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It has long been believed that one of the main reasons the Green Bay Packers traded longtime QB Aaron Rodgers back in 2023 was a falling out between Rodgers and head coach Matt LaFleur. Whether or not that’s true, neither man will confirm. But Rodgers did hint that there is still some bad blood between them.
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Appearing on the Wilde and Tausch show, Rodgers was asked about a comment LaFleur made earlier this year when the Packers coach declared that current starter Jordan Love has been the best player he’s ever coached. At first, Rodgers laughed off the remark and mused that LaFleur was probably “still mad” that he changed plays at the line of scrimmage.
“He’s probably still mad I changed too many of his plays,” Rodgers said. “Big statement when you had a guy win back-to-back MVPs. Guess I wasn’t doing too much at the LOS.”
But then Rodgers took a slightly harder jab at his former coach by calling LaFleur “a clown.”
“Matt’s a clown man; he says some things from time to time, then says, ‘Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have said that,’” Rodgers said with a smile.
Rodgers paid his compliments to Love but seemed to take issue with the idea that Love is better than he is at the line.
“I’m sure J. Love is real good at the line of scrimmage, but come on, man,” Rodgers said.
Rodgers and LaFleur
LaFleur took over as head coach in 2019 and coached Rodgers for four seasons, going 13-4 in each of their first three seasons together. Rodgers won back-to-back MVP awards in 2020 and 2021, but the team often stagnated in the playoffs.
After missing the playoffs and going 8-9 in 2022, the Packers decided that it was best to keep LaFleur and shipped Rodgers off to New York.
The Packers turned to Love as their new starter and have been rewarded with three straight trips to the playoffs. Rodgers, meanwhile, has gone 15-18 over the last two years and lost his only playoff appearance of the last four seasons.
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This story was originally published September 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM.