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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
Matt LaFleur: 3-0-0, 1.000; 1st NFL season
Doug Pederson: 33-20-0, .623 (incl. 4-1 in postseason) ; 4th NFL season
vs. Opponent: Pederson 0-1 vs. Packers
MATT LaFLEUR…In his first season as the Packers’ 15th head coach.
DOUG PEDERSON…Enters his fourth season as the Eagles’ 19th head coach.
THE PACKERS-EAGLES SERIES
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson played quarterback for eight seasons in Green Bay (1995-98, 2001-04), serving as backup quarterback on Packers teams that won Super Bowl XXXI and two NFC championships… Eagles G Brandon Brooks attended Riverside University HS in Milwaukee… Packers CB Ka’dar Hollman attended Burlington Township High School in nearby Burlington, N.J. ...Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine and tight ends coach Justin Outten are both from Doylestown, Pa. ...Packers S Darnell Savage attended Caravel Academy in Bear, Del. ...Packers inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti is from Wilmington, Del. ...Eagles RB Corey Clement and LB T.J. Edwards played collegiately at Wisconsin…Packers S Adrian Amos played collegiately at Penn State…Eagles LS Rick Lovato spent the end of the 2015 season on the Green Bay roster…Eagles assistant tight ends coach Mike Bartrum played in four games for the Packers at tight end in 1995...Eagles safeties coach Tim Hauck played safety for the Packers from 1991-94, appearing in 58 games over that span...Packers head coach Matt LaFleur worked with Eagles defensive line coach Philip Daniels in Washington when Daniels served as director of player development. Additionally, LaFleur and Olivadotti were on the Washington coaching staff during Daniels’ final playing season (2010)…Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett worked with Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz for one season with the Buffalo Bills…Eagles linebackers coach Ken Flajole spent two seasons on Pettine’s staff in Cleveland…Flajole served as a defensive assistant/quality control for the Packers in 1998...Eagles offensive coordinator Mike Groh was on the Chicago coaching staff when Amos was a rookie (2015)… Amos also played with Eagles RB Jordan Howard (2016-18) and WR Alshon Jeffery (2015-16) in Chicago…Eagles director of team development Joe Pannunzio was on the staff at Alabama when Tony Brown and JK Scott played collegiately…Eagles LB Nigel Bradham played for Buffalo when Hackett (2013-14) and Pettine (2013) were on the staff…Packers linebacker Preston Smith and Eagles linebacker Zach Brown were teammates for two seasons in Washington (2017-18) Additionally, Brown was coached by Olivadotti during that time…Eagles S Johnathan Cyprien was on the Tennessee roster where LaFleur was offensive coordinator. Additionally, Cyprien (2013-16) and Eagle DT Malik Jackson (2016-17) were teammates with Marcedes Lewis in Jacksonville…Eagles DE Kasim Edebali spent time in 2017 with the L.A. Rams where LaFleur was the offensive coordinator…Packers CB Tramon Williams and Eagles QB Josh McCown played in Cleveland together in 2016. Additionally, Pettine was head coach and special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga was the special teams assistant of the Browns during McCown’s time in Cleveland…Williams also played with Eagles S Rudy Ford in Arizonain 2017…Eagles S Andrew Sendejo spent time on the N.Y. Jets’ roster in 2011 when Pettine held the same position…Packers TE Jimmy Graham, Eagles RB Darren Sproles (2011-13) and S Malcolm Jenkins (2010-13) were teammates in New Orleans…Graham was also teammates with Eagles LB L.J. Fort in Seattle in 2014…Former college teammates include: Packers LB Preston Smith and Eagles DT Fletcher Cox (Mississippi State); Packers T/G Billy Turner, WR Darrius Shepherd and Eagles QB Carson Wentz (North Dakota State); Packers LB Blake Martinez and Eagles TE Zach Ertz (Stanford); Packers LB Ty Summers, Eagles G/T Matt Pryor and T Halapoulivaati Vaitai (TCU); Packers DL Kingsley Keke and Eagles DE Daeshon Hall (Texas A&M); Packers CB Kevin King, Eagles CB Sidney Jones and TE Joshua Perkins (Washington).