Joe Judge would 'likely' become Ole Miss interim coach for CFP if Lane Kiffin leaves
Prior to his time in New York, Judge, 43, spent eight seasons on the Patriots’ coaching staff under Bill Belichick before eventually returning to New England after his firing from the Giants.
Before the 2024 college football season, Judge joined the Ole Miss coaching staff as a senior analyst, working closely with Jaxson Dart during his stellar senior campaign with the Rebels.
In 2025, Judge was named the quarterbacks coach for the Rebels and has oversaw the blossoming of Division II transfer Trinidad Chambliss as Ole Miss’ starting quarterback.
Through 11 games for Ole Miss this season, Chambliss, 23, has racked up 2,657 passing yards with 14 touchdowns, helping lead the Rebels to a 10-1 record.
Chambliss has shown his admiration for Judge, calling him a “second father figure” for his guidance throughout the season.
“Really a genuine guy, just a great coach as well,” Chambliss told reporters last week. “He’s always just so attentive to everything, every detail and he helps us out as quarterbacks. He’s always one step ahead of us too. If one play goes a different way than we think then he’s already on it.
“He just does a great job having our mindsets ready for whatever could happen because in football anything can happen. I’m glad that I met a guy like him because he’s really done a great job influencing me and just bettering me as a human being.”
Packers Announce Head-turning Roster Move 1 Day After 2025 Lions Sweep
Fresh off a Thanksgiving win on Thursday against the Detroit Lions on the road at Ford Field in Detroit, the Green Bay Packers made a notable move to reunite with kicker Lucas Havrisik.
Green Bay parted ways with Havrisik just before the Lions game, but on Friday, the team announced that he’s back in the fold after getting signed to the practice squad roster.
“The Green Bay Packers signed K Lucas Havrisik (HAVE-ruh-sick) to the practice squad. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transaction Friday.”
Havrisik an insurance for now for the Packers
It can be recalled that Havrisik saw action in three games in the 2025 NFL season for Green Bay in place of the then-injured Brandon McManus.
In those games, the former Arizona Wildcats kicker went 4-for-4 on his field goals, including a franchise record-setting 61-yard make in Week 7’s 27-23 win in Glendale over the Arizona Cardinals. He was also 7-for-9 on extra-point attempts, with both misses happening in Week 11’s 27-20 victory against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
McManus is healthy and perfect in the two games since he returned to action, so there is no reason for the Packers to give his spot to someone else so Havrisik will just be insurance for now for Green Bay, which has a Week 14 date with the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field.
