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This day is going to go down as an iconic

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day in Bears history. With

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the first pick in the

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2024 NFL Draft, the

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Chicago Bears select Caleb

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Williams. quarterback,

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Southern California. He's set for Caleb Williams on

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third down in 10 with the USC trailing

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14-0. Williams deep

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shot, receiving last clock, Brendan

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Rice into the end

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zone for a touchdown.

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Austin Jones in the backfield and here goes

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Caleb Williams. Go deep young man, Atlanta touchdown,

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Brendan Rice. What

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is your next goal as a member of the

0:39

Chicago Bears? Learn all my

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teammates names, their families, learn the playbook

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and get ready to go win games.

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With the ninth pick in the 2024

0:47

NFL Draft, the Chicago

0:49

Bears select Rome O'Doumzay,

0:53

wide receiver Washington. Watching for the

0:56

end zone for getting patient, O'Doumzay.

1:00

And Washington takes the lead. My

1:03

goodness, what a one-two punch from

1:06

Panix. Panix going deep, O'Doumzay

1:09

turned around, found

1:11

the ball, touchdown.

1:14

I'm thrilled, you know, I got to watch him

1:16

play from across the sideline and I know how

1:18

special he is so I'm so excited to get

1:20

to work from day one and go do something

1:23

special. Hasn't been smooth recently, but it's time to

1:25

change. Great

1:29

stuff there. There was a two

1:31

that we heard from that coach, didn't

1:33

we? Right at the beginning. Can

1:36

we hear from Iber Flus right there at the beginning? He

1:38

was. Did you see how good

1:40

he looked last night? I

1:42

mean, I think look good last night. No, they're like,

1:45

he looked like he was ready for a photo

1:47

shoot. The

1:49

hair was at a new level. You didn't see

1:51

him. You're looking at me. I did not see

1:54

him. I did not see him. I'm not going

1:56

to lie, Sylvia, I did notice the same thing.

1:58

I was like, he's definitely. have to

2:00

watch the video. You guys have gone

2:02

from fire that man to love this

2:04

guy. I was actually on the other

2:06

side. I thought he looked a

2:09

little more weathered last night. Oh you did? Yeah

2:11

he did. He looks good. He's got a good look.

2:14

He's got a glow. The beard, the beard,

2:16

the beard was trimmed and it was perfect.

2:18

Right? Yes right. Right.

2:21

And the hair, he's always

2:23

had great hair. Right. But

2:25

he had it just quaffed. Good hair right. Perfect.

2:29

Right? He was

2:31

ready for a photo shoot. Yes he was right.

2:33

Like if the cameras are coming out right. I

2:35

gotta be ready right. What's the coaching magazine? Coaching

2:39

Inc. Is it Coaching Inc? I don't know. I

2:41

don't think there's a Coaching magazine. You don't think

2:43

he's going. I don't think so. He could be

2:45

the cover boy. I

2:49

don't know if his plays are going to be in there.

2:53

But he can be the... I would think that

2:55

Andy's probably still on the cover. I

2:58

mean what are we... is this a beauty contest? No

3:00

stick tabs it is. Yes! Is this

3:02

a beauty contest? What are we doing here? I'm telling you,

3:04

look at this. Coaching Inc. When he

3:06

called Caleb, first it

3:09

was Paul's. Did you see Paul's phone call?

3:12

I do not see it. Did you see the

3:14

phone? Paul's called Caleb. And

3:16

like Caleb picked up and

3:19

didn't... He

3:21

picked up and he didn't say anything. And then

3:23

Paul's goes hello. And

3:26

then Caleb goes hello. And

3:28

then Caleb goes... or Paul's goes

3:31

who's this? Something like

3:33

that, right? Do we have that, Mellor? Do

3:35

we have the phone call? I

3:38

know you weren't here. Mellor

3:40

wasn't here. He was out at Buffalo Wild Wings

3:42

with us. And I should reset that too. We

3:45

were supposed to be at Buffalo Wild Wings today.

3:48

We had some technical difficulties. We had to come

3:50

back from Woodridge. If

3:52

you went out to go see us or you were planning

3:55

on to go see us, here for

3:57

a little early dinner, some happy hour drinks,

3:59

we apologize. We had some

4:01

technical difficulties and we had to come

4:03

back downtown We will make it up

4:05

to you and we will do another

4:07

Miller like Buffalo Wild Wings Woodridge Event

4:10

in the not to jam right we will

4:12

I was gassed up and ready to eat

4:15

some boneless wings and drink some Miller life

4:17

Yeah, I me too. I

4:19

was ready for some bone with wings too. I'm hungry.

4:21

I Was looking out over

4:23

picking out my flavors. I was like, I'm

4:25

gonna really different ones go Caribbean jerk Of

4:28

course you were of course, yeah, Buffalo. I'm

4:31

gonna Woodridge jerk Mel

4:33

is gonna you know what? Miller? I think Miller is going

4:35

to be He

4:38

will be not bare man. He will be bare child

4:40

He's going to get all of the the

4:42

gear that bare man has and dress just

4:44

like him Like the the

4:46

smaller version the younger version of

4:49

bare man What's

4:52

that like the little bunny the bull I

4:57

Never seen Miller this excited about anything. That's good.

4:59

He's usually skeptical He has said though he did

5:01

say to me told his wife that if this

5:03

doesn't work out He's turning in his fan card.

5:06

I'm hanging him up But this if this little

5:08

what they've put together doesn't work out. It's going

5:10

to be soul-crushing What's not working out? I said

5:12

it doesn't have to be a Super Bowl because

5:15

I know that's hard But over the next decade,

5:17

I want a run of like seven playoffs And

5:20

and Caleb Williams has to be great. Well, yes.

