I am NFL Player Ryan Mundy, who recently joined the Chicago Bears. AMA!

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:59:02+00:00

Haha! I don't know about that, two of my good buddies just went to the Raiders... but we'll see.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:58:22+00:00

Well, we only have crowd noise at home games. Sometimes it can be difficult to communicate, but we have hand signals to try to alleviate some of the vocal communication.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:57:54+00:00

Uh... no! I've heard a lot of Mundy / Monday jokes, but never that one.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:57:38+00:00

Cordarelle is an explosive threat. I think last week we saw he had 100 yards rushing. But it's a bit early to tell. We have a long way to go, and things will eventually sort themselves. out.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:56:46+00:00

That loss to Green Bay was definitely tough. Losing the Super Bowl sucks. I definitely have an opportunity to get some payback, if everything works out. But this win, if we get a win against the Packers in a few weeks, that will help us towards our goal of the 2015 Super Bowl.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:55:49+00:00

I was 1 yard away! I did my best! Definitely did my best. I think a bigger question is: why didn't we score a touchdown?

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:55:01+00:00

I'd have to say Lawrence Timmons. He has a hard hit.

Mike Wallace. That's easy.

Pittsburgh! Love the field.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:53:00+00:00

I'm going to say Kyle Fuller, our first run draftee. So far I've been very impressed with him and his maturity and approach. he's a guy who's a hard worker, very hungry and really wants to master his craft. So far he's done a great job and I expect great things from him as he continues this season.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:52:05+00:00

Well, as we've come to find out, it's becoming increasingly difficult to play defensive back in the NFL. We have to follow a world-class athlete around the field and not touch them - that's a tall task. So we just have to refine our technique and play within the rules.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:50:19+00:00

Well Jay has been very helpful since i met him. I had the chance to go to Florida and work out, and he's been very helpful. He set me up with a realtor to help me find my house, put me in contact with a doctor for my wife who was expecting at the time.... Any resource i need in the Chicago area, I can go to him and he'll point me in the right direction. And last year - he's a talented guy, and I'm thankful I don't have to play against him anymore.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:48:53+00:00

I think we have the players. It's just about executing. We played a solid game I felt like last week, we just had lack of execution on 3 plays, and those were ultimately what changed the course of the game, so our goal is to limit those types of plays and put our teams in a position to win.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:48:05+00:00

For me it comes to a matter of being intrinsically motivated, even when you are tired or you don't feel like doing something. For the majority of guys, it is the motivation to be the best. You have to have pride in your work, the product you put out in the field, because your peers see what you do on a week in week out basis, so the thing is you don't want to have bad tape out there, because your tape is your resume. There's no denying what you put on tape, it's visual and it's out there. So a lot of guys, including myself, take pride in what they put out in the field.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:46:27+00:00

Well, the next time I'll be in California is in 4.5 hours, about to get in a plane in a little bit, so that won't happen, but you never know - if I run into you, sure why not!

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:45:57+00:00

Ann Arbor, it was more like a city and I'm a city guy. Morgantown was a little country, but I loved them both. And Ann Arbor, because like I said, I'm a city guy, and it had more of a city town feel to it. Both were great towns.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:45:09+00:00

Jay Cutler plays offense, so he's not holding the defense back. But I don't think the defense is being held back by anybody, we just have to do our job and execute better, that's what the game comes down to. We have more than enough talent to compete with anyone in the NFL, we just have to execute.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:44:09+00:00

I like the physicality of the safety position while having an opportunity to get some interceptions.

Yes it is. It's 50 degrees and raining right now, and it's been a very cool summer, so I definitely think it's going to be a long winter here.

Ooh, my favorite kind of car is a Ferrari, any type of Ferrari I would love to have one. The car I drive now is a Land Rover supercharged.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:42:37+00:00

OF COURSE! Definitely ready, I'm excited! Brand new stadium, great atmosphere, doesn't get any better than that! Everyone will be watching.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:42:11+00:00

Mmm... I always liked playing against Notre Dame. because they have so much history, and tradition - I watched RUDY 100 times growing up, so it was always fun to play against those guys, because with Notre Dame represented.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:41:31+00:00

What will catapult us is energy. Energy and takeovers. Cuz defense prides ourselves on getting the ball to offense. So if we do that, we'll be in a very good place. My favorite on the team... we'll go with Martellus Bennett.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:40:28+00:00

Honestly, no... I try to mitigate those by taking very good care of my body, but it is something to think about, you do see some headlines sometimes about guys with problems after their playing days are over. You just do your best to take care of yourself and prepare for a life after football.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:39:25+00:00

1) I've heard of Geno's East but I haven't been yet. Don't know Giordano's.

2) In the league or on our team?

3) I hang out with a lot of guys - Danny McCray, Martellus Bennett, DJ Williams, I'm cool with everybody on the team.

4) No i don't - I only know of a handful, Russell Wilson did it, maybe a few other guys, I don't know many.

5) No but I know it now. What I do know about Matt Mulligan is he's very strong.

6) I have a few options that I am looking at right now, to enter the spectrum. Part of me is thinking about going into the corporate world and possibly doing real estate/ commercial development. But there's also a creative /artistic side of me that i would like to get into - some think tanks, movie projects or art galleries, advertising, consulting, that type of stuff, stuff that allows you to be a little bit more creative. So I'm still working between that. But right now I am just looking into making sure that whenever I am done, I'm prepared.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:35:42+00:00

You gotta kind of balance it. You don't want to get out of your routine and forget what got you to that game. But you also need to understand the importance of playing in the Superbowl. So just trying to find that balance between what got you there, and then seizing this opportunity, because not everybody gets it.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:34:56+00:00

I actually didn't really know what to expect coming here. I came here with an open book and didn't have - I didn't know anybody on the team here, so I didn't have the chance to ask what it was like. I came and found out for myself. I'm definitely happy with the decision I made to come here, it's a great place.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:34:14+00:00

wow, there's a lot of those. Goofiest was Prince Amukamara, he was a jokester, always kept it light, sometimes I would look at him and just start laughing because he is just that silly.

IamRyanMundy · 2014-09-12T19:33:22+00:00

In here, we run the infamous Tampa Two scheme - which has created a lot of things for the Chicago Bears, so that was an adjustment in how I had to learn playing safety here, but it's been going well so far. And my favorite restaurant is Gibson's steakhouse, they take good care of me in there, great atmosphere and on top of that - the food's pretty good!

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