ALL THE SMOKE: Facing the Bears adds even MORE pressure on Matt LaFluer's job with the Packers

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Matt LaFleur's job in Green Bay is safe for now. That might change if the Packers go down in embarrassing fashion to the Chicago Bears, and the fact that it would be their division rivals matters! Plus, why Jordan Love can be the reason Green Bay advances in the playoffs, and some lingering offensive line questions have to be answered ahead of the playoffs.

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0:00.0	Matt LaFleur's job is safe for right now, but a matchup with the Bears only adds pressure on the organization to make a change if this season ends in embarrassment in Chicago.
0:19.7	You are locked on Packers, your daily Green Bay Packers podcast, part of the Locked-on
0:26.0	Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:32.5	You are Locked-on Packers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:37.3	I'm Peter McCauskin. I cover the Packers for The Leap, a newsletter I would love for you subscribe to. Follow the podcast wherever you get podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, wherever you get podcasts, you'll find Locked on Packers, the number one Packers podcast on the internet and the show for fans who know what happened, they want to know why and how thanks
0:54.6	to everyone who makes Lockdown Packers, their first listen every day.
0:58.5	We hope you like starting your day with us as much as we like starting our day with you
1:03.8	here on the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network.
1:10.2	I want to talk about Jordan Love and what he brings this team
1:16.6	in particular, why he uniquely gives them a chance any given week. We'll talk about the
1:23.8	offensive line at the end because those are related.
1:34.1	But I want to start here with Matt LaFleurre because it was Black Monday in the NFL.
1:37.7	A slew of coaches go down.
1:47.3	It's a sad day to be an NFL coach on a lot of these teams and to be the family members of a lot of these coaches.
1:48.4	It's brutal.
1:50.9	It is a brutal, demanding job.
1:55.1	And yes, they get paid handsomely, but it stinks to have to go through this.
2:05.1	Matt LaFleur, by all accounts, pretty safe in Green Bay, was not even mentioned by the big newsbreakers,
2:11.3	the Adam Schaefters, and the Ian Rappaport's as safe. That's how safe he was. Like, if you don't even make the graphic, you're usually in pretty good shape. But had the Packers played the Eagles, and you go to Philly, the defending Super Bowl
2:23.7	champions, I understand they've not had the best season, their offense has been hit or
2:27.1	miss, but everyone knows the talent on that team.
2:30.1	Everyone knows how hard Philly is to beat in Philly.
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