Kevin Byard

Obviously, I just had a meeting with Ben and Pose and all that good stuff.

I definitely think there's mutual interest for me to be back, but at the end of the day, I truly don't have any real control over it.

I think with the success that we all had this season as a team, I think a lot of guys on this team is going to be coveted around this league, honestly.

I think the same way the organization is always going to do what's best for the team, I think I owe that to my family as well, even though, like I said, I think my first option would be to come back here to Chicago and kind of finish what we got started this year.

Because, like I said, I just enjoy this locker room.

I enjoy this team.

I enjoy being the leader.

I enjoy being able to break the huddles down before the games.

You know what I'm saying?

This is a lot of fun.

This is who I am.

So I really enjoyed this season.

Like I said, I would love to be back.

I think with the core of the guys that we have here, obviously with Ben leading this roster, but also you have a franchise quarterback.

That's one of the hardest things to get right, you know what I mean?

To have a franchise quarterback, obviously continue to build around him.

But like I said, who knows what it's going to look like on that side of the ball, defensive side of the ball.

But like I said, I think if you have those first two pieces with the head coach and the quarterback on the same page and

Caleb's going to do nothing but get better.

I mean, I think the lessons that he's learned, he's going to learn from this year.