Legacy Panel - Chasing Great

my career. This weekend. Honestly, it's been a great conversation and feeding off your energy as well, I think for us, for everybody, for the old players of new players, it's been a great learning experience because I think, yeah, you understand there's a hundred years in existence of the franchise, but until you're a young guy and you hear how passionate a guy like Obi and o'bradovitch was yesterday and how much it means for him to sit up here on the stage with you know, Keem Hicks and Hall

of Fame was Dan Hampton and Tommy Harris and Chris George. It's just an incredible experience for all of us. And I know we talk a lot about the scrap book that was put together by Dan Pompey and Don Pearson. You gotta read it because as much as you think you know about the Bears, as much as you invested in all the games on both TV and in person, it's it's an opportunity. It's a book like no other, and so I think it's a great opportunity to learn

more about the Bears. And cheered louder when this season comes and new chapters being written by gentlemen like this the Pro Bowlers Kyle Fuller at Charles Leno Jr. Must with Kyle, how about opening night? Now? Was your adrenaline pump? And I mean you come out in that sharp looking jersey. Love it. And the whole night was just there was so much great conversation going on in that back room. It was just a great moment for all generations. How did you feel about that night? It was a lot

of fun. You know, we were all looking forward to it. I feel like, you know, over the last couple of weeks you've been here about it. A lot of people, you know, just going around town on the golf of course, things like that. People are talking about one hundred years celebration and then just to get here and see all the older guys and some of the older guys you played with a couple of years ago. You know, it's amazing,

just good to be around him. And you know what, Charles, not many franchises in sports can pull something like this off because it's a hundred years. It's just this unbelievable journey through professional sports and the building of something from the ground up that this franchise has been able to do. And then you've been a big part up now here in the last many years. Did you feel it on

Friday night? Yeah? Absolutely, just being back there and with all those guys, like going all the way from the beginning to the end, you see just like greatness from all levels and it's just it was just amazing. You can feel the buzz, you can feel the vibe in there. It was a lot of energy, guys just feeding ideas and just you know, telling stories from back in the day. That was like the coolest thing. Just listen to stories from motor players and you know how the game has changed.

That was this awesome. I have a question for both of you guys about last year. You know, when you embark on the journey of professional football, it's a really rewarding opportunity, but there's not a lot of fun because there's so much competitiveness. There's so much work, and it's every single day whether you have practice being evaluated or the results of your efforts in the game. So, both of you, guys, is last year the first year you've

actually had fun? Because what I'm saying is, you get drafted, you're in the first round, you go through the contracts scenario that you went through, then you get rewarded because of the effort, and then all of a sudden, I've never seen a season of more fun in my life. Charles, you get drafted later, all sudden, you become the left tackle. You haven't missed the snap, you get rewarded with the contract, you for God's sakes, you get engaged down the field

after a game. Thank you. That was great that for both of you, guys. Can you talk about the fun of last year? Um? For all of us? Yeah, I would definitely say last year was the most fun I've had since I've been here. Um. You know, a lot of it has to do with winning, but I think just a team that we had, you know what, I think the way we jailed together. Um, you know, I think that's what you know that. I think that's what really separated you know last year, you know, to the

others since I've been here. Yeah, I mean last year was amazing. Um. I mean I was just telling Kyle a few a few minutes ago before we came on stage, like we came into the draft together, like first round, seventh round in twenty fourteen, and we went through a rough time and we finally saw what it felt like to win and perform at a high level. So it was just fun and we were just like we don't

want to stop. We wanted to keep going. We want to keep getting better, Like we're not stopping right here. Just look at that photo right there. I mean, that's what it's all about, right there, with with each other, that family, that type family that you guys put together. As you look at that fixture, both of you, guys,

what goes through your head? Go ahead? I think for me, just a lot of hard work, you know, to be able to have moments like that, you know, everybody, all the guys doing together, which makes it even more special, and just to be able to enjoy it, you know, as a group. The same exact thing that's everybody looks at that picture, you can see all this fun and don't get me wrong, that was that's great. But behind that as a as a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of guys, you know, pushing

themselves to the maximum limit. And that's what happens when you do that. You know, it's kind of funny. You talked about Kyle be in the first round or the same year that you were drafted, Charles and the year I was drafted, Willie Gold and Jimbo Covert were the first rounders and Willie didn't even know that he and

I play in the Hula Bowl together. Just because you don't cross paths that much year you're separated in time as soon as you get to the locker room, as soon as you get drafted, you're in two different meeting areas. Your lockers aren't near each other. How long was it before you and Kyle in your rookie year had conversations with each other? Did you become immediately close or were you separated in the football existence that I talk about. Oh no, we had to spend time together because Tony

Medelin put us in abasement. That's what he does to the rookies. He just throws us in abasement and you force the Brookies to talk to each other. So we had to talk early. But yeah, like but right after that, Kyle goes to defensive room. I go to office room, and it's kind of like, hey, what's up are you doing? And it's right on buy and you're just trying to figure out how to be an NFL player as a rookie.

