DJ Moore reveals what it means to be named captain of Chicago Bears

how did you find out about Captain uh at the end of is a practice or a walk through uh last week you yeah what does it mean I know it's secondary rad now to H that honor from your teammates I don't know uh I don't know if it's because I'm popular or like I'm a real leader uh I leave by example I think it's CU little both I think it's because I'm like the class clown at the same time but I be serious at the same time so soon as we step on the field I think that's what uh everybody looks at and then I don't know if everybody finds me funny but I think I'm pretty funny don't get a ton of rookies who get team captain on what does it say about Caleb to to get the recognition uh I mean he go he went out there and proved himself uh took command of the offense and he he start opening up and I guess people saw that and we rocking with him did you did he surprise you this this training camp with just kind of how he took the Reigns and how he improved and played like that did he n he didn't surprise me uh I mean when you're number one overall pick you better go out there and make some make some shake I'm might to curse but uh you better make something shake and he went out there and exceeded uh everything that we had uh set for him as you competed more and more against Jaylen Johnson couple years what stands out to you about him as a corner uh especially this year it was hard to catch against he uh I don't know what it was he living right and uh I know him and Keenan had that back and forth but uh yeah he was he was out there like a lock down Corner didn't matter who or what play it was he was out there competing how do how do you describe that competitive side of him seems like that edge is pretty pretty sharp in pronounce yeah he got something to prove this year uh I think he just want to go out there and prove that he can be uh the top uh DB top corner out there uh that's what you proving what are you more what are you most curious about to see from Caleb in this first game I don't know I just want him to go out there and play football for real for real uh do what he's been doing um he a winner so lead us to a win and uh like everybody been saying you got a bunch of weapons out there like just go out there just point guard to ball like like it's basketball um he he'll be all right I ain't too worried about him D did you did you take ownership of where things were headed as a team when you got here and a lot has changed since then like you've been productive you've been in the locker room you have the contract now but was that pretty early where you said I want to be part of what steering the Bears well as far as last year yeah yeah Captain I just I just oh all right cool know what I didn't know what you was saying to a new team I mean you hadn't been part of things here but it seemed like very early on people looked to you to I don't know what your perspective yeah that's what that's that's what I was I was confused too because in Carolina I wasn't a captain but I get here I'm automatically a captain the first year I was I was surprised so your guess is as good as mine on that one but to answer your question uh I mean I show showed up every day working I really didn't have no feels or bad energy towards being here last year uh this year I think everybody got to know me uh because of last year and then this year I kind of like opened up more to the locker room so they see who I really was and how I really am as a person how high was the bar for Caleb to have to get to as far as a leader because I mean Justin left this place he's universally loved and Caleb comes in and it doesn't seem like it took him very long to get you guys veterans especially to respect them I mean when you come to work every day like he did and uh go through the things that he had to grow through um especially against the defense and you see the work that he's put was putting in day in and day out I mean you can't do anything but respect that and want him to be a captain for you we keep hearing about the authenticity and Ryan PA said last week that his personality it's not forced like sometimes you feel like guys can be awkward when they come in and trying to get guys to you know follow them how has he been shown you the authentic side that has galvanized so many of you to you know get behind him yeah I don't think he was looking for anybody to get behind him uh and follow follow his lead uh I think he let it just come naturally and uh once he got comfortable I mean it it took him a while to get comfortable and uh start start opening up and uh being who he truly was um because he had he did have to go through learning the offense learning everybody learning learning different things and once he did that everybody just started gravit to him and he's a captain now you do your thing regardless but does it matter to you on the compe side like where you are kind of view in terms of receivers around the league do you have your own opinion about it or do you care about outside opin um I know I'm top 10 like but will it be known no will the league do say anything about it no will I be on list probably not do I care no that's all why why I don't care oh because I'm not one of them people that do all the Antics like if y'all catch me y'all see me out there doing like little silly stuff like I'm not about to do that on like a major stage like on a Sunday night and do some crazy nah that's not me like I do it with my teammates I'm not about to go out there and look crazy those lists is that how wide receivers get on those lists I don't know how I don't know how they get on the list they all cool to me uh but some things you I don't know you just don't I don't dance I don't Tik Tock I'm not about to go out there and do all the stuff they do not about to throw tar on the sideline know stuff like that do you have something to prove this year do do you do I have no no I just go out there and play free every year I don't really care about anything question go ahead with the way your career is going is there a heightened sense of anticipation of being at a winning team this year uh I think every year I wanted to be on a winning team and then some just you go on a law and then that just takes over and then you finish strong as you can and the record is what the record is at the end of the year and I have happened to be on the losing side for six years it doesn't seem any more real now you know because the T this game is any different more real uh I don't know we got to get through week one week two week three four five six seven eight and at the end of the year we'll know if that uh anticipation was correct or wrong but I don't really got one so what the record is at the end of the year is what it is hopefully it's on the winning side and then we in the postseason and we be having this conversation smiling congrats you finished the video If you want to build on that success download the NBC Sports Chicago app it's got 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