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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
Mike Vrabel…In his third season as the Titans' 19th head coach.
THE PACKERS-TITANS SERIES
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur served as the Titans' offensive coordinator in 2018 before departing for Green Bay…Titans T Marshall Newhouse was selected in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Packers and played for the team from 2010-13…Packers LB Oren Burks played collegiately at Vanderbilt from 2013-17…Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray's first NFL coaching job was as a quality control coach for the Tennessee Oilers from 1997-98. Gray went on to serve as the Titans' defensive backs coach from 1999-2000 and later served as the team's defensive coordinator from 2011-13...Packers special teams quality control coach Rayna Stewart played cornerback for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers during the 1996-97 seasons and later served as a defensive quality control coach for the Titans from 2009-11. Stewart also held multiple roles at Vanderbilt from 2015-18 and worked at numerous high schools in Tennessee, including Whites Creek High School (2013-14), Battle Ground Academy (2011-12) and Centennial High School (2001-04). He also received his master's degree from Tennessee State…Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga held the same position at Vanderbilt in 2018…Titans strength and conditioning assistant Mondray Gee held the same role for the Packers from 2008-09...Members of the Packers roster with Tennessee ties include S Will Redmond (East High School in Memphis), LS Hunter Bradley (Collierville High School) and G Lucas Patrick (Brentwood High School)…Packers offensive quality control coach Kevin Koger coached at the University of Tennessee in 2015…Packers offensive quality control coach Connor Lewis worked in Vanderbilt's football office from 2012-14…Mennenga and Lewis both crossed paths with Titans FB Khari Blasingame while he played for Vanderbilt from 2014-18…Packers inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti served as Titans LB Will Compton's position coach for the Washington Football Team during the 2014-17 seasons. Compton also crossed paths with LaFleur (2013) and Packers LB Preston Smith (2015-17) while in Washington…Titans inside linebackers coach Jim Haslett served as the defensive coordinator for the Washington Football Team from 2010-13 when LaFleur (2010-13) and Olivadotti (2010, 2014) coached for the team…Packers quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Luke Getsy served as Titans WR Corey Davis' wide receivers coach at Western Michigan in 2013…Packers G/T Billy Turner (2014-16) played with Titans QB Ryan Tannehill (2012-18) and G Jamil Douglas (2015-16) for the Dolphins…Titans CB Chris Milton (16-17) and LS Matt Overton (16) both played for the Colts when Packers special teams assistant Maurice Drayton held the same position for Indianapolis during the 2016-17 seasons…Overton played for the Jaguars in 2017 when Packers TE Marcedes Lewis and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett were with the team…Packers S Adrian Amos and Titans TE MyCole Pruitt briefly played together for the Bears during the 2016 season…Titans secondary coach Anthony Midget coached safeties at Penn State in 2013 when Amos was on campus…Titans G Rodger Saffold played for the Rams from 2010-18, during which time he crossed paths with Packers WR Tavon Austin (2013-17), LaFleur (2017) and Packers running backs coach Ben Sirmans (2012-15)…Austin and Sirmans also spent time with Titans LB Darren Bates (2013-15) while in St. Louis…Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Titans TE Geoff Swaim both attended Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., and began their collegiate careers at Butte Community College…Austin and Swaim both played for the Cowboys during the 2018 season…Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith was a defensive assistant/quality control coach for the Washington Football Team in 2007-08 when Gray coached the team's secondary…Titans offensive line coach Keith Carter held multiple positions on the Falcon's offensive coaching from 2015-17 staff when LaFleur (2015-16) and Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten (2016-17) were with the team…LaFleur and Titans running backs coach Tony Dews both coached at Central Michigan during the 2004-05 seasons…Titans tight ends coach Todd Downing and wide receivers coach Rob Moore both coached for the Bills in 2014 when Hackett was the team's offensive coordinator and Packers wide receivers coach Jason Vrable was an offensive quality control coach…Moore held the same position at Syracuse when Hackett was on the offensive staff from 2010-13…Gray and Titans assistant offensive line coach Mike Sullivan both played for the Buccaneers in 1993…Titans safeties coach Scott Booker coached at Notre Dame from 2010-16, during which time LaFleur (2014) and Packers WR Equanimeous St. Brown (2015-17) were with the program…Former college teammates include: Packers P JK Scott and Titans LB Rashaan Evans and RB Derrick Henry (Alabama); Packers RB AJ Dillon and Titans LB Harold Landry III (Boston College); Packers G Simon Stepaniak and Titans WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (Indiana); Packers CB Josh Jackson and Titans DB Amani Hooker and CB Desmond King (Iowa); Packers LS Hunter Bradley, G Elgton Jenkins and Titans DT Jeffery Simmons (Mississippi State); Amos and Titans DL Jack Crawford and DL DaQuan Jones (Penn State); Packers CB Ka'Dar Hollman and Titans QB Logan Woodside (Toldeo); LB Krys Barnes, DL Kenny Clark and Titans DE Matt Dickerson (UCLA); Burks and Blasingame (Vanderbilt).