Packers HC Matt LaFleur Gets Candid on Potential Roster Move

Chase Claypool. Credit: Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.

Head coach Matt LaFleur provided his reasoning for the Claypool decision, and it's as good of an explanation as any.

"I mean, you guys saw him, right?" LaFleur said. "He's had great film out there, he's been productive, and he looks like he's in great shape. I mean, he's big. So we'll see how it goes."

The 6-foot-4, 238-pound Claypool was originally selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft and had a couple of really strong seasons with the Steelers to begin his career, but eventually, his attitude wore on then-head coach Mike Tomlin.

Pittsburgh traded Claypool to the Chicago Bears midway through the 2022 campaign, which marked the beginning of the end for the Notre Dame product.

After posting back-to-back 800-yard seasons to begin his NFL career, Claypool managed just 451 receiving yards in 2022 before managing a grand total of eight catches for 77 yards and a touchdown in 2023.

It seems hard to imagine that Claypool has enough juice to actually make the Packers' roster next season, but stranger things have happened, I guess.

Claypool is still just 27 years old, so perhaps there is still reason to believe in him, but there is also a reason why he hasn't seen meaningful action in over two years.

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