Packers have ‘significant decision’ to make on Matt LaFleur, NFL insider say

The Green Bay Packers’ elimination in the playoffs on Saturday immediately put the focus on what the organization will do with head coach Matt LaFleur.

The NFL coaching cycle has been the craziest in recent memory, with veteran coaches like John Harbaugh and Pete Carroll being shown the door. Packers fans apparently put LaFleur on the hot seat after their crushing loss to the Chicago Bears.

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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur reacts during the wild card playoff game against the Bears on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

ESPN’s Adam Schefter said Sunday that the Packers will have a big decision to make.

“The Green Bay Packers and their new president, Ed Policy, have an important decision to make here in the coming days – and that is whether they will extend Matt LaFleur’s contract. He currently has one year remaining or whether he will leave it,” Schefter said. “If they moved on from him, he would automatically move closer to the top of available coaches and once again shake up the current head coaching cycle.”

Schefter added that Harbaugh could be one of the names the Packers organization would be interested in.

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Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur speaks after the playoff game, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

“Notice we said it belonged to Packers president Ed Policy. Well, the former president of the Packers at the time was a guy named Bob Harlan,” Schefter explained. “Bob Harlan’s son, Brian Harlan, represents John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh is a guy from the Midwest, who has a home in the Upper Peninsula, and a lot of people around the league are wondering if the Packers decide to go in a different direction, if all of a sudden the Green Bay Packers might fall to the top of John Harbaugh’s list as the first choice available for him.

“It’s been a wild and crazy training cycle, and we may just be scratching the surface.”

Matthew Golden of the Green Bay Packers celebrates his touchdown against the Bears on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

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Green Bay finished 9-7-1 this season. LaFleur is 76-40-1 as head coach of the Packers with a 3-6 mark in the playoffs.

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