Chiefs’ Leo Chenal talks about highlight interception during 37-20 win over Baltimore
Go for Leo. Coaching coaching the defensive backs this week. Oh man, I was just trying to learn as much from them. I got, I got *** long ways to go. It looked like your college interception was thrown right to you, I guess. What made this one so special for you. Um, yeah, you know, I was, I was saying that to the guys like this is the first one that I actually, you know, made ***, you know, like *** an athletic or like, you know, DB type play, um, so it, it was pretty cool and. Um, the really the thing was plastering on, on *** down that you know Lamar is gonna extend plays, um, so it’s plastering on *** down and just being able to read, read his eyes, uh, Andrew’s eyes, and, uh, just get my head around and do my best to make *** play. So you kind of know that the blitz is called and that’s probably going to happen that way, right? Um, but how often you don’t. Have to trail someone 25-30 yards very often in the right, you know, it’s, it’s unique to those certain guys, you know, especially Lamar, and, um, that’s something we’re, we’re coaching. They were coaching us up all week on you got *** plaster no matter what and you know Lamar threw it off his back foot running backwards. Basically, and he was still able to get it in the vicinity so, um, you know, it’s all, all of us were I feel like we’re detailed in on, on plastering going for the team and I’ve heard several players before the game after the game or not before and after the game but it was really good emotion all game long, all sides, and that maybe hasn’t been the case all year. how did you. How do you do that? I mean, how do you keep emotion up places like that? I mean because you can’t just fake it, right? Oh, I mean that definitely helps um you know, and the challenge is being still vocal and and full of energy even when things go south, um, so you know that I like I said I think that’s the biggest thing even when things aren’t going well just having those guys that are willing to step up and be like, no, no, we got this, um, still having that energy because in my mind that’s bigger, you know, because it’s easy to let you know, get yourself affected, you know, energy vampires can bring you down and luckily we don’t have any of those guys. Um, so it’s definitely big in those moments told me that, uh, the defensive backs have an all hands board and you, you made the board and moved up on the board when you hear, you know, defensive backs talk to you, talk about you like that. Man, it, it’s special because, you know, *** lot of times they’ll say, hey, great job in, in the run game or or doing this knocking somebody back. So you know you got guys like Trent and and those dudes saying that about it’s, it’s *** huge comment, you know, I just gotta keep it going and. Um, prove it’s not just *** fluke. So your agent call you and go, Hey, next job. We’re gonna sell you as *** coverage now. Oh man, no, no, I did not. Yeah, right, no, yeah, no, but, uh, just trying to be as versus I can, man, just help the team out at his eyes. Was that your cue on? Yeah, and you know, it’s, you just feel *** guy, you know, continue to run and all of *** sudden their eyes get big and you know, *** lot of them try to do their hands last second, stuff like that, but you know for me it was just like seeing the eyes and knowing, you know, Lamar is gonna make *** play out of nothing so I was just trying to be ready like ETN what do you have to be mindful of the running back like ETM, what do you have to be mindful of, um, you know what stuck out on me just watching film in the past, uh, few days is, you know, how well he is like on the edge, you know, and, and his stiff arms good, but. You know, it’s not just setting an edge. You gotta have great eyes. You gotta continue to press the edge because, you know, he’ll bounce it out even if you got, you know, *** DN setting the edge 2 yards up the field. So, um, I think it’s just trusting each other and continue to drive up field on on certain things and you know having good square, um, hips, athletic position and being ready to knock down *** stiff arm. you you had ***, you were the one tight spot as *** stand up guy and you took on *** double team. What was that experience like? Oh, you know, it’s, it’s cool being able to learn, like I said, from, you know, different guys, you know, you learn from Chris and you learn from Trent and as much as I can be, you know, *** Swiss Army knife as possible, like I’m gonna be on the field more and help out the team more, um, you know, that’s, that’s where I wanna be, and, uh, you know, on that place specifically, you know, I’d like to get the stop, you know, I was driven back and kind of full head of steam running back and stuff, but, uh, you know, I just wanna, wanna be able to make those plays the best I can. We’re all under new coaches with Jacksonville. Have you seen that operation change from previous times you’ve been like Jacksonville and just how you look under that new coach. Yeah, I mean, uh, what really sticks out is their, uh, use of motion, um, you know, pre-stop motion whether it’s jet motion or just, you know, aligning like, you know, moving guys across the formation so it’s really having good eyes and, um, you know, every single person’s got to be on, you know, the, the same page because you get, you get *** jet guy and then somebody swapping back, you know, everybody’s gotta be in their gap, the right gap and. Um, and then they’ll throw in, you know, *** counter pass or and, you know, something like that. So it’s just guys having good eyes, disciplining their technique and trusting each other. It seems that um. You guys, especially on defense, are pretty willing to share information and share lessons, and this is something I learned previously. Uh, did that surprise you more than you may anticipated when you were *** rookie and then how much do you think that is now happening in terms with guys like Ashton, No, Bossa, of course, um, on the defensive side, you know, through the first part of this season. It’s like teaching guys you’re saying? Yeah, I mean it’s huge um I think we just got *** great culture, you know, like Coach Reed and, and Coach Bags have established, um, you got guys taking other guys under their wing that, you know, could possibly take their job in the future, you know, it’s, it’s *** tough business like that, but you got guys that are just so humble and, you know, when I came. And I just, I had *** great group of linebackers. I’m like, I just look around. I’m like, dude, we’re, we’re blessed to be able to have guys like this because it’s just making each other all better because you don’t just learn as *** student, you learn as *** teacher as well when you’re teaching. So, um, it’s pretty cool to be part of it. Um, you know, there, there was *** few. I mean, Nick is the obvious answer, um, you know, he’s somebody that was thrown in the fire as *** rookie and he’s somebody that knows the defense in and out and plays with energy. So, um, yeah, thank bye Nick. All right, thanks.
Chiefs’ Leo Chenal talks about highlight interception during 37-20 win over Baltimore
Updated: 9:31 PM CDT Oct 2, 2025
Linebacker Leo Chenal delivered one of the highlight plays of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 4 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, hauling in an interception that shifted momentum.Chenal said Thursday it was the first time he felt like he made an “athletic or DB type play” on a ball in the air.“I was saying that to the guys, this is the first one that I actually made an athletic or DB type play,” Chenal said. “It was pretty cool and really the thing was plastering on the down that Lamar (Jackson) is going to extend plays.”The pick quickly became a talking point among teammates. Cornerback Trent McDuffie and others congratulated Chenal afterward for making a play in coverage, a part of his game not typically highlighted.“It’s special because a lot of times they will say, hey great job in the run game or knocking somebody back,” Chenal said. “So, you got guys like Trent and those dudes saying that is a huge compliment. I just have got to keep it going to prove it’s not just a fluke.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Linebacker Leo Chenal delivered one of the highlight plays of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 4 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, hauling in an interception that shifted momentum.
Chenal said Thursday it was the first time he felt like he made an “athletic or DB type play” on a ball in the air.
“I was saying that to the guys, this is the first one that I actually made an athletic or DB type play,” Chenal said. “It was pretty cool and really the thing was plastering on the down that Lamar (Jackson) is going to extend plays.”
The pick quickly became a talking point among teammates.
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Cornerback Trent McDuffie and others congratulated Chenal afterward for making a play in coverage, a part of his game not typically highlighted.
“It’s special because a lot of times they will say, hey great job in the run game or knocking somebody back,” Chenal said. “So, you got guys like Trent and those dudes saying that is a huge compliment. I just have got to keep it going to prove it’s not just a fluke.”