone-dont-expect-steelers-to-change-their-stripes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> head coach Mike Tomlin felt. The Green Bay Packers\u2019 frustration is building after three consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/teams\/gnb\/playoffs.htm\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">playoff losses<\/a>, prompting Pro Football Talk\u2019s Mike Florio not to rule out LeFleur as a possibility to take over Tomlin\u2019s vacated spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Packers could say any time they want that Matt LeFleur will be their coach in 2026,\u201d Florio said Wednesday during an appearance on 93.7 The Fan. \u201cThe reality is Ed Policy, the new team president, said last June, \u2018No new contract for Matt LeFleur until after the 2025 season. He\u2019s signed through 2026.\u2019 Ed Policy also said he doesn\u2019t like lame-duck arrangements, so it\u2019s up or out. It\u2019s up or out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer it takes to negotiate this extension, the greater the chance that the Packers aren\u2019t offering LeFleur what he thinks he\u2019s earned. And it just cries out for someone to pick up the phone, someone who\u2019s looking for a coach (to say), \u2018Hey Packers, we can solve your problem. Here\u2019s a draft pick. Let us go talk to LeFleur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/11-12-2023-Steelers-v-Packers-at-Acrisure-Stadium-161.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163881\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin greets Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LeFleur after a game during the 2023 season. Ed Thompson\/Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>LeFleur has guided the Packers to the postseason in six of his seven seasons at the helm. He owns a 3-6 record and hasn\u2019t made it past the divisional round since 2020. He\u2019s posted a 76-40-1 regular-season mark since taking over in 2019, but his team imploded after starting 9-3-1 this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not ruling it out. I\u2019m wondering whether or not the Packers want someone to call,\u201d Florio said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a weird posture right now. \u2026 The Packers have created the situation where those of us that pay attention to this stuff closely recognize this may blow up, and Matt LeFleur could be \u2014 could be \u2014 in play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, we saw what Matt LeFleur\u2019s Packers did this year, the night the Steelers were wearing those funky-ass uniforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/matt-lefleur\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Matt LeFleur<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-florio\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Florio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/mike-tomlin\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News\u2022Steelers Opponents Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LeFleur enters Acrisure Stadium before a matchup with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,2514,2513,79587,5745,1255,6,428,57,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-678731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-bay","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-greenbay","12":"tag-greenbaypackers","13":"tag-matt-lefleur","14":"tag-mike-florio","15":"tag-mike-tomlin","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-packers","18":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","19":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115898108503163194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}