Minnesota Vikings star Justin Jefferson missed eight weeks dealing with a hamstring injury and had another week cut short due to a chest injury.
That time away left a void and, in Jefferson’s absence, rookie Jordan Addison stepped up.
“He grew tremendously,” Jefferson said via the team on December 21. “He had to step into a role that we wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to take or not. But I feel like he did a tremendous job by just being that No. 1 role, making plays for us that we didn’t think that he would be able to make.”
Addison crossed the century mark for the second time this season in Week 15, logging six grabs for 111 yards – his second-highest mark of the season – and a pair of touchdowns in the Vikings’ loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
