{"id":685655,"date":"2026-01-18T03:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/685655\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:16:21","slug":"matt-lafleur-packers-agree-to-contract-extension-despite-ugly-playoff-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/685655\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt LaFleur, Packers agree to contract extension despite ugly playoff exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt LaFleur\u2019s final game in Green Bay will not be last week\u2019s NFC wild-card loss to the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers and LaFleur agreed to a contract extension on Saturday, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Exact details of LeFleur\u2019s deal with Green Bay are unclear, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2012673120528699732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">with NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero reporting<\/a> that it is a multiyear extension.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38213737\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/green-bay-packers-head-coach-118675210_513b5c.jpg\" alt=\"Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur reacts during a playoff football game.\" class=\"wp-image-38213737\"  \/>Matt LaFleur reacts during the first half of the Packers\u2019 NFC wild-card loss to the Bears on Jan. 10, 2026 in Chicago. . AP<\/p>\n<p>Despite LaFleur\u2019s future initially being up in the air, there was reportedly no serious consideration of the franchise moving on from the head coach, according to Pelissero.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay is now also expected to extend the contracts of general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president Russ Ball.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Packers\u2019 devastating 31-27 loss to the Bears, speculation rose that the Packers could part ways with LaFleur, because he has just one playoff win in the past five seasons with the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Before the extension, LaFleur had just one year left on his current deal, with team president Ed Policy saying that he does not like having his coaching staff in a lame-duck situation.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about where he stood with Green Bay following the playoff loss, LaFleur said he was only focused on his players.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38213740\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/head-coach-matt-lafleur-green-118259916.jpg\" alt=\"Head coach Matt Lafleur watching the game from the sidelines.\" class=\"wp-image-38213740\"  \/>Matt Lafleur looks on during the second quarter of the Packers\u2019 loss to the Vikings on Jan. 4, 2026 in Minneapolis.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not the focus right now, to be honest with you,\u201d LaFleur told reporters. \u201cWe\u2019re fresh off this loss. My sole focus is on our players, our team and just trying to find ways to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over the helm of Green Bay in 2019, LaFleur has amassed a 76-40 regular season record, along with reaching the postseason in six of his seven seasons as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Aaron Rodgers \u2014 who played under LaFleur for four seasons \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/14\/sports\/the-aaron-rodgers-praise-that-left-matt-lafleur-speechless\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">praised his former coach<\/a>, saying that he\u2019s \u201cdone a lot of great things in Green Bay and we had a lot of success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaFleur was \u201cspeechless\u201d when he heard Rodgers\u2019 words, calling it \u201cone of the nicest complements,\u201d he\u2019s ever heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speechless,\u201d LaFleur told The Athletic\u2019s Michael Silver via text. \u201cHe didn\u2019t have to do that, but he did. (It\u2019s) one of the nicest compliments (of) my life. I\u2019m so appreciative of him for that.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt LaFleur\u2019s final game in Green Bay will not be last week\u2019s NFC wild-card loss to the Bears.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,2514,2513,3031,6,428,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-685655","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-lafleur","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-packers","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115913935257509843","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685655","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=685655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}