The Green Bay Packers have been a model of consistency for over 30 years now. Spearheaded by the greatness of two Hall of Fame quarterbacks, they’ve enjoyed an almost unbroken streak of winning seasons, three Super Bowl appearances, and two Lombardi trophies. In that time, they maintained the aura of a world-class organization. Everybody is on the same page. No dissenters. No controversies. Except that hasn’t been the case at all. In reality, the Packers have been hounded by internal problems for years. The winning has merely masked a lot of it.
It started in the late 2000s when Brett Favre went through his long, painful will-he-won’t-he retirement tour. Then it was the tumultuous end of the Mike McCarthy era in 2018. Ironically, Aaron Rodgers soon followed in Favre’s footsteps with a retirement tease of his own. Green Bay managed to weather it all. However, things might be reaching a breaking point. After a disastrous end to their 2025 season at the hands of the Chicago Bears, discontent is rising inside the building. One person with knowledge of the situation summed it up as follows.
“They’re stuck with a head coach they don’t want and a quarterback who they see as good but not a star.”
The Green Bay Packers are trying to make the status quo work.
After all, doing so has worked for them multiple times before. They kept Favre and Mike Holmgren together after a bumpy first few years. Rodgers and McCarthy stayed together despite some rumblings of tension between the two. They reached two more NFC Championship games. One would think they want to do the same with head coach Matt LaFleur and quarterback Jordan Love. Unfortunately, it sounds like there isn’t nearly as much unity between players and decision-makers on that front.
LaFleur isn’t the most popular person inside the Packers locker room. Some see him as too passive and a choke artist. He hasn’t won a division title since Rodgers left, and he’s 1-4 in his last four playoff appearances. His team’s 21-3 collapse in the wild card round felt like a possible breaking point for many.
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Then you have Jordan Love. The former 1st round pick had another productive season in 2025, throwing 23 touchdowns and just 6 interceptions. He threw four touchdowns against the Bears in that playoff loss. None of that has convinced people he is anywhere near the same level as Favre and Rodgers were. Chris Simms summed it up best.
“His numbers and stats look better than his play was. If you go back and watch the season, you’ll see tons of inconsistency with the offense and with him. I love his arm talent, but every game you see balls that are off target.”
Ed Policy complicates the situation even further.
He recently took over as the team’s new president, replacing Mark Murphy, who’d held the job since 2007. Policy had no say in the hiring of the top three football people in that organization: Love, LaFleur, and general manager Brian Gutekunst. Some may try to downplay that, but history shows that once someone is put in charge, they tend to bring in people they trust and believe in. Remember, this is the son of Carmen Policy, former president of the San Francisco 49ers, who oversaw trading Joe Montana and firing two-time Super Bowl champion head coach George Seifert.
This isn’t a family with a history of fearing bold decisions.
It is apparent that pressure is extremely high going into this season. The Green Bay Packers mortgaged their future when they traded for Micah Parsons last year. He tore his ACL and now will miss at least a third of this upcoming season. If this team underachieves, there is a good chance LaFleur might get shown the door. It will then be up to the next head coach to decide what to do about Love. Whatever the case, all is not well in Cheeseland, which is extra entertaining for Bears fans.
