Daniel Weyers

Senior Consultant for Skyward. Packer fan. Board game enthusiast. Sometimes I tweet also.

[Ken - Packers Cap @KenIngalls]

Here is my stance on Matt LaFleur:

He was hired in 2019 on a 4 year contract.

In his first 3 seasons his teams won 13 games every year, reaching the NFC Conference Championship twice and earning three 1st round playoff byes.

He was rewarded with a 4 year contract extension in 2022.

On his second contract his teams won 54% of regular season games. Missed the playoffs one year, was the 7th playoff seed three straight seasons with one total playoff victory.

This is a major decline.

2025 specifically showcased several epic collapses which unfortunately became expected as falling apart late became baked into the team identity.

I fully thought it was time to move on from Matt LaFleur after the 2025 season. The team performance since the first extension was not good enough.

I did not need to answer “who would you hire instead?” to know I didn’t think he was the right guy to lead this team. It’s ok to dump somebody you like if you fell they are not “the one” for you long term without knowing who you will date next on your search for “the one”.

The Packers instead pointed at his entire Packers resume, highlighting his early success, in their decision to extend him a second time.

To me this the main issue. His early success earned him his first extension - rightfully so.

But the measuring stick, in my mind, should be the performance during the extension years. His initial years already “did their job” and should be background consideration instead of once again being the focal argument for extension.

Now, when Matt LaFleur was hired only 6 teams per conference made the playoffs each season. On this same standard the Packers would have missed the playoffs in each of his seasons on his second contract.

Some don’t like this 6 vs 7 teams comparison. Ok, fine.

For me, if you want to look backwards to his early resume success as a measuring stick, then we should apply the same measuring stick to his teams’ recent performance - which would have been 4 straight non-playoff worthy performances every year of the extension period, apples to apples.

If you don’t want this comparison, then let’s focus entirely on the second contract performance - which again led to 1 total post season win in 4 years - and set aside the early resume.

So to me, using either thought process, it just wasn’t good enough and I didn’t see any reason to expect improvement given the cultural collapses on the field which seem baked deep into the Packers DNA.

The Packers, however, decided to reward Matt LaFleur to a second contract extension with an uncertain number of more years, making an uncertain, yet significantly higher, amount more fully guaranteed money.

So far, nothing I have seen this 2026 has suggested the Packers made the correct decision to re-invest into Matt LaFleur.

[Wisconsin Family @Wisconsin_fam]

I'm surprised Packers fans are mad about the McCord trade.
They took a QB who was a 4th stringer, traded him for a 6th-round pick, and flipped it to add a former 3rd-round pick at a position of need.
That’s not a loss.
That’s how you run a roster.
What’s the complaint?

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

Im game

[MC Collections @MC__Collections]

If Matthew Golden scores his first TD today against Denver, we’ll give his signed jersey away to one Packers fan who:

• RT’s this post
• Follows @MC__Collections

Tag a Packers fan below for an extra entry!

#GoPackGo

[GBP Daily - Rob Westerman lll @GBPdaily]

CATCH. THE. BALL.

That is absolutely awful by Doubs.

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

He has been big

[Green Bay Packers @packers]

Encore, KINGsley!!!

#ProBowlVote + #KingsleyEnagbare

[Green Bay Packers @packers]

McManus is GOOD from 32!

Pro Bowl vote 🗳️: https://t.co/JsfUV5geTn

[Danielle @toepacktoe]

“Packers get all the calls”

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@zachjacobson What a kip up!!!

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Calls Out Trump's 'Bullsh*t' In Powerful Post Endorsing Kamala Harris https://t.co/LsCMUuiov1

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@Matt_Fra_ Id love to look at re grading the last couple years. Packers have been killing it.

[I Smoked Mitch McConnell's Brain @BlackKnight10k]

Guys, you're never going to believe this, but it was a Republican

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@NFLonFOX Before....

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Here is the Associated Press trying to "both sides" an attempted fascist coup. This is how authoritarianism creeps in folks, and the media is always, always, always complicit.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

My God. Stop what you're doing and watch this.

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@ericincontrol Looking back i see

[The Packer Ranter @PackerRanter]

Packers’ rebuild is at the exact stage of your DIY remodel where it’s still torn up, you can’t see any progress, and you and your partner are pissed at the other because neither thought it would be this hard and one of you wants to keep at it while the other wants to hire someone

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@bailsofhayyyyy WI is better. Shorter trips to Lambeau.

[De'Vondre Campbell @Came_Along_Way]

Ain’t no way you just got on here with that baggy ass Steve Harvey suit and them thick ass dollar tree glasses and disrespected my QB by saying he can’t play football. He only has one career start let him play at least half a season before you open your big dumb ass mouth

[Daniel Weyers @DanielWeyers1]

@GBPdaily Reggie White