Over the past few seasons, the Green Bay Packers were one of the highest graded organizations on NFLPA report cards. Earlier this off-season, though, NFL owners won a case that prevented the NFLPA annual report cards from being made public. These report cards graded organizations based on player responses in several key areas, and the owners did not want the public to know what players were saying about them.
However, part of one section of Green Bay’s report card for this past year was leaked on social media. Unfortunately, it did not paint a good picture of the Packers organization as a whole, and especially not of head coach Matt LaFleur.
Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur apparently is not respected by his players
Jan 10, 2026; Chicago, IL, USA; Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur looks on from the sidelines against the Chicago Bears during the first half of an NFC Wild Card Round game at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images
On Thursday, Aaron Nagler of Cheesehead TV shared a screenshot of a summary of the Packers’ NFLPA report card from this past season. In that summary, it was revealed that LaFleur graded second-lowest in the NFL for respect among his players:
Tough look for the Packers in this year’s NFLPA grading. From a source: pic.twitter.com/i30bX6JFzo
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) February 26, 2026
“The Green Bay Packers fell 14 spots, to 21st overall in this year’s report card — the steepest year-over-year decline of any team. The drop is driven largely by the decline in ratings for the training room and training room staff, which now ranks in the bottom third of the league. Players report lack of space and outdated recovery equipment, along with a lack of communication and trust in the training room. These issues are a top priority players identified to be addressed.”
It should be noted that Green Bay is currently in the midst of updating their training room. This issue was addressed by the team before the report card was leaked.
“Players report that the team does not provide gameday childcare, as most teams do, contributing to their bottom-third ranking for treatment of families. The team’s nutrition program similarly ranks near the bottom, with players wanting improved nutrition plans and more nutritious food options to better support these plans.”
But, perhaps, the most concerning sentence, came at the end.
“Head coach Matt LaFleur dropped a full letter grade this season and ranks second to last in the league in respect for players.”
Fans, as one might imagine, were not thrilled to hear that LaFleur, who just received a contract extension, received such low marks from his players:
Players are saying our weight room sucks, the food sucks and our coach doesn’t respect them 😭😭😭 https://t.co/6Cpt0GUMJi
— Tyler (@TylerHerrick) February 26, 2026
Not good. https://t.co/IehcswKuBp
— GBP Daily – Rob Westerman lll (@GBPdaily) February 26, 2026
That last one: yikes. Also interesting given how many players came out in support of LaFleur after the season ended. https://t.co/L2bjbJm88Q
— Mark Oldacres (@MarkOldacres) February 26, 2026
While all of this doesn’t look good, there are some things that are concerning……the training staff andlack of trust PLUS the lack of respect for the head coach. #ouch https://t.co/C8bDyBDDFj
— Bill Michaels (@Bill_Michaels) February 26, 2026
As mentioned, the NFLPA is no longer allowed to make the full report cards public. And even when they were available, player responses were anonymous.
It will be interesting to see what, if any, changes are made in Green Bay based on these player comments.
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