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Jim Leonhard didn’t want to become Packers’ defensive coordinator, and the team has reportedly struck a deal with another candidate.
Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com reports that Joe Barry will be the defending coordinator of the team. Barry would join Brandon Staley’s staff at the Chargers as the linebackers coach / passing game coordinator after working with Staley on the Rams staff last year.
Barry has been the linebackers coach and assistant head coach for the Rams for the past four seasons. He and Packers head coach Matt LaFleur were both on the 2017 Rams staff.
He has two previous stints as a defense coordinator. He worked under father-in-law Rod Marinelli at the Lions in 2007-2008 and filled the role in Washington in 2015-2016.