Overview
- Asked if Matt LaFleur offered tips before Rams–Bears, Sean McVay said the staff would "watch the tape" and called LaFleur "a very close friend."
- Johnson said information sharing is common around the league and reiterated he was not worried about any conversations between LaFleur and the Rams.
- Several outlets interpreted McVay’s remarks as a hint that LaFleur may have provided insight, though no direct assistance has been confirmed.
- LaFleur served as McVay’s offensive coordinator with the Rams in 2017, and McVay’s current offensive coordinator is LaFleur’s brother, Mike.
- The rivalry backdrop includes Johnson’s expletive-laden postgame remarks about the Packers and a terse LaFleur–Johnson handshake, as the Rams meet the Bears in the NFC Divisional Round.