The difference is that Adam Stenavich is not a play-caller in Green Bay, but he would be in Tennessee.
The Tennessee Titans will interview Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich on Monday for their offensive coordinator job, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The Packers could technically block the interview, since it’s a lateral move, but that isn’t really in Matt LaFleur’s DNA.
LaFleur was allowed by Sean McVay to leave the Los Angeles Rams’ non-play-calling offensive coordinator position to call plays for the Tennessee Titans. He pays that forward. Last year, LaFleur also let Stenavich interview for the Seattle Seahawks’ job, a play-calling opportunity, which eventually went to Klint Kubiak.
If Stenavich did leave, you’d have to think that the Packers would look at a couple of internal candidates to replace him.
First of all, Nathaniel Hackett, who was LaFleur’s original offensive coordinator in 2019, is currently working on the team in a defensive analyst role. Coaching contracts in the NFL are usually guaranteed, and Hackett signed a four-year deal to be the Denver Broncos’ head coach in 2022, meaning that he’s likely receiving a bulk of his 2025 money from the Broncos, even though he was fired from the post after just one year. But that ends in 2026.
Green Bay usually brings in bought-out coaches for analyst roles to help reserve-engineer their side of the ball for the Packers’ coaches on the other side of the ball. For example, Robert Saleh and Aubrey Pleasant, who both came from defensive backgrounds, were offensive analysts with the Packers.
For whatever it’s worth, what usually pushes coaches to accept these analyst roles, beyond the drive for wanting to be around football, is actually receiving insurance for their families (a new benefit on top of the buyout), rather than money (which often is offset).
Secondly, Luke Getsy, who served as a defensive consultant for the Packers in 2024, is now a senior assistant with Green Bay, too. Getsy was LaFleur’s first choice to replace Hackett in 2022, but he left for a play-calling offensive coordinator opportunity with the Chicago Bears (and then eventually the Las Vegas Raiders). After Hackett and Getsy were hired away, only then did LaFleur pivot to Stenavich.
You’d have to think at this point that Hackett and Getsy are tapping their feet, wondering when the offensive coordinator job is going to open with the Packers. Going into the 2025 season, Stenavich was already the longest-tenured offensive coordinator in the NFL.
With so much coaching turnover in this era, as owners no longer have any fear of the cost of buyouts, it’s crazy that three years (going into 2025) in a coordinator position would make someone the most tenured man in his position in the league. But, hey, that’s the 2020s NFL for you.
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