WEBVTT - Legacy Panel - Chasing Great 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:07.200 Good morning everybody. Thanks for comeback. Have you guys had 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:12.799 a great weekend or what are you the diehards? You've 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:15.080 been here for all of them. Amate. I see a 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:17.640 lot of familiar faces here in the front row. Good 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.720 to have you back here on Sunday at this great event. 0:00:20.840 --> 0:00:23.160 I was just telling Charles Leno here, this has been 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:25.880 for me and Tom I think, I speak for Tom, 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:29.639 has been one of the most incredible professional experiences in 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:33.520 my career. This weekend. Honestly, it's been a great conversation 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.080 and feeding off your energy as well, I think for us, 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:40.000 for everybody, for the old players of new players, it's 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.960 been a great learning experience because I think, yeah, you 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.920 understand there's a hundred years in existence of the franchise, 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:50.480 but until you're a young guy and you hear how 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.720 passionate a guy like Obi and o'bradovitch was yesterday and 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:56.760 how much it means for him to sit up here 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.520 on the stage with you know, Keem Hicks and Hall 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.560 of Fame was Dan Hampton and Tommy Harris and Chris George. 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.679 It's just an incredible experience for all of us. And 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.440 I know we talk a lot about the scrap book 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.320 that was put together by Dan Pompey and Don Pearson. 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.240 You gotta read it because as much as you think 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.920 you know about the Bears, as much as you invested 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.520 in all the games on both TV and in person, 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.520 it's it's an opportunity. It's a book like no other, 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:26.479 and so I think it's a great opportunity to learn 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.880 more about the Bears. And cheered louder when this season 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:33.480 comes and new chapters being written by gentlemen like this 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:38.720 the Pro Bowlers Kyle Fuller at Charles Leno Jr. Must 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:44.800 with Kyle, how about opening night? Now? Was your adrenaline pump? 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:48.240 And I mean you come out in that sharp looking jersey. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:52.840 Love it. And the whole night was just there was 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.400 so much great conversation going on in that back room. 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.240 It was just a great moment for all generations. How 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.440 did you feel about that night? It was a lot 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:02.640 of fun. You know, we were all looking forward to it. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.280 I feel like, you know, over the last couple of 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:05.880 weeks you've been here about it. A lot of people, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:07.840 you know, just going around town on the golf of course, 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:09.720 things like that. People are talking about one hundred years 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.440 celebration and then just to get here and see all 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.840 the older guys and some of the older guys you 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.120 played with a couple of years ago. You know, it's amazing, 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:21.760 just good to be around him. And you know what, Charles, 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:26.760 not many franchises in sports can pull something like this 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:30.960 off because it's a hundred years. It's just this unbelievable 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.400 journey through professional sports and the building of something from 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:37.800 the ground up that this franchise has been able to do. 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:39.840 And then you've been a big part up now here 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:43.040 in the last many years. Did you feel it on 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.919 Friday night? Yeah? Absolutely, just being back there and with 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.840 all those guys, like going all the way from the 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.919 beginning to the end, you see just like greatness from 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.840 all levels and it's just it was just amazing. You 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:57.520 can feel the buzz, you can feel the vibe in there. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.360 It was a lot of energy, guys just feeding ideas 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.560 and just you know, telling stories from back in the day. 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:04.320 That was like the coolest thing. Just listen to stories 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.480 from motor players and you know how the game has changed. 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.079 That was this awesome. I have a question for both 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:12.840 of you guys about last year. You know, when you 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:16.480 embark on the journey of professional football, it's a really 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.280 rewarding opportunity, but there's not a lot of fun because 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.280 there's so much competitiveness. There's so much work, and it's 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.840 every single day whether you have practice being evaluated or 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.320 the results of your efforts in the game. So, both 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.079 of you, guys, is last year the first year you've 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.720 actually had fun? Because what I'm saying is, you get drafted, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.680 you're in the first round, you go through the contracts 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.920 scenario that you went through, then you get rewarded because 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.480 of the effort, and then all of a sudden, I've 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.480 never seen a season of more fun in my life. Charles, 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:51.920 you get drafted later, all sudden, you become the left tackle. 