Green Bay Packers chairman Mark Murphy is attending the NFL Combine this year. Many of the ‘who’s who’ of the football world will be down in Indianapolis for the week watching the best young talent. Murphy will be likely conducting interviews with Brian Gutekunst and new coach Matt LaFleur. Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com talked with Murphy about LaFleur and how Aaron Rodgers will handle a new coach. In typical Murphy form, he said something that made Packers fans wonder ‘huh’ and ‘why’. I’m now thinking Murphy should just keep his mouth shut.

Caught up w/Packers president Mark Murphy at the combine and asked him how he thinks Aaron Rodgers will react to new coach Matt LaFleur.

“He has to embrace it,” Murphy said. “And I think he is. I hope he adapts well. I’m excited. I know he’s excited.”

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— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) February 26, 2019

Most of that quote is fine minus the first part. ‘He has to embrace it.’ That almost sounds like the Packers front office will make Aaron do it like a parent asking their kid to each his or her vegetables. I don’t think that’s exactly true though. Rodgers does need to embrace it because this is the new reality, and they’re going to be new coaches, new personalities to deal with on a regular basis. The way the Packers president said it is way too forceful and direct. He needed to choose his words better there. I don’t think this is a case of a power-hungry president, rather, a Packers leader expressing how Rodgers needs to handle this new area.

The other part of this which shouldn’t draw a reaction is Murphy’s second comment ‘I think he is’ which means Rodgers has already embraced it. This isn’t a situation where Rodgers is throwing a fit for the new coach. The other weird thing about the comment is the team stockpiled coaches that seem to work well with Rodgers, so, why worry about embracing the new coach?

Murphy should just stop talking to the media.

Charlie.