How much blame does new Packers DC Jonathan Gannon get for what went wrong with the Cardinals?

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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New Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon got fired in Arizona as the head coach, but how much blame actually falls on his shoulders? Locked on Cardinals host Alex Clancy joins the show to talk about Gannon's arrival, a failure to live up to expectations, and what Gannon brings to Green Bay.

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0:00.0	After a slew of failed efforts to find an upgrade with a special teams coach and a botched
0:06.6	defensive coordinator hire with Joe Barry, there were real questions about Matliflo's ability
0:11.8	to put together a staff.
0:13.7	But for the second cycle in a row, he seems to have nailed the process of hiring a new
0:20.4	defensive coordinator.
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1:13.1	Alex Clancy from Lockdown Cardinals joins us to talk about Jonathan Gannon, Nick
1:17.0	Rallis, all kinds of good stuff coming up here.
1:20.1	But the process that led to the Packers hiring Jonathan Gannon needs a bit of a microscope.
1:30.9	Because early in Matt LaFleur's tenure,
1:35.3	he put together a quality staff on offense, no doubt.
1:42.0	Adam Stenevich with the offensive line, Nathaniel Hackett, got himself a head coaching job off of being a part of this offense. And the 2020 team in particular was outstanding offensively.
1:49.0	But, Sean Menenga, Mori Strait, and Rich Basatia, the special teams coaching hires left plenty to be desired.
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