Green Bay's trio at the top has officially been extended.
The Packers announced on Friday that they signed head coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball to multiyear contract extensions.
The official announcement comes roughly two weeks after NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported an extension between Green Bay and LaFleur, as well as the expectation the team would extend Gutekunst and Ball.
"We are excited to extend our commitment to Brian, Matt and Russ as the leaders of our football operations," president and CEO Ed Policy said in a statement released by the team. "Their steadfast dedication, passion and collaboration have remained constant in our drive to compete at the highest level. While we are all disappointed with the way this season ended, we remain aligned in purpose and have spent considerable time over the past weeks collaborating on a path forward. I am exceedingly confident we have the right people to achieve our goal. The entire Packers organization looks forward to supporting every effort to bring our community and fans another championship that they very much deserve."
LaFleur, Green Bay's coach since 2019, currently has a 76-40-1 regular-season record. He's had three top-10 scoring offenses during his tenure, and his teams have never fallen outside the top half of the league in that regard. Gutekunst has been with the club since starting off as a scout in 1999 and rose to GM in 2018. Ball, also a longtime figure in the front office, has worked for Green Bay since 2008 and similarly earned his current title in 2018 as the Packers reorganized their front office in the wake of former GM Ted Thompson transitioning to a senior advisory role.
In the time since, the three men have made the playoffs six times, twice reaching the NFC Championship Game but going 3-6 in the postseason overall.
Their latest defeat was one of the most disappointing yet. The Packers fell to the rival Bears in the Wild Card Round despite holding an 18-point halftime lead and opening up an 11-point margin with six minutes and change remaining in the game.
Nonetheless, the team took a huge swing to create an immediate Super Bowl window by trading for All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons just before the 2025 regular season. He and several other stars suffered injuries as the campaign progressed, and the prudent move is to run it back with them healthy rather than journey into the unknown with a roster ready to win now.
Long expected and previously reported, the Packers have officially locked up their front-office brain trust and head coach.