5:23

Yes That goes without he has to be a

5:25

true franchise quarterback. This has to be a forget

5:27

4,000 Let's just go straight to 5,000 yards this

5:29

year Look

5:35

they made us wait so long forget hitting

5:38

the 4,000 mark. Let's just

5:40

go right past it and hit five When I'm

5:42

right, right, I mean 86 the church shirts. Well,

5:44

there's bare weather. You have to run the ball

5:46

in December time No, you don't have to come

5:48

in though. Have you seen Roma doomsday's number he

5:51

played in Washington? It's not nice out there most

5:53

of the season. We've got a key day to

5:55

go You got 18 games on the horizon. I

5:57

had a coach from another league reach

6:00

another team in the league already reached

6:02

out to me unprompted, just asking me

6:04

if I'm on cloud nine. He

6:07

works in the NFL as an

6:09

assistant coach on another team and

6:11

he reached out to me in

6:13

the last hour just, and he

6:15

just wrote cloud nine question mark

6:17

explanation. I wrote back F,

6:19

yeah. I thought you sent back like

6:21

a eggplant emoji. I

6:24

should have done that. I could have been weird though. But

6:27

like everyone is noticing.

6:29

Everyone is noticing what the Bears

6:32

have done. How can you know? Yeah.

6:35

I mean, how can you know? The only thing

6:37

that concerns me is the Chiefs getting Xavier worthy

6:39

and maybe being in the way in the Super

6:41

Bowl. I'll shut your mouth. That is a good

6:44

deal. It was really, it was some funny things

6:46

about this draft. I mean, we've been Bears focused

6:48

of course, but 23 offensive players, what was it?

6:50

The first 14 were offensive. Blue

6:53

will. 23 total. What

6:56

the hell were the Bills doing? They

6:58

didn't want to pick in the first round

7:00

obviously and making a trade with a team

7:02

that has kicked them in the nuts consistently.

7:05

What are you doing? I

7:08

thought it was, there was, there

7:11

were other things that were not totally Bears

7:13

related that were very interesting for football fans

7:15

as well that took place last night. Can

7:18

you play the call? Play

7:21

me the Ryan Poles call to Caleb Williams.

7:27

Hello? Hello? Who's

7:30

this? Who's

7:33

this? This is Chicago Bears

7:36

man, how you doing? I'm

7:39

good, I'm good. They told

7:41

me to hold it for, they told me to hold

7:43

it for five minutes. I told everyone

7:45

I've been holding it for a month. Five

7:49

months, five months. I've

7:52

been holding it for five months. Love

7:54

it, love it. All right, I'm

7:56

gonna pass you over to coach

7:58

and Kevin. And we'll put

8:00

the pick in in five minutes. Not

8:03

in five minutes, but at the five minute mark. Sweet.

8:07

All right. My

8:11

guy. What up? This thing's

8:13

going to go down. It's an iconic day

8:16

in Bears history, my friend. I'm super excited for

8:18

you to realize your dream to be in the

8:20

first pick in the NFL Draft. That's so cool.

8:22

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But

8:25

I'm more excited about our

8:27

football team starting this process and achieving

8:29

our next goal. And looking forward to

8:31

our journey together. And I

8:33

love you. And God bless you. And here's Kevin

8:35

Warren wants to speak to you too, OK? Yep,

8:38

sounds good. And I'll see you tomorrow,

8:40

brother. See you tomorrow. OK.

8:44

Hey, Caleb. Congratulations, man, to you and your

8:46

family. Soak it in. This

8:48

is going to be special. These fans are going to love

8:50

you. And you're going to love them. And we're

8:52

going to win a lot of championships together. Mark

8:55

this next one off your list that you

8:57

have. The next one we got to do is

8:59

win a championship. So enjoy your family, man. God

9:01

bless you and safe travels. Appreciate you. Appreciate it

9:03

also. Oh, yeah. How great was

9:05

that? I mean, like the beginning,

9:08

that was the first voice you heard. Poles

9:10

is making the call. The

9:12

phone is picked up. Chicago Bearman? He

9:14

said this is Chicago Bearman. Speaking

9:17

of that, what was the final tally

9:19

of the number of times we saw

9:21

Bearman? Because it was a lot.

9:24

I think that we set the number at 4 and 1.5

9:27

and took the over. You saw him

9:29

quite a bit. And then Caleb Williams posed with

9:31

him and a few fans in the front row.

9:33

I saw him more on the NFL Network broadcast.

9:35

You saw him when you looked in the mirror

9:38

all night last night is what you saw. I

9:42

was so excited. I told a lot of

9:44

this, Sylvie. After, so at home, I had

9:46

the ESPN broadcast on. But

9:48

I was recording the NFL Network. When

9:51

it ended, when SVP finished up most

9:53

of his interviews, I went over to

9:55

the NFL Network broadcast because I wanted

9:57

to hear their Breakdown of the Caleb pick.

10:00

And then aroma didn't they pick and the

10:02

only thing it was disappointing was it the

10:04

Falcon sack The world. So much so it

10:06

went on the market about that. Yeah there

10:08

wasn't enough. A dunes A breakdown. I really

10:10

did. You guys see a lot of the

10:13

knicks have him Stuff I did not. I

10:15

did see a couple of the bites from

10:17

Bella Sack. First of all it's is trashing

10:19

the footwork. I think of a sub Drake

10:21

May and then talking about or because he

10:24

went to The Patriot as what exactly ended

10:26

talking about as a trade for Randy Moss

10:28

Moss. There was a good breakdowns. yeah. That

10:30

was is so that starts Netflix Documentary

10:32

on Africa Your documentary you want to

10:34

to be done in like three minutes

10:36

seats of twelve minutes to tell my

10:38

story. We just played though tail obtain

10:40

a like not answering as it sounded

10:42

like the way below below. Politics told

10:44

the story about the Randy Moss drapes

10:46

people on like best like Randy Moss

10:48

hung up on him twice because he

10:51

didn't believe was both sides out their

10:53

math says it's so funny Ryan hoses

10:55

making the com. The first person you're

10:57

here say hello his name. Alone.

