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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
DARRELL BEVELL…Named Detroit's interim head coach on Nov. 28.
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur is from Mount Pleasant, Mich., and played quarterback at Saginaw Valley State (2000-02). LaFleur later became an offensive assistant at his alma mater (2003), and then a graduate assistant at Central Michigan (2004-05) and quarterbacks/wide receivers coach at Northern Michigan (2006)...LaFleur and Lions linebackers coach Ty McKenzie served on the same coaching staffs in 2017 (Los Angeles Rams) and 2018 (Tennessee Titans)…Packers LB Rashan Gary played three years at Michigan (2016-18)…Packers G Jon Runyan played at Michigan (2016-19)...Packers offensive line coach Adam Stenavich played collegiately at Michigan (2002-05) and later was a strength and conditioning intern (2011) and a graduate assistant (2012-13) for the Wolverines...Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy was the wide receivers coach at Western Michigan in 2013...Packers offensive quality control coach Kevin Koger played at Michigan (2008-11) and later became a graduate assistant for the Wolverines (2013-14)...Packers chief of staff Darryl Franklin spent three years as a graduate assistant at Central Michigan University. Additionally, Franklin was a player personnel intern with the Lions in 2008...Green Bay TE Robert Tonyan signed with Detroit as an undrafted free agent in 2017 and spent his first offseason with the Lions...Packers T Rick Wagner played for Detroit during the 2017-19 seasons, starting 40 total games…Packers WR Malik Taylor played collegiately at Ferris State and attended Hill-McCloy High School in Montrose, Mich. …Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell spent six seasons on the Green Bay coaching staff, serving as offensive assistant/quality control coach (2000-01), offensive assistant (2002) and quarterbacks coach (2003-05)…Bevell played quarterback at Wisconsin, where he set 19 school records, and helped lead the Badgers to their first Rose Bowl victory…Lions WR Quintez Cephus played for Wisconsin from 2016-19...Packers assistant offensive line coach Luke Butkus served as a quality control assistant for the Seahawks in 2011 when Bevell served as the Seahawks' offensive coordinator…Packers CB Chandon Sullivan played for the Eagles in 2018 when Lions defensive coordinator Cory Undlin served as the team's defensive backs coach…Lions head equipment manager Tim O'Neil spent six seasons as an equipment assistant in Green Bay (1995-2000)…Lions national scout Mark Olson is from Hudson, Wis., and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls…Packers defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery served in the same role at Michigan from 2011-12...Green Bay running backs coach Ben Sirmans coached at Michigan State for two seasons (2005-06)...Packers assistant defensive backs coach Ryan Downard played safety at Eastern Michigan from 2006-10...Packers senior analyst Butch Barry played five seasons (1996-2000) for the Central Michigan football program and later coached a total of seven seasons (2002-03, 2010-14) for the program. Barry also coached at Michigan Tech for three season (2006-08)…Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray coached on the same staff as Lions offensive line coach Hank Fraley for the Minnesota Vikings from 2014-16…Fraley coached the offensive line at San Jose State in 2013 when Packers RB Tyler Ervin was on the roster…Packers coaching assistant Ruvell Martin played collegiately with LaFleur at Saginaw Valley State (2000-03) and attended high school in Muskegon, Mich. …Lions WR Mohamed Sanu played for the Falcons from 2016-19 when LaFleur (2016) and Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten (2016-18) were on the coaching staff...Lions DE Everson Griffen (2010-19), S Jayron Kearse (2016-19), RB Adrian Peterson (2007-16) and Jerry Gray (2014-19) all spent time together with the Vikings organization...Detroit wide receivers coach Robert Prince and head strength and conditioning coach Josh Schuler worked on the Colorado coaching staff while Packers T David Bakhtiari was playing for the Buffaloes...Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and Lions head coach assistant/research and analysis Evan Rothstein worked together on the Syracuse staff for two seasons (2010-11)…Packers S Adrian Amos played with Lions LB Christian Jones (2015-18) in Chicago…Former college teammates include: Packers P JK Scott, Lions DL Da'Shawn Hand and LB Reggie Ragland (Alabama); Packers LB Randy Ramsey, Lions OL Frank Ragnow and RB Jonathan Williams (Arkansas); Packers CB Josh Jackson, Lions TE T.J. Hockenson and T Matt Nelson (Iowa); Packers S Adrian Amos, Lions LB Jason Cabinda, TE Jesse James and CB Amani Oruwariye (Penn State).