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Bears Over Beers: NFL Schedule Release Reaction, Season Predictions · 2nd City Gridiron

• 0:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, finally Brian Orangehuck.
• 0:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: We have the Chicago Bears in 2006 NFL schedule.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're here to talk about it.
• 0:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: It is bears over beers presented by second city grid iron.
• 0:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm Ryan Drasty and as I mentioned, I'm here with my guy Brian Orangehuck.
• 0:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: Fresh off a birthday Mr. Orangehuck, how you doing?
• 0:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I'm feeling old my man.
• 0:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Everything hurts.
• 0:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think you're age of the reverse.
• 0:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: You look even younger than last.
• 0:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hey, looks are different than the inside.
• 0:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: And those of us that have gotten a little bit older in age, 40s, 50s and so on, you can feel.
• 0:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Even your 30s, I feel like you start feeling it, but no, I'm excited to be here, man.
• 0:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I don't know if you saw the schedule release video.
• 0:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I wore my tie-dye, and I made recently with my daughters,
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: for the video, a little bit of splash of art for your bears overbears viewing pleasure tonight.
• 1:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you're only on the podcast, sucks to be you.
• 1:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: I got some awesome hand-made custom-made tie-dye.
• 1:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Might even my daughter's approved.
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: So,
• 1:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a win there.
• 1:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I'm excited to get into these drinks.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I got it.
• 1:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I got a good one and a backup if we have time and obviously really excited to talk with you about this schedule.
• 1:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, we did this last year with the one and only Jacob and Fonte and we all predicted.
• 1:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: And only you and I got the right schedule.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now he was close, right?
• 1:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: We got to give him his glory.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was one game away.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: But we had the correct record.
• 1:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: So no pressure Ryan, but looking forward to seeing how we stack up you and I do tonight.
• 1:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: Look, I'll get Jacob props.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: He was close, but you know, close ain't good enough.
• 2:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: We go for 100% on the show.
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: And now 11 and six was called last May.
• 2:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we got to try to do it again.
• 2:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Brian, yeah, I did see that release video.
• 2:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, Roma Dunes, they do in the Bob Ross.
• 2:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: There's that schedule, um, photo version that the bear is released.
• 2:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Just put that on your screen if you're on the video feed right now.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I thought it was pretty good.
• 2:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll get to that here in a second, but we got to pour the beers, man.
• 2:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's it's bears over beers.
• 2:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 2:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's time.
• 2:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: What you got tonight, Brian.
• 2:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, man.
• 2:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm sure you and our our listeners have heard this one.
• 2:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is a goose island.
• 2:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: bourbon barrel age stout at a goose island.
• 2:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: So Chicago beer, right?
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is one of those high gravity.
• 2:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a 2025 edition.
• 2:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's see, this is 14.8% this guy right here.
• 2:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: 10 fluid ounces.
• 2:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: So that's why I said I have a backup, but this one, man, this is gonna put hair on my chest.
• 3:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Really excited to have this one.
• 3:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously we're both bourbon fans,
• 3:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, yes, thick, dark, nearly 15% perhaps symbolic of 15 wins for your Chicago Bears.
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: I see what you're doing.
• 3:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: I like it.
• 3:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Don't tempt me with a good time.
• 3:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: Great.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: Great choice.
• 3:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: Well, hey, man.
• 3:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: I had to go with you with the bears overbears glass.
• 3:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I'm going to obviously show that off here.
• 3:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: Very nice indeed.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm pretty sure I've had this one on the show before.
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: This is a lighter beer.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a great summer beer.
• 3:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's a good local Iowa brewery here called Big Grove Brewing.
• 3:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: They make solid solid beers.
• 3:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I actually was at the brewery for Mother's Day this last week.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh nice.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: I picked up a six pack of this called easy eddy, hazy IPA.
• 4:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's nice, easy drinking light, fresh and juicy as it says on the can of it's easy IPA.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it's not super strong.
• 4:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think it's super.
• 4:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it does six percent.
• 4:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: So the red dollar at the bottom.
• 4:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm an amateur six percent.
• 4:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: Easy eddy.
• 4:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll get this thing up for here live on the air.
• 4:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: You guys can let us know in the chat if you're drinking with us celebrating the release of the 2026 Chicago Bears and a full schedule.
• 4:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're going to go game by game.
• 4:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're here in just a minute.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: There it is.
• 4:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: Look at this nice golden golden color.
• 4:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Good stuff.
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: So Brian, I think we should cheers and we should start talking in 2026.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cheers, my man.
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: Cheers, my friend.
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's tasty.
• 4:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right.
• 4:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: We gotta be careful.
• 4:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: I need a little snifter for that one.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, yeah.
• 4:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: This pint could be dangerous.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: It could be.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: Brian could be on the floor by the end of this episode.
• 5:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: We got Daniel Barry in the chat per usual.
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Daniel always good to see my friend.
• 5:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: He says happy Thursday.
• 5:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, we have got a lot to talk about.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think we should start with the release video before we go game by game because I mean, it's one of those things that everyone is waiting for every year.
• 5:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: How creative are the bears going to be?
• 5:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: We saw him do kind of the school themes one a couple of years ago and Roman and Caleb or rookies.
• 5:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: I thought that one was kind of an all-time or I really liked that one.
• 5:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I did too.
• 5:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: And some of the other teams around the league have done some, I've already seen, I don't know if you saw the Raiders.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's pretty, it's pretty funny with Mendoza and Kirk cousins going back and forth and just kind of doing this like nerdy interaction thing.
