Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur remains competitive. That is no longer enough to keep his seat cold.
Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon listed LaFleur among the NFL coaches sitting “warm” on the hot seat in an early-season check of all 32 head coaches.
“The Packers continue to be competitive,” Gagnon wrote. “However, their contender status could blow up again in a tough division. If it does and LaFleur fails to register a playoff win for the fifth time in six years, he could be in big trouble come January.”
The warning tracks with Green Bay’s recent January record. LaFleur is 3-6 in the playoffs after eight seasons.
He started 2-2 with Aaron Rodgers, reaching consecutive NFC championship games in 2019 and 2020. Since then, the Packers have mostly exited early.
Green Bay lost Wild Card games in 2024 and 2025, the latter a collapse from a 21-3 lead against Chicago. The team has not won a playoff game since the 2023 season.
LaFleur’s regular-season mark remains strong at 76-41-1. Only a handful of active coaches have won at a similar clip.
The Packers still extended him in January 2026 after a 9-7-1 season that ended with a five-game losing streak. President and CEO Ed Policy chose continuity with LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst.
That extension does not erase the standard in Green Bay. The franchise has not reached a Super Bowl since the 2010 season and has not played in an NFC title game since 2020.
Jordan Love has the talent to change that. So do pieces such as Micah Parsons, Josh Jacobs and Christian Watson. Closing games has been the problem.
Green Bay opened 2026 at 0-1 after blowing a 22-10 fourth-quarter lead to Minnesota. It was another late collapse in a growing pattern.
The NFC North is crowded again. Chicago, Minnesota and Detroit all look capable of flipping the division.
LaFleur does not need a Super Bowl this winter to keep his job. He likely needs a playoff win and a season that does not fade down the stretch.
Another one-and-done January would make Gagnon’s warning look conservative. In Green Bay, regular-season success has a short shelf life without a deeper run.
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