#joe-thuney

#joe-thuney

One of the more notable examples of that is offensive lineman Joe Thuney, who left the Patriots for the Chiefs in 2021, signing a massive five-year, $80 million contract that the Patriots very easily could have (and probably should have) offered. He has since won two more Super Bowls and is now continuing his career with the Bears.

But with all due respect to those players, no one did what Thuney did for the Bears. In addition to playing on all of the Chicago Bears' offensive snaps as their left guard while protecting quarterback Caleb Williams and clearing holes for running backs like Kyle Monangai and D'Andre Swift, Thuney was a lead-by-example type who aided in setting the tone in the trenches and changing the culture at Halas Hall.