Football strategies weren’t the only thing Green Bay cooked this offseason. The locker room held the utmost importance; as a result, a leadership council was formed this Summer. For months, Matt LaFleur was building up the idea of the Packers having season-long captains in 2025. Players “ wanted to vote for it, ” said the head coach. Finally, on Wednesday, seven captains were announced. Shortly afterwards, Packers’ young leader Jordan Love stepped squarely into the spotlight as the voice of the locker room.
It was the year 2022, when the Packers had players with the “C” patch imprinted on their jerseys for the entire season. The following two years, LaFleur changed his approach and rotated captains for each game. Though the head coach didn’t explicitly state the reason, many b