The third-year receiver has been waiting for these opportunities, just sticking with the process and staying ready. Coulter said at the end of the day, it’s still football and he’s not trying to put pressure on himself. He’s keeping his preparation simple, focusing on his assignments every play, getting open and making blocks downfield to enhance the run game.
Coulter laid the groundwork for his preparedness during the offseason, regularly training with Mooney. The pair have grown to be close friends since Coulter arrived in Chicago last August. Coulter said he sees Mooney as a brother now, the two spending a lot of time together off the field.
“We kind of have the same personality. We’re not too loud, just reserved kind of guys and just about our work,” Coulter said. “We just want to be great. I see the things that he does on the field day-in and day-out, so kudos to him and I look up to him in that way. So, I’m just trying to pick his brain and get better, talk to him on and off the field.”
Mooney said Coulter is hungry to improve and shares a similar work ethic as him. Starting last season, the receivers worked on the JUGS machine together after practices and on off days. But Coulter was surprised when Mooney told him to go to his house instead of the facility, not knowing Mooney had his own machine.
That’s when Coulter got a better sense of Mooney’s drive, gravitated towards that, and started spending more time practicing with him this spring.
“It was kind of just vice versa so over the offseason, I’d hit him up, ‘you want to get on the JUGS, you wanna get some catches in?'” Coulter said. “Then sometimes he hit me up like, ‘pull up, come shoot the JUGS’ and things like that. We’ll come to the facility late at night, catch passes, run routes, just talk about different things like that. We got a real tight relationship.”
This offseason, Coulter wanted to hone in on the fundamentals and improving each area of his game. He focused on getting better at the top of…
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