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- Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsGREEN BAY, Wis.
- The last time the Green Bay Packers did anything with the contracts of coach Matt LaFleur and general manager Brian Gutekunst, it happened in relative secrecy.
- That won't be the case this time. And that could be soon, following the Packers' 31-27 wild-card loss to the Chicago Bears on Saturday. Both LaFleur and Gutekunst, along with vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball, received contract extensions early in the 2022 offseason, yet the news did not leak out until right before training camp in July that year. It was never clear why then-team president Mark Murphy tried to keep it a secret, especially since it was a no-brainer to extend them.
- Gutekunst was hired as GM in 2018, one year before LaFleur became head coach, and had helped construct teams that had a combined record of 45-19-1 to that point.
- That included a 39-10 mark under LaFleur.