So it's just really cool like seeing our journey, like you know, just go away and then come right back together. Go away and come right back together. It's just intertwined. Yeah, I think I remember when we first got here. You didn't meet everyone until you know, to the first day you come in and you have all these things for the rookies. But like Leno said, the rookie locker room was separate, so you know, we all you know, I

felt like we were all just together in there. Um. I remember, you know, days when we'll leave practice and we're all just new to it, just go down there and just you know, just talk about how crazy it is and you know, just that we're actually where we are. Do you think it's a good idea? I mean, Tony's done this for a long time. Yes, and so Tony Mendons bears squimindent manager for decades. And it's a small room.

I mean, you feel totally isolated and it's almost like you have to you know, climb that ladder to get into the big the big locker room. But do you think it's a good idea for those rookies to bond and get to know each other to then transition into the big guys room for definitely think so, yeah, you're the benefits. One thing I liked about going down to lock the rookie locker room and old part of the facility was you felt like a lot of the guys in the past that done that, so you know, it's

like a tradition. But then just so that you can kind of, you know, separate yourself and you know, you all take it in together. And I mean it'd be good to kind of learn some things from the from the older guys, but also something where you know you have to work and you know, to get that privilege to be around those guys and uh, you know, something to look forward to. I agree, that's that's the biggest benefit.

Like you want it's like a stepping stone, like you start here and you have to work your way up, and that's what I agree, Like, I think that was a great privilege. I think that's an awesome thing to do because you are a rookie. You you haven't made it yet. You have to earn your strikes before you get up, you know, just to give a little bit

further of an explanation. So now in the modern day Hollis Hall, the rookies are literally in a basement and there's a small room and they have these metal lockers and it's you know, built for ten guys, but there's thirty in there. So you're sweaty, you're hot, you're getting taped, and then you come out of this basement door up this outside staircase and then you start seeing what the

field and what the practice situations like. And then eventually, through the course of time, if you do earn a spot on the roster, and then you move your locker up into where all the big guys are. Now you're in a spacious locker room. You have your own space,

and it's really intimidating. It's intimidating when you come up that staircase, and then it's intimidating the first time you open that locker room door and you kind of find your place, and you know, you're just kind of looking out of the side of your eyes, not making eye contact with anybody. So that whole transition is a great

part of your career. Yeah, that's kind of funny because and then once you get like a weekend, all the rookies that feel like they've kind of you know, they feel more comfortable and they get the walking around, and if you walk into the locker room, it's kind of like if a coach walking into the locker room. The people look at you like what you're doing here, Like you don't belong here. So if you try, if you sneak in there, they look at you a little crazy,

but you know, they're all cool about it. And then you know that's just you know, something to look forward to. Are you guys earlier rival for the day or are you guys you know, like me, I was so nervous about ever being late. If I got a flat tire, got hit by a train, got in a wreck, I would still get there on time because I showed up. Well, I'm just you know, painting the worst case scenario. I'll tell you what, ladies and gentlemen. He's still like that today,

but I am. Hey, listen, when you grew up the youngest in the family of five, show up in time or you know, get ready to eat, or I'll see you getting up and you, guys, what is your daily habits? Are you earlier arrivals or are you on time? Guys? Yeah, I'm an earlier arrival guy. I like to get in there early, you know, do some type of stretching, warming up, do a lift, get breakfast early. I don't know. I just like to get there a little earlier than the most.

I think I'm early to just enough and I get in. I get in, you know early. I have to get in early enough, you know, to eat breakfast and stuff and just do what I have to do in the morning. But I'm a stay late guy, you know. I um, I definitely stay a little bit. I just after practice, I literally sit in my locker and just stare and just you know, just get my just give myself together after practice of the long day and you know, getting the tubs things like that. I've always observed that, obviously

about Kyle in the locker room. When the media can you sit there and you just you take it all in a little bit. Yeah, And I'm thinking that you're you're a thinker. You're just digesting the day, digesting what's going on, processing and getting yourself into a certain place.

