After Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy announced he’d be retiring in July of 2025, the search began for his replacement.
Well, the Packers have come to a decision. According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Ed Policy — Green Bay’s current COO and general counsel who was at one time an Arena Football League executive — will be taking over the role from Murphy after a unanimous vote of approval from the team’s board of directors.
“The #Packers board of directors voted unanimously this morning to approve Ed Policy as the franchise’s new president and CEO, per sources — a move that will make Policy the de facto owner of the NFL’s only community-owned franchise, starting in July 2025,” Pelissero posted on X. “Mark Murphy is scheduled to transition out of the role next summer.
“After a thorough search, Policy — the onetime Arena Football League executive who is currently Green Bay’s COO and general counsel — is now poised to take over.”
Moreover, the eventual succession will be a huge change for the Packers, as Murphy has been the Packers’ president and CEO since 2007. When the original announcement came to light, the team made sure to point out all the good he’s done for the franchise.
“Mark’s contributions to the organization have been tremendous,” a press release read. “From updating the corporate leadership structure to growing and diversifying revenue to increasing the meaningful impact of the Packers in the community, Mark continues to position the Packers for success. We look forward to his insightful leadership in the next year and a half.”
When July 2025 rolls around, it’ll be Ed Policy looking to lead the Packers into another tremendous era, and building upon what Mark Murphy built in Green Bay.
Green Bay Packers hoping to reach new deal with Jordan Love before training camp
In other news, the Green Bay Packers are in a bit of a unique spot with their young quarterback, Jordan Love, who is looking to cash in with a massive extension after one half-season of elite play.
According to Jeremy Fowler, who reported on Love’s contract talks on SportsCenter Saturday morning, that late-season surge changed the Packers QB’s market, especially given the figures some other quarterbacks have received.
“This one’s interesting, because really, just the one season, small sample size, got hot late in the year, second half was one of the best quarterbacks in the league,” Fowler said, noting that those couple months of play completely redefined Love’s value across the league.
“The tricky thing now is I’ve talked to a lot of scouts and executives (who) believe he’s now a top 10 passer in the entire NFL,” Fowler added. “Just a small sample and that costs a lot of money as we know.”
But he believes the Packers have no plans of letting Love go and will ultimately sign him to whatever deal they must before this fall.
“So, they’re going to try to shake something out. The Packers would like to get a long-term deal done with Love before training camp. That’s their goal. A little bit of pressure on the Packers after all those years of problems and fiascos with Aaron Rodgers. They would like a clean process here just to get this done with Jordan Love.”
On3’s Alex Weber contributed to this article.
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