Packers Matt LaFleur Hasn’t Won Big, But He’s Looked Good In Defeat

Aug 06, 2026 04:13 AM - 2 hours ago 1

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Matt LaFleur can’t clasp a candle to men for illustration Andy Reid, Mike Macdonald and Nick Sirianni erstwhile it comes to postseason success.

But LaFleur does person them each hit successful 1 category: the NFL’s astir charismatic coach.

The website covers.com precocious surveyed much than 5,000 fans and asked them who the NFL’s champion looking coach is. LaFleur, group to statesman his eighth play arsenic the Green Bay Packers’ boss, vanished 2nd down only Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams.

McVay vanished pinch 15.93% of the vote, while LaFleur was 2nd pinch 8.28%. Seattle’s Macdonald (6.49%), Philadelphia’s Sirianni (5.85%) and Kansas City’s Reid (5.81%) rounded retired the apical five.

LaFleur is the only coach successful the top-five that hasn't won a Super Bowl. Reid has won the large crippled 3 times, while McVay, Macdonald and Sirianni each person 1 championship.

Chicago’s Ben Johnson (5.46%), New England’s Mike Vrabel (5.46%), Detroit’s Dan Campbell (5.18%), San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan (4.98%) and Carolina’s Dave Canales (2.63%) rounded retired the apical 10.

The bottommost 5 included Indianapolis’ Shane Steichen astatine No. 28 (0.88%), Cleveland’s Todd Monken (0.84%), Klint Kubiak of Las Vegas (0.80%), Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles (0.68%) and Aaron Glenn of the New York Jets (0.60%).

Packers fans — accustomed to dense set, sometimes disheveled coaches for illustration Mike McCarthy, Mike Sherman and Mike Holmgren — person often complained that LaFleur is “too bully looking” to beryllium a traditional, gritty, gutty NFL caput coach.

LaFleur is champion known for a pristine slice haircut, his famously praised eyebrows and a perfectly kept goatee and mustache combination.

“Great eyebrow game, right?” erstwhile backmost Aaron Rodgers erstwhile said of LaFleur. “I mean, the eyebrows are amazing.”

ESPN big Pat McAfee added: “Have you ever seen him without the freshest of fades, by the way? He is ever perfectly faded up.”

Arthur Smith, Atlanta’s caput coach from 2021-2023 who erstwhile worked pinch LaFleur successful Tennessee, erstwhile said, “I don’t walk an hr looking successful the reflector earlier games for illustration Matt Lafleur does.”

Packer fans would alternatively LaFleur looked a small much unkept and won much meaningful games.

LaFleur went 28-8 successful his first 2 seasons (including playoffs) and led the Packers to consecutive NFC Championship crippled appearances. LaFleur is conscionable 1-5 successful his past six playoff games, though and has a 3-6 wide grounds successful the postseason (.333).

The Packers haven’t won the NFC North since 2021 — the longest drought successful the division. And Green Bay enters 2026 connected a five-game losing streak, the 4th longest successful football.

Last season, Green Bay had double digit leads successful the last 4 minutes of 3 games — doubly against Chicago and astatine Cleveland — and mislaid each three. The likelihood of the Packers going 0-3 successful those contests was 1-in-250,000, yet someway they did it.

Much of the fanbase was irked erstwhile Green Bay elected to bring LaFleur backmost for an eighth season, particularly aft the Packers blew a 21-3 halftime lead to Chicago successful the NFC Wild Card crippled and yet lost, 31-27.

There’s nary telling really the 2026 play will play retired for LaFleur and the Packers.

Once point is certain, though, LaFleur will look bully nary matter the result.