Matt LaFleur is setting himself up to be one of the first NFL head coaches fired in 2026.Jordan Love isn’t making anyone forget Aaron ‘MVP’ Rodgers in Green Bay, while the Packers were just blown out by previously winless Atlanta.Jordan Love is one of the NFL’s most overpaid QBs ($220m) through three gamesgettyThrow in Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. completing 18-of-25 passes for 256 yards, one touchdown and a 101.4 rating against a Green Bay defense that was supposed to be one of the best units in the league, and the new NFL season couldn’t have started any worse for the Pack.“That was a humbling night,” LaFleur said. The eight-year coach is in trouble in small-Wisconsin.He knows it, super-frustrated Green Bay fans are painfully aware of it, and the eventual return of Micah Parsons can’t come soon enough.“It was a butt whooping,” said LaFleur, after the Packers were smacked 35-14 at once-intimidating Lambeau Field. “That was at least three-quarter butt-whooping right there.”When you have to qualify how much your butt was whooped on national television, you have a problem.talkSPORT’s Will Gavin predicted two weeks ago on Inside the NFL that LaFleur’s job status was increasingly shaky — and that was after the first game of the season.“Yet again, it’s a coaching issue,” Gavin said.“I think we have to start querying long term whether Matt LaFleur is the answer in Green Bay.”LaFleur could be the first NFL head coach fired in 2026gettyMicah Parsons was laughing but there’s nothing funny about the Packers’ 1-2 startgettyView Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/PACKERS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwHe’s 77-42-1 since taking over for Mike McCarthy in 2019 and has twice reached the NFC Championship game. “We are very excited to welcome Matt as the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers,” Packers president Mark Murphy said when LaFleur was hired.“We found a coach with the background and experience that we think will get us back to playing winning football. We’re also excited about the person — he is bright with a great work ethic and a perfect fit for Green Bay and the organization.”Yet LaFleur has often been too conservative at critical moments, his best years with the Packers — three consecutive 13-win seasons from 2019-21 — were when Aaron Rodgers still wore green and gold, and the Super Bowl-or-bust trade for Parsons hasn’t come close to paying off.In Week 1, LaFleur’s Packers blew a 22-10 third-quarter lead and lost by 17 points to Minnesota Vikings backup QB Carson Wentz.In Week 2, Green Bay almost fell to the lowly New York Jets, and needed overtime help from Aaron Glenn to survive.NFL's Greatest......Ranking the top 10......Quarterbacks of all-time – Can anyone better Tom Brady?Wide receivers of all-time – Does Randy Moss or Jerry Rice come out on top?Running backs of all-time – Stacking Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith and moreTight ends of all-time – How does Travis Kelce compare?On Thursday Night Football, LaFleur’s team was coolly dissected by Penix, who was playing his first game in nine months after recovering from an ACL tear.Love can throw for 387 yards but he’s ultimately been an average quarterback being paid far too much ($220 million) to get trounced by backup QBs.LaFleur has been given eight years to win over super-devoted Green Bay fans.He sounds lost after Week 3, and he’s a couple defeats away from becoming the first head coach fired in 2026. Join talkSPORT’s dedicated US Sports YouTube channel The S* Word every Tuesday and Thursday for our brand new NFL shows.On Tuesdays, Will Gavin and US senior reporter Brian T. Smith will debate the biggest talking points from the NFL weekend. On Thursdays, Efe Obada joins the crew to talk to players past and present and break down what to look for across the league.