11:07

Earth is this a better man? Whole story

11:09

worth playing that it's a Hall of Fame

11:12

induction s you know what I mean them

11:14

it or else was funny during the draft

11:16

was the first pick and them just sitting

11:18

there when they were like flash new. The

11:21

War Room would you go to any other

11:23

war room and as active as busy guys

11:25

are on phones and stuff like that those

11:27

guys looked like they were sitting watching tv

11:29

was. Three

11:32

months because. He said twice. As

11:36

hard problems with way to stay

11:38

on it because they filled it

11:40

out or three months earlier. I

11:43

see to get down to had to

11:45

do all the hugs p A back

11:47

surgery regular he was getting manhandled by

11:49

bunch of registered i'm in in tail

11:51

of really broad a man like it

11:54

was a hard hard and people words

11:56

were ripping them for those floor and

11:58

I guess I was into. Maybe

12:00

you're paying attention to that. We were at

12:02

Sea Lion here than at In Harry My

12:04

because he was probably on all the pain

12:07

medication right for the back. To

12:09

the Madison probably made I'm our as he slurring

12:11

I don't I don't I didn't hear that that

12:13

are taxing was telling us he was the I've

12:15

never heard that never heard it is or so

12:18

here's to do. We played top brand of and

12:20

mobile take all the calls. This is how brand

12:22

this reminded me a lot of the when like

12:24

I sells it a lot of people kept saying

12:26

so be do the do a rant on the

12:29

bears like he did with the Cubs win The

12:31

cubs are common in twenty fifteen and I'm I

12:33

didn't feel is to do it You gotta call

12:35

brain cells to today on the on good morning

12:38

football That's why this. Is authentic. It's

12:40

it's it's true. So if you

12:42

don't know how brands his comrades

12:44

who grew up here in the

12:46

Northern suburbs i believe in Buffalo

12:48

Grove or he's done some pre

12:50

season Bears games and he does

12:52

a great job for the Nfl

12:54

network. He's really really good. He

12:57

exudes Bears fan. He was not as

12:59

a regular on Good Morning Football which

13:01

is a great yeah and so he

13:03

was in the crowd yesterday. The.

13:05

Like getting crowd reaction and he

13:07

was in Detroit for Good Morning

13:09

Football today and this was his

13:11

or his putting the Nfc north.

13:13

I notice I also have an

13:15

announcement have a little bit of

13:18

a warning of and it's for

13:20

the Lions same area as for

13:22

the Vikings fans. and yes it's

13:24

for the Packers fans of is

13:26

it think. It's

13:28

all. The Chicago Bears

13:30

are no longer yours to kick

13:32

around to understand. That

13:34

seeks. It's over now and frankly,

13:37

lines as you want second round anyways. Big

13:40

boy stuff now. best as varsity

13:42

stuff now. When. The schedule comes out

13:44

in you see the Blueberries logo on a given week.

13:47

That still be a bad thing. When. You

13:49

watch Red Zone they're going to go to the Bears

13:51

and it's gonna be a bad thing. You.

13:53

Can go ahead and make your jokes in

13:55

your condition. to joke about the bears and

13:57

to mock that bears. I understand that I

13:59

saw. last night, Ross Tucker tweets

14:02

out, I haven't seen Bear

14:04

Stenz this excited since they drafted Justin Fields three

14:06

years ago. Ross is one of

14:08

the biggest jerks in the industry, I would expect

14:10

that from him. Go ahead, it's fine, get it

14:13

all out now. Because last

14:15

night was the most exciting night for

14:17

Chicago Bears, I think in five years. And

14:19

that includes games. And

14:21

you might say, oh, that's so sad, that's really sad,

14:23

it is sad. It's been tough sledding, I'm not denying

14:25

it, it's been a tough, tough time. And I hear

14:27

this, it's not how many times you get knocked down,

14:29

it's how many times you get back up. No, it's

14:31

how many times you get knocked down. I don't know

14:33

what kind of, Freddie Roach was talking about there. It

14:36

is how many times you get knocked down,

14:38

and they're not getting knocked down anymore. Make

14:40

your jokes, because you can't attack the talent.

14:42

Kaelan Williams is going to start his first

14:44

game as a Chicago Bear, and

14:46

he's going to look around in the

14:49

huddle, and he's gonna see Adunze, and

14:51

DJ, and Keenan, and Gerald, and Komet,

14:53

and Swift, and Herbert. You know what,

14:55

he's not gonna see all those guys

14:58

because they can't all fit the damn huddle. The

15:00

Bears have so many players, they need two Ubers

15:02

to get around. They can't even fit into the

15:04

Uber XL, they need a second one. So

15:07

go ahead and make all of your

15:09

nail polish jokes, do it. I

15:12

know it's done out of insecurity, and

15:14

for the first time in years, I can

15:16

say as a Bears enthusiast, it's done

15:18

out of jealousy. They're the

15:20

cool team, they're the loaded team. Soak

15:22

it in, it's real, you're not dreaming.

15:24

It happened, and it's gonna keep happening.

15:27

And Peter, I'm gonna finish with this.

15:29

You remember the Khaleesi, right? Of course.

15:32

Of course. And the Khaleesi

15:34

is giving a speech to Tyrion, and

15:37

Khaleesi says, Lannister, Stark, Targaryen,

15:39

they're all just spokes on a wheel,

15:41

and it spins round and round, and

15:43

Tyrion's not impressed. And he says, oh,

15:46

you're gonna stop the wheel. I understand a lot of people have tried

15:48

to do that. Khaleesi says, no,

15:51

I'm not gonna stop the wheel, I'm

15:53

gonna break the wheel. And I would

15:55

say to Bears fans, fields,

15:58

Trabesky, Cutler. They're

16:00

all the challenge on a wheel mccown it goes

16:02

around and around and around Caleb

16:06

Williams is not going to stop the wheel. He's

16:08

going to break the wheel He is

16:10

the breaker of wheels the mover of

16:12

change the Chicago Bears are no longer

16:14

yours to laugh at meme about and

16:17

kick around Soak it

16:19

in swallow it. It's happening. It's real

16:21

take that in Come

16:23

on now look come on now And

16:26

well bleep in down

16:28

let's go bear bleeping down They

16:40

hear it do you You

16:45

hear it listen up they

16:47

hear it You I

16:50

love Cal brings hilarious is my favorite what would

16:53

that was a great my first wasn't he my

16:55

first pick in the the Broadcaster

16:58

draft we did yeah, yeah, NFL broadcast

17:01

They did one for Barrett sports media

17:04

on Thursday. I had the ninth pick

17:06

and I and he

17:08

was it was for analysts. Okay analysts. He

17:10

still would have got my pick. I took

17:12

him at nine. Nice Yeah value

17:15

and like they said to me Well,

17:18

he's not a quote true analyst. I go. I

17:20

don't care I want him because he's

17:22

I don't need a former player.