Is that accurate? That's that's definitely it. Um, whether it be a good day of bad day of practice, something I want to do better, or just uh, you know, just kind of you know, your body and your mind just tired just from worked in, just thinking all day and you just sit back and I don't know, you

just I don't know, free your mind and you just relax. Uh. You know a lot of times also, you know you just look around and you know, realize where you're at, and you know that you've worked your whole life for this to be here. So um, you know, you get some moments there where you can just take that all all in. But that's definitely something I enjoy. I get it. I feel like, um, that's my personality a little bit. But yeah, Kyle, you come from a football family. You

have brothers that play in the NFL. Do you guys have similarities in your preparation and your and is it something that like they kind of gave you the message how to go about your business. Yeah, I think I compared a lot. So I'm a little bit my youngest brother, Kendall, you know, he's the same physician, you know, similar, you know, not too far from me. We played together in college and we you know, we all went to the same school with gan Tech, so we've kind of all in

the same household. So we kind of all grew up, you know, doing you know, doing the same things, doing the same thing. So I feel like we approached the approach the game the same way. You know, I can, I can kind of you know, I could probably tell you what he's doing during the week. We'll probably have the same thought progress on how we're doing things and

you know what we're doing. So I definitely think we're very similar and it's helped us all right, the reason and everybody had fun as you want obviously, right, you guys put into good work, but your head coach, Matt Naggie, he gave you the platform to have some fun. Yeah. When you see this man and you see him walking in the room of the first time of your team meeting in twenty eighteen, and we've all discussed this before. Something clicked with you and your head coach as a team,

a collective team. What was it? What start of the process and how that trust developed immediately with you guys to grow as you did as a football team. Charles, he said, when when he first walked in, right, it was just his energy. It was different. It was contagious. You can tell he is passionate and he wanted to win. And he instilled some things in us that you know we still have to this day, like be you and

I know Kyle is himself. I'm myself. He said, don't shy away, don't try to be nobody else, Just be who you are and that's good enough, and be the best that you possibly can be. And we like that. That energy just you know, it was contagious and fed through all throughout the whole locker room, and God just bought in after that. I just think of, you know, how comfortable he was in that situation that he was in,

you know, just coming as the first year head coach. Um, like Leno say, was passionate and uh, you know, would do anything, you know, to be successful. And I think that's what that's what makes him a great coach. And uh, you know he just you know, like Leno said, some of the things we used to go by last year, just being yourself. I think he was totally yourself. You know, he didn't try to do more or less and uh, you know he had those attributes that you know, could

bring a team together and get guys to work well. Um, I think so far he's off to a good start. You know what's neat about Matt is Matt has significant playing experience, both in the Arena League and college football. So if he's talking to a defensive back, he's a quarterback and he knows your responsibility. If he's talking to an offensive lineman, he knows your responsibility and how important is it. It's gotta be nice to you know, Harry,

he's standing. He's your offensive line coach and your defensive back coach. Is gonna help you out the mousset. But it's neat to have and a head coach that's so relatable to both of your skills and how important they are. When he gets up there and talks to you, the message has got to be clear from him. Yeah, I think that's one thing. I think him being you know, a quarterback and having played, I think that's a that's

a connection that he has with the players. And it's funny too because like even when I look at this picture, when I see him, you know, he always seems like he has something going on in his head, and you never know, I feel like I'm the same way a little bit, so I kind of see it, and I'm always just looking at him, like, you know, I wonder what he's over there there because he's thinking about something. But yeah, he I think he just has a connection,

like we can. He can talk to me what I see, you know, to me being a defensive back, him being a quarterback. So that's good. You know, even I could probably learn a couple of things from him as well. What did you guys learn from the first loss the Green Bay Opening night from Matt and how it served you the rest of the season. Yeah, I remember that like it was yesterday. It was It's one of twenties. He told us that's just one game and we had a long season, and I don't know, like in that

locker room, we we know we had something. It got tooken away, but he reminded us, like keep that feeling inside because we're gonna we're gonna need that for later. And when he told those it was one loss and it's only one game, and just focus on the next one, don't worry about it, but always just remember it. Um it stuck true to all the other guys in the locker room. Man. We remembered it when we went back on a December sixteen, So it was just really it

