The New York Jets requested to interview Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley for their open head coaching job, per Albert Breer of MMQB. This will be Hafley's first head coaching interview.

The New York Jets have put in a request to speak with Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley for their head coach opening.

After leading the Green Bay Packers to a top-10 defense this season, Jeff Hafley is going to interview for the New York Jets' vacant head-coaching

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Packers will interview New York Jets defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton for the same position.

The team has requested an interview with Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley for their head coach opening, a source confirmed. Hafley, 45, has only been with Green Bay for a year. He spent the previous four years as the head coach at Boston College. He went 22-26 there. Hafley is a Montville, N.J., native.

I think both those guys are more than capable, just in the fact that they’re looked at in that light,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said.

Sunday’s playoff loss was disappointing but helped legitimize all the growth made on the defensive side in Jeff Hafley’s first season as defensive coordinator.