17:24

You know, I tell that is an analyst No, and

17:26

I'll be honest. I made fun of waddle at the

17:29

time But in retrospect

17:31

after we played a lot of Cal brand

17:33

over the last few months I think waddle

17:35

was spot-on spot creativity and you got value

17:37

with that pick So he's gonna entertain you

17:39

and is he's knowledgeable. He has had several

17:42

Bears rants over the past several years hasn't

17:44

he? This is the

17:46

real one though. Those are all pre-season rants.

17:48

Yeah, Colin Grand Rapids, Michigan. You're on ESPN

17:50

1000. What's up, Kyle? What's

17:54

up, gentlemen? What a good day it is. It's a

17:56

great day Yeah,

17:58

I remember sadly the last time I've

18:00

been this excited about the Bears was when we got

18:02

Cutler, right? And you know

18:04

what? You know what? I'm guilty as well, Kyle.

18:06

I remember feeling... I don't think you're guilty though.

18:09

I don't think anyone who... Who

18:11

felt that he's the wrong word. But I identify

18:14

with Kyle. I was exceptionally

18:17

enthused by that day as well. Yeah,

18:21

absolutely. And I'm living up here

18:23

in Grand Rapids. I've got an

18:25

eight-year-old son. And the last couple years have

18:27

been tough. The Lions last year, he's like, I don't

18:30

know if I want to be a Bears fan or

18:32

not, dad. But last night, we

18:34

were rocking and rolling. And he was going

18:36

crazy. And we went to the grocery store

18:38

today. And he picked out a Nancy's Pizza

18:40

for dinner because it was from Chicago. It's

18:44

a beautiful thing. It's going to be a

18:46

great run for the guys.

18:49

And Paul's has been just doing its

18:51

thing. And yeah, hopefully

18:53

the next decade, I've got a

18:56

little more reason to wear my Bears gear up

18:58

in Michigan. Yeah, I think so. I think you will.

19:01

I heard Carmen the good kid talking about, you

19:03

know, what the Bears will do with them. I mean,

19:05

they've got two picks left and whether or not

19:07

they'll try to move up. I'm

19:09

totally content as a fan with what they've done. I

19:12

don't need to see them. Like, I'll follow them wherever

19:14

they want to go. If they want to, you know,

19:16

take us into a thorn bush, I'm still going in

19:18

there right now with them because I believe

19:22

in them. But I don't

19:24

feel like they need to do

19:26

anything like drastic. The

19:29

remainder of this draft, but you got to

19:31

also put into perspective. They traded a second

19:33

round pick for Montesue. They traded a fourth

19:35

round pick for for Keenan Allen traded a

19:37

fifth round. What if there's a

19:39

center at the end of the second round that they've

19:41

got to have. And you can

19:44

trade next year's second one of the second

19:46

round picks for him to help you this

19:48

year. I'm just telling you, like, I don't

19:51

feel this need though that

19:56

they have to and they've done

19:59

this the right way. I

20:02

don't feel like they need to satiate everything

20:04

at the moment. I still believe there's room

20:06

for this team to build in a lot

20:08

of other ways. I don't think they're a

20:11

finished product. I expect them

20:13

to be significantly better. I don't

20:15

expect them to win the Super Bowl this year. But

20:18

sitting in this chair next year at this time, I may

20:20

say that the Bears are the favorite to win the Super

20:22

Bowl. I'm content that they

20:24

are doing it the right way. They're

20:26

doing it at the right pace. And

20:28

if they decide to make a trade,

20:30

fine. If they don't, I guess

20:33

my point is if they just stick with what they have.

20:35

They've had a good offseason. Hell yeah they have. And

20:37

I'm riding with them. And we've got

20:39

to talk about something that Poles was thinking about doing,

20:42

though, in a second. Our buddy, Harding,

20:44

in Charlotte. What's up, Harding?

20:47

Hey, what's going on, gentlemen? One thing

20:49

I will say about this particular feeling, I know you guys are

20:51

talking about, like, hey, when was the last time you were this

20:53

excited? It kind of feels like this is

20:55

a bit different because Caleb Williams seems to be the

20:57

final piece to a certain degree. Like, when we got

20:59

Cutler, it was like, oh, we've got a good quarterback,

21:01

but we've still got to build this team. Hopefully they

21:03

do it. When we got Justin Fields, it was like,

21:05

oh, hopefully they continue to build this team around this

21:08

player. But it kind of feels like Caleb has

21:10

set up a success that's a little bit different. Here's

21:12

my question to you guys. What does the Bears record

21:14

have to look like for Matt Eberflus

21:16

to be on the hot seat? Because

21:19

I think if we're thinking about weakest link within

21:21

this spectrum of teams, he is

21:23

that. So I'm curious about that. Caleb

21:26

takes number 18. Keenan Allen is

21:28

a one-year rental, it seems like. I could see

21:30

Caleb Williams changes number 13 second season if anything

21:32

short of like a Super Bowl happens and, you

21:34

know, superstition doesn't kick in. Tell me what

21:37

you guys' thoughts are. Talk to you later. I

21:39

think it's a good question, Harding, because, like,

21:43

look, if they don't have a

21:45

winning record, there's going to be hell to be

21:47

paid at this point. Unless there was massive injury,

21:49

which we all hope that will not happen. There were seven-win team

21:51

last year. The

21:54

only way you win, you know, you finish below

21:56

500 is if you win eight or fewer. Like,

21:59

I'm expecting... a bigger winning

22:01

season. Yeah, I'm expecting this should be a

22:03

10-win team. I don't think they're firing him

22:06

unless they have a disastrous time. I agree

22:08

with that. Because I don't think they want

22:10

to do what a lot of the other

22:14

Bears teams have done and give

22:16

him Shane Waldron and

22:18

then in year two, pull out the

22:20

rug from him in his development and

22:23

then all of a sudden change the

22:25

head coach. Totally agree. But we can't

22:28

be sitting here next year asking questions

22:30

about the coaching staff. No, no, right.

