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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT:
Matt LaFleur: 7-1, .875; 1st NFL season
Anthony Lynn: 25-18, .581 (incl. 1-1 postseason); third NFL season
Head to Head: First matchup
vs. Opponent: First matchup
MATT LAFLEUR…In his first season as the Packers’ 15th head coach.
ANTHONY LYNN…In his third season as the Chargers’ 16th head coach.
THE PACKERS-CHARGERS SERIES
Packers CB Tony Brown was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2018…Packers WR Jake Kumerow is the cousin of Chargers DE Joey Bosa…Green Bay players with connections to California include: WR Davante Adams (Palo Alto, Fresno State), T David Bakhtiari (San Mateo), DL Kenny Clark (Rialto, UCLA), CB Kevin King (Oakland), TE Marcedes Lewis (Long Beach, UCLA), LB Blake Martinez (Stanford), QB Aaron Rodgers (Chico, University of California), and RB Jamaal Williams (Fontana)…California natives on the Packers’ coaching staff include: offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett (Fullerton), defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery (Los Angeles) and defensive backs coach Jason Simmons (Inglewood)…Packers wide receivers coach Alvis Whitted was an offensive quality control coach at UCLA…Chargers players with connections to Wisconsin include: RB Melvin Gordon III (Kenosha, Wis., University of Wisconsin), C/G Ryan Groy (Middleton, Wis., University of Wisconsin) TE Lance Kendricks (Milwaukee, Wis., University of Wisconsin) and FB Derek Watt (Pewaukee, Wis., University of Wisconsin)…Kendricks played two seasons for Green Bay (2017-18)…Chargers CB Casey Heyward Jr. was selected by Green Bay in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft and played four seasons for the Packers...Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn worked with Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine (2009-12) and outside linebackers coach Mike Smith (2010-12) while with the N.Y. Jets. Additionally, Lynn worked with Packers offensive assistant Jason Vrable in 2015 with Buffalo…Chargers QB Tyrod Taylor played for the Bills when Vrabel was on the staff...Pettine and Smith were on the N.Y. Jets staff when Chargers director of player personnel JoJo Wooden was the assistant director of player personnel and director of college scouting Kevin Kelly was a personnel scout…Hackett served as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator under Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley when he was the head coach in Jacksonville. Additionally, Lewis played for the Jaguars when Bradley was the head coach…Lewis was teammates with Chargers assistant defensive backs coach Chris Harris in Jacksonville (2012)…Chargers running backs coach Alfredo Roberts was Lewis’ position coach during his rookie season in Jacksonville (2006)…Chargers offensive assistant Dan Shamash was on the Jacksonville staff during both Hackett’s and Lewis’ tenures…Chargers senior director of pro personnel Louis Clark worked in the Jacksonville scouting department when Lewis was drafted in 2006…Packers assistant offensive line coach Luke Butkus worked on the Seattle staff with Bradley in 2010 and 2011. Additionally, Butkus was on the Chargers’ practice squad in 2002...Chargers assistant special teams coach Keith Burns worked on Washington’s staff with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur in 2013…Chargers senior coaching assistant Chris Caminiti, tight ends coach Rip Scherer and assistant strength coach Tyler Judkins were on the UCLA football staff when Clark was on the Bruins team…Packers national scout Sam Seale played four seasons for the Chargers (1988-91)...Packers LB B.J. Goodson was teammates with Chargers quality control-offense Seth Ryan at Clemson…LaFleur was the quarterbacks coach in Atlanta when Chargers linebackers coach Richard Smith was defensive coordinator (2015-16)…Packers special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga was the special teams assistant in Cleveland when Chargers quarterbacks coach Shane Steichen was the offensive quality control coach (2013)…Packers TE Jimmy Graham played with Chargers DT Brandon Mebane (2015) and RB Troymaine Pope (2016) in Seattle…Packers G/T Billy Turner played with Chargers TE Virgil Green (2016-17), G/T Michael Schofield (2017) and Sylvester Williams (2016-17) in Denver…Former college teammates include: Packers CB Tony Brown, P JK Scott and Chargers LS Cole Mazza (Alabama); Packers RB Jamaal Williams and Chargers CB Michael Davis (BYU); Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and Mebane (California); Goodson and WR Mike Williams (Clemson); Packers QB Tim Boyle and Chargers WR Geremy Davis (Connecticut); Packers WR Geronimo Allison and Chargers PK Chase McLaughlin (Illinois); Packers CB Josh Jackson, Chargers G Dan Feeney and DB Desmond King II (Iowa); Packers DL Tyler Lancaster, DL Dean Lowry , FB Danny Vitale and Chargers RB Justin Jackson (Northwestern); Packers WR Darrius Shepherd and Chargers QB Ethan Stick (North Dakota State); Packers RB Dexter Williams, Chargers DE Issac Rochell, DT Jerry Tillery and LB Drue Tranquill (Notre Dame); Packers C Corey Linsley and Chargers DE Joey Bosa (Ohio State); Clark and Chargers C/G Scott Quessenberry (UCLA); Packers G/T Adam Pankey and Chargers DB Kyzir White (West Virginia).