INDIANAPOLIS — Matt LaFleur won’t blow up Aaron Rodgers‘ phone with calls, texts, emojis and GIFs telling his quarterback how much the Green Bay Packers want him back for another season.
LaFleur knows Rodgers has plenty to ponder.
But the Packers’ coach also wants to keep the lines of communication open while Rodgers goes through his decision-making process.
“I told him, I don’t wanna be overbearing and tell him every day how much we love him and how much we want him back,” LaFleur said Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine. “So you just wanna be respectful of his space and allow him to think through everything clearly without being annoying, I guess.”
However, LaFleur made it clear how involved Rodgers was in the hiring of his new quarterbacks coach after Luke Getsy left to become the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator. It was no coincidence that LaFleur lured Tom Clements, one of…