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Sullivan has interviewed with the Jets and Titans while also drawing interest from the Raiders. The Packers’ VP of player personnel is understandably in demand, given his team’s successes in building a talented NFC North contender.

Speaking Wednesday on PFT Live, Jacobs laid out what he believed to be the primary needs for the Packers this offseason. Receiver wasn’t the only position he mentioned, as an upgrade at defensive back and defensive end were also mentioned, but it was his comments about the team’s receiver room that has turned some heads. Jacobs isn’t exactly wrong in his assessment. In fact, the Packers have appeared to pride themselves on not having “a true No. 1" while spinning it as a plus that allows them to “spread the ball out.” Jayden Reed, who is arguably their most talented receiver, led the team with 55 receptions for 857 yards last season, but he was also one of four receivers to see 70-plus targets last season. His 75 targets were second only to Dontayvion Wicks (76), who caught just 39 passes for 415 yards in his second season. The Packers finished last season ranked 12th in passing yards per game and third in yards per attempt, but there’s no denying what a legitimate WR1 would bring to the Packers. There’s a handful of “proven” WR1s set to hit free agency this off-season, but Tee Higgins is the only receiver under 30 — and that’s assuming the Bengals allow Higgins to test the open market. The devastating knee injury Christian Watson suffered late in the season only amplifies the Packers’ need to upgrade at the position, but it’s clear, at least to Jacobs, that a top-tier receiver would elevate the offense to new heights in 2025.

Hyde started his career as a fifth-round pick out of Iowa. The former Hawkeye spent his first four years with the Packers, where he started in 33 of 63 games played before signing with the Bills in the 2017 offseason. Once in Buffalo, Hyde evolved into a full-time starter, starting all 95 games he appeared in with the Bills while racking up 16 interceptions, three fumble recoveries and two Second-Team All-Pro nods. The veteran safety never took the field in 2024 but did sign with the Bills’ practice squad in early December.

Crosby spent the first 16 seasons of his career with the Packers, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. The former Colorado Buffalo was never named as an All-Pro or to the Pro Bowl, but he did play a role in the Packers winning a Super Bowl in the 2010 season. A lifetime 81.3 percent kicker on his field goal attempts, Crosby retires ranked as the 59th most accurate kicker of all-time.

Stenavich reportedly interviewed with the Seahawks before this and is evidently interested in making a lateral OC move. Stenavich has helped produced highly successful Packers offenses, serving as the Packers’ OC over the last three seasons.

Campanile’s first crack as an NFL defensive coordinator will come with the new-look Jaguars. The long-time linebackers coach joins Liam Coen’s staff after being passed on by the 49ers in favor of Robert Saleh and will now be tasked with taking over a defense that ranked in the bottom 10 in points allowed, yards allowed, EPA per play, and success rate allowed. He’ll have his work cut out for him, but with young talents like Devin Lloyd, Travon Walker, and Josh Hines-Allen already in place, he should have plenty to work with out of the gate.

Covington spent last season as the Patriots’ defensive coordinator but first joined their staff in 2017 as a coaching assistant. He was promoted to their DL coach in 2020 and served in that role until 2023. It was reported earlier that Covington, who interviewed earlier this month for the Bengals’ defensive coordinator vacancy, was not expected to return to the Patriots after they went out and hired Mike Vrabel as head coach. Now, he’ll have a chance to start over in Green Bay. In addition to Covington, the Packers also hired former quarterback Sean Mannion as their quarterbacks coach.

Jacksonville’s hit the ground hard on the defensive coordinator spot since completing the Liam Coen hire. Campanile was co-defensive coordinator at Boston College in 2018 but otherwise has no non-high school defensive coordinator experience. Miami’s linebackers coach from 2020-2023 moved to Green Bay in 2024 and picked up a “running game coordinator” title along the way. He was interviewed by the Dolphins and Giants for their defensive coordinator positions last offseason.

Tucker Kraft definitely showed flashes of star-level talent in his 2024 season, so we can understand wanting him to have a more featured role in a Packers offense. Green Bay arguably doesn’t have another star-caliber receiver on the field every down — at least unless they let Jayden Reed out of the slot-only receiver box — and Kraft would offer some physicality at the catch point. But for every 20 of these types of quotes, maybe one or two actually happen. Kraft isn’t going to start getting a Trey McBride level of targets just because LaFleur said this ... but perhaps it is the start of some momentum towards that kind of role.

Getsy spent three years as the quarterbacks coach and eventually the pass game coordinator in Green Bay before landing a gig as the Bears’ offensive coordinator ahead of the 2022 season. He lasted two seasons in Chicago before being fired. The Raiders then took a shot on him in the same role. That too ended in Getsy’s firing, this time after less than one season. Getsy then returned to Green Bay late in the 2024 season in an advisory role. As Demovsky notes, Packers QB coach Tom Clements retired, leaving that role as a potential opening for Getsy.