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Charles Tillman on 'Peanut Punch,' Losing to Peyton in Super Bowl, FBI Work | Half-Forgotten History
Season 5 · Episode 10

Charles Tillman on 'Peanut Punch,' Losing to Peyton in Super Bowl, FBI Work | Half-Forgotten History

Trey Wingo Presents: Half-Forgotten History

December 23, 202145m 12s

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Show Notes

Former Chicago Bears defensive back Charles "Peanut" Tillman joins Trey to share the origins of his nickname "Peanut", how he started playing special teams with the Chicago Bears before earning a starting job on defense, his first big assignment as a starter going up against Jerry Rice and Tim Brown, a story at the Pro Football Hall of Fame when he was starstruck by Rod Woodson,  the origins of the "Peanut Punch" a Monday Night Football comeback win against the Arizona Cardinals that resulted in Dennis Green's famous postgame rant, what it was like to play for Lovie Smith with the Bears, playing against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI, the 2010 NFC Championship Game and Jay Cutler's controversial antics, why the Walter Payton Man of the Year award is such a career accomplishment, and his current work with the FBI.