was a really good reminder. I think at that moment I really saw as competitive if you know how much he really wanted to win. But at the same time, I understanding, you know, the type of game that it was, and you know where we were, where we were going, you know by what we did that game, even know we lost, so and I think at the same time,

just you know how composed he was. You know, he was mad, and you know if everybody wanted to win, but um, you know, he was just you know, just himself getting guys you know, just keep on doing what they've been doing, and you know that things were turned around, and he was he was pretty confident in that. In the short period of time you guys have been into you guys are still young, guys. You've gone you've gone

through two different systems. Now, Kyle, you came out at San Francisco gay Man, you got two interceptions, We're going, oh my god, this guy's gonna have twenty interceptions in this system. But then things change for you and is for both of you guys. Are do the systems that you're in now do they benefit your skills or is it just you guys are the right fit for the

systems that were brought in. Um, I think I think it's uh, it's all football, so it definitely changes a little bit, But for the most part, it's the same, UM,

I think. And it's funny. I was, I was. I've been talking to someone recently about it, just how I think back to my first and second year and I'm like, I wish I knew what I knew now then, or you know, I just wish I had as figured out as I you know, I feel as much as I know now, I wish I knew it then, because you know, things would have you know, you never know how knowing what you know now back then that like the receiver routes, the type of personnel you're playing against, and yeah, you know,

you were in experience at the time, so some of it is a guessing game. Stuff like that on the field just off the field, just things to do, you know, throughout the week, just everything on the field and off the field. Um, you know, just your mindset and how you approach things, how you look at things. Um. I think you know a lot of that has to do with, uh, you know, just how how guys are as players, you know, as they're when they're rookies and you know we're five

years in. Um, but I mean I think we've had we've had it's all football. We've had some great coaches, so you know we've we've been able to you know, to just grow, you know, each year. And that's that's that's my goal. I think that's a lot of the players goals on the team. Charles, for you, it's significant system chain, Yeah, Um, it's it's all it comes down to me. I think it's how you approach the game. Um, it's how you do the day to day throughout the week.

Because every week's the same. But it's not. Um, it's the same as in we have practice on these days, we have walk throughs at this time, but every team is completely different. So if you keep the same regiment, the same routine, it can make it better for you and make it. Uh, how to say, I'm not easier, but it will make it more, you know it can you can get through the process a little bit better, you know. UM. And I think that was the biggest thing.

Like when we're younger, we're just like we're walking around the chickens with a head cut off, like how where do we go next? We are we supposed to do? How do we get through this? Um? And now that we're older in the game us, it's easy to get into that routine because you know what you want to do. You know how to prepare, you know how to study, you know how to watch film, you know how to lift, all these different things, all these two guys, and I can say this, uh with with a lot of conviction.

These are two guys that you I have great respect for. I know you do as fans of guys who committed and grew and handled adversity to get where they are today. Pro bowlers in the National Football League. Let's see some of their highlights this year. This takeaway defense with something else number one of the lake and scoring defense and

the ball was coming out with Kyle Fuller. Breakdown some of this stuff with your teammates because the defense was hungry Yeah, I think that was definitely O mentality this year. You know, just a lot of focused on you know, not only just the ball, but just being in position and everybody, all of them and guys on the defense doing their job right. And when that happens, you know,

I think things like this what happened. You know a lot of work, a lot of a lot of time during the week on you know, studying the offense, you know, to help us get in position, and guys just you know, want to do everything to help the team win. Uh Like when you see those guys, you know, stripping the ball from players, they know that's gonna help us win, so they're gonna do everything they can to I don't know, get the ball. You know how fun that is watching

that stuff? Man? For you, Oh my goodness, My coach is Harry's like trying to talk to me. It's like, Charles, you need to sit it. I'm like, no, coach, I gotta watch this, you know what I mean? Like, it was so fun looking at these guys out here. It was amazing. It's funny because it looks you can tell how much fun we're having. Like in the game setting, It's like with the celebration stuff, especially at home, but you can sell like with the with the celebrations, you

can see the fans in the background. Uh, you know, it's amazing. I think this was the first year and not only like was it the most fun, but I think this year we really saw you know, we saw it for the first um, you know really because we were winning. Just how you know electric, you know, so the field can get this this one? Are you getting your shoes shine? So who came up with that? I

