After years of maintaining the status quo, this offseason has been an interesting change in Green Bay.
Though he still had time left on his contract, the Packers fired Joe Barry and took a big swing on Jeff Hafley, who has, to this point, never been a full-time solo defensive coordinator at any level. They cut ties with strength and conditioning coach Chris Gizzi, a long-time member of the Packers’ organization dating back to his time as a player 20 years ago, replacing him with Aaron Hill of the San Francisco 49ers.
All this comes after the Packers remarkably overachieved down the stretch, rallying from a 2-5 start to finish as a playoff team, advancing as far as the divisional round despite their lackluster first half to the 2023 season.