Welcome back to part two of my special two-part to check of the daily discussion with former Eagles tight end, Chad Lewis.

In part one, we heard great stories of Chad's rise from a walk-on at BYU into becoming an NFL player and Super Bowl champ with the Rams.

In part two, we get into Chad's emergence and will a Pro Bowl tight end for the Eagles under Andy Reed.

You'll love his stories and memories.

Now, let's get to part two.

Chad, what

click for you? It was the relationship on the field I had with Donovan, running good routes,

being a friendly target for him. We had Deuce Daly in the backfield, Charles Johnson, as one of our number one wide receivers, every quarterback needs a

tight end.

And I was a friendly spot for Donovan.

I got to where he could trust me running routes.

I felt like I was always on the same page with him on where he wanted my

depth on my routes to be. And that was key for me. I always wanted to be on the same page as him.

I wanted I wanted to know where he was comfortable with me in the offense. And I tried my butt off

to get there and to be there, to be

dependable. And, and that was a key thing, like, that relationship. What else was key, and just as important

is Andy Reid's confidence in me as a player, as a tight end, as a leader on the team in the locker

room, even with my past of being a free agent and bouncing around, he knew something about

what was inside of me and plugged me in and kept giving me confidence as we, you know, turned it around from a five-win

team to, you know, a really good team. Our defense, uh, was incredible. So Jim Johnson, uh, was,

he was on the same page with Andy and turned that thing into an unbelievable defense. And our

offense with Rod Dauhauer

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