think Eddie did? I think Eddie did. It was funny because we saw the U we saw the I think we saw the TV copy and we were like, they didn't they didn't get it, but I think it was they had a video. But yeah, I was getting my shoes. Um, we had a couple of reading the paper to reading the paper. Yeah, I thought that was pretty cool. Was that. That was one of the first couple of that we had. But in your life, have you ever got your shoes

shined at like one of the stands? I don't think so. No. I've gone to a Nordstrom and uh, you know, maybe may have needed something done to my shoes and thought about it, but I don't think i've ever. I don't think i've ever, you know, sat in the stand. I think I've used some of the tools to maybe well, Charles, you know we've seen you split out as a wide receiver and the different types of offensive formations. Eventually I say that you're gonna get your hands on the ball

and possibly get a touchdown. Is there any designers there any thought about the type of celebration you could have? Would you have to include all your other offensive linemen, every single offensive line woman will be included. Absolutely, See, they got this thing in the works already. Where's the camp Naggie? Please just one time, one time, please, I'm talking to you man, talking to the cap. Well, hey, this man was the heck of a basketball player back in the day, so we know he's had some good

feet and some good hands. Here's some of these trick plays in twenty eighteen. They were a great joy to watch. It kept us on our toes in the booth as well. You never knew what was coming next. Man, It was absolutely even in the meeting rooms, like when we're installing these plays, it's like, all right, what Every week, it's like, what's next, who's gonna get Who's gonna get it, who's gonna get a pass, who's gonna get a catch, she's gonna get a run. What kind of funky plays gonna

be thrown in today? And we always come up with some funny names for stuff too. And uh, that was the first play of the season. I remember that that was a T formation Um George Hellis, Yeah, that was that was that started off the season last year. So it was really cool. No, it was kind of funny yesterday up on stage having the big man a Keem Hicks up here with William Perry to have to sell it.

You know that, you know, because we were in meetings the first time that all of a sudden coach did could calls William and he comes waddling the length of the field to short yardage goal line period of the offense and he goes, William, you're gonna you're gonna be in the backfield, and all of a sudden, it just sparked practice. So I'm thinking these are the things that really spark practice in the middle of seasons that kind of were on. It's really fun for everybody. There's big

brat sell now a tight end. Maybe because of that play right there right fellas he's athletics, so I could see it. They could drive a little bit. Await, he won't be too bad. You go for us. I mean, don't you love the idea though? That so when you come into the league, or even when you were playing in high school and college, you just want to be especially at the end of it, you want to be

putting in a position to succeed. They evaluate your traits, your skill sets, and you hope that you're in a situation where they recognize exactly what you're gonna be really good at and that's really all you ask for as a player. Matt Nagy has such an open mind to get but every ounce of skill out of each individual on that team that he in no way put somebody in a box and says that's all you can do

as players. Do you respect appreciate that? And is that allow this team to grow in a different way because of it? Yeah? Yeah, I think so. I think Another good thing that he does is, uh, you know, not trying to do too much. You know, he just you know, like I said, not only being you, but you know, he doesn't try to you know, I don't know, like I said, I mean, I guess pretty simple. Get anyone to do something that you know that's not good for

them or will bring the best out of them. And um, I feel like that's a good trait to have as a as a head coach, as a coach period, you know, just to you know, know the guys that you have and let them you know, got trusting them and let them go out there and do what they what they know how to do. Yeah, it's really it's really like I'm gonna give you these tools and you go out there and work it. Yeah. Um, we're not gonna force too much stuff on you. We're gonna simplify that as

much as possible. Some weeks we may have a long install. Some weeks we may only have a very short install. We're gonna be like this is how we're gonna tackle. We're gonna move fast, and we're gonna be efficient. And it depends every week. Um in offensive room. So I think he does a really good job of that, and that's that's what it's all about. You gotta be able to adapt and have your team adapt. And I think he I think you can tell that he you know that he trusts a lot of guys on the team.

You know, good player, bad play. Um, you know, he believes in you, he knows you, he knows that you'll come back and make a good play. Um, you know. So that's good. That's good to know. It's hard to put a finger on exactly what game clicked for you guys that the belief was truely like, Okay, we're going places. I'm gonna show the Rams game here because I thought that was a total domination. Would you guys agree that this one may have been at you guys tore him up?

