The Packers might lose another key offensive coach this offseason. After Nathaniel Hackett bolted for Denver, quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy is receiving outside offensive coordinator interest.
The Bears are targeting Getsy for their OC job under Matt Eberflus, Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel tweets, noting that an offer is out to Getsy for the job. Getsy is indeed the clubhouse leader for Chicago’s OC gig, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. The Bears would still need to meet with a minority candidate to satisfy the Rooney Rule before moving forward here.
Getsy, 37, also interviewed for the Broncos’ HC job. He has not yet been linked to following Hackett to Denver. Instead, Hackett has targeted Packers offensive line coach Adam Stenavich for that job. Stenavich may have another option, should Getsy leave. The Packers will likely have to choose between promoting Getsy or Stenavich, Silverstein tweets, in the wake of Hackett’s departure. The other seemingly would be an offensive coordinator elsewhere. Stenavich would be a non-play-calling OC in Green Bay or Denver, with Hackett expected to call plays for the Broncos.
Chicago also expressed interest in Eagles passing-game coordinator Kevin Patullo for its OC role. Patullo and Eberflus worked together in Indianapolis. Getsy and Eberflus do not have a similar connection, with Getsy’s entire NFL body of work coming in Green Bay. Getsy worked his way up from the quality control level and has been with the Packers for most of the past eight seasons, the past three as QBs coach.
Eberflus really gonna gamble his whole job on Day 1 huh?
Based on what exactly? Newly hired OC’s usually come from a promotion from a Quarterback’s coach. Getsy is a Quarterbacks coach.
That’s kinda the point though. He didn’t call plays and he was coaching an already elite QB. So it’s pretty hard to judge his performance or whether he would make a good OC. I hope he’ll turn out to be a great OC, certainly not rooting against him. I’m just surprised they’re not going with someone more established. They can’t afford to mess up the OC hire. That’s why I say it’s a gamble.
As a defensive back ground first time head coach, he needs a OC with experience play calling not a first timer
Hard to call plays when LaFlur and Hackett are doing that. It doesn’t matter who Eberflus will pick, he will be wrong in the eyes of the fans. I’m actually curious on who people want as our OC? I see all the complaining but never a solution.
Like when the Bears brought in Mike Martz?
Bears are interviewing Pep Hamilton tomorrow for the same position.
I don’t mind this idea.
First, he’s not a first time play caller. He was an offensive coordinator in college in two occasions. That matters.
He also was learned in the NFL under Mike McCarthy and Matt LeFleur, so he’s been with strong offensive minds, and worked with one of the best QBs up close.
He also was a successful college QB who spent a year in camp with Mike Shanahan.
Much better option than the nobody from Philly.
To be honest Getsy has watched Rodgers carve up almost every nfc teams secondary some of it has to have rubbed off.
The more I look at it the more I like the choice. In reality the good offensive coordinators will be locked up due to the bears job not being a promotion so out of all the choices I don’t believe you’ll find an obvious home run hire. Also these oc’s such as Daboll or Shanahan started out as a qb coach or a passing coordinator/quality control assistant and just took advantage of a opportunity similar to this one
When you have extremely smart, very experienced, and phenomenal QB’s like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Rodgers, they really are the Offensive Coordinator. It’s really tough to say how great an OC is when you have QB’s like those 3.
This is about the 10th name that the writers have thrown out there. We’ll all know soon enough.