Expect the Green Bay Packers to put up a few job postings soon. A few days after the tam announced that Ted Thompson would no longer serve as their general manager, Green Bay continued to clean house by relieving offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett and quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt of their duties, sources tell Rob Demovsky of ESPN.
Edgar Bennett is out as Packers’ offensive coordinator and Alex Van Pelt is out as Packers’ QB coach, sources tell @mortreport and me.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) January 3, 2018
Prior to their firings, Bennett was part of the Packers’ coaching staff since 2001, while Van Pelt started with the team in 2012.
Green Bay also announced that it has let go of defensive coordinator Dom Capers, assistant linebackers coach Scott McCurley, and defensive line coach Mike Trgovac.
The Packers’ management is clearly deeply disappointed with how things turned out for the team this year. They entered the 2017 season among the favorites to win not only the NFC North division, but the Super Bowl. Instead, they finished the campaign with a 7-9 record, the franchise’s worst since 2008 – the year Aaron Rodgers took over as starting quarterback.
Of course, Rodgers’ absence for several weeks due to a broken collarbone played a big role in Green Bay’s failure to even make it to the playoffs, but there were also other underlying factors as to why the Packers underperformed on both sides of the ball. They finished with the 21st-ranked offense — the lowest ranking for Green Bay since 2006 — while scoring just 20 points per game. Meanwhile, their defense finished 22nd in yards against while giving up more points than 25 other teams.
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