NFL insider details  conflict between Matt LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan caused by Aaron Rodgers

Every time, it’s Aaron Rodgers. Always.
If you found out that Aaron Rodgers is making things difficult for his teammates, would you be surprised? (Actually, this time it’s not his fault, but let’s pretend!)

The narrative originated from this week’s episode of Kay Adams’ show, which had NFL reporter Michael Silver as a guest. In the ninety-second clip, Silver describes how some well-timed Aaron Rodgers rumors caused Shanahan and LaFleur to abruptly fall out. You see, he’s always involved in some way.

NFL insider details LaFleur-Shanahan beef caused by Aaron Rodgers

“There was a period where Kyle Shanahan and Matt LaFleur, who had once been very close, didn’t speak for months during a very contentious 2021 season,” he explained. And that draft drama set things up. There was a lot of speculation that Aaron Rodgers might be traded to the Broncos that evening. It did not occur. However, there were other rumors involving Aaron Rodgers and the 49ers. Matt LaFleur thought they were oddly timed. He thought that Kyle Shanahan, who was very knowledgeable, had betrayed him a little, or a lot. It resulted in a blowup that made football history—the Packers’ famous handshake, which wasn’t Belichick’s—when they defeated them in that regular season game. Since then, they have fixed it.”

It’s so wonderfully petty, it has to be true. This is what it looks like when two NFL head coach-sized egos clash. I wouldn’t necessarily believe that a lifelong friendship between two coaches that have made it to the top of their career field could be toppled by a bunch of flimsy draft rumors, but also yes I absolutely would.