Green Bay, Wisconsin – The new Cowboys coach of Dallas, Brian Schottenheimer, does not lose his coach staff. Meanwhile, the Green Bay Matt Lafleur Packers coach is still looking for a defensive line coach.
Cowboys announced that cowboys on Wednesday Schottenheimer had hired Aaron Whitecotton be his defensive line coach. Whitecotton is one of the three coaches known for interviewing For the position at Green Bay. Whitecotton and Kacy Rodgers, who have passed from Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Strait Lions, are no longer available.
The only known candidate who remains available is the former defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears, Eric Washington.
Packers need a defensive line coach after Lafleur dismissed Jason Rebrovich.
Washington is a solid candidate.
Before serving as a defensive coordinator of the Bears in 2024, he was with the Buffalo Bills for four seasons as a defensive line coach in 2020 and 2021, defensive line coach and senior defensive assistant in 2022 and defensive line coach and chief coach assistant in 2023.
“He is an excellent communicator with elite leadership skills, and he will improve our current defensive staff,” said former Bears coach Matt Eberflus during Washington hiring. “His history is talking about himself with the experience of the coordinator as well as expertise in the defensive line.”
During Washington’s mandate, the Bills ranked first at authorized points, eighth in bags and 21st yards authorized by portage.
“He really has a presence for him,” said Rod Marinelli, who was Chicago’s defensive line coach in 2009 and defensive coordinator in 2010 when Washington was a first NFL assistant, said to athletics. “He is very, very, very detailed. And he just has a great way to deal with people, but he’s strong. And he just did a very good job. He was really a rush to the sponge learning pass, coming from the college in the NFL.
“And the simple thing I have always admired was his work habits. (He was) early and worked intelligently on details. So you knew he was lucky to be really good.
Packers must increase the rush to the passes. In 2024, the four first round choices of the defensive line, Rashan Gary (7.5 bags), Devonte Wyatt (5.0), Lukas Van Ness (3.0) and Kenny Clark (1.0), combined for 16, 5 bags. Trey Hendrickson of Cincinnati had 17.5 bags alone.
“I thought there were moments this year that we were able to rush with four,” said Managing Director Brian Gutekunst. “I think each team of the League is how you prefer to do it. There were periods when we did not do well enough. I think everyone understands that this affects your football team. »»
The former Bears defensive line player, Corey Wootton, called Washington “Old School” and the type of coach needed to pass a young defensive line to the next level.
Aside from Clark, who has just completed his ninth season, and Gary, who has just finished his sixth season, the packers’ defensive line was filled with young people, with the defensive winger Kingsley Enagbare and the defensive tackle TJ Slaton serving as veterans As third year players.
Lafleur could also look within its staff. Vince Oghobaase was the rebrovich assistant last year. He was the defensive coordinator of Jeff Hafley at the Boston College from 2020 to 2023 and was also deputy coach of defensive line for the 49ers of San Francisco in 2016 and 2017.
“I had the opportunity to work with Vince in San Francisco and his knowledge of the game, energy and commitment to players jumped me”, ” Hafley said after hiring Oghobaase in 2020.
“At Ohio State, he trained under one of the best defensive line coaches all of Larry Johnson’s football and he has acquired excellent experience in the past two seasons in the defensive line coach at the UCLA. “
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