E2089 - When Fans Want Fire, the Packers Choose Control | Cheesehead Radio #384
Published: January 29, 2026
Duration: 38:37
The Green Bay Packers didn’t make the splash hire.
They made the intentional one.
On this episode of Cheesehead Radio, the crew digs into Green Bay’s decision to hire Jonathan Gannon as defensive coordinator — a move that landed with all the subtlety of a snowblower on Packers Twitter. After a week of fan wish-casting, nostalgia lists, and Jim Leonhard fever dreams, the Packers went in the opposite direction: experience, familiarity, and a defensive philosophy Matt LaFleur clearly believes in.
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