Packers expected to formally request interview with Pat Fitzgerald, per report

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY SportsThe momentum building between the Green Bay Packers and Pat Fitzgerald is reportedly taking another step forward in the coming days. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Packers are planning to formally request an interview with Fitzgerald for the team’s vacant head coach position.

Fitzgerald, the head coach for Northwestern University, has grown to become one of the favorites for the Packers job. He has a strong connection with Packers president Mark Murphy, who hired Fitzgerald at Northwestern in 2006 when serving as the university’s athletic director. The Packers hired Murphy in 2007.

According to Schefter’s report, the Packers will submit the request…