Didn't Kyle Shanahan coach Kirk Cousins to a fully guaranteed contact, or at least a filthy amount of guaranteed cash?

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Pure speculation here, but I will bet a shiny new dime that McDaniels wanted greater say/veto power on personnel decisions.

I am also guessing that he isn’t as big of a fan of Pettine as many of us are.

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Ian Rapoport says that Lafleur is a workhorse who will be expected to challenge Aaron Rodgers. I am really liking the sounds of this:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/0ap3000001008883/Rapoport-explains-why-Packers-hired-LaFleur-over-others 

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I don't think that's pure speculation. I think it's an entirely justifiable deduction to draw from the information we have about his situation in New England. As I mentioned the other day, some comments in the media indicate to me that McDaniels very likely has his sights set on, if not management, at least a substantive say in personnel decisions. Although rumor had it that Gutekunst and Murphy were not put off by McDaniels' "my-way-or-the-highway" approach to the interview, it's entirely possible they were more comfortable with the idea of going with a candidate who was content to stay in his lane and focus on producing results on the field.

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Murphy should announce the hiring of Matt Lafleur with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. 😂

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His best role!

If it is ML, I feel comfortable that he will emphasize the value of a strong offensive line, instrumental to a good ground game which sets up a play action.

Another poster, I apologize to whoever it was, made a good point about getting more depth at running back with at least one more solid starter.

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ZOMG, Aaron Nagler retweeted me! 😍



This response had me rolling:



(For those of you who don't follow Nagler, the tweet is a reference to Nagler's calling Murphy a coward for letting Philbin do the Monday-morning press conference instead of doing the merciful thing by firing Philbin and holding the presser himself.)

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Sounds like a solid continuity choice. Can work with the players he's got, works with Pettine. Sounds good to me. Wonder if he brings back James Campen.

Knowing Kirk Cousins inside out is an added bonus.

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I am guessing no on Campen, i.e. a clean slate on offense.

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