{"id":690044,"date":"2026-01-20T01:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:26:14","slug":"packers-to-interview-eagles-coordinator-christian-parker-for-defensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/690044\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers to interview Eagles coordinator Christian Parker for defensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Green Bay Packers will interview Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator Christian Parker for their defensive coordinator vacancy, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/schultz_report\/status\/2013412798311657965?s=46&amp;t=WZiN25sDo5UvPQaQoXdjkA\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz<\/a>. According to Schultz, Parker is set to interview with the Dallas Cowboys for their defensive coordinator job on Wednesday and then \u201chead straight to Green Bay afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Parker began his NFL career as a quality control coach under Mike Pettine, beginning in 2019, head coach Matt LaFleur\u2019s first year in Green Bay. After two seasons in that role, Parker took over as the Denver Broncos\u2019 defensive backs coach from 2021 to 2023. Over those three seasons, the Broncos\u2019 defense posted an 88.6 passer rating, which was good for the 12th-best in the league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Parker held the defensive backs role in Denver under three different head coaches: Vic Fangio, former Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and Sean Payton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2024, Parker reunited with Fangio, the current defensive coordinator with the Eagles, and managed to beat the Packers in the playoffs on the way to last year\u2019s Super Bowl. In his two years with Philadelphia, Parker\u2019s Eagles have posted a 75.4 passer rating, the second-best rate in the league, only behind the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So far, this is the first known interview that Green Bay has scheduled for its defensive coordinator opening. Parker was requested to interview by the Cowboys, but he hasn\u2019t been requested for the New York Giants, New York Jets and Washington Commanders, the three other teams that have set up defensive coordinator interviews so far this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2024, Parker was one of the Packers\u2019 known defensive coordinator interviewees following Joe Barry\u2019s firing, which led to Jeff Hafley\u2019s hiring. Others who interviewed include Aden Durde (defensive coordinator in Seattle \u2014 Seahawks can block a lateral interview request), Zach Orr (defensive coordinator in Baltimore \u2014 TBD on whether he will be kept by a new staff), Brandon Staley (defensive coordinator in New Orleans \u2014 can be blocked) and Dennard Wilson (defensive coordinator in Tennessee \u2014 TBD on whether he will be kept by a new staff).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers will interview Philadelphia Eagles defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator Christian Parker for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,97481,2702,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-690044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-green-bay-packers-coaching-staff","11":"tag-green-bay-packers-news","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115924829355717206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690044","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=690044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}