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.520 You haven't missed the snap, you get rewarded with the contract, 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.120 you for God's sakes, you get engaged down the field 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:04.280 after a game. Thank you. That was great that for 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.920 both of you, guys. Can you talk about the fun 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.440 of last year? Um? For all of us? Yeah, I 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.680 would definitely say last year was the most fun I've 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.560 had since I've been here. Um. You know, a lot 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:16.240 of it has to do with winning, but I think 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.080 just a team that we had, you know what, I 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:20.719 think the way we jailed together. Um, you know, I 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:22.560 think that's what you know that. I think that's what 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.200 really separated you know last year, you know, to the 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.280 others since I've been here. Yeah, I mean last year 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.920 was amazing. Um. I mean I was just telling Kyle 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.039 a few a few minutes ago before we came on stage, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.960 like we came into the draft together, like first round, 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.760 seventh round in twenty fourteen, and we went through a 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.880 rough time and we finally saw what it felt like 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.200 to win and perform at a high level. So it 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:49.039 was just fun and we were just like we don't 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:50.960 want to stop. We wanted to keep going. We want 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.280 to keep getting better, Like we're not stopping right here. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.280 Just look at that photo right there. I mean, that's 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.640 what it's all about, right there, with with each other, 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.560 that family, that type family that you guys put together. 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:06.440 As you look at that fixture, both of you, guys, 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:12.800 what goes through your head? Go ahead? I think for me, 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:15.520 just a lot of hard work, you know, to be 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.000 able to have moments like that, you know, everybody, all 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.960 the guys doing together, which makes it even more special, 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.320 and just to be able to enjoy it, you know, 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.800 as a group. The same exact thing that's everybody looks 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.240 at that picture, you can see all this fun and 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.839 don't get me wrong, that was that's great. But behind 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.080 that as a as a lot of hard work, a 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.719 lot of dedication, a lot of guys, you know, pushing 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:42.200 themselves to the maximum limit. And that's what happens when 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.200 you do that. You know, it's kind of funny. You 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.200 talked about Kyle be in the first round or the 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:50.120 same year that you were drafted, Charles and the year 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.520 I was drafted, Willie Gold and Jimbo Covert were the 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:57.080 first rounders and Willie didn't even know that he and 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.880 I play in the Hula Bowl together. Just because you 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.280 don't cross paths that much year you're separated in time 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:04.920 as soon as you get to the locker room, as 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.760 soon as you get drafted, you're in two different meeting areas. 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.880 Your lockers aren't near each other. How long was it 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:15.160 before you and Kyle in your rookie year had conversations 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.560 with each other? Did you become immediately close or were 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.520 you separated in the football existence that I talk about. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.680 Oh no, we had to spend time together because Tony 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.039 Medelin put us in abasement. That's what he does to 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.320 the rookies. He just throws us in abasement and you 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.880 force the Brookies to talk to each other. So we 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.919 had to talk early. But yeah, like but right after that, 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.120 Kyle goes to defensive room. I go to office room, 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.280 and it's kind of like, hey, what's up are you doing? 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.039 And it's right on buy and you're just trying to 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.160 figure out how to be an NFL player as a rookie. 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:49.080 So it's just really cool like seeing our journey, like 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:51.520 you know, just go away and then come right back together. 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:54.400 Go away and come right back together. It's just intertwined. Yeah, 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.000 I think I remember when we first got here. You 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.560 didn't meet everyone until you know, to the first day 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.400 you come in and you have all these things for 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.360 the rookies. But like Leno said, the rookie locker room 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:06.760 was separate, so you know, we all you know, I 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.240 felt like we were all just together in there. Um. 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.800 I remember, you know, days when we'll leave practice and 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.480 we're all just new to it, just go down there 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.720 and just you know, just talk about how crazy it 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.320 is and you know, just that we're actually where we are. 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.600 Do you think it's a good idea? I mean, Tony's 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.880 done this for a long time. Yes, and so Tony 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:30.120 Mendons bears squimindent manager for decades. And it's a small room. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.680 I mean, you feel totally isolated and it's almost like 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.400 you have to you know, climb that ladder to get 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:37.120 into the big the big locker room. But do you 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.240 think it's a good idea for those rookies to bond 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.000 and get to know each other to then transition into 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.000 the big guys room for definitely think so, yeah, you're 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:48.680 the benefits. One thing I liked about going down to 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.840 lock the rookie locker room and old part of the 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.880 facility was you felt like a lot of the guys 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:56.400 in the past that done that, so you know, it's 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.160 like a tradition. But then just so that you can 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:03.640 kind of, you know, separate yourself and you know, you 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.000 all take it in together. And I mean it'd be 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.200 good to kind of learn some things from the from 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.560 the older guys, but also something where you know you 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.600 have to work and you know, to get that privilege 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.840 to be around those guys and uh, you know, something 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.960 to look forward to. I agree, that's that's the biggest benefit. 