Green Bay Packers coach abruptly steps away from the team…..

The Green Bay Packers will already have high expectations entering the 2024 season.  After reaching the divisional round of the playoffs in Jordan Love’s first year starting, that will be the floor in his second year.  While the offense found their grove late in the season, proving they could put up points on nearly any team, the defense sputtered at times still.

Following the season the Packers decided to go in a different direction with their defensive coordinator by hiring former Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley.  However, there seems to be another vacant defensive coaching position now.

Montgomery joined Dom Capers’ staff in 2015 as a defensive assistant after eight years as an on-field coach at the college level. During Mike Pettine’s first season as Green Bay’s defensive coordinator in 2018, he was promoted to the team’s defensive line coach. The title of running game coordinator was also awarded to him by Joe Barry in 2022. Montgomery was the Packers’ longest-tenured coach.

Montgomery will interview with the New England Patriots for a staff position there soon, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. As of yet, the Packers have not announced who will coach their defensive line.

The run defense has been problematic for the Packers for years now.  Going in a different direction with that aspect of the coaching staff may be huge for the defense in 2024.

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Sean Mannion Retiring From NFL to Accept Packers Coaching Job, per Report

Veteran quarterback Sean Mannion, who spent last season on the Seattle Seahawks’ practice squad, is retiring from the NFL and will join the coaching staff of the Green Bay Packers, according to a report from ESPN’s Brady Henderson.

Mannion is expected to work with quarterbacks and the passing game in Green Bay for coach Matt LaFleur. Henderson noted in his report that Mannion was destined to coach, as his intelligence and understanding of the game had been praised by those associated with him.

Over Mannion’s nine-year NFL career with the St. Louis and Los Angeles Rams, the Minnesota Vikings and the Seahawks, he played in 14 games, which included three starts. He completed 60.9% of his passes for 573 yards and one touchdown to three interceptions. Mannion was a career backup and practice squad player following a solid four-year run at Oregon State, where he threw for 13,600 yards and 83 touchdowns to 54 interceptions as a four-year starter.

The 31-year-old Mannion will now be tasked in assisting in the continued development of Packers quarterback Jordan Love, who showed plenty of promise in his first year as the starter in Green Bay. Love completed 64.2% of his throws for 4,159 yards and 32 touchdowns to 11 interceptions as the Packers reached the NFC divisional round.