Big couple days of interviews set in the Packers’ search for a new defensive coordinator: https://t.co/KgV645RcaG pic.twitter.com/yD6uY43Fi2
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) February 2, 2021
At least one member of Mike Pettine’s defensive coaching staff from the 2020 season will get a chance to replace him as defensive coordinator in Green Bay.
According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the Packers will interview defensive backs coach Jerry Gray as an in-house candidate for the defensive coordinator job.
Gray, 58, is a former first-round pick and four-time Pro Bowl player who has been a defensive coach in the NFL since 1997, including two different stints as a defensive coordinator. He led the Buffalo Bills defense from 2001-05 and the Tennessee Titans defense from 2011-13.
Gray’s defenses ranked in the top 10 in points allowed three times but also 24th or worse four times.
For six years, Gray was Mike Zimmer’s defensive backs coach with the Minnesota Vikings. Last season, he joined Pettine’s staff as the defensive backs coach, helping Jaire Alexander, Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage create career-best individual seasons. Alexander was both a Pro Bowler and a second-team All-Pro.
As of Tuesday, Gray is the only member of the Packers defensive staff to get an interview.
