KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Last Friday, November 22, the Chiefs bolstered their struggling offensive line with the acquisition of pro-bowl offensive tackle DJ Humphries. Humphries spoke to the media in Kansas City today, sharing interesting insight into not only how he's feeling about his new team, but also the things professional athletes go through over the course of their career. Chiefs players help give back ahead of Thanksgiving "It's been interesting," said Humphries in response to the last several months of his career. "It's been interesting, it's been, how do you say it, you find out stuff about yourself when you go through stuff like that. I knew I was a tough guy already, but like, having to go through those things and getting those, 'Man you had such a great career, man what a run,' like those texts, was, like, really trying for me." Humphries, who was cut by the Arizona Cardinals following a knee injury has certainly had an eventful year to say the least. However, according to him, Humphries' injury itself was the least of his worries saying, "It's football." "Just the response," he continued. "And how people kind of perceive what was going on, it kind of caught me off guard. I think that was the toughest part of the whole thing. People expect me to just like 'tuck it' right now. Like do you not, my personality has now shown that this is not who I am." In fact, Humphries doubled down, claiming that nay-sayers were what kept him going during the rehab process. "More so for me, like, I'm a competitor when it comes to like, 'Oh I can't do it?' Okay, thanks I appreciate it," said the former pro bowler. "I think it was probably one of the best things that could've ever happened for my career because I don't know how you gain hunger, and like, that fire over again when you're like rich and you don't have the, like, there's no worries." Aside from his replenished drive, Humphries added that his new home certainly played a role in his fresh mindset. "Fantastic," he said when reporters asked him how he was feeling. "I'm in Kansas City, bro. I'm pretty ecstatic, you know what I mean? It don't get much better than this." Chiefs DT Tershawn Wharton saves child from falling out of stands Last Friday's news of Humphries coming to Kansas City was a dream come true for some in the Humphries family, too. One of DJ's eight children, his son Dash actually called the move before the Chiefs had made a move. "So I wanted to give them a heads-up," he explained. "My son Dash, immediate, no batted eyelash, didn't care about me getting released (said) 'I really want you to go to Kansas City so you can play with Patrick Mahomes and you can probably win a Super Bowl.' I was like, 'Yeah son!'" While the Chiefs prepare for their Black Friday game against the Las Vegas Raider, Humphries claims he's feeling ready to go. "My body's fine," he said. "I'm just here whenever they tell me to go, whenever Coach Reid says, 'It's time to go,' that's when I'm going to go."