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“If you can’t beat them Dexter Williams Jersey Womens , join them.”That seems to be the approach the Green Bay Packers took when selecting Matt LaFleur to be the team’s next head coach.A year ago Green Bay’s arch rival Chicago Bears hired Matt Nagy off of Andy Reid’s staff in Kansas City despite limited experience in calling plays and paired him with respected defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.The results? A 12-4 record and a curb stomping of the NFC North. The Packers are obviously hoping for similar success with LaFleur in 2019. He’ll have more talent on offense than Nagy did and by retaining defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, whose defense did show promise this season before a tsunami of injuries finally took its toll, LaFleur can focus on fixing the offense and getting quarterback Aaron Rodgers back to elite level.Pettine clearly has the respect of his players and can command the defensive meeting room. If there were any doubt about that, team president Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst would not have been as keen on keeping him around.There is of course risk with this. Mimicking the path of a first year head coach whose team flamed out in the wild card round isn’t idea, but given the worst-to-first turnaround the Bears experienced clearly the Packers felt good about their chances. The difference of course being they picked a candidate from the Shanahan tree versus the Reid tree when Chicago picked Nagy.Nobody knows for certain how well this will work out for Green Bay Dexter Williams Green Bay Packers Jersey , but we’ll get our first look at LaFleur in green and gold today at 3 p.m. central time at his introductory press conference.Kept it here at APC for love coverage of LaFleur’s debut as Packers head coach.There’s plenty more on LaFleur and what challenges he faces in today’s cheese curds.Packers following Bears’ formula pairing rookie coach with respected defensive coordinator—PackersNews.comThere will be plenty of fan angst about following the road the Bears took, but you can’t argue with the results. The Packers/Bears rivalry is about to get a lot more fun.Five things to know about Matt LaFleur—Packers.comGet to know your new head coach with this quick breakdown of LaFleur’s experience and get excited about what he can bring to Green Bay.Here’s what Packers’ pending head coach hire of Matt LaFleur means for NFL coaching cycle and Aaron Rodgers—Yahoo! SportsChallenging Rodgers while not trying to usurp authority from the personnel department likely was big draw of LaFleur’s to the Packers given Josh McDaniels’ and Adam Gase’s previous head coaching stints.New Packers coach Matt LaFleur must get Aaron Rodgers to buy into his program—Wisconsin State JournalThe above is the biggest question facing this hire and we won’t know the results until several months from now. That said, the excuses are gone for Rodgers. He now has a young, aggressive GM and a young, innovative head coach. It’s now time for him to earn his contract.Ex-Packers coach Mike McCarthy is reportedly only interested in one open coaching job—CBS SportsLooks like it’s New York or nothing for the former Packers coach. Should McCarthy not land the Jets job Dexter Williams Jersey 2019 , he likely will take the year off and look for a job in 2020. On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers return to Lambeau Field for an out-of-conference tilt with the Buffalo Bills. Corey Giacovelli of Buffalo Rumblings was kind enough to answer some of our questions about the Bills and provide insight into their strengths and weaknesses.APC: Last Sunday, the Bills authored the biggest upset of the season, coming into U.S. Bank Stadium to topple the Vikings. What surprised you most about Buffalo’s game, and do you think the team can replicate that performance moving forward?APC: While few expected the Bills to pull off the upset against the Vikings Dexter Williams Jersey Mens , perhaps even fewer foresaw Josh Allen’s three-touchdown performance against one of the best defenses in the NFL. Through three weeks, what has stuck out to you most, both positively and negatively, about Allen?APC: LeSean McCoy missed last week’s game with a rib injury. Does he appear likely to return this week against the Packers? If not, how will the Bills account for his absence?APC: If you were in change of game planning against the Bills this week Youth Dexter Williams Jersey , how would you attack them on offense? On defense?APC: Finally, it’s prediction time. Which team wins on Sunday and why?We’d like to thank Corey and Buffalo Rumblings for answering our questions. Be sure to check out our Q&A session over there, as well as their fantastic coverage of all things Bills. As always, keep your internet machines tuned to Acme Packing Company this Sunday for our comprehensive game-day coverage of Bills versus Packers.