Green Bay Packers outgoing CEO Mark Murphy will be replaced by Ed Policy after stepping down on July 25. Ahead of that Friday, Murphy shared two of his biggest regrets in his tenure.
The first was not having his father, who passed soon after Murphy became the team's president and CEO, attend a game at Lambeau Field.
Despite winning a Super Bowl in 2010, making five NFC Championship games, totaling eight NFC North division titles, and making 13 playoff appearances, Murphy revealed that one of his biggest regrets not winning Super Bowl with his current staff.
"At the end of my tenure, not being able to win a Super Bowl with Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur was a big regret," Murphy wrote on the Green Bay Packers website. "Especially considering how close we were in a couple of those years."
There were a lot of chances for the Packers to get there. In 2020, NFC Championship host Green Bay fell to eventual-Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay. Then in 2021, the Packers were short again, getting upset by San Francisco in the divisional round.
However, Murphy also hoped to leave the Packers in a better position than they were when he became the team president and CEO. Regardless of his regrets, he accomplished that.
Green Bay, for two years in a row, is the youngest team in the NFL with two playoff appearances. With Jordan Love at quarterback and talent budding in a young team, Murphy is sure that the Packers will make the strides they're looking for in the coming season. While he may not have experienced a Super Bowl win with Gutekunst and LaFleur, Murphy may have set them up to win one in the very near future.