22:32

Because the table has been set for

22:34

Caleb Williams. It's been set for Matt

22:36

Eberfluis as well. Ryan Poles and Ian

22:38

Cunningham have done a fantastic job upgrading

22:41

the talent that now Matt

22:43

Eberfluis and his staff will coach. So

22:46

Matt and his coaches can't be the

22:48

reason why they

22:50

don't make an enormous advancement.

22:53

You're exactly right and the question is

22:56

spot on. It's one of

22:58

the things to follow this year. No question.

23:00

Talking about how it's set up nicely for

23:02

Eberfluis now, I think Mark Potash summed it

23:04

up really well in a tweet yesterday after

23:06

the draft. He said, the Bears have the

23:08

best quarterback prospect since Andrew Locke. They have

23:10

DJ More, Keenan Allen and Roma Dunsey. They've

23:12

got a defense that was sixth in scoring

23:14

over the last 13 games in 23. They

23:18

have all their future number one picks and

23:20

they've got the 11th most cap space. It'll

23:22

take some work to mess this up. And

23:25

it's true. I still don't think

23:27

that it's a for sure rental with

23:29

Keenan Allen. If Keenan Allen has a

23:31

good year, remember Roma Dunsey is still

23:34

on a rookie deal. If

23:36

he likes it here and things are

23:38

going well, there's no reason not to

23:40

bring them back. You need three wide

23:42

receivers. You need weapons. You see 14

23:45

offensive players go off the board in

23:47

a row for a reason because it's

23:49

an offensive league. You must

23:51

support the quarterback. I

23:54

wouldn't rule out either that they continue or

23:56

at some point start to talk about an

23:59

extension. something that gets into the

24:01

neighborhood of what A.J. Brown has done or

24:03

even what he's getting now. But

24:05

what it would be is an extension that

24:07

helps him stay here for two years and

24:11

then after that, you know, it's not

24:13

going to punish you financially and you

24:15

can live. I just think

24:17

that when you bring in someone like him, my

24:20

hope would be that you find common ground. You

24:23

don't compromise your salary cap for it, but

24:25

you find common ground and you keep him

24:27

in the mix for more than just one season.

24:30

Polls was thinking about doing a pace. We'll

24:32

give you details about that coming up next.

24:35

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This is ESPN Chicago.

24:46

Chicago's on for a sport. Did

24:56

you see that? Taylor Williams tweeted about 13

24:59

minutes ago. He's really

25:01

leaning in to be compared now. He

25:05

tweeted a picture of Ryan Poulse as

25:07

an older picture of Poulse getting his

25:09

haircut. That's been Ryan Poulse

25:11

though. It is. So it wasn't

25:13

that long ago. It can't be that long ago. As

25:15

I said, everyone is just, you know, over the top

25:17

at how good Matt Eberfluis looks. I

25:19

don't think you guys are giving enough credit to

25:21

Ryan Poulse in the condition he's got himself in.

25:24

He looks great. He does. Very

25:26

skinny. And Caleb Williams

25:28

wrote, shout out to

25:30

the legend exclamation point

25:32

hashtag chef polls. Listen,

25:37

take it all in. Take it all in right

25:39

now. Two months ago,

25:41

we have Colin Coward on the show

25:44

telling us he may not want to

25:46

be a bear. He

25:48

may not like the history of the bears. Now

25:51

all of a sudden, he's here

25:53

in Chicago and he's calling Ryan

25:55

Poulse a legend. they

26:00

say believe half of what you see and none of what

26:02

you hear? I got Miller in

26:04

there who's a really smart

26:06

football guy telling me seriously

26:08

he wants polls to draft the Iowa

26:11

punter in the third round. In the

26:13

third round? Yes! But the next

26:15

pick, I mean they don't have a

26:17

second pick. They don't have a second.

26:19

The pointer when you're never gonna punch.

26:21

That was my point! It's

26:23

a good counterpoint I'll give you guys that. This

26:26

cat is painting for the draft

26:28

and once the Iowa punter. Yeah we've

26:30

turned it around now. We're spending too

26:32

much time with Lynch. My god!

26:34

Look at the very least we're going forward

26:36

on fourth down and they're deep in their

26:38

territory. That is all it is. It can

26:40

feel Kairo Santos' long field goal. You guys

26:42

can see the ever-flues coach. He can't make

26:44

up his mind on fourth down what he

26:46

wants to do. He might punt half the

26:48

time. We're not going three and out anymore.

26:50

I agree with you on that. But

26:53

you're seeping from guardrail to guardrail. Tori

26:55

Taylor is a weapon my friends. We

26:57

need a center. I heard

26:59

like we have two good centers. I'd like

27:01

to see somebody who can sack quarterbacks at

27:04

a regular clip as well. That too. I

27:06

don't want to punter. I don't know if

27:08

we have a good center. Do you do

27:10

you know that? I

27:12

don't hope. I believe we do. That's a

27:14

question for me. Don't

27:17

confuse quantity with quality guys.

27:19

I mean so someone called

27:21

up Cap today. Cap

27:23

and Hoodie was more directed at Cap and

27:26

questioned the center. Again

27:28

the Ryan Bates deal. Cap

27:30

goes, did you choose to wake up on the

27:32

wrong side of the bed? I guess I did too.

