The Green Bay Packers have hired Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur as their new head coach, and the Dairyland Talk guys break it down.

The Green Bay Packers have officially begun the post-Mike McCarthy era with their hiring of Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur to be their new head coach. LaFleur was able to impress Packers GM Brian Gutekunst and President Mark Murphy with his interview Sunday afternoon so much that they didn’t bring back any of their candidates for a second-round interview. They will likely officially announce the hiring later this week.

The Packers brought in a number of candidates over the last week from all over the NFL on both sides of the ball, and the leading candidate as the weekend wound down was New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. It appeared that the job was McDaniels’ to lose until Monday afternoon. Once the Packers decided on LaFleur, it was announced that McDaniels would be remaining in New England for another year.

The Packers moved swiftly in choosing LaFleur, which was somewhat surprising with a lot of other candidates still involved in the playoffs over the next few weeks. With LaFleur in tow, they can now start their offensive coordinator search as they are likely keeping Mike Pettine on as the defensive coordinator. This team is poised to bounce back this season, but LaFleur needs to get his foundation built with the coaches that he wants.

In addition to getting his coaching staff set, he needs to get a connection established with Aaron Rodgers. At the end of the day, this is still Rodgers’ team, and he knows it better than just about anyone. If LaFleur hasn’t contacted Rodgers yet, he needs to fix that. They need to get on the same page to make sure this offense is firing well when the season kicks off. If they stumble out of the gates, we could see a similar season to the last couple of years in the first year of LaFleur.