Charles Tillman - Former Chicago Bears legend on the Peanut Punch, his NFL Draft story and trusting God in the storms of life

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Charles Tillman is a former Pro Bowl cornerback with the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft, 35th overall to the Bears. He spent 12 seasons with Chicago (2003-2014) and helped the Bears to an NFC championship and trip to Super Bowl XLI in 2006-07. He was selected to the 2011 and 2012 Pro Bowls, and in 2013 was selected as the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Today on the podcast, Charles Tillman joins his former teammate, Matt Forte, to discuss his NFL Draft story, the challenges he faced around the game of football, developing the "Peanut Punch," and the importance of faith and family during difficult times, such as his daughter's heart surgery.

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0:00.0	This is the Sports Spectrum podcast.
0:04.6	Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20.
0:06.5	Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run.
0:11.2	Where Sports and Faith Connect.
0:13.3	Forte, diving catch, touchdown!
0:17.3	Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown.
0:21.4	And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte.
0:31.0	What's up, y'all?
0:31.9	This is Sports Specter.
0:32.7	I'm your host, Matt Forte here, and I got one of my dogs on the podcast with me today. I love this dude. Played seven
0:39.8	seasons with him with the Bears. He is a future Hall of Famer. I'm speaking it because I even
0:44.8	people say speaking into existence. That's what that's what God does. I don't do that, but I'm saying
0:49.4	it because he changed the game. This dude is a game changer.
0:54.7	He invented something that a lot of people use and try to emulate today, but they can't
0:58.2	do it like him.
0:59.5	And it is Charles Peanut Tim and welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast, my brother.
1:04.6	Brother Forte, I appreciate you, man.
1:07.0	Thanks for the intro.
1:08.0	I received that.
1:09.0	Thank you very much.
1:10.0	Absolutely, my guy. So I'm doing a little series on with the draft upcoming yeah kind of go back and
1:16.3	reminisce on our time when we went through that process so you was in 2003 a little
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