There\u2019s been some movement in Green Bay this offseason, as far as the coaching staff and the front office go, but they also are maybe not the moves some fans want to see made. Today, I want to ask you what you think about the Packers\u2019 additions and losses, but first, let\u2019s look at what has and hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n
Packers Coaches (Apparently) Returning<\/p>\n
As far as communication to fans goes, Green Bay doesn\u2019t really put in much of an effort. The New York Jets have rebuilt their entire offensive staff and have officially announced it already<\/a>. The Baltimore Ravens<\/a> and the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have announced their full staffs today after making top-to-bottom changes.<\/p>\n There have been times when I\u2019ve gone to the combine, and the Packers haven\u2019t announced who will be on their coaching staff. One year, they waited until April to make the announcement. They\u2019ll get around to it when they feel like it.<\/p>\n This is all to say: We don\u2019t 100 percent know who the team even has under contract at this point. With that being said, we haven\u2019t heard of any interviews for positions that haven\u2019t already been filled, either. So it\u2019s my working assumption that the following on-field coaches will be back in 2026. The only confirmation we have, so far, is that Matt LaFleur was signed to a multi-year extension this offseason.<\/p>\n Head Coach: Matt LaFleurOffensive Coordinator: Adam StenavichPassing Game Coordinator: Jason VrableRunning Backs: Ben SirmansTight Ends: John DunnOffensive Line: Luke ButkusDefensive Line\/Run Game Coordinator: DeMarcus CovingtonSpecial Teams Coordinator: Rich Bisaccia<\/p>\n All of these coaches left for new jobs in 2026. Outside of Jeff Hafley (head coach), Sean Mannion (offensive coordinator) and Sean Duggan (defensive coordinator), the Packers could have blocked these moves for on-field coaches, if they were under contract. Essentially, in the eyes of the NFL, there are three tiers of coaches: 1) head coaches, 2) offensive coordinators and defensive coordinators and 3) everyone else. Teams can\u2019t prevent a coach from climbing a tier with another club, but they can stop a receivers coach from becoming a run game coordinator, for example.<\/p>\n Quarterbacks: Sean Mannion (offensive coordinator, Philadelphia Eagles)Receivers: Ryan Mahaffey (run game coordinator\/tight ends, Philadelphia Eagles)Defensive Coordinator: Jeff Hafley (head coach, Miami Dolphins)Linebackers: Sean Duggan (defensive coordinator, Miami Dolphins)Passing Game Coordinator: Derrick Ansley (passing game coordinator\/defensive backs, Dallas Cowboys)Defensive Backs: Ryan Downard (secondary, Miami Dolphins)Defensive Analyst: Nathaniel Hackett (offensive coordinator, Arizona Cardinals)Assistant special teams: Byron Storer (special teams coordinator, Cleveland Browns)<\/p>\n Beyond just coaches, the Dolphins hired Jon-Eric Sullivan to be the team\u2019s general manager. He took pro scout Venzell Boulware with him.<\/p>\n Coaches the Packers Hired<\/p>\n Quarterbacks: Luke GetsyReceivers: Noah PauleyDefensive Coordinator: Jonathan GannonLinebackers: Sam SiefkesPass Game Coordinator: Bobby BabichUndefined (DBs): Daniel BullocksUndefined (DL): Will Smart<\/p>\n Pauley (Iowa State\/Penn State), Siefkes (Virginia Tech) and Smart (Vanderbilt) all come from the college level. Siefkes does have some pro experience in his background, though, as he previously coached linebackers under Gannon at Arizona. Pauley was also in for an offseason fellowship with the Packers, while he held his job at the college level.<\/p>\n Getsy was internally promoted from being a senior assistant to a full-time on-field coach after Mannion left. He previously served as the Packers\u2019 quarterbacks coach from 2019 to 2021 before becoming the Chicago Bears\u2019 offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n Babich and Bullocks are the only outside pro football hires at the assistant level. Babich, a member of QB Collective, was previously interviewed for Green Bay\u2019s defensive coordinator opening in 2024. For those who aren\u2019t aware, QB Collective is an offseason training program, which they call a \u201cquarterback incubator,\u201d that includes virtually everyone from the LaFleur-McVay-Shanahan tree. Previous coaches for QB Collective include Matt LaFleur, Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan, Mike McDaniel, Kevin O\u2019Connell, Kevin Stefanski, Mike Shanahan, Mike LaFleur, Chris Foerster (the Rams\u2019 offensive line coach), Nathaniel Hackett and more.<\/p>\n LaFleur and Babich have probably known each other for a good while now. Instead of going to Green Bay in 2024, Babich was promoted from linebackers coach (previously served as safeties coach) to defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills. It\u2019s difficult to parse out when head coach Sean McDermott, since fired, did or didn\u2019t take over play-calling in Buffalo, since everything has gotten so political there and all sides are blaming others for the team\u2019s lack of postseason success.<\/p>\n Bullocks has been an on-field coach with the San Francisco 49ers since 2019. He served as the safeties coach from 2019 to 2022, was promoted to defensive backs coach in 2023 and then received the passing game coordinator title on top of that for the last two seasons. The 49ers didn\u2019t have a good defense last year, as they lost a lot of talent due to injury, but that didn\u2019t stop the Tennessee Titans from hiring San Francisco defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to be their head coach.<\/p>\n If you want my thoughts on Gannon, you can find them here<\/a>. In short, I think that Gannon is flexible with his front and who he sends as rushers, but he ultimately wants to root his system in quarters coverage, which he has run more than any team in the NFL over the last five years.<\/p>\n