GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Former Denver Broncos head coach and New York Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett is resetting his coaching career with an unfamiliar role in a familiar place.

Hackett, the Packers’ offensive coordinator from 2019-21, is back in Green Bay. But this time he’s working with Green Bay’s defense in an advisory capacity.

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, who has used this strategy before, said Hackett would be in and out of Green Bay throughout the year. Longtime defensive assistant Robert Saleh advised Green Bay's offense last year after he got fired as the Jets’ head coach midway through the season.

LaFleur remembered how a similar plan worked when he was Atlanta's quarterbacks coach in 2016. That year, Raheem Morris started coaching the Falcons’ receive

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