Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and Jets head coach Robert Saleh coached together at Central Michigan (2004) and with the Houston Texans (2008-09)…LaFleur’s younger brother Mike is the Jets offensive coordinator…The LaFleurs coached with the Atlanta Falcons in 2015-16…Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich coached with Saleh, Mike LaFleur and Jets offensive line/running coordinator John Benton on staff of the 49ers in 2017-18 and was also on the Texans practice squad as an offensive lineman in 2008-09 when Saleh was on the Houston staff… Benton coached the offensive line in Houston while Matt LaFleur was an offensive assistant and Stenavich was a player with the Texans in 2008-09…Jets T Duane Brown played for the Texans in 2008-09 when Matt LaFleur and Stenavich were with Houston…Packers offensive line coach Luke Drank tkus coached with Saleh and Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich on the Seattle Seahawks staff in 2011… Butkus also coached with Saleh in Jacksonville in 2015 and Packers TE Marcedes Lewis played for the Jaguars when Saleh was on staff there (2014-16)…Senior Packers analyst John Donovan coached with Saleh on the Jacksonville staff in 2016…Ulbrich also coached with Packers defensive backs/passing game coordinator Jerry Gray in Seattle in 2010… Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry was a defensive quality control coach for the 49ers in 2000 when Ulbrich played linebacker for San Francisco… Ulbrich coached for Atlanta in 2015-16 with Matt LaFleur and when the Packers LB De’Vondre Campbell played for the Falcons…Packers DL Kenny Clark played at UCLA in 2013-14 when Ulbrich was on the Bruins staff…Packers wide receivers/coordinator Passing gamer Jason Vrable was an offensive assistant for the Jets from 2017-18…Packers tight ends coach John Dunn held the same title with the Jets from 2019-2020…Grant Thorne, Packers strength and conditioning assistant , worked on the Jets strength staff in 2010…Packers LB Rashan Gary attended Paramus Catholic (NJ) High School and was born in Plainfield, NJ..Packers T Yosh Nijman was born in Orange, NJ, and attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ…Packers TE Tyler Davis was born in Bellmore, NY, and attended high school there at Mepham High…Packers CB Rasul Douglas attended East Orange High School (NJ)… Packers LB Isaiah McDuffie was born in Buffalo, NY, and attended Bennett High School in Buffalo…Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia was born in Yonkers, NY…Packers outside linebackers coach Jason Rebrovich is from Clarence, NY … Packers running backs coach Ben Sirmans is from East Orange, NJ… Packers senior analyst John Donovan is from River Edge, NJ… Jets defensive backs/safety coach Marquand Manuel played safety for the Packers in 2006… Manuel also coached with Matt LaFleur on the 2015-16 Atlanta Falcons staff…Packers staff/Director of Football Administration Chad Brinker originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Jets from New York as a b-race back in 2003…Packers staff executive Lee Gissendaner spent three seasons as a national scout for the New York Jets (2015-17)…Packers head coach, Matt LaFleur, was Tennesee’s offensive coordinator in 2018 when Jets WR Corey Davis played for the Titans … Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia coached with Jets tight ends coach Ron Middleton at Ole Miss (1999-2001) and with the Buccaneers s from Tampa Bay (2004-06)…Middleton was Lewis’ position coach at Jacksonville in 2016-17…Former college teammates include: Packers DL Jarran Reed and Jets LB CJ Mosley (Alabama); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Jets OL Conor McDermott (UCLA); TE Packers Josiah Deguara and Jets CB Sauce Gardner (Cincinnati); Packers C/G Josh Myers and Jets WR Garrett Wilson and TE Jeremy Ruckert (Ohio State); Packers RB AJ Dillon and Jets WR Jeff Smith (Boston College); Packers G/T Royce Newman and Jets WR Elijah Moore (Mississippi); Packers CB Jaire Alexander and Jets DL Sheldon Rankins (Louisville); Packers S Darnell Savage and Jets RB Ty Johnson (Maryland); Packers LB Jonathan Garvin and Jets WR Braxton Berrios (Miami); Packers CB Eric Stokes, LB Quay Walker, DL Devonte Wyatt and Jets TE Lawrence Cager (Georgia); Packers S Rudy Ford and Jets DL Carl Lawson (Auburn).
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