I agree, If not the first one, this could have this was definitely one. I feel like this point in the season, you know, we were you know, seeing that we would I think being the playoffs for you know, the first time in a little while, and uh, you know, I don't know, as a defense approaching this game, Like I said, you know, since the first game, we kind of I feel like we have been growing, you know,

showing what we could do. And I remember coming into this game, the Rams were like the top offense, and we were like, we don't like, we weren't tripping, we didn't care. We knew you know that we'd be able to stop them, and uh, you know, it felt really good to really go out there and hold them I think to what six points or something. Yeah, So that that was amazing, and that was that atmosphere of the game. You know, I feel like it was a playoff, like, you know, just to get us ready that one and

also Minnesota on the road. But um, you know, I think even and I think I think looking forward, I think just like we could say these games, you know, as when it started clicking, I think last year, because we could, we'll be able to say, you know, that's when it started clicking, clicking forward. Todd Gurley eleven carries

twenty eight yards lower stop put of the season. Jared goff A nineteen one quarterback reading in that game, swiped four times, held the rams a two hundred and fifteen yards, and the offense did its job as well and a lot of good times. It sold your field on that one. You think about both of your positions leading up to this game. Because of the pre hype. It was Jared Goffin, how well he's throwing the ball, Aaron Donald, that's all we heard about. This guy's gonna be MVP for the

next ten years. It's kind of it's kind of neat and gratifying to have that pressure on both of your positions and both have such a successful outing against him. When I was playing and we played against Reggie White, he would keep you up for a week because you were so intimidated by his greatness. But you guys kind of overcame both of those aspects. And Charles, how was it that week in preparation when Aaron Donald was getting

so much hype? It was all focus. Like he said it earlier, we took we prepared it for that game like it was a playoff game and not like we don't others, but we knew we had to. This was the team to be at that time, and we felt like, no, we're the team to be at that time. So you're coming to our house. We want to protect Soldier Field. We want to show you what we got. And that's

that's what it was. Kyle. When when a team comes in with the hype, I know it's twofold receiver quarterback, But does it go quarterback first then to receivers or is it hey d line? We need some pressure to help us out. Next question again, So when you get ready to play the Rams and the quarterbacks come in and he's got all these impressive stats leading up to it. Is your focus from quarterback to receivers or is it from receiver to quarterback? To be honest, is really on

the offensiveself. I feel like those guys are just you know, those are the guys you know, throwing and catching the ball. But I think, you know, I think it's more so and it starts off with us. I don't know that's what uh, you know, Naggie always preaches um, but I think it just starts off with our eleven being in a position not really not worrying about them. And then but in general, it's it's really the offense itself, you know,

not the quarterback. That the quarterbacks are throwing the ball and receives just catching it running the route that's in the offense. So you know, to understand that and kind of you know, be prepared for what they're gonna do on offense. I think that's really, uh, that's more to focus Charles Letto your group last year. Pro Football Focus is an analysts website that does a lot of great work and a lot of NFL teams do use it

for reference and so forth. But the second best past blocking efficiency offensive line of the National football in twenty eighteen. Great job, and you're all back together, maybe in different spots. How critical is that continuity for you? And how good do you feel about it moving forward? And I feel

great moving forward. Um, like the group of guys we have, we're all we're all tight, we're focused, we go to work every day extremely hard, and I don't know, it's just really been with the same group of guys, because continuity is big. When you have mid moving parts, it's hard to um for communication and you know, just getting

fits because at the offensive linement, uh, you're working. You gotta work together with somebody every single play, even though I might be on an island and blocking somebody by myself, I have to work with everybody on the line. All five of us work together. So with that continuity is great. We can call out things, we can we can see things well before it happens. And it's just this is

good Charles. When um Khalil Mack came aboard, so you're going against Aaron Lynch and you're going against Leonard Floyd and all the other different outside rushers. They have a team and the whole crew. All sudden, now you're practicing against him. Khalil Platt practices at a high level, whether you're doing one on ones or a teamwork. Um, did he did he increase your your practice concentration? Because he's

the type of rusher that we all read about. I'd never get to play, but you know I've had experiences against guys like Lawrence Taylor. How is that on a practice atmosphere to help you become a better offensive tackle? Oh? Definitely. It's like Iron Sharpen's Iron and he's like the iron of irons. You know, he's it's really good going against him at practice because he knows he's like, I don't know how explain it, but he has every single tool. But he also puts the work in to get better.

