There were rumblings earlier this season that the Green Bay Packers' Matt LaFleur might be coaching for his job. If that was the case, last weekend's epic collapse at the hands of the Chicago Bears might have expedited the decision.

But the Packers won't let one game — or a five-game losing streak — disrupt what has otherwise been an excellent run under LaFleur. The team reportedly agreed to a multiyear contract extension Saturday, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. The team is also reportedly extending general manager Brian Gutekunst.

In seven seasons with the Packers, LaFleur, 46, has a 76-40-1 record. He's led the team to the playoffs in six of those seasons. But the Packers have struggled to make deep runs in the postseason over that period. The team is 3-6 in the playoffs since LaFleur took over, which fueled rumors that LaFleur could be fired if the Packers lost to the Bears in the wild-card round.

For much of the game, it didn't look like that would be the case. The Packers led Chicago 21-9 with roughly 13 minutes to play and then blew that lead, allowing Chicago to score touchdowns on three-straight offensive drives. It marked the second time in just a few weeks that the Packers blew a significant fourth-quarter lead to the Bears in a loss.

The Packers opted to extend LaFleur despite the fact that he had a year left on his contract, which notably paid him less than a good number of his peers. The team could have allowed LaFleur to coach without an extension in 2026, but that can have negative effects. LaFleur's contract status could have become a possible distraction, and his voice could have lost authority in the locker room with players knowing there was a possibility he would be out of a job at the end of the 2026 season.

The Packers got ahead of those issues by extending LaFleur, making sure he wouldn't enter the final year of his previous deal as a lame duck head coach.

LaFleur was hired in 2019 and his tenure started hot, with Aaron Rodgers winning two MVPs and Green Bay winning 13 games in each of LaFleur's first three seasons, the most for a coach in NFL history. But as Yahoo Sports' Charles Robinson detailed recently, LaFleur has gone just 37-30-1 the past four seasons.

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Jordan Love developed well enough to earn a record-setting contract extension under LaFleur's watch in July 2024. What followed was a season when the Packers beat just about everyone they were supposed to — and went a combined 0-6 against the No. 1 seed Detroit Lions, 14-win Minnesota Vikings and eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Then this past summer, the Packers pushed their chips to the middle of the table, dealing away two first-round draft picks to the Dallas Cowboys to land elite pass rusher Micah Parsons. A late-season injury to Parsons, as well as season-ending injuries to Tucker Kraft and others, contributed to Green Bay losing its last four regular-season games and then the wild-card game against the Bears.

But it also, as Robinson wrote, called into question LaFleur's ability to overcome adversity. The Packers failed to win a single game after losing Parsons, and the team's otherwise excellent defense saw a major falloff, allowing at least 30 points three times during the team's season-ending, five-game losing streak.

While reports emerged shortly after the team's playoff loss that the Packers wanted to keep LaFleur, there was no guarantee both sides would get a deal done. LaFleur and the Packers were headed toward a difficult negotiation, given that his contract was less than all three of the other NFC North coaches and even three first-time head coaches this season. The Packers ultimately stood by the coach, believing he has what it takes to push them back into Super Bowl contention.

Following the team's collapse this season, however, there will almost certainly be more pressure on LaFleur's Packers to make deeper postseason runs. Otherwise, he could find himself the subject of more job rumors much sooner than expected following his new deal.