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Fan wanted defensive coordinator job, but settles for rejection letter from Packers CEO

GREEN BAY – Bill Port did not get the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator job. But the New Berlin man did get a hand-written rejection note from Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy, which, as a guy who sells industrial heat-treating ovens for a living, was more than he expected.

"I wasn’t expecting a response," said Port, who also applied for the head coaching job when it was open. Matt LaFleur beat him out for that. "I was hoping someone in (Murphy's) office would get a chuckle and they’d show it to him and he’d get a chuckle.