Fast-rising coach reportedly received a job offer as defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers.

Days after the team was ousted in the NFL playoffs’ Divisional Round, Joe Barry, the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, was fired. A fresh rumor indicates that one applicant may have already received an offer for the coaching position, even though the Packers appear to be in the early stages of their search to replace Barry.

The offensive of the Packers proved in the second half of the season that it have the firepower to rank among the top 10 teams in 2024. But the Packers executive office decided to break ways with Barry in January after Barry’s defense has consistently underperformed and they had delayed making adjustments for the past two offseasons.

Green Bay Packers defense 2023: 13th in points allowed per game (21.4), 20th in yards per play (20), 28th in third-down conversion rate (43.75%), and 13th in opponents’ red-zone touchdown rate (53.97%).

Green Bay has already set up meetings or interviews with a number of potential defensive coordinators. Among them are Buffalo Bills linebackers coach Bobby Babich, Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Aden Durde, and former Los Angeles Chargers coach Brandon Staley. Green Bay, though, is apparently concentrating on a much younger assistant coach.

The Packers have made Christian Parker, the coach of the Denver Broncos’ defensive backs, an offer to become their defensive coordinator, according to Andrew Mertig of the Pack-a-Day podcast. Parker conducted an interview with head coach Matt LaFleur earlier this week; he is currently not in Green Bay. As of right now, it’s unknown if Parker accepted the rumored offer.