27:34

He said Ryan Bates played

27:38

four snaps last year. That was his point when

27:40

he played four snaps. He's fresh. I've heard Cap

27:44

say that this is a guy they've been all

27:46

in on the signing to an offer. But

27:49

it still is factual that

27:51

he didn't start a game last year

27:53

for the Bills. I think it was a total of 25

27:56

snaps last year. And Cap's counterpoint

27:58

was while he was playing behind. an

28:00

all-pro center who the

28:03

bill's caught right who

28:06

and you could have signed for nothing without

28:08

trading so I'll give

28:11

it time but I

28:13

do but but they cut their guy

28:15

they cut that center and they chose

28:17

to also trade bait I

28:19

just before I'm gung hoe about

28:21

the Bears new center I wish you would

28:24

be have played some centers

28:26

god forbid that I have at

28:28

least a cautious feeling about a

28:30

certain position on this team again

28:33

guys I love the direction they've gone

28:35

they haven't won a playoff game since

28:37

2011 can I

28:39

just take it a step at a time

28:42

yeah you can be optimistic about what they

28:44

did yesterday but I don't feel a little

28:46

bit concerned especially my concern for the center

28:48

position is last year our

28:51

quarterback with like a shortstop fielding

28:53

ground balls off his shins half

28:55

the time like that in

28:58

like a gymnast trying to do

29:00

cartwheels I don't want a rookie quarterback

29:02

who's trying to get acclimated to the

29:04

National Football League to have to worry

29:06

about where the snap is going to

29:08

be it can I play Paul so

29:10

polls they didn't meant that

29:13

he was he was tempted to go

29:15

up for a dune day and

29:17

this was him yesterday post trap

29:20

saying he had to be talked out of it

29:22

I go back one step it wasn't so much

29:25

like a specific position

29:27

group the players you know like I told

29:29

you the other day Ian and

29:31

I sequenced the board out all the way

29:33

across and Rome was extremely high on

29:35

that list that's why I was nervous

29:38

that he wasn't gonna be there at nine our

29:41

simulations it was about a 50 50

29:43

shot he's gonna be there but

29:46

as it started to unfold Ian had

29:48

to hold me back from not trying to trade up and do

29:50

something crazy to get him but

29:52

it ended up working out really well and I heard

29:54

your coach say that look sometimes you got to let

29:57

the game come to you absolutely and this is why

29:59

you can't fully trust AI in simulations

30:01

because they don't factor in

30:03

guys like Terry Fontenot who

30:06

decides to draft a guy eighth overall.

30:08

I heard Shay. Shay laid this out

30:11

perfectly today. First of all, you gave

30:13

$100 million guaranteed to Kirk Cousins, and

30:16

then you decided to draft Michael Penix with

30:18

the eighth pick of the draft. You didn't

30:20

even have him in for one of those

30:22

30 visits. I think the

30:24

extent of their work on him, other than

30:26

film all of it, was they attended a 45 minute

30:29

workout he was at. That was it. And

30:32

they decided it couldn't live without him at eight. This

30:35

was out of the Ryan Pace playbook.

30:38

While they may not have kept the

30:40

coach in the dark, they kept their

30:42

owner in the dark, and they kept

30:44

the kid that they signed to a

30:46

hundred million dollar guaranteed contract, their own

30:48

quarterback in the dark that they signed,

30:50

that they probably tampered with and

30:53

that they're probably going to lose a

30:55

pick because of in the future. Think

30:57

about how ass backwards that is. That

30:59

is not the way to start a

31:01

new regime. It just isn't. And you

31:03

saw the way Kirk Cousins

31:05

informed people that basically when they were on

31:08

the clock, that's when they called him and

31:10

said, yes, that's not a great way to

31:12

start. Do you know who you're telling? He's

31:14

the most established guy in that building right

31:16

now other than the owner. Ryan Pace? It's

31:20

Kirk Cousins. Oh, established.

31:22

Yeah, so I don't know why you want

31:24

to start off your relationship. Hey, listen, we

31:26

can all have our own opinions on Kirk

31:29

Cousins. Their opinion was he was worth 180

31:31

million dollars and a hundred million of that

31:33

is fully guaranteed. And then you went and

31:35

drafted a quarterback? I haven't seen the video,

31:37

but I heard people allude to it that

31:40

you could see in the war room that

31:42

Terry Fonno, their general manager, has to explain

31:44

to the owner what he did.

31:46

I heard that as well. Arthur Blank is

31:48

asking, what did you just do? Like, Arthur,

31:51

like, this is the same front

31:53

office that was bragging about not

31:56

hiring Bill Belichick. They're

31:58

bragging. It's one thing to not think the

32:00

Bill Belichick is still got his fastball. Fine,

32:02

don't hire him. But then they go out

32:04

there and brag about it. Look at us.

32:07

Look how smart we are. Yeah, you guys

32:09

are really smart. Look at what you just

32:11

did at quarterback. This is the team I

32:13

don't want to be anymore

32:16

going forward. I want to see everything

32:18

that is done is done with purpose

32:20

and for a reason that has been

32:23

thought out a thousand times. This

32:25

thing that happened in Atlanta, we

32:27

were the direct beneficiaries here in

32:30

Chicago. But my God. And

32:32

ironically it was his quarterback who was

32:34

drafted. And Adunze then goes to us.

32:37

Johnny on the north side, you're on ESPN

32:39

1000. What's up Johnny? Oh

32:42

boy, that sounds like our broadcast that Buffalo Wild

32:44

Wings could have. This is what it sounded like.

32:46

I'm the speaker. This is a little softer than

32:48

what we were listening to at Buffalo Wild Wings.

32:50

Why we had to leave. So

32:53

Johnny, down there. You know what that is? That is

32:55

the don't draft a

32:57

pun or alert sign. So when

32:59

we apologize for the technical difficulties

33:01

of Buffalo Wild Wings, we had

33:04

to leave, come back downtown. We will make

33:06

that up to everyone to Miller Lite, to

33:08

Buffalo Wild Wings and to all of our great

33:10

fans. We will be back out there.

33:12

And if you were there or you were on

33:14

your way there, we apologize to you guys. Jim

33:17

and Bartlett, you're on ESPN 1000. What's up

33:19

Jimmy? Hey, how's it going guys?

