The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions figure to be competing for the NFC North for quite some time. What wasn’t anticipated was Minnesota inserting themselves into the conversation in a massive way. To go even further, Chicago has the potential to be good with Ben Johnson as their head coach.
All that being said, the four teams will be competing all off-season to position themselves for 2025. Today, Detroit got a piece to their puzzle that Green Bay was eyeing.
“Here We Go” Packers Fans React To Lions Poaching Big-Name Target (Report)
There is a new defensive line coach on the way for the Detroit Lions:
Kacy Rodgers will take over the Detroit defensive front in place of Terrell Williams, who left the Lions to become the defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots.
Rodgers has been the defensive line coach and run game coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 55-year-old Rodgers has been coaching defense (primarily defensive line) for over 30 years, beginning in the college ranks. He’s been in the NFL since the 2003 season, working with the Cowboys, Dolphins, Jets and Buccaneers.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler was the first to officially report the news.
Rodgers is from the Bill Parcells coaching tree. Rodgers and Lions head coach Dan Campbell were on the same Dolphins staff from 2010 through 2014, with Campbell coaching tight ends and Rodgers running the defensive line.
Rodgers does have coordinator experience with the Jets from 2015-2018, serving under Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. The Lions coordinator position remains open. Rodgers has also interviewed for the DL coaching vacancy with the Green Bay Packers this week.
It’s unclear if Rodgers will take on a run game coordinator role as well as his DL coaching duties with the Lions.
Of course, fans were quick to react to the news:
Dan Campbell just stole Kacy Rodgers from LaFleur https://t.co/XRjvZ6ztNc
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) January 23, 2025
MLF is stuck in neutral – he’s a slow starter just like his teams.
— Bradley Schaefer (@Bradley76741454) January 23, 2025
GB is always “in the discussion” for players and coaches
— Eric Brehm (@EricBrehm9) January 23, 2025
Packers are rotting into mediocrity
— Kebert Xela (@KebertXela6969) January 23, 2025
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