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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
BRUCE ARIANS…In his second season as the Buccaneers' 12th head coach.
THE PACKERS-BUCCANEERS SERIES
Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray played one season as a defensive back for the Buccaneers in 1993…Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett served as the Buccaneers' quarterbacks coach from 2006-07...Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles spent two years as a college scouting assistant for the Packers from 1995-96…Packers senior analyst Butch Barry served as Tampa Bay's assistant offensive line coach from 2015-18…Buccaneers LB Jack Cichy attended Hill Murray High School in Somerset, Wis., and the University of Wisconsin...Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling is from St. Petersburg, Fla., and played collegiately at the University of South Florida...Buccaneers LS Zach Triner spent time with the Packers late in the 2017 season and during the 2018 offseason...Packers G/T Billy Turner and Buccaneers OLB Shaquil Barrett played together for the Denver Broncos from 2016-18…Turner played with Buccaneers DL Ndamukong Suh for the Dolphins from 2015-16, and was coached by Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen when Christensen served as the Dolphins' offensive coordinator in 2016…Packers LB Za'Darius Smith and T Rick Wagner played with Buccaneers C Ryan Jensen during Jensen's tenure with the Ravens from 2014-17…Wagner, Packers TE Robert Tonyan and Buccaneers DL Jeremiah Ledbetter all spent time with the Lions in 2017...Packers DL Damon Harrison (2016-18) played with Buccaneers OLB Jason Pierre-Paul (2010-17), CB Ross Cockrell (2017) and CB Andrew Adams (2016-17) while with the New York Giants...Buccaneers QB Tom Brady and Packers director of player engagement Grey Ruegamer played together for the New England Patriots from 2000-02...Packers LB Christian Kirksey and Buccaneers OL Earl Watford were both with the Browns organization in 2018...Packers TE Marcedes Lewis (2017) and Hackett (2017-18) both spent time with the Jaguars while Buccaneers RB Leonard Fournette (2017-19), WR Jaydon Mickens (2017-18) and T Josh Wells (2014-18) were on the roster…Lewis played with Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich when Leftwich was the Jaguars' QB in 2006…Buccaneers QB Blaine Gabbert also played alongside Lewis in Jacksonville from 2011-13…Gabbert and Buccaneers G Aaron Stinnie both played for Packers head coach Matt LaFleur when he served as the Titans' offensive coordinator in 2018…Buccaneers special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong held the same position for the Falcons when LaFleur (2015-16) and Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten (2016-18) were on the staff…Packers wide receivers coach Jason Vrable served on Bowles' coaching staff when Bowles was the head coach of the New York Jets from 2015-18…Vrable coached Buccaneers RB LeSean McCoy while with the Bills from 2015-16…Packers outside linebackers coach Mike Smith coached Buccaneers DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches while serving as the assistant defensive line coach for the Chiefs in 2016-17…Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin coached Barry when Barry was an offensive lineman at Central Michigan in 2000-01...Packers WR Tavon Austin and Buccaneers defensive/special teams assistant Keith Tandy were teammates at West Virginia from 2009-11...Packers quarterbacks/passing game coordinator Luke Getsy and Buccaneers specialists coach Chris Boniol coached together for Mississippi State in 2018...Packers vice president of communications Jason Wahlers spent nine years with the Buccaneers' public relations department from 2002-10...Former college teammates include: Packers LB Randy Ramsey and Ledbetter (Arkansas); Packers G Lucas Patrick and Buccaneers CB Ross Cockrell (Duke); Packers CB Josh Jackson and Buccaneers OLB Anthony Nelson and T Tristan Wirfs (Iowa); Packers S Adrian Amos and Buccaneers WR Chris Godwin and T Donovan Smith (Penn State); Turner and Buccaneers T Joe Haeg (North Dakota State); Packers CB Kevin King and Mickens (Washington).