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Peter King with NBC Sports here in Costa Mesa California at
Chargers Camp. I'm here with Khalil Mac the new, Los Angeles
charger.
How weird is it to hear
that? You are a charger now?
Oh, man. That's so cool. We're especially with the
Los Angeles attached to it
but it's on a man and I'm looking forward to this season.
Yeah.
So So, coming here
and leaving a team that wasn't probably going to contend right
away, tell me your thoughts when you heard that you were
being traded here.
I mean, obviously, you know, me and my teammates over that way,
man,
starting with Eddie Jackson. And,
and all those guys man on that defensive side of the ball, it
was, it was hard to think about leaving them? That's because
those Marcos Marcos, my young Brothers man, and I
loved him guys. But
The excitement of thinking about what you stepping into
and
what you contribute to
obviously. I was fired up.
I want you to think back.
You're the young coach on that staff when you were in Chicago
named Brandon Staley. Yeah. Okay. Linebackers coach and so,
I wonder first of all,
what did you think
you're getting traded somewhere?
Where you played for this guy? Is that when he was just a pup,
okay, so what were you thinking of playing for Staley? Oh man,
I knew it was going to be fun and I know the type of leader
that I was getting involved with
just And the leader leadership role he had and at a small and
a small position
but just the energy brought to the room and how you Fighters
up even
when there was only five guys in the room
I'm saying. And so understanding the type of
leader, he was not only that the type of family man is and
the care that he has, all the fear,
I know it was going to be lights out and seeing what they
did last year and no but you could contribute to its it
makes you more excited
when you think about your defense right now. Yeah, with
you probably rushing from The right Bose of rushing from
the left. How do you think you complement each other
and how do you think it will be to play with him?
Oh man. Is gonna be fun man. You talk about
two guys that that still learning this game
and I want to play at a high level.
It's so much fun. Getting the study found with this guy,
him and give and Chris rumph
and all the guys in the room. And it's a it's a it's a it's
a safe space that we can learn and
it's just so much fun to learn different things. More annoying
but I know him know what he knows
is kind of mixed. It's a bland that's
mixed up the right way and kind of
feeding feeding off my game a little bit too and I kind of
feel like it feel like he's feeling a little bit off my
game as well. So it's just a good mix man. It's a good mix
of finesse and power
and we gonna go
try to
break some records or something easy.
You everybody says that you have spent some time with him
alone. Just Working on moves, you know, apart from everybody.
What do you guys work on together? Um that's the thing,
just different intangibles, understanding
the different type of guys you can go against
today still and and
Tyronn sniff
too long arm duels. And your moves are going to have to
happen a little more setting. So just picking his brain or
what he's thinking about doing today and just going back and
forth and feeding off of each other
understanding how we want to use certain things. And certain
situations, certainly,
I was whether this
just thinking about the schematics of what football is
knowing situation, the football and what moves you use and
later down course earlier downs, and play actions. Is
this a lot of feedback. We kind of go back and forth
all day.
People might look at you. Now you just come off a season in
which you miss 10 games because of a foot injury. You're 31
years old. Yeah. And people might wonder
is this the start of the decline for Kaleo Mac?
How do you feel? Oh man, I'm excited about that, man. Man,
I really hope. I really hope they believe that.
So I could go out and show what I am capable of.
You think you're going to be able to be classically a mac.
Oh man, I'm trying to be better better than classic. Little
might try to come and work every day. Yeah,
yes, sir. Coolio. Thanks so much for taking the time
about Costa Mesa, California, with Khalil Mac.
I'm Peter King
doing handshake idea.
You saw it. Oh man, I see everything.