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GREEN BAY ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT:
Matt LaFleur: 4-1, .800; 1st NFL season
Matt Patricia: 8-11-1, .425; 2nd NFL season
vs. Opponent: Patricia 2-0 vs. Packers
MATT LAFLEUR…In his first season as the Packers’ 15th head coach.
MATT PATRICIA…Is in his second year as the Lions’ 27th head coach.
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)...Rashan Gary played three years at Michigan (2016-18)...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...Lions DT Mike Daniels was drafted in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft by Green Bay and played the previous seven seasons for the Packers…Detroit T Rick Wagner is from West Allis, Wis., and was a team captain for the Wisconsin Badgers, starting 37 games during his college career…Lions G Beau Benzschawel is from Grafton, Wis., and made 49 consecutive starts for the Wisconsin Badgers…Lions offensive coordinator Darren 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 special teams coordinator John Bonamego served in the same role in Green Bay for three seasons (2003-05)…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)...Detroit defensive backs coach Brian Stewart coached in Houston while Packers secondary coach Jason Simmons played for the Texans (2002-03)...Lions DT Damon Harrison signed as a rookie free agent with the N.Y. Jets in 2012 when Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and outside linebackers coach Mike Smith were on the staff…Harrison, Lions LB Devon Kennard, DE Romeo Okwara RB Paul Perkins and Packers LB B.J. Goodson played together for two seasons with the N.Y. Giants (2016-17)…Detroit wide receivers coach Robert Prince and strength and power coordinator 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 director of player engagement Grey Ruegamer and Lions area scout Roman Phifer were teammates on the New England Patriots (2001-02)…Lions tight ends coach Chris White was the running backs/special teams coordinator when Packers CB Josh Jackson played for the Hawkeyes…Lions offensive line coach Jeff Davidson was Packers G/T Billy Turner’s position coach for the 2017 season in Denver…Green Bay QB Tim Boyle was a freshman at Connecticut when Lions defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni was the head coach...McKissic signed as a rookie free agent with Atlanta when LaFleur was the quarterbacks coach…Packers S Adrian Amos played with Lions LB Christian Jones (2015-18) in Chicago…Former college teammates include: Scott, Brown, Williams and Lions DL Da’Shawn Hand (Alabama) and Lions DT A’Shawn Robinson (Alabama), Packers DL Montravius Adams and Lions RB Kerryon Johnson (Auburn); Packers CB Josh Jackson and Lions TE T.J. Hockenson (Iowa); Packers S Darnell Savage and Lions RB Ty Johnson (Maryland); Packers C Corey Linsley and Lions T Taylor Decker (Ohio State), Packers S Adrian Amos and Lions TE Jesse James (Penn State); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Lions RB Paul Perkins (UCLA); Packers CB Kevin King and Lions WR Marvin Hall (Washington).