Darnell Mooney wasn’t nervous to play his first NFL game. He was barely even hyped up. For the first time since he was a kid, the Bears’ rookie receiver didn’t even listen to music to get ready.
“I guess in high school and college you’re just, ‘I have to do so good to get to the NFL,’” he said Tuesday. “I’m here now. I know the ball will eventually get to me. I have more opportunities to do what I can do. Instead of trying to make something happen at any chance, I can just be calm and let the play happen.