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:22.680 Like you want it's like a stepping stone, like you 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.520 start here and you have to work your way up, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.560 and that's what I agree, Like, I think that was 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.960 a great privilege. I think that's an awesome thing to 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.000 do because you are a rookie. You you haven't made 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:33.640 it yet. You have to earn your strikes before you 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.360 get up, you know, just to give a little bit 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.200 further of an explanation. So now in the modern day 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:41.640 Hollis Hall, the rookies are literally in a basement and 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.280 there's a small room and they have these metal lockers 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.200 and it's you know, built for ten guys, but there's 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.679 thirty in there. So you're sweaty, you're hot, you're getting taped, 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.200 and then you come out of this basement door up 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:57.000 this outside staircase and then you start seeing what the 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:01.520 field and what the practice situations like. And then eventually, 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.880 through the course of time, if you do earn a 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:07.319 spot on the roster, and then you move your locker 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.840 up into where all the big guys are. Now you're 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.520 in a spacious locker room. You have your own space, 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.440 and it's really intimidating. It's intimidating when you come up 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:20.120 that staircase, and then it's intimidating the first time you 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.480 open that locker room door and you kind of find 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.079 your place, and you know, you're just kind of looking 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.160 out of the side of your eyes, not making eye 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.959 contact with anybody. So that whole transition is a great 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.280 part of your career. Yeah, that's kind of funny because 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.680 and then once you get like a weekend, all the 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.320 rookies that feel like they've kind of you know, they 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.240 feel more comfortable and they get the walking around, and 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:42.839 if you walk into the locker room, it's kind of 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.040 like if a coach walking into the locker room. The 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:45.599 people look at you like what you're doing here, Like 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.920 you don't belong here. So if you try, if you 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.680 sneak in there, they look at you a little crazy, 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.959 but you know, they're all cool about it. And then 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:53.760 you know that's just you know, something to look forward to. 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.800 Are you guys earlier rival for the day or are 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.440 you guys you know, like me, I was so nervous 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.520 about ever being late. If I got a flat tire, 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:06.320 got hit by a train, got in a wreck, I 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:10.240 would still get there on time because I showed up. Well, 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.760 I'm just you know, painting the worst case scenario. I'll 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.000 tell you what, ladies and gentlemen. He's still like that today, 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.600 but I am. Hey, listen, when you grew up the 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.880 youngest in the family of five, show up in time 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:21.959 or you know, get ready to eat, or I'll see 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:25.439 you getting up and you, guys, what is your daily habits? 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.480 Are you earlier arrivals or are you on time? Guys? Yeah, 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.040 I'm an earlier arrival guy. I like to get in 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.880 there early, you know, do some type of stretching, warming up, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.440 do a lift, get breakfast early. I don't know. I 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.000 just like to get there a little earlier than the most. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:48.920 I think I'm early to just enough and I get in. 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.679 I get in, you know early. I have to get 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.760 in early enough, you know, to eat breakfast and stuff 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:55.200 and just do what I have to do in the morning. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:57.719 But I'm a stay late guy, you know. I um, 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.160 I definitely stay a little bit. I just after practice, 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.200 I literally sit in my locker and just stare and 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.679 just you know, just get my just give myself together 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.800 after practice of the long day and you know, getting 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.720 the tubs things like that. I've always observed that, obviously 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:14.679 about Kyle in the locker room. When the media can 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.280 you sit there and you just you take it all 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.719 in a little bit. Yeah, And I'm thinking that you're 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.960 you're a thinker. You're just digesting the day, digesting what's 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:28.760 going on, processing and getting yourself into a certain place. 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.280 Is that accurate? That's that's definitely it. Um, whether it 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.120 be a good day of bad day of practice, something 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.720 I want to do better, or just uh, you know, 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.880 just kind of you know, your body and your mind 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.360 just tired just from worked in, just thinking all day 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.800 and you just sit back and I don't know, you 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.400 just I don't know, free your mind and you just relax. Uh. