Bennett, Van Pelt Out, Packers’ House Cleaning Continues
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has moved on to the offensive side of the football. After firing defensive coordinator Dom Capers and two defensive assistants, McCarthy has fired offensive coordinator Edgar Bennett and quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt.
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
We consider this — especially the Bennett move — more surprising than Capers going or even general manager Ted Thompson being reassigned.
Bennett, a former player for the Packers and member of the team’s Hall of Fame, had been steadily moving up the coaching ranks. He joined the Packers in 2001 as the director of player development. He then spent six years as the Packers’ running backs coach. In 2011, Bennett was moved to receivers coach and he was finally promoted to offensive coordinator in 2015.
That sort of progression usually gets you a top job somewhere else, not fired.
There have been rumors that the Packers might move Bennett back to receivers coach. They do have an opening there with Luke Getsy moving on to Mississippi State. However, if Bennett isn’t gone entirely and does go back to receivers coach, that’s obviously a demotion.
Something to keep an eye on.
Van Pelt has been with the Packers since 2012. The former quarterback started off as the team’s running backs coach. He became the quarterbacks coach in 2014. McCarthy foolishly saddled Van Pelt with double duty as receivers coach in 2015. That didn’t work so well.
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I guess you could have expected the QB coach to be sacrificed after Hundley. I thought MM was the QB whisperer? I guess not when it doesn’t go well.
Right? “Aaron Rodgers wouldn’t be who he is without McCarthy.” Oh look, after three years of training Brett Hundley looks like total shit. That’s all Alex Van Pelt’s fault!
Yea…i thought those same thoughts. It’s gotta be someone’s G Damn fault amirite?
Well, someone had to take the fall for Hundley. It sure as hell wasn’t going to be McCarthy.
Our offense wasn’t particularly good at sustaining drives, even with Rodgers. The OC has to do with that. I liked Bennett as WR coach, but as OC, not so much. The OC has to cook the plays and game plan for each game, so part of our offensive failures come from there.
So…your sayin it’s on the OC….. McCarthy.
It’s… it’s… it’s a… MASSACRE!
Many still beating hearts are being tossed in the fire to please the God of Hypocrisy and Goddess of Scapegoating MM worships.
Why is Zook still here? Tought he would make it only one season. Was I wrong.
No that surprise onside to start the Detroit game saved his job.