33:23

Let me spew my thoughts

33:25

here and then you guys can throw darts at me. I

33:29

just don't think, I don't like when I

33:32

hear generational quarterback. I

33:34

watched him play four times last year and he was

33:36

one and three and against good defenses, he struggled, but

33:38

that doesn't mean I'm not going to root for him.

33:42

In 65 years, I've been a

33:44

bear fan. They just never got drafting

33:46

a quarterback right. With the

33:48

exception of maybe McMahon and he was good for

33:50

a couple years and then he couldn't stay healthy.

33:53

But I've got a root for him. And I

33:56

just want to direct this to you, Tommy. Yeah.

33:58

Would you agree that the defense. defenses, the

34:00

bottom third defenses in the NFL are

34:03

better than anything these kids see in college? Uh,

34:06

yeah, I would say so. Okay. Let's

34:09

go bears. Yeah. Look, it's fine.

34:12

Let him like, if you want to be in

34:14

proven mode, I'm not going to yell at you.

34:16

No, I'm not going to sit here and I'm

34:18

not going to use the term generational talent in

34:20

any way, shape or form. We did, we did

34:23

two things very early. I think we, we didn't

34:25

do this consciously together, but I

34:27

made a rule for myself. I was not

34:29

going to use generational and I was not

34:31

going to use any Patrick Mahomes comps because

34:34

I think it's unfair. I agree.

34:36

I think it's unrealistic until proven

34:38

otherwise. So like we threw

34:40

those out and I'm just hoping him to

34:42

be a true franchise

34:44

quarterback. Who I think

34:46

he is is the best. He

34:48

was the best quarterback prospect in this

34:51

draft and he was a better

34:53

option than the guy that they had in my opinion.

34:56

And that made him draftable at first overall

34:58

in my world. Yeah. Yep.

35:01

Baba in Northbrook, you're on ESPN 1000. What's up Baba?

35:04

Hey, hey, hey, what else will be, um, they

35:06

talk to you guys and, um, I don't, I

35:08

don't call it so often when I do, um,

35:11

I, it's, it's built on frustration or something really

35:13

good. So it's, it's great to talk to you

35:15

yesterday. It's, I think it's a momentous and I

35:17

have a lot to say. So if you couldn't

35:19

just bear with me, I just want

35:21

to talk to you a little bit about the past, present, and

35:24

in the future in the past, like I

35:26

grew up a bear fan. Um, you know,

35:28

I saw quarterbacks like Mo's, Mo's Moreno, Shane

35:30

Matthews, Chad Hudson, Kim, Craig Pencil,

35:32

you name, you name it. Right.

35:35

Um, and I think that, you know, you

35:37

don't know what's going to happen with Caleb. I mean,

35:39

it's, it's something in college. You don't

35:42

know how, how it's going to translate, but

35:44

you know, I think that football for me,

35:46

it's more than just a game, uh, as

35:49

a fan. It's where you go to, uh,

35:51

go to the soldier field, you pay for your

35:53

tickets. Um, I, I feel like, you

35:55

know, over the last two, three months, I've had a

35:57

lot of mental anxiety about this pick. And

36:00

now that it's done, I feel

36:02

pretty good about it. So it's more

36:04

than just a quarterback. I think it means a

36:06

lot to the city. So

36:08

that's kind of what I just wanted to say to you all,

36:11

is how are you guys feeling? And the

36:13

city today is just, it's refreshing, right?

36:15

Everyone's happy today. I just hope it

36:18

translates into something. Yeah,

36:20

I mean, listen, this town has been

36:23

at each other's throats

36:25

with regard to the quarterback

36:27

position in some ways, not every

36:29

way. But there has been a very

36:31

lively debate about what the Bears should do

36:33

over the course of the last three months

36:35

or so. And as

36:38

I have felt all along, look, I think at

36:40

the end of the day, we all want the

36:42

same thing, we want this team to be a

36:45

Super Bowl contender. How we get there, we can

36:47

disagree on. But when the decision is made and

36:49

you move forward, I would hope that everyone now

36:51

can enjoy the direction this team is

36:54

headed and could

36:56

have the same hopes as we all do, even

36:58

if you were someone that believed they should have

37:00

moved forward with Justin Fields, they decided not to,

37:02

and they've gone in a different direction. I would

37:04

hope that that wouldn't rule you out as a

37:06

Bears fan. Right, and while it's not

37:09

life or death, it is

37:11

a great escape for people

37:13

in their lives. And when

37:15

our teams finally start doing

37:17

good stuff, it's a

37:19

great pick-me-up. It's a good civic

37:21

lift. Yeah, it's a great civic

37:23

lift. That's a good way to

37:25

describe it. It's a great way

37:27

to escape the normal anxieties of

37:30

real life. And if you can feel great about

37:33

the Bears and the rest of our teams, who

37:35

have not given us a lot lately, we'd

37:37

be stuck in the mud. Yes, you know what would

37:40

deflate me at this moment? If at

37:42

some point tonight, I hear that Bears have

37:44

drafted a punter. They traded it into the

37:46

third round to draft a punter. Or

37:48

the second round. What if they go into the

37:51

second round to draft a punter? Then

37:53

you know what? I

37:55

almost said go pack, but I won't. How

37:57

dare you? I almost said go pack.

38:00

Why did you ever say that? I said

38:02

I almost said it. The type turning in

38:04

your thinking that's even on your brain. If

38:06

you draft move up to draft a punter

38:08

then I may do something irrational. Nobody's saying

38:10

to move up. But

38:12

if he falls to you at 75, we're

38:14

not punting anymore. I am not drafting a

38:16

punter in the third round. You're not running

38:18

the Bears. I don't think I got a

38:20

guy who knows what he's doing up at

38:22

Hall of Sale, not you. You don't even

38:24

know where he's at. You said Hall of

38:26

Sale. Where is that? I'm drunk on bears.