So you have to be on your game every single day. And I just have to focus on me and my technique just to stay in front of him and get the blocks against him. Hey, Kyle, so when you know the defense front to back, so now you know that there's an aggressive Russia on that side by Kahlel and

whoever he's working with. Does that change anythinking process about the tightness that maybe you want to coverage or how you will think the quarterback's going to see a little pressure in his face, a little quicker, not too much. It can a little bit in certain situations, a certain averages. But I think the biggest difference is, you know, you see a guy like you know, Khalil, you know, just you know, a great player, a great guy, and you know,

going to practice every day, working hard. You know, it's kind of contagious. You know, makes you want to, you know, work on some of the little things to make you better.

But you know, when you have when you have guys like that up front, you just know that you know, the more you work and the more you're you're in position, you know because of what they're doing up front, you know there's gonna be you know, your room for Eric can get a little bit bigger or more like you know, the you know, the ball may be in a position you know to be intercepted more often or something like that, or the ball may not be thrown. So you know,

just knowing that, you know, makes you feel comfortable. And uh, you know, I think that just shows how shows why you know, you know, having all those guys you know doing that job and at a high level, you know, makes makes it better. Kyle tied for first in the NFL last year seven interceptions, one of only a few players in the league who played at least a hundred or more. Man covered snaps and did not miss a tackle. And that's significant because at the corner look at him, smile.

The cornerback position in the NFL, you gotta tackle. Yeah, you gotta. You gotta play, make players on the ball, You gotta cover, but you gotta tackle and that elemented game you brought here. Yeah, I enjoyed tackling. I didn't know that that. I think they gave me a couple of but I appreciate it. I uh yeah, I'm I was never I think from a young age, I kind of you know, okay, I like to tackle, you know, I want to do it, so you know, it just

it just makes you better. It makes the team better. Um, you know, as hard it is, it as hard as it is, like you said, you know those open field tackles, those receivers that shifted these days, big, strong, fast, So um, it's definitely something that you have to We only have two and a half minutes to go, so you're gonna

whip through this real quick, big time. Good times. Go quickly, right, but so real quick, go ahead, all those interceptions you got Listen, I've given up a sack, and I camped sacks in my mind that I can still think about three step drop sack I gave up on Monday Night football against the Broncos. Is there any bobbled interceptions that you're going, Oh my god, this will haunt me and for a couple of years. Uh No, I think honestly, I think back to how lucky I got to get

the interception on Tom Brady. You know, not to me, it'll be like getting an interception on pay Manning, where where you're like, okay, you appreciate that one. Um, you know just from the quarterback that they are. But that's that's really it. Sneak peak preview here twenty nineteen about to unfold a great schedule. You got a new defensive coordinator. Tell us how that's going with Chuck Pagano, what the fans could look forward to? And then Charles tell us

what's going on with you guys on the offense. Yeah, it's going well. Chuck Pagano is a great guy, a great coach. He's gonna come in. You know, we have the same guys on defense, so he's not gonna change it up to you know, too much. It's you know a lot of guys are still doing the same stuff. A little bit of new terminology, but you know things are still going well. They haven't changed a bit, you know.

I think that speaks to coach Bagano and coach Naggy, you know, just doing a good job of you know, keeping things you know the way they are for the offense. It's less installed now because we already know the place. So it's basically focusing in on what we need to do, our techniques, how we can get better, look at some things that we didn't do well and just make that better for next year. Chasing great so we can see great celebrations in the locker room from Club Dub like this,

What a good time it was in twenty eighteen. Let's keep it rolling, right folks. Did that grow as well? The confidence to just let yourself free? Oh? Absolutely? Um yeah. You can see like this if you watch the videos, they get like more and more. It's like more people, we all coming together more. It's just it starts to getting more fun. You see more personalities come out. It's really cool. Anybody everything I've seen Fuller in this video. Yeah, yeah,

I'm in there there. I'm enjoying it, but I'm not in it. Maybe one or two where you know, I'm making a quick appearance. That's about it. It was a lot of fun, you know. You just appreciate it. You know, the autoha work and each each week as a as the season went on, you see anybody dance that shouldn't dance. Uh yeah, a couple of coaches get in there, but

it's all fun. Well, these guys right here appreciate where they've come from because they're just a handful of guys that have been here a while from previous administrations and guys like Sherrick McManus and Pat O'Donnell and Charles Lenno Junior and Kyle Fuller. So you guys appreciate the journey more than most. It was some tough times and now you're starting to thrive and the best is yet to come out. Imagine, thank you for being here, Charles Larle Junior,

Kyle Fuller, thank you so much. Twenty nineteen. Bears, ladies and gentlemen,