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.160 You know a lot of times also, you know you 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.000 just look around and you know, realize where you're at, 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.120 and you know that you've worked your whole life for 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.719 this to be here. So um, you know, you get 0:11:57.960 --> 0:11:59.960 some moments there where you can just take that all 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.840 all in. But that's definitely something I enjoy. I get it. 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.080 I feel like, um, that's my personality a little bit. 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:09.160 But yeah, Kyle, you come from a football family. You 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.920 have brothers that play in the NFL. Do you guys 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:16.360 have similarities in your preparation and your and is it 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.240 something that like they kind of gave you the message 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.920 how to go about your business. Yeah, I think I 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:27.040 compared a lot. So I'm a little bit my youngest brother, Kendall, 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.560 you know, he's the same physician, you know, similar, you know, 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.080 not too far from me. We played together in college 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:33.400 and we you know, we all went to the same 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.839 school with gan Tech, so we've kind of all in 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.120 the same household. So we kind of all grew up, 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.400 you know, doing you know, doing the same things, doing 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.480 the same thing. So I feel like we approached the 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.640 approach the game the same way. You know, I can, 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.959 I can kind of you know, I could probably tell 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:50.600 you what he's doing during the week. We'll probably have 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.480 the same thought progress on how we're doing things and 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:55.920 you know what we're doing. So I definitely think we're 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:59.440 very similar and it's helped us all right, the reason 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.280 and everybody had fun as you want obviously, right, you 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.960 guys put into good work, but your head coach, Matt Naggie, 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.480 he gave you the platform to have some fun. Yeah. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.240 When you see this man and you see him walking 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:14.840 in the room of the first time of your team 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.760 meeting in twenty eighteen, and we've all discussed this before. 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.720 Something clicked with you and your head coach as a team, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.880 a collective team. What was it? What start of the 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:30.640 process and how that trust developed immediately with you guys 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.440 to grow as you did as a football team. Charles, 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.240 he said, when when he first walked in, right, it 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.360 was just his energy. It was different. It was contagious. 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:44.960 You can tell he is passionate and he wanted to win. 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.480 And he instilled some things in us that you know 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.960 we still have to this day, like be you and 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.520 I know Kyle is himself. I'm myself. He said, don't 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.560 shy away, don't try to be nobody else, Just be 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.520 who you are and that's good enough, and be the 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:03.320 best that you possibly can be. And we like that. 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:06.000 That energy just you know, it was contagious and fed 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.520 through all throughout the whole locker room, and God just 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.800 bought in after that. I just think of, you know, 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.760 how comfortable he was in that situation that he was in, 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.320 you know, just coming as the first year head coach. Um, 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.160 like Leno say, was passionate and uh, you know, would 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.360 do anything, you know, to be successful. And I think 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.640 that's what that's what makes him a great coach. And uh, 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.120 you know he just you know, like Leno said, some 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.080 of the things we used to go by last year, 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.960 just being yourself. I think he was totally yourself. You know, 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.360 he didn't try to do more or less and uh, 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.520 you know he had those attributes that you know, could 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.360 bring a team together and get guys to work well. Um, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.640 I think so far he's off to a good start. 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:47.960 You know what's neat about Matt is Matt has significant 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.840 playing experience, both in the Arena League and college football. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.400 So if he's talking to a defensive back, he's a 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.560 quarterback and he knows your responsibility. If he's talking to 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.920 an offensive lineman, he knows your responsibility and how important 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.160 is it. It's gotta be nice to you know, Harry, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.640 he's standing. He's your offensive line coach and your defensive 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.400 back coach. Is gonna help you out the mousset. But 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.120 it's neat to have and a head coach that's so 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.520 relatable to both of your skills and how important they are. 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.200 When he gets up there and talks to you, the 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.800 message has got to be clear from him. Yeah, I 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.440 think that's one thing. I think him being you know, 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.960 a quarterback and having played, I think that's a that's 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.160 a connection that he has with the players. And it's 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:29.960 funny too because like even when I look at this picture, 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.360 when I see him, you know, he always seems like 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.240 he has something going on in his head, and you 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:35.640 never know, I feel like I'm the same way a 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.400 little bit, so I kind of see it, and I'm 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.120 always just looking at him, like, you know, I wonder 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:40.800 what he's over there there because he's thinking about something. 