38:28

Where is that? I love that

38:30

Hallis Howl. Hallis Howl. You know the guy up

38:32

at Hallis Howl probably would draft a punter. But

38:35

my guy up at Hallis Howl is not going

38:37

to do that. Hallis Howl has a good ring

38:39

to it. I mean if I

38:41

would have a third child I would name him

38:43

Hallis Howl. A

38:46

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it to stop doing detective work because it's

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based on a true story and people are

39:44

trying to figure out who it's

39:47

based on and who are the

39:49

people who did the bad stuff. I don't

39:51

need anymore stuff. It's called Baby Reindeer. It's

39:53

on Netflix. It was trending as the number

39:55

one show on Netflix

39:58

but it will make you feel it would

40:00

like that it's a sign of a good show

40:03

but it will make you

40:05

feel very uneasy baby reindeer on

40:07

Netflix a new episode of sugars

40:09

out tonight with Colin

40:11

Farrell I would advise anybody who's

40:13

interested in in a nice

40:15

good who done it type of mystery

40:18

show to check that out but look

40:20

I'm gonna be dialed into the draft

40:22

it's all football all the time this

40:24

weekend okay I too

40:26

will be watching the NFL draft rounds two and

40:28

three tonight let's see if the Bears can lock

40:30

down their punter for the next decade with pick

40:32

number 75 cross your fingers

40:35

boys no it'll be

40:37

all NFL draft for me this weekend as well

40:40

but I did watch earlier this week the movie

40:42

anyone but you it's on

40:44

I'm trying to remember if it was

40:46

on Netflix or who's that

40:48

Glenn Paul and Sidney Sweeney what's

40:51

it what's it about basically they have

40:53

a one-night stand and then they have

40:55

all these connections that bring them back

40:57

together and they end up going to

40:59

a wedding together Glenn Powell's a guy

41:01

that was in the newest maverick anyone

41:03

but you anyone but you yeah

41:06

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can't wait for football fest this

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will be the most optimistic everyone will be

41:38

get football fest this year that's in August

41:40

I know but like think about all the

41:42

times that we're at football fest knowing the

41:44

Bears are gonna stop oh yeah this year

41:47

it's gonna be great let

41:49

me take this really quick Dylan in Atlanta Dylan you're on

41:51

ESPN 1000 what's up oh it's been

41:55

it's been a fun day at work today I

41:57

gotta tell you They

42:01

all of the the Falcons

42:04

fans at work for

42:06

one they were not on board with Kirk

42:08

Cousins. They they

42:10

wanted Justin Fields. I said take

42:13

him you can have him

42:15

gladly. I'm getting texts from co-workers

42:17

that say I like your quarterback

42:19

better than both of ours. They it's they

42:22

are not happy. They're trying to talk themselves

42:24

into it and

42:27

yeah the two or three other

42:29

Chicago people were we're just

42:31

living it up. It's

42:34

a fun time. It didn't make any sense

42:36

and then for Terry Fonno to sit in

42:38

front of the media with Raheem Morris sitting

42:40

with him saying that

42:43

that you know listen if he sits for

42:45

four or five years that's really a good

42:47

thing because it means we're getting great performance

42:49

out of that position somewhere else. Michael Penix

42:52

had a very very nice career. He played

42:54

six years of college football. He's going to

42:56

be 24 next week. If he sits he's

42:58

going to

43:01

be 28 or 29 before he sees the

43:03

field. Don't you think

43:06

you could have traded down too and still gotten him or

43:09

do you think that would have been risky if he's your guy? I

43:11

don't know how far you could have traded down because

43:14

remember the Denver Broncos ended up drafting Bo Nix at

43:16

12. Maybe they were here Sean Payton. He's better than

43:18

Patrick Mahoney. Yeah I know that. He sees a little

43:20

Mahoney's in him. I think what has happened to Sean

43:22

Payton? What's going on? Do

43:25

you think this on then off? I don't know.

43:27

I'm with you. That's concerning. I think I've always

43:29

been a Sean Payton guy. He got

43:31

too much money from the Waltons to come back and coach

43:33

and he couldn't turn it down. Like just

43:38

like you watch what they did

43:40

with Russ. Like I'm not admonishing

43:42

Russ. Is that the right

43:44

word or making excuses for Russ? But

43:48

whatever they were asking Russ to do didn't fit

43:50

into what Russ is you know good at. I

43:53

mean I just don't know because he has been

43:55

a fantastic coach at times in the National Football

43:57

League and I just don't know what the story

43:59

is. Who's there? quarterback room right now

44:01

in Denver. It's Bo Nicks. Jared

44:03

Statham. And? And who's

44:05

the other guy they have? From the Jets. Oh

44:07

yeah. Jesus,

44:10

that's gonna be nothing but screaming. Did

44:12

you ever think that that's what Sean

44:14

Payton was going to do in

44:16

Denver? He's gonna bust toss every one of

44:18

them every day at practice. Taste

44:21

him, he'll be the best quarterback of all

44:23

of them. Here's David Hawk. Yes. Hawk,

44:26

I know, I know, I don't. Yeah,

44:28

I was just gonna say I don't recognize him when he's

44:31

not in costume. Oh no. Miller,

44:36

if they draft a punter at 75, wherever

44:39

they're at, you know what, I'll blame

44:41

you. I got, hey guys,

44:43

I got great news. Jareen

44:46

is stopped. The White Sox are scheduled

44:49

to play tonight. No shame

44:51

for everybody. So

44:53

you've got Sox pregame coming up next.

44:57

This is the moment everyone's been waiting for. Miller, are

44:59

you staying to do the pregame? I am not, my

45:01

friend. Are you sure? No, I gotta go see if

45:03

the Bears draft a punter. Thanks

45:05

to the Bears for lining up the

45:07

interviews with Caleb Williams and Roma Dunsey.

45:09

Great work too by Black and Abdallah.

45:11

Thank you to our great teammates for

45:13

helping us out. Thank you for all

45:16

the patience from the fans and Miller

45:18

Lite and Buffalo Wild Wings. We will

45:20

make that up. Great work today by

45:22

Miller, by Jack, and also Tyler. Thank

45:24

you guys for Waddle on Sylvia. CSPN

45:26

1000. Have yourself a

45:28

great weekend and go Bears.