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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:
MATT LaFLEUR…In his second season as the Packers' 15th head coach.
ROMEO CRENNEL…Named Texans' interim head coach in Week 5 of the 2020 NFL season.
THE PACKERS-TEXANS SERIES
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur's first NFL coaching job was an offensive assistant for the Texans from 2008-09, including when Texans defensive coordinator/defensive line coach Anthony Weaver was on the roster in 2008…Packers offensive line coach Adam Stenavich spent two years on the Texans' practice squad from 2008-09…Packers RB Tyler Ervin was drafted by the Texans in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and played for the team from 2016-18…Texans G/T Max Scharping is a native of Green Bay, Wis. and attended Southwest High School…Texans WR Randall Cobb was drafted by the Packers in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft and played for the team from 2011-18…Texans DE J.J. Watt is a native of Pewaukee, Wis., and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin…Texans S Eric Murray attended Riverside University High School in Milwaukee, Wis. …Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine was a member of the Ravens' coaching staff when Weaver was on the roster from 2002-05…Weaver later served as an assistant defensive line coach for the Jets when Pettine was the team's defensive coordinator in 2012, and as the defensive line coach for the Browns when Pettine was the team's head coach from 2014-15…Texans secondary coach D'Anton Lynn was on the Jets' training camp roster in 2012 when Pettine served as the defensive coordinator...LaFleur served as Notre Dame's quarterbacks coach in 2015 when Texans WR Will Fuller, C Nick Martin and RB C.J. Prosise were on the roster…Packers G Jon Runyan and Texans CB John Reid played together at St. Joseph's Prep School in Philadelphia…Runyan was born in Houston when his father, Jon Runyan Sr., played for the Houston Oilers...Packers T Rick Wagner, TE Robert Tonyan and Texans TE Darren Fells all spent time together on the Lions' roster in 2017…Packers G/T Billy Turner played with Texans WR Kenny Stills (2015-16), S Michael Thomas (2014-16) and T Laremy Tunsil (2016) while with the Dolphins and with Texans CB Bradley Roby for the Broncos from 2016-18…Pettine (2015) and special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga (2015-17) both coached for the Browns when Texans RB Duke Johnson was on the roster…Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten coached at Westfield High School in Houston from 2008-15…Packers defensive backs coach Jerry Gray played collegiately at the University of Texas from 1981-84, professionally for the Houston Oilers in 1982 and later served as a defensive quality control coach for the Oilers from 1997-98…Packers outside linebackers coach Mike Smith played collegiately at Texas Tech from 2001-04…Texas natives on the Packers' roster include K Mason Crosby (Georgetown), RB Aaron Jones (El Paso), S Vernon Scott (Arlington), CB Josh Jackson (Corinth), LB Ty Summers (San Antonio) and DL Kingsley Keke (Richmond)…Packers that played collegiately in the state of Texas include Jones (Texas-El Paso), Scott (TCU), Summers (TCU), Keke (Texas A&M) and TE Jace Sternberger (Texas A&M)…Texas natives on the Packers' coaching staff include Gray (Lubbock), Smith (Lubbock) and defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis (Sweeny)…Several Packers coaches have held positions at Texas colleges, including Gray (Southern Methodist, 1995-96), Smith (Texas Tech, 2013-15), assistant defensive backs coach Ryan Downard (Texas Tech, 2013), Davis (West Texas A&M, 2010-12; Texas A&M – Commerce, 2013-14; University of Texas, 2015) and defensive quality control coach Christian Parker (Texas A&M, 2018)... Former college teammates include: Packers CB Jaire Alexander and Texans OLB Jonathan Greenard (Louisville); Turner, WR Darrius Shepherd and Texans ILB Kyle Emanuel (North Dakota State); Packers WR Equanimeous St. Brown, Fuller, Martin and Prosise (Notre Dame); Packers C Corey Linsley and Roby (Ohio State); Keke, Sternberger and Texans FB Cullen Gillaspia (Texas A&M); Scott, Summers and Texans DT Ross Blacklock (TCU); Packers DL Kenny Clark and Texans K Ka'imi Fairbairn (UCLA); Packers LB Oren Burks and Texans LB Zach Cunningham (Vanderbilt); Wagner and Watt (Wisconsin).