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.920 But yeah, he I think he just has a connection, 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.920 like we can. He can talk to me what I see, 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:49.520 you know, to me being a defensive back, him being 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:51.600 a quarterback. So that's good. You know, even I could 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:53.320 probably learn a couple of things from him as well. 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:57.320 What did you guys learn from the first loss the 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:01.320 Green Bay Opening night from Matt and how it served 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.480 you the rest of the season. Yeah, I remember that 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.920 like it was yesterday. It was It's one of twenties. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.800 He told us that's just one game and we had 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:14.280 a long season, and I don't know, like in that 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.880 locker room, we we know we had something. It got 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.520 tooken away, but he reminded us, like keep that feeling 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:23.000 inside because we're gonna we're gonna need that for later. 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.120 And when he told those it was one loss and 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.360 it's only one game, and just focus on the next one, 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.840 don't worry about it, but always just remember it. Um 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:32.680 it stuck true to all the other guys in the 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.160 locker room. Man. We remembered it when we went back 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.680 on a December sixteen, So it was just really it 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.600 was a really good reminder. I think at that moment 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.000 I really saw as competitive if you know how much 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.080 he really wanted to win. But at the same time, 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.680 I understanding, you know, the type of game that it was, 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:51.520 and you know where we were, where we were going, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:53.360 you know by what we did that game, even know 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:56.600 we lost, so and I think at the same time, 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:58.760 just you know how composed he was. You know, he 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.120 was mad, and you know if everybody wanted to win, 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.439 but um, you know, he was just you know, just 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:08.040 himself getting guys you know, just keep on doing what 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.680 they've been doing, and you know that things were turned around, 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.600 and he was he was pretty confident in that. In 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.640 the short period of time you guys have been into 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.880 you guys are still young, guys. You've gone you've gone 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.600 through two different systems. Now, Kyle, you came out at 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.520 San Francisco gay Man, you got two interceptions, We're going, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.280 oh my god, this guy's gonna have twenty interceptions in 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.240 this system. But then things change for you and is 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.800 for both of you guys. Are do the systems that 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:39.560 you're in now do they benefit your skills or is 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.720 it just you guys are the right fit for the 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:47.160 systems that were brought in. Um, I think I think 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.399 it's uh, it's all football, so it definitely changes a 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.320 little bit, But for the most part, it's the same, UM, 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:55.480 I think. And it's funny. I was, I was. I've 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.879 been talking to someone recently about it, just how I 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.120 think back to my first and second year and I'm like, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.840 I wish I knew what I knew now then, or 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.720 you know, I just wish I had as figured out 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.199 as I you know, I feel as much as I 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.560 know now, I wish I knew it then, because you know, 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.359 things would have you know, you never know how knowing 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:17.000 what you know now back then that like the receiver routes, 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.639 the type of personnel you're playing against, and yeah, you know, 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.119 you were in experience at the time, so some of 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:25.000 it is a guessing game. Stuff like that on the 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.520 field just off the field, just things to do, you know, 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.520 throughout the week, just everything on the field and off 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.280 the field. Um, you know, just your mindset and how 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.679 you approach things, how you look at things. Um. I 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:39.119 think you know a lot of that has to do with, uh, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.919 you know, just how how guys are as players, you know, 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.000 as they're when they're rookies and you know we're five 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:47.760 years in. Um, but I mean I think we've had 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.240 we've had it's all football. We've had some great coaches, 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.919 so you know we've we've been able to you know, 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.360 to just grow, you know, each year. And that's that's 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:56.680 that's my goal. I think that's a lot of the 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.280 players goals on the team. Charles, for you, it's significant 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.840 system chain, Yeah, Um, it's it's all it comes down 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.840 to me. I think it's how you approach the game. Um, 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.640 it's how you do the day to day throughout the week. 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.960 Because every week's the same. But it's not. Um, it's 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.240 the same as in we have practice on these days, 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:18.200 we have walk throughs at this time, but every team 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:20.960 is completely different. So if you keep the same regiment, 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.320 the same routine, it can make it better for you 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.760