Hackett received his most praise during his three seasons as the Packers’ OC (2019-2021). In 2020, Green Bay led the NFL in scoring and quarterback Aaron Rodgers won MVP against Hackett in 2020-21.
Hackett’s success with Rodgers and the Pack led to him being hired as the Broncos’ head coach for the 2022 campaign, but disaster struck in Denver. Hackett and new QB Russell Wilson never meshed, and the former was fired before the end of a full season, saddled with a 4-11 record as head coach.
Once again joined by Rodgers, Hackett was on board as the Jets OC from 2023-2024. Rodgers was infamously injured four times during the 2023 season, and in 2024, head coach Robert Saleh was fired and Hackett lost his role.
Hackett is starting over in South Beach now. Just who he will coach will be one of the Dolphins’ dominant offseason questions. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa could well be gone after six seasons, Zach Wilson — who didn’t flourish under Hackett during his time with the Jets — is an impending free agent, and 2025 rookie Quinn Ewers doesn’t appear to be the franchise’s answer moving forward. Thus, there are a lot of questions in the Miami QB room.
Whoever fills said QB room will be handled by the returning Hackett.
With Rodgers weighing free agency or retirement, there’s likely to be some chatter about a potential reunion, but for now, Hackett’s return to the NFL is the latest and biggest Dolphins development in what has been and will continue to be an eventful Miami offseason.