NFL network reporting that the broncoos have hired green bay packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to be the next head coach. sorry, no link just flashed in my teevee. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cabletech94:
NFL network reporting that the broncoos have hired green bay packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett to be the next head coach. sorry, no link just flashed in my teevee.
Yeah, of the candidates they looked at, I’m ok with this one. Now, just gotta fight through all the Rodgers BS that will kick into higher gear. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
Yeah, of the candidates they looked at, I’m ok with this one. Now, just gotta fight through all the Rodgers BS that will kick into higher gear.
oh you know thats coming. it'll be THE ongoing story all offseason. [Reply]
“Look at that. Look at that,” Hackett says to a classroom of roughly a dozen high school quarterbacks. “Happy cocoon of love. That’s what that is,” he says as he pauses the video and outlines the pocket around Rodgers.
“Happy cocoon of love.”
It’s a Saturday afternoon in late May and Hackett, the Green Bay Packers’ offensive coordinator, is holed up in a conference room inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for a QB Collective training clinic. Hackett has the difficult task of explaining to these teens the basic tenets and cardinal sins of quarterbacking — while also keeping his audience awake and engaged.
“His presentations are legendary, they really are. He finds ways every single week to come up with new cool ideas,” Rodgers said. “He’s got infectious energy. He’s hilarious.”
“It’s understanding that every player has different motivators and everybody can respond differently to coaching, and figuring out what those buttons are on certain people to push to get the most out of them,” Rodgers said. “That’s what he does really well. He disarms guys and makes them feel really comfortable, and then he’s really good at teaching the game.
“I would hate to lose him, but I do feel like he would be a fantastic head coach.”
Denver's interest in Nathaniel Hackett has been known since the fall. And for obvious reasons, given his relationship with Aaron Rodgers (Rodgers actually championed his HC candidacy).
But Hackett's bright, charismatic in his own right, was a huge asset for Matt LaFleur in GB.
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
His contract was explicitly adjusted last offseason to allow him to be traded in 2022. The Packers will save $20,000,000 by trading him.
So let me get this straight:
Rodgers would like to leave a team with a great offensive line, the best receiver in football, a very good running back who can catch, a great head coach and possibly the worst division in football to a team with none of those things and happens to be in the same division as a team who has the best qb in football and has hosted 4 straight conference championship games. He also has to play the Chargers and Raiders, both winning teams this year with good quarterbacks.
Looking at this objectively, Denver’s situation is very unappealing [Reply]
And, you genuinely think that it's not only the smartest thing for Denver to do, but that it will actually happen... you really believe they're gonna trade for him right? [Reply]
