Well, the Green Bay Packers have made it official. We've heard reports that head coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst, and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball had been extended.

On Friday, in typical news dump fashion, the Packers released said news to the world.

The exact terms of their contract extensions are unknown, but we do know that these are multi-year deals.

We also know that new team president Ed Policy is looking at this trio as essentially a three-headed monster at the top of the Packers organization.

"We are excited to extend our commitment to Brian, Matt and Russ as the leaders of our football operations. Their steadfast dedication, passion and collaboration have remained constant in our drive to compete at the highest level," Policy said in a statement. "While we are all disappointed with the way this season ended, we remain aligned in purpose and have spent considerable time over the past weeks collaborating on a path forward. I am exceedingly confident we have the right people to achieve our goal. The entire Packers organization looks forward to supporting every effort to bring our community and fans another championship that they very much deserve."

So there it is.

The LaFleur, Gutekunts and Ball regime moves forward...for better or worse.

While it's a pretty standard press release, it does reveal a few things we can learn about the mindset of the organization, though. 

While Policy was clear that he believes Title Town deserves another title, many of the numbers presented in the extension announcement have to do with the playoffs.

It was mentioned that this unit has led the Packers to the playoffs in six out of the last seven seasons. That's tied with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles for the second-most postseason appearances in that span.

In highlighting Gutekunst, the organization did mention NFC North titles, NFC Championship game experience and Super Bowl wins in his 27 seasons with the team (not all as the general manager, of course), but they led off with playoff appearances.

"Gutekunst has helped the Packers rank tied for No. 1 in the NFL in playoff appearances (19)," the Packers wrote.

If you asked a salty fan after the playoff loss to the Chicago Bears why LaFleur should have been fired, the most likely answer would have centered around his inability to win big games in the playoffs.

The Packers, on the other hand, took time to highlight LaFleur's regular-season success. 

"LaFleur has led the Packers to 76 regular-season wins so far in his career, tied with Paul Brown for No. 2 in NFL history for the most wins by a head coach in his first seven NFL seasons (George Seifert, 86). LaFleur has the fourth-highest regular-season winning percentage (76-40-1, .654) among active head coaches (min. 50 games). Dating back to 2019, the Packers have the third-best regular-season record in the NFL and the top mark in the NFC," the team highlighted.

Ultimatly, point two brings us back to point one. In order to consistently make the playoffs, you have to consistently win a bunch of regular-season games.

The Packers know that this trio can do that and do that at a high level.

Policy is giving lip service to bringing another Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay, and there's no doubt that's the ultimate goal.

If you're looking for the reason this extension was given and the organization didn't decide to go in the other direction, though, look no further than the 76 regular-season wins this trio has put together since 2019.

PackersRoundtable also offers a fan community and message board. We’d love to have you join us to talk all things Packers. Click the “Join” button at the top of the page to join our community for free.