{"id":848296,"date":"2026-04-02T00:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848296\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:54:17","slug":"nfc-notes-amon-ra-st-brown-caleb-williams-bears-lions-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/848296\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC Notes: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Caleb Williams, Bears, Lions, Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bears QB Caleb Williams<\/a> had a strong first year under HC Ben Johnson, where he continued to improve as the season went on. Although opposing defensive coordinators now have more tape on Williams for 2026, Johnson went into detail about how his improvisational play style will need to bail them out with more consistency when they get into scramble situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of Caleb Williams<\/a>. It\u2019s a little bit unpredictable,\u201d Johnson said, via Adam Jahns<\/a>. \u201cAnd so as structured as we want to be at times, I think he does a great job of just his natural reaction being a very difficult thing to defend. And so I already alluded to it before, I\u2019m actually not very happy with us as an offensive staff, our ability to get the primary receiver open. I don\u2019t think it happened at a high enough clip, and so we have to do a better job in our game-planning process. And I put a lot of that on myself of making sure that we are doing that. And then that\u2019s where Caleb comes in handy is he can bail us out when we are wrong, which we\u2019re going to be wrong each and every game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss-time some calls or they\u2019re going to throw something at us that we weren\u2019t prepared for. And that\u2019s on him and his athletic ability to bail us out. And so that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking forward to, is we\u2019re going to be able to have those conversations in the quarterback room of when can we hang in there and get this ball out to the primary or the No. 2 receiver, and when do we need to extend. And, naturally, I think we got to get better when we extend plays, capitalizing on those as well. Our scramble tape was not very good, and I think that\u2019s something that Caleb can really sink in to. Just with his accuracy, with our ability to catch the ball, with our ability to separate down the field, I think we can make a huge jump there as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lions are set to play one of their 2026 regular-season games in Munich, Germany. Detroit WR Amon-Ra St. Brown<\/a> praised the league for expanding internationally when speaking at the NFL\u2019s annual meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey asked if I wanted to come to this meeting, and I was like, \u2018Hell yeah, I want to come,\u2019\u201d St. Brown said, via Colton Pouncey of The Athletic.<\/a> \u201cThis is going to be a cool opportunity, being in front of all these people and talking to them. But just talking about being a global ambassador, being able to play in Germany, what it means and how important that is, spreading the game, not just in America, but nationally, internationally. \u2026 There\u2019s so many different things going on, and I think the NFL is doing a great job of expanding, and I think they\u2019re realizing it\u2019s paying dividends for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

St. Brown said Germany is eager to watch the NFL and sees the \u201cappetite growing fast.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re starving for football,\u201d St. Brown said. \u201cI think the fans that even know a little bit about football, they\u2019re so eager to learn about the sport, so eager to watch the games. \u2026 The appetite is growing fast, and I\u2019ve seen it firsthand. I go out there and have my camps out there, and there\u2019s people that actually recognize me in Germany. \u2026 I think it\u2019s crazy because I know how big soccer is and I know how big that sport is over there, and for there to be fans and even jerseys in sports shops, like football jerseys, is crazy. I\u2019m just grateful, I\u2019m happy and I\u2019m honored that football will be played in Germany and we\u2019ll be part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for playing under new OC Drew Petzing, St. Brown thinks it will be an \u201ceasy transition\u201d into his system and expects him to run a similar system to former OC Ben Johnson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like really only two,\u201d St. Brown said. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s gonna be a good, easy transition for me. I talked to Drew a little when he first got hired. I\u2019m not sure yet, but I think a lot of this stuff is gonna kind of be the same. A lot of stuff that we\u2019re good at, that we do well, is still going to be what we\u2019re going to be doing. I\u2019m excited, I\u2019m eager to get to the playbook and see what Drew has dialed up for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteran Packers DT Javon Hargrave<\/a> has jumped around in his career, and Green Bay will be his fifth team. He still believes that he is capable of playing at a high-level and is committed to putting another strong season on his resume.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan, just that challenge,\u201d Hargrave told Bill Huber of SI.com<\/a>. \u201cI think right now, being later in my career, it\u2019s the stink of, \u2018Does he have it anymore?\u2019 I don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s just trying to prove people wrong, but I just always loved challenges. I just want to show I\u2019ve still got it \u2013 still got that juice, still got what it takes to play at a high level in this league. For me, that\u2019s just been my focus is locking in this offseason, working out, eating right, and trying to have one of my better seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hargrave admitted that he fears not having success and is looking forward to playing against the Vikings twice this upcoming season after they let him go in free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve always got something to prove but, definitely, I\u2019ve been cut two years in a row, so I feel like I got so much to prove still and I carry that chip on me,\u201d he said. \u201cYeah, it\u2019s definitely the business,\u201d Hargrave added. \u201cBut you still take everything personally. It is what it is \u2013 it is the business. We\u2019re in one of the craziest businesses, but it makes you work a little harder, though, to prove a lot of people wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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