On ESPN Wisconsin’s Wilde & Tausch radio present, ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky acknowledged that Inexperienced Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has tried to recruit Orlovsky to the teaching world.

I’ve had conversations with Matt about it, of going on the market. There’s been conversations this offseason. It’ll at all times be one thing that I’ve been serious about. Proper now, I really like being at ESPN. I really like having the ability to get to do what I do and I’m tremendous grateful for that.

LaFleur and Orlovsky crossed paths in 2017 with the Los Angeles Rams, Orlovsky’s ultimate season as an NFL participant. Orlovsky was launched from the Rams throughout ultimate cuts that yr, resulting in an October retirement from the game and a transition to the media facet of issues. On the time, LaFleur was a first-time offensive coordinator in Los Angeles.

LaFleur bringing in acquainted names that he’s met over the course of his profession in soccer must be lower than stunning. Past all the interior hires and promotions that the Packers have made beneath LaFleur, most of the coaches employed from exterior of this system have a historical past with LaFleur.

For instance, defensive coordinator Joe Barry and LaFleur each coached collectively in 2017 with the Rams. Aubrey Nice, who was let go by the Detroit Lions mid-season final yr, was additionally a member of that 2017 Rams staff. When Nice was launched by Detroit, he was shortly scooped up as an analyst for the Packers earlier than ultimately returning to the Rams as a defensive backs coach and passing recreation coordinator. Even LaFleur’s former teammate at Western Michigan, Tim Lester, was given an analyst job with Inexperienced Bay when Lester was fired from WMU following the 2022 season.

One must assume that Orlovsky must start his teaching profession with the Packers in one in every of two roles: both as an analyst or as a quarterbacks coach. At the moment, the quarterbacks coach function is held by Tom Clements, the 70-year-old who has already retired from teaching as soon as earlier than. Perhaps, each time Clements decides to hold it up for good, Orlovsky would be the first name that LaFleur will make.

If you wish to hear the complete interview with Orlovsky, which incorporates his ideas on new beginning quarterback Jordan Love, you’ll find it linked down beneath.