Could a new head coach be coming to Bears/Packers rivalry?

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Will 2018 be the final season of the Mike McCarthy era in Green Bay?

Albert Breer of MMQB made an appearance on Boston's 98.5 The Sports Hub on Friday. During a segment of "Toucher & Rich," Breer said if the Packers (4-5-1) do not make the playoffs, 2018 will be McCarthy's last season as Packers head coach.

“Yes, I think it’s one of those situations where there’s friction between the quarterback and coach and part of it is I think Aaron has been frustrated for a while about the amount of help that he’s been able to get," Breer said. "McCarthy clashed a little bit with the front office over getting Aaron that help because he wanted to bring in veteran players.

"When Ted Thompson was still the general manager there, and he was until January, there were issues as far as, ‘Is he listening to me?’ And they changed things, to their credit, like to some degree this offseason; they bring in Jimmy Graham, they sign Muhammad Wilkerson, they were more aggressive with veterans.

"There’s just the feeling there, I think, that the time with Mike McCarthy has sort of run its course. When they initially hired McCarthy, that was after Ted Thompson kept Mike Sherman for a year and that’s the point they are now with a new general manager, Brian Gutekunst.

"You think after this year, there’s probably a decision point coming and it feels a little bit to me like Andy Reid at the end in [Philadelphia]. Mike McCarthy is not a terrible coach, but maybe everyone could use a fresh start.”

Let's face it: Aaron Rodgers and McCarthy have been on a reign of terror in the NFC North and NFC as a whole since McCarthy became Packers head coach in 2006.

Under McCarthy, the Packers have made the postseason nine times, including eight with Rodgers under center. As the Packers head coach, McCarthy is 19-7 (including the postseason) against the Bears, winning the last five matchups between the two rivals.

Of course, Rodgers deserves a ton of credit for the Packers' success against the Bears, though McCarthy's influence cannot be ignored. Breer said Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels could be a candidate to replace McCarthy as Packers next head coach.

"Two years ago, Josh McDaniels was in the [49ers'] coaching search until the very end," Breer said. "And one of the things the Niners were looking at was pairing different people together.

"When Josh McDaniels was in the running for that Niners job...the guy who at the time had emerged as the front-runner for the general manager job...and who had blown the Niners away was a Packers personnel man named Brian Gutekunst, who now is the (Packers') general manager."

McDaniels has previous head coaching experience with the Broncos in 2009 (8-8) and 2010 (3-9). He notoriously changed his mind last offseason after agreeing to become the Colts' head coach, choosing to stay with the Patriots instead.

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