Matt Chatham

What does the season mean to you?

Great to be with you.

I would say more my experience from playing than the media years.

There's always a type like Garrett on good teams.

And that's usually the guy that, you know, maybe it was more heralded earlier in his career.

His first round pick originally played for an extended period of time for that team, has made money in the league.

and then another team gets him when it is apparent that he's still got tread on the tires.

But he's not going to come in and necessarily make Pro Bowls or anything like that, but he's just going to be steady, dependable, and like you mentioned, he's going to play 17 games.

So he's kind of the guy that...

Oddly enough, you see when a free agent comes to a place that has had a coaching change and they're sort of looking for their leaders, a guy from the outside that immediately was a podium guy right off the bat, someone that the organization trusts enough to basically give their message week in, week out, and be the guy they put in front of the microphone and the cameras.

That's very telling with him as well.

The other thing I would say about Garrett's performance during the year, other than the Super Bowl, which they got a lot of flack earned for pocket pressure up the middle, he was the kind of guy we just didn't talk about much, which is usually a good sign.

It's not like, oh, this one's, you know, they hit a home run on this free agent or this one really stuck.

Garrett was really consistent, but unspectacular.

And I think that's at the price point we're talking in the stage of career, that's really what you're hoping you're getting in Chicago.

I always kind of cringe a little bit with sort of evaluation of players as if anything non-pro bowler is sort of a problem.

And it really doesn't work that way in my view.

As long as you win your matchup play after play, you're going to be a net positive.

And I think he's that kind of player.

I think the other thing you also look for is when you hit the 29th and 30th year,