The Green Bay Packers have hired Jeff Hafley as defensive coordinator. 

Hafley comes to the Packers after working as the head coach for Boston College for the past four seasons (2020-23), where he led the Eagles to bowl eligibility in three of his four years. 

Hafley replaces Joe Barry in the job.

The Green Bay Packers have fired Joe Barry as defensive coordinator.

The Packers struggled defensively in their third season under Barry, finishing tied for 17th in total defense and 28th in rushing defense in 2023.

Barry was hired in 2021 to replace Mike Pettine. 

Barry has worked as an NFL assistant coach since 2000 and served as a defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions (2007-08) and Washington Commanders (2015-16).

Saturday's NFC Divisional Round game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers averaged 37.5 million viewers, making it the largest Saturday television audience since the Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding-fueled 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics on CBS.

The previous high was 36.9 million for the same 49ers-Packers matchup in the Divisional Round two years ago.

Out-of-home viewing was not tracked by Nielsen before 2020.

The game peaked with 40.9 million viewers at the end of the game.

Christian McCaffrey scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 1:07 to play, and the San Francisco 49ers mounted their first second-half comeback of the season to defeat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in a divisional round playoff game on Saturday night.

After spending the regular season as front-runners, the Niners (13-5) needed to come from behind for a change, and Brock Purdy and McCaffrey did just enough on the last drive to send San Francisco to its third straight NFC Championship Game. The Niners will host the winner of Sunday's game between Tampa Bay and Detroit next weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl.

Divisional Round weekend for the 2023 NFL season will take place over two days on January 20th and 21st.

Saturday, January 20

• Houston Texans (Total DVOA: 12, Offense DVOA: 14, Defense DVOA: 16) at Baltimore Ravens (Total DVOA: 1, Offense DVOA: 4, Defense DVOA: 1)

4:30 PM EST, ESPN, Baltimore -9.5, Total: 43.5

• Green Bay Packers (Total DVOA: 13, Offense DVOA: 6, Defense DVOA: 27) at San Francisco 49ers (Total DVOA: 2, Offense DVOA: 1, Defense DVOA: 4)

8:15 PM EST, FOX, San Francisco -9.5, Total: 50.5

Sunday, January 21

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Total DVOA: 18, Offense DVOA: 20, Defense DVOA: 14) at Detroit Lions (Total DVOA: 7, Offense DVOA: 5, Defense DVOA: 13)

3:00 PM EST, NBC, Detroit -6.5, Total: 49.5

Saturday, January 20

• Kansas City Chiefs (Total DVOA: 5, Offense DVOA: 8, Defense DVOA: 7) at Buffalo Bills (Total DVOA: 3, Offense DVOA: 3, Defense DVOA: 12)

6:30 PM EST, CBS, Buffalo -2.5, Total 45.5

Wildcard weekend for the 2023 NFL season will take place over three days on Jan. 13, 14 and 15.

NFC
•  (7) Green Bay Packers at (2) Dallas Cowboys (-7.5)
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox

• (6) Los Angeles Rams at (3) Detroit Lions (-3.5)
Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET on NBC

•  (5) Philadelphia Eagles at (4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+2.5)
Monday, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN+

• Bye: (1) San Francisco 49ers

AFC

• (5) Cleveland Browns at (4) Houston Texans (+2.5)
Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC

• (6) Miami Dolphins at (3) Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5)
Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET on Peacock

• (7) Pittsburgh Steelers at (2) Buffalo Bills (-10.0)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on CBS

• Bye: (1) Baltimore Ravens