Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur doesn't want to annoy Aaron Rodgers during decision-making process

INDIANAPOLIS — Matt LaFleur won't blowup Aaron Rodgers' phone with calls, texts, emojis and GIFs telling his quarterback how much the Green Bay Packers want him back for another season.

LaFleur knows Rodgers has plenty to ponder.

But the Packers coach also wants to keep the lines of communication open while Rodgers goes through his decision-making process.

«I told him, I don't wanna be overbearing and tell him every day how much we love him and how much we want him back,» LaFleur said Wednesday at the NFL scouting combine. «So you just wanna be respectful of his space and allow him to think through everything clearly without being annoying, I guess.»

However, LaFleur made it clear how involved Rodgers was in the hiring of his new quarterbacks coach after Luke Getsy left to become the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator. It was no coincidence that LaFleur lured Tom Clements, one of Rodgers' original coaches in the NFL, out of retirement.

«He had a significant role,» LaFleur said when asked what part Rodgers played in the hire.

«I would say that in terms of just our conversations over the last couple years and how much he credits Tom for his development, it was very intriguing when we had an opportunity.»

Yet LaFleur wasn't willing to make the connection that Clements' return meant a Rodgers' return was imminent even though those familiar with the process don't believe the 68-year-old Clements came out of retirement to coach Jordan Love.

«Well, I don't want to get into those conversations too much, but certainly when you have a player of that caliber, as important as he's been to this organization, and then when he credits and gives somebody like that so much praise, to me you'd be foolish not to listen to that,» LaFleur