Al-Quadin Muhammad has been tearing up the offensive line!

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Vince Carbonneau
August 2, 2022 (11:03)

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Defensive lineman Al-Quadin Muhammad has been one of the biggest standouts in the Bears training camp so far, especially ever since the pads have been on.

Indeed, Bears writer Gabby Hadjuk reported that Muhammad's ferocity in an unpadded practice comes as no surprise to Bears head coach Matt Eberflus. The pair spent four seasons in Indianapolis together while Eberflus was the Colts' defensive coordinator. Muhammad's understanding of the defense has been helpful, but it's his will to go all out each practice that sets him apart.

"The one thing you ask offensive linemen: What do I dislike most about defensive linemen? Obviously, the talent factor is the big one, and the second one is a guy who goes hard every play," said Eberflus. "He doesn't take plays off. That's what Mo does. Mo just goes hard every play, and he's made a career of it. That's what we want all our guys to be. Then, you add the talent piece in there, which Mo has, and then you also add the going hard, it's hard to defend that every single play."

The veteran lineman learned the importance of consistent hard work at a young age and never changed that mindset.

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"You don't want to have to think, 'I need to go hard.' It needs to be a natural reaction," Muhammad said. "By doing it every day on Sundays, it's just natural, like 'wow, this dude play lights out, he plays hard.' It becomes natural instinct. I think that it actually makes the game that much easier when you do it every day in practice, so that's something I take pride in."

Even though Muhammad has been in the league for a while now, he is still trying to get better every single day and keep learning new things.

"Even with experience, there's still room to learn each year," Muhammad said. "I approach each year as if it's my first year, take notes and stuff as if I didn't know the schemes."

One of the best qualities a player can have is to be great at receiving critics. Every player needs to be able to realize that hard coaching is key and that you need to fuel criticisms into good plays!

"You can never take it personal. If you're not taking it personal and you're open to be coached, it's that easy to take the constructive criticism and be able to apply it," Muhammad said. "It's all about having the right mentality and understanding that everything we're doing is to win, and I think that if you're able to not take it the wrong way, you're good. And also, when a coach is giving you what they're giving you and you're taking it in the right way and you're applying it and it works, then it's easy for you to really listen and really just buy in to whatever he's trying to coach or whatever he's trying to get through to you."

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