Thuney has especially been impressed with the attention to detail, focus and passion he's sensed from players, coaches, management and staff members.
"It's been awesome," he said. "It seems like everyone's pulling in the same direction. Everybody's really determined to keep working and improving. I couldn't be happier and \[I'm\] really, really excited to be here."
Thuney brings a championship pedigree to the Bears. Over his first nine NFL seasons with the Patriots (2016-2020) and Chiefs (2021-24), he won four Super Bowls, two with each team. Individually, Thuney was named first-team All Pro each of the past two seasons and voted to the Pro Bowl each of the last three years.
Selected by the Patriots in the third round of the 2016 draft out of North Carolina State, Thuney became the first NFL player to start in the Super Bowl in each of his first three seasons in the league. Remarkably, he once again started three straight Super Bowls the past three years with the Chiefs.
The Bears traded for Thuney—who's lining up at left guard—as part of a complete overhaul of their interior offensive line. General manager Ryan Poles also acquired right guard Jonah Jackson from the Rams and signed center Drew Dalman in free agency. All three players are under contract for multiple seasons.
"Drew and Jonah are great guys," Thuney said. "They work relentlessly. Weight room, film room, every part of the game. You can tell how passionate they are for the game. It's cool that guys will be here for a couple years and you know that, so it's been great working with them."