The Green Bay Packers are 10-4 this season after they defeated the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night by a final score of 30-13. Seattle with the loss dropped to 8-6 on the season and fell out of a playoff spot.
Green Bay will most likely have to go on the road in the first round of the playoffs. If the season ended today, the Packers would face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round. Green Bay is the sixth seed in the NFC and Tampa Bay is the third seed in the NFC. One of the reasons why the Packers have been very successful this season is because of head coach Matt LaFleur. He has had to face different challenges with this football team this season.
ESPN’s Mina Kimes Thinks That Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur Deserves More Love For Coach Of the Year In the NFL
On Monday, ESPN’s Mina Kimes went onto the Up & Adams Show hosted by Kay Adams. One of the topics that was discussed was about the job that Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has done with his football team this season. She thinks that it is very possible that he could be a candidate for the Coach Of the Year in the NFL. Kimes said about LaFleur after the latest win against the Seahawks:
“I would put him up there with anyone in the league right now, he SHOULD be talked about in that category.”
LaFleur is going to be up there with other top coaches in the NFL for the award. The three candidates for the award this season may be all in the NFC North. Dan Campbell of the Detroit Lions and Kevin O’Connell of the Minnesota Vikings could very well be candidates for the award as well.
Detroit is 12-2 this season and Minnesota is 11-2 this season. They will face the Chicago Bears on Monday night and hope to improve to 12-2 on the season. Mina Kimes is probably not the only one who thinks that LaFleur should be a candidate for this award. Many fans probably agree with her on this comment as well.
100% yes. Scream if from the rooftops
— Benny (@milobedo12) December 16, 2024
No. He’s 0-6 with challenges and runs out of play calls by the middle of the third quarter.
— Jon Reno (@JonRenoPackFan) December 16, 2024
There any not many comments on this page, but there are mixed reactions here.
Nick Sirianni Of the Philadelphia Eagles Could Also Be a Candidate
When the finalists for this award come out, it will be intriguing to see who will be the three finalists. Another name to watch for is Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. Philadelphia is 12-2 this season and they have a chance to be the number one seed in the NFC Playoffs. Many thought he was going to lose the Eagles locker room at some point this season and he never did.
He trusted some of his top stars like Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and A.J. Brown to get it together. Philadelphia looks like a serious contender this season with all of the talent they have there.
The Green Bay Packers lost to Philadelphia in Brazil on a Friday night in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season. That was the same game where Jordan Love injured himself and Malik Willis also had to step up and fill in for Green Bay. Willis also had to win some games as the starting quarterback this season. LaFleur had a lot of confidence in him to get the job done. This could be the tightest race for Coach Of the Year in the NFL in quite some time.
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