Is Matt LaFleur on the hot seat with the Packers?

Ahead of a Thursday night matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, it's worth taking stock of what the Green Bay Packers are right now. Especially coaching-wise. At face value, the Packers' Matt LaFleur is unquestionably one of the NFL's best head coaches. You don't win nearly 80 games and three division titles in seven-plus seasons if you don't know what you're doing.

But that's the thing. The Packers have an extremely high standard of excellence as one of the NFL's most historic franchises. They are seldom satisfied with just "good enough," if not a little shaky, which is kind of what the Packers have been in recent years. Green Bay has won double-digit games just once since Rodgers' departure in the 2023 offseason, and it also hasn't won a single playoff game since 2023. The Packers' two most recent playoff appearances featured an all-out dismantling by the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia and a crushing loss to the rival Chicago Bears after an alarming second-half collapse. That's, uh, not good!