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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT:
MATT LAFLEUR…In his first season as the Packers’ 15th head coach.
BILL CALLAHAN…Was named Redskins’ interim head coach in Week 6 of the 2019 NFL season.
THE PACKERS-REDSKINS SERIES
Packers president & CEO Mark Murphy played eight seasons (1977-84) with the Redskins, serving as co-captain from 1980-84, playing on the Super Bowl XVII championship team and earning All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in 1983...Green Bay executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball spent the 2001 season as director of football administration for Washington...Packers head coach Matt LaFleur (2010-13) and inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti (2000-10; 2014-18) spent time on the Washington coaching staff…Packers DL Preston Smith was drafted by Washington and played four seasons with the Redskins (2015-18)…Packers WR Ryan Grant was drafted by Washington and played four seasons with the Redskins (2014-17)...Packers chief of staff Darryl Franklin spent seven seasons in the Redskins’ player personnel department (2012-18)…Redskins tight ends coach Brian Angelichio spent three seasons with the Packers in the same role (2016-18)…Angelichio was the tight ends coach for Cleveland when Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine was the head coach (2014-15)…Redskins DE Chris Odom played in seven games for Green Bay in 2017...Packers with connections to the Washington, D.C. area include: S Adrian Amos (Baltimore), LB Oren Burks (Lorton, Va.), T/G Alex Light (Salem, Va., University of Richmond), T Yosh Nijman (Virginia Tech) and S Darnell Savage (Salsbury, Md., University of Maryland)...Redskins interim head coach Bill Callahan coached the Wisconsin Badgers’ offensive line from 1990-94...Callahan and Redskins senior offensive assistant Matt Cavanaugh worked with Pettine (2009-11) and outside linebackers coach Mike Smith while with the N.Y. Jets (2010-11)...Pettine and Cavanaugh also coached together at the University of Pittsburgh in 1993…Callahan was the head coach of Oakland when Packers wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted played for the team (2002-03)...Additionally, Redskins running backs coach Randy Jordan and director of football operations Paul Kelly were assistants on the Oakland staff in 2003…Pettine and Cavanaugh also worked together on the Baltimore staff for three seasons (2002-04)…Redskins special teams coordinator Nate Kaczor held the same position in Tampa Bay when the team drafted Packers FB Danny Vitale in 2016…Kaczor was the assistant special teams coordinator in Jacksonville when Packers TE Marcedes Lewis was on the team (2008-11)…Redskins offensive quality control Chris O’Hara was the offensive coaching associate in Jacksonville when Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and were on the staff (2015-16) and Lewis played for the team (2014-16)…Pettine, special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga and defensive backs assistant coach Ryan Downard coached alongside Redskins offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell in Cleveland for one year (2015). Additionally, O’Connell was a quarterback with the N.Y. Jets when Pettine and Smith were on the coaching staff…Redskins assistant offensive line coach Phil Rauscher was an offensive assistant in Denver when Packers G/T Billy Turner (2016-18) and T Jared Veldheer (2018) were on the team...Additionally, Lewis played alongside Rauscher at UCLA for two seasons (2004-05)...Washington RB Adrian Peterson was teammates with Veldheer and Packers CB Tramon Williams for part of the 2017 season with the Arizona Cardinals...Green Bay TE Jimmy Graham played alongside Redskins WR Paul Richardson Jr. in Seattle for three seasons (2015-17)...Packers LB Za’Darius Smith and Redskins OL Tony Bergstrom played together in 2017 in Baltimore…Packers LB B.J. Goodson, Redskins S Landon Collins and OL Ereck Flowers played three seasons together with the N.Y. Giants (2016-18)…Redskins quarterback Case Keenum spent time with the Rams when Packers running back Ben Sirmans (2014) was on the coaching staff…Lewis and Redskins DE Carroll Phillips played together in Jacksonville in 2017…Former college teammates include: Packers LT David Bakhtiari and Richardson Jr. (Colorado); Packers WR Geronimo Allison and Redskins LB Carroll Phillips (Illinois); Packers CB Josh Jackson and Redskins G Brandon Scherff (Iowa); Packers CB Jaire Alexander, Redskins T Geron Christian Sr. and LB Josh Harvey-Clemons (Louisville); Packers G Elgton Jenkins, LS Hunter Bradley and Redskins LB Montez Sweat (Mississippi State); Packers S Adrian Amos and Redskins S Troy Apke (Penn State); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Redskins CB Fabian Moreau (UCLA).