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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
DAN QUINN…Is in his sixth season as the Falcons' 16th head coach.
THE PACKERS-FALCONS SERIES
Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur served as Atlanta's quarterbacks coach for two seasons (2015-16)…Falcons defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and offensive line coach Chris Morgan coached alongside LaFleur for the Washington Football Team between 2011-13…Falcons G Justin McCray spent two seasons with the Packers from 2017-18…Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten served on the Falcons' coaching staff from 2016-18…Falcons secondary/defensive pass game coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. held multiple positions on the Packers' coaching staff from 2008-18…Falcons senior defensive assistant Bob Sutton coached under Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine when Pettine held the same position for the Jets from 2009-12…Falcons tight ends coach Ben Steele played two seasons as a TE for the Packers from 2004-05…Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Falcons defensive line coach/run game coordinator Tosh Lupoi were teammates at the University of California...Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray held the same position for the Seahawks in 2010 when Falcons head coach Dan Quinn coached the team's defensive line…Green Bay LB Preston Smith is from Stone Mountain, Ga. …Packers CB Chandon Sullivan is from Winder, Ga., and played collegiately at Georgia State…Green Bay DL Montravius Adams is from Vienna, Ga. ...Packers LB Za'Darius Smith and Falcons DE Marlon Davidson both attended Greenville High School in Alabama…Packers G Jon Runyan and Falcons WR Olamide Zaccheaus played together at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia…Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Falcons DE Dante Fowler Jr. were teammates at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, Fla. …Falcons RB Todd Gurley was coached by LaFleur (2017) and Packers running backs coach Ben Sirmans (2015) while playing for the Rams…Packers TE Marcedes Lewis played alongside Fowler in Jacksonville from 2016-17, when Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was on the coaching staff…Lewis was also coached by Falcons offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter when Koetter was the Jaguars' offensive coordinator from 2007-11…Packers senior analyst coach Butch Barry was on the Buccaneers' coaching staff when Koetter was the team's offensive coordinator (2015) and head coach (2016-18)…Koetter served as the University of Missouri's offensive coordinator when Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga was on the roster in 1992…Falcons LB LaRoy Reynolds and Packers S Adrian Amos played together with the Bears in 2015…Sirmans was a coach at Boston College during Falcons QB Matt Ryan's senior season in 2007...Packers inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti coached at the University of Georgia from 2011-13...Packers collegiate scouting coordinator Danny Mock worked in various roles for the Falcons from 1980-96.