Roberto Garza
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137 appearances
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 15 Mar
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After that, it was about two months, and I didn't get a phone call.
I started to wonder, am I going to get a chance to keep playing football?
Obviously, I love playing football.
I wanted to keep playing in the NFL.
Not until Chris Ballard, who was at the time a scout for the Bears, now the GM for the Colts, was one of my college coaches at Kingsville for the Fighting Javelinas.
Absolutely.
And he's the one that told Jerry, he's like, hey, man, give this kid a chance.
We have – at that time, I went to a doctor here in San Antonio that said that I had – I can't remember what the term he said, that I could play with a torn ACL.
I just put a brace on it, and at the time I signed a –
If I was to get hurt by – if I was to hurt that right knee, the Bears wouldn't be liable for that first year as kind of insurance for the team to take a risk on me.
And, you know, like I said, the rest is history.
You know, at the time it happened, you kind of think about why did the Ravens do this to me, but I understood – it took many years to understand the big picture, right?
At the time when you're young, you kind of just think about what they did and how they took that opportunity away from you.
Obviously, in hindsight, it became a good thing because I was able to go and play for a great organization, a great team, and play with some of the best guys that I could have played with in that locker room and obviously do some fun things in Chicago during my 10 years there.
Absolutely, because, you know, the body is obviously limitless and how you prepare for the season and how your preparation is obviously is the key.
Keeping your body as strong as possible, keeping your body to be able to do
What do you ask of it?
And that's the key.
For me, I was fortunate that I always loved to squat.
I always loved to train.
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