{"id":1828,"date":"2026-01-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/nfc-notes-jordan-addison-matt-lafleur-bears-packers-vikings\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:17:26","slug":"nfc-notes-jordan-addison-matt-lafleur-bears-packers-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightresearcher.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/nfc-notes-jordan-addison-matt-lafleur-bears-packers-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC Notes: Jordan Addison, Matt LaFleur, Bears, Packers, Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bears HC <strong>Ben Johnson<\/strong> they said they wanted to attack them in haste <em>&#8220;raise&#8221;<\/em> in the postseason after recording a season-low 65 yards in Week 18. With cold weather in Chicago heading into the NFC Divisional Round against the Rams, Johnson understands how important the running game is. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It feels like it&#8217;s been a bit of a dip &#8211; it&#8217;s not what we want at the end of the season,&#8221;<\/em> Johnson said, via PFT.<em> &#8220;We wanted that to start in the playoffs, weather games like this, of course you want to be able to depend on your running game, so those are other factors that we&#8217;re looking at. What can we do to ignite that? It&#8217;s two running backs to stay on track and ahead of the chains and explosive runs and &#8211; where can we get a few of those?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Johnson points out that Los Angeles has a strong defense and will need theirs <em>&#8220;The Game&#8221;<\/em> to be successful. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have a strong competitor in that,&#8221;<\/em> Johnson said.<em> &#8220;I think they&#8217;re doing a great job. I think it&#8217;s their strength up front &#8211; these guys on the offensive line are really good football players. I think they&#8217;re getting blocks at a great level. I think they&#8217;re relentless. I think they&#8217;re aggressive everywhere, so I have a lot of respect for them and we&#8217;ve got to be on our A game against this team.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matt Schneidman of The Athletic gathered a few thoughts from players about HC<strong> Matt LaFleur<\/strong>most say they want him to continue being their coach in 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Parks WR <strong>Jayden Reed<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;I think he belongs here, man, the last three years I&#8217;ve been here, I&#8217;ve played in the playoffs every year. He&#8217;s created a winning spirit here. I think he&#8217;s a great coach.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>S. Parks <strong>Javon Bullard<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;I like Matt. I think he&#8217;s doing a good job on this team. He&#8217;s a cool coach. I don&#8217;t have a problem with Matt, man. If you look from the outside, people give him a hard time, but for us, he&#8217;s our coach. He&#8217;s our coach and we wouldn&#8217;t want anything (more) than him to be here.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Parks WR <strong>Christian Watson<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;I can speak for myself about what he means to me, but he&#8217;s pushed me to be the best player I can be. He&#8217;s definitely a coach that I want to go out and play 100 percent. He means a lot to me. Obviously, he&#8217;s given me a lot of opportunities to do what I do as a player and as a man, Matt, with a lot of confidence.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>S. Parks <strong>Xavier McKinney<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;He&#8217;s still a solid coach. He&#8217;s a players&#8217; coach. We all have a really good relationship with him &#8230; I think he&#8217;s done a great job this year with us, with the team, despite the struggles we&#8217;ve had all year.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vikings WR<strong> Jordan Addison<\/strong> was arrested on Monday and charged with trespassing in Tampa, Florida. Minnesota GM<strong> Kwesi Adofo-Mensah<\/strong> said the latest incident will give them something to consider when discussing Addison&#8217;s future, knowing that 2026 is the last year of his rookie and WR contract.<strong> Jalen Nailor<\/strong> is set to become a free agent this offseason. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cJordan is different because 99% of the days are there <strong>Jordan Addison<\/strong> he&#8217;s a Viking, it&#8217;s a pleasure to be there,\u201d<\/em> Adofo-Mensah said, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN. <em>&#8220;He&#8217;s incredibly smart, he&#8217;s confident, he&#8217;s responsible. And then we&#8217;re all like: How are you doing on those 1% days? Is it the kind of thing that gets attention or not? Obviously that&#8217;s something we have to think about when you&#8217;re talking about the long-term effects of contract extensions and different things like that, or letting somebody like. <strong>Jalen Nailor<\/strong> go.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Adofo-Mensah added that <em>&#8220;I always support&#8221;<\/em> in Addison. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have those conversations, obviously. It&#8217;s just a few days into the season and obviously this incident just happened. But we always support Jordan Addison. We&#8217;re going to continue to find the truth and see what actually happened, and then we&#8217;ll have those conversations in the future.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Addison&#8217;s representatives, Younger &#038; Associates, wrote on social media that they have already begun an investigation to determine if their client&#8217;s false arrest claim is valid. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;On Jordan&#8217;s behalf, his legal team has begun an investigation, identified witnesses, and we are reviewing the merits of the false imprisonment claim,&#8221;<\/em> Addison&#8217;s agency said to X.<em> &#8220;He looks forward to the legal process and when he is fully investigated, we are confident that Mr Addison will be exonerated.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &#038; Rumors?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make sure you follow along <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>NFL Trade Rumors<\/strong><\/span>    to <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>X.com <\/strong><\/span>again <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>FACEBOOK <\/strong><\/span>breaking NFL News and rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n        <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bears HC Ben Johnson they said they wanted to attack them in haste &#8220;raise&#8221; in the postseason after recording a season-low 65 yards in Week 18. 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