GREEN BAY Bart Starr Jersey , Wis. 鈥?Matt LaFleur has never been in charge of an NFL team before, and until last year had never called plays for one either.Packers CoverageGreen Bay Packers 2019 NFL draft capsulesPackers close out 2019 draft, select LB Summers in seventh roundPackers add CB Hollman, RB Williams in sixth roundPackers address defense in fifth round, select DL Kingsley KekePackers use third-round pick to select TE Jace SternbergerPackers draft versatile OL Elgton Jenkins in second roundPotential Packers Day 2 picks in 2019 NFL draftTop Tweets: New Packers LB Gary emotional after NFL dream realizedPackers trade up, draft safety Darnell Savage at No. 21 overallPackers select Rashan Gary with 12th overall pick in 2019 NFL draftOn Wednesday, he took over the聽Green Bay Packers, who have missed the playoffs two years in a row 鈥?and a team with a two-time MVP quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, whom LaFleur must help to get back to playing his best.“I briefly spoke to (Rodgers) prior to accepting the job,” LaFleur said during an introductory news conference at Lambeau Field.“That’s kind of how I had an idea that maybe I was in the running for it.”According to team president Mark Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst, LaFleur was by far the best of the other nine candidates who interviewed for the job after longtime head coach Mike McCarthy was fired on Dec. 2, with four games remaining in his 13th season in charge.“Obviously we cast a fairly large net Za'Darius Smith Jersey , much larger than the 10 people that we interviewed,” Murphy said. “Went through the nine (interviews) and quite honestly, no one really stood out. There were a lot of strong candidates, but there wasn’t one that just jumped out at us.“Matt was our last candidate, and we’d heard great things about Matt through our vetting process. A lot of the coaches and others that we talked to talked about his background, his experience. So were really excited going into it.”Murphy, Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball then emerged from LaFleur’s interview Sunday in Nashville even more excited 鈥?and agreeing that they had their man, despite having planned to host a second round of interviews.After sleeping on it, they offered the job to LaFleur on Monday, and he arrived in Green Bay on Tuesday night to sign his contract.“It’s always been a dream of mine to be an NFL head coach, but to be the head coach of the Green Bay, it is surreal Womens DeShone Kizer Jersey ,” LaFleur said.LaFleur comes to the Packers after one season as the play-calling offensive coordinator of the聽Tennessee Titans, a job he took a year ago because he knew he needed to “challenge myself.”He’d spent the 2017 season as the聽Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator under Sean McVay, and Murphy said he believed LaFleur would have been “the hot candidate. He’d be flying all over the country talking to everybody.”Instead, the Packers were the only team to interview LaFleur for a head coaching job since the season ended.“It would have been easy to stay in L.A. You look at the roster and you look at the success they’re having there this year, it certainly could have been easy to stay there,” LaFleur said, referring to the Rams, who’ll face the聽Dallas Cowboys聽in the NFC divisional playoffs on Saturday night.“I took the risk because I knew that I needed to get out of my comfort zone and grow as a coach.”Meanwhile, it’ll be vital for LaFleur to find a comfort zone with Rodgers, who is coming off a down season by his standards. Although he threw only two interceptions in 16 games, he also threw only 25 touchdown passes, the lowest full-season total of his career. He also completed only 62.3 percent of his passes Womens Brett Hundley Jersey , the second-lowest rate of his time as a starter, and finished with a 97.6 passer rating, well below his 103.1 career rating.Rodgers also played all season with a left knee injury sustained in the season-opener against Chicago and left the season finale with a concussion after three offensive series as the Packers finished 6-9-1.It’ll be up to LaFleur to get Rodgers back to the MVP form he showed in winning the award in 2011 and 2014, and in rallying the Packers from a 4-6 start in 2016 to a berth in the NFC championship game that year.The Packers lost that game to the聽Atlanta Falcons, led by quarterback Matt Ryan, who won the league’s MVP that season.Ryan’s quarterbacks coach that year? LaFleur.“I’ll tell you what, I cannot wait to get to work with him,” LaFleur said of Rodgers. “I think he’s equally excited. There’s a lot of work to be done in front of us, but just looking forward to that opportunity.”At the same time, LaFleur will have to coach the entire 53-man team, not just the quarterback. And the Packers are convinced he can both lead the team and reinvigorate Rodgers.“I think we’ve got the perfect candidate to lead us to where we want to go,” Gutekunst said. “There’s one goal 鈥?always has been one goal 鈥?and that’s to win world championships. We’re excited to get started.” Mock draft season has become predictable with regard to the Packers Womens Justin Vogel Jersey , who once again landed Jachai Polite and T.J. Hockenson in the first round."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCSTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL mock draft: Packers again projected for Polite, HockensonKim Klement-USA TODAY SportsThe 2019 NFL Draft might prove one of the wildest, most entertaining drafts in league history. However, at least as it pertains to the Green Bay Packers, the mock drafts leading up to it haven’t yielded much variation week to week.In yet another mock draft, SB Nation’s Dan Kadar projects the Packers to select familiar targets at each of their first-round picks.Regular Acme Packing Company readers surely know the case for Jachai Polite by now. The Florida product offers top-flight movement skills and a track record for generating pressure. Especially with Clay Matthews set to hit free agency and Nick Perry a possible cap casualty, Polite fills an obvious need without sacrificing value at pick No. 12.Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson has come off the board far earlier in previous mock drafts, but he makes plenty of sense for Green Bay should he last until the end of the first round. New head coach Matt LaFleur uses multiple tight ends regularly, and Hockenson would immediately become the top blocking option for the Packers. As Jimmy Graham continues to decline, Hockenson can ascend to the top of the depth chart.