Why the LaFleur Limbo Has Every Packer Fan Holding Their Breath
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Ryan dives deep into the murky waters of NFL media speculation after waking up to Adam Schefter's tweet suggesting the Packers will work to keep Matt LaFleur—only to realize it might just be recycled information from Ian Rapoport repackaged for clicks.
This episode breaks down the possible interpretations of Schefter's report, examines whether any actual new information exists, and explores the fascinating challenge of evaluating coaching quality through inference—comparing it to how astrophysicists study black holes by observing what surrounds them rather than the object itself. Ryan also shares Micah Parsons' strong endorsement of LaFleur and analyzes the history of coaching trades in the NFL.
Key discussion points include the mechanics of coaching contract negotiations, John Harbaugh speculation, reserve futures contract signings, and why Ryan now puts LaFleur's return at 80/20 odds. Whether you're frustrated or relieved about the coaching situation, this episode provides the analytical framework to understand what's actually happening versus what the media wants you to believe.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to Packernet podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | I am your host and resident panelist, as always Ryan Schlipp. |
| 0:17.0 | Check us out online, packernet.com. |
| 0:20.0 | Find me on Twitter pack underscore datam. |
| 0:23.9 | Well, I woke up today, immediately grabbed my phone because I'm just, I'm ready for any |
| 0:28.8 | moment when I'm not prepared. You know, you just, as soon as you look, there it is. There's |
| 0:35.0 | the news we've all been waiting for. And sure enough, there was something waiting for me. And so, you know, I'm a little tired and I'm not really thinking. I'm like, well, there's your answer. There you go. So it looks like Matt Lafleur is staying. And I woke up and I go brush my teeth, get my coffee going. I kind of thought, I kept thinking about it. I'm like, wait a minute, |
| 0:56.2 | wait a minute, let me think about this for a second. And I started, and again, the problem I have |
| 1:04.6 | with all of this is I'm very concerned that I have to be careful what I say, because may be old news and I'm spending a lot of time |
| 1:13.6 | talking about something that's already been resolved. But I don't think it's going to just based |
| 1:17.6 | on the way this is being laid out. I don't know. I don't know. But if you don't know, |
| 1:23.7 | let me find what the heck I'm looking for here so I can tell you what I'm talking about. |
| 1:29.0 | There was a tweet from Mr. Shefter, and I've made my opinion of him known. |
| 1:38.8 | Packers now expected to try to work out a deal in the coming days to keep head coach Matt Lafleur and Green Bay |
| 1:45.5 | per sources. And again, I woke up and I was like, well, there you go. There's, there's your |
| 1:51.2 | answer. And it's like, well, but there's a couple caveats in there. But it sounds like they're, |
| 1:56.6 | they're, they've decided they're going to keep him, right? |
| 2:01.7 | That's, that's kind of the plan. |
| 2:04.9 | But again, the more I thought about it, the more I thought, what exactly did we learn here? |
| 2:12.5 | So let me just take you through my thought process based on, you know, I put this out on social media already, |
| 2:19.3 | but here's kind of, I'm trying to think of the total possible options. What could this possibly |
| 2:25.2 | mean? Number one, they had their pre-meeting meeting to say, don't worry, we're not going to |
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