Lindy Infante Offered Packer Job

Tom Braatz, Green Bay Packers vice president, offered the club’s coaching position to Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator Lindy Infante on Tuesday and said he wanted a reply by today.

“There are no major hurdles left. It’s a matter of timing at this point,” Braatz said Tuesday as the Packers’ search for a new coach dragged into its third week.

Infante is in Honolulu, Hawaii, where the Browns’ staff will coach the American Football Conference in Sunday’s Pro Bowl.

Braatz said the Packers needed to name their new coach this week, so they could begin scouting and preparing for the draft in April.

The Packer coaching job opened last month when Forrest Gregg resigned to become coach at Southern Methodist.