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: They quote steprunters and it's funny.
• 5:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: That one is worth your time.
• 5:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.
• 5:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: I saw a Simpsons one floating out there, I saw a former WWE current AEW wrestler Chris Jericho was on the Minnesota Vikings one Green Bay had a cheese curd theme like bar theme if I remember right to it, but yeah, the bears go with with the Bob Ross, it's just Roman it and you know, nice little
• 6:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: little hints to the bears and their rivalries throughout.
• 6:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Hold on a second here.
• 6:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: There it is.
• 6:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's the schedule.
• 6:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 6:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought he did a great job.
• 6:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, he showed some of his personality connected with the audience.
• 6:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I don't know if it was actually his hand when he did the close-ups on some of those the paint jobs.
• 6:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: But he's talented if so.
• 6:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: There was some, you know, some pretty talented pictures in there.
• 6:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought it was creative.
• 6:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I like how they
• 6:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: as a player and as a young man, he just seems like a quality guy and yeah, but it was interesting.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: They didn't have any other, any other folks in it.
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought that was interesting.
• 7:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 7:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: That was definitely different.
• 7:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I liked it.
• 7:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: I didn't like it as much as like the school one a couple years ago.
• 7:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: What did I do last year?
• 7:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: I can't remember what they did last year.
• 7:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: I do not remember what the last year.
• 7:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: I thought the school one was on my favorites with them getting off the bus, the new kids at the school.
• 7:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: That was really cool.
• 7:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, yeah.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, there was some things in here.
• 7:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: I guess what stands out of watch a couple of times.
• 7:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: Rung goes to clean his brush and they're talking about the by week and then he starts beating it against like the the stand and it's green colored so I suppose that was meant to be you know like beating the packers and he said something like doesn't that feel good and they brought out the cheese grater to add some texture to the painting that was a nice touch we got the good better best he said something about how it starts to look good it looks better it looks best winks at the camera
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, I mean, like he's drawing things on the painting that represent the different opponents, whether it's birds, whether it's the pirate ship and so on.
• 8:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, good stuff there.
• 8:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: Check it out if you haven't seen it already.
• 8:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: I would recommend checking it out.
• 8:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: But let's talk about what everyone came to this show to hear.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: And that Brian is our thoughts on the schedule, kind of game by game predicting it, seeing if we can repeat this year with getting the win loss exactly right.
• 8:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: And also, I mean, some greater points, some trends we see in the schedule as far as
• 8:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, when maybe the schedule is the most difficult when we get some breaks here.
• 8:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're also going to talk about which games we would most like to go to if we could use any of them.
• 8:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I got to tell you, I don't think I'm going to get to a game this year, Brian.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: I tried to get tickets tonight and the prices were outrageous.
• 8:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm on the secret season ticket wait list.
• 8:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I always get the pre-sale and pretty much every year I get tickets and I got on there and I was not trying for a prime game.
• 8:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was going for the jet's game week four early October
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm just not gonna spend almost $500 to sit pretty far from the field so, you know, you can tell the bears are good again when you look at these prices, tell you that.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, talk about the season ticket pre-sale.
• 9:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what number you are, but I got on that list 10 years ago and I've been, I've been climbing steadily because we've been so bad.
• 9:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: And this year, I think I gained like 200 or 300.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's it.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've been going at least a thousand or more every year.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I didn't even look yet.
• 9:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've got, I actually think I've
• 9:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think I might have a chance this year, just because of some of the locations of these games and I have some connections at these places.
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, we'll see, we'll see, it'll be interesting.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: There are a few that are within driving distance.
• 9:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, opener, the home opener against Carolina.
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's only about two and a half hours away for me.
• 10:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, but I've been to that stadium.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's not really a,
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: great experience.
• 10:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think it'd be really fun to go to a season opening game.
• 10:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've never done that before.
• 10:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, everybody's healthy, typically, energy's high, that would be really fun.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, there are a few others I got my eye on.
• 10:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll get to that.
• 10:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 10:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.
• 10:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: I've got to imagine the tickets there aren't
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: aren't like Chicago.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: So hopefully get to that game.
• 10:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: That would be super cool if you could get to that game.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, I'm like 2,000.
• 10:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm a little over 2,000 on the wait list now.
• 10:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think I joined it 11 years ago.
• 10:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Something.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I want to say 2015 is when I joined maybe 2014.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I imagine the last 2,000 is going to take a while to move up that list.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm at 1481.
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: 1481.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: Wow.
• 10:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: to your higher.
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 10:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe the bear screwed me.
• 10:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: I know for sure I did it.
• 10:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it was when I turned 30 or 31.
• 10:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: So it was definitely 2014 or 2015.
• 11:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, mine I think was 2015.
• 11:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 11:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now's right around 8,000.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And now I'm at 1481.
• 11:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think we probably joined it the same year, but you probably beat me by a few months or something like that.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, yeah, made it nice.
• 11:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 11:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: Should we go game by game first or do you want to talk kind of like areas of the schedule that we see as the toughest first, what direction you want to take this?
• 11:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I say we, I say we do that.
• 11:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's talk about the tough kind of the overall thoughts of the schedule, you know, we've got, what is it?
• 11:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, insane.
• 11:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Anyhow, the bears are good.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, the NFL certainly doubles down and puts us out there.
• 11:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, we've got Monday night football week three.
• 11:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, even week five, that's probably going to be the game of the week on Fox.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's not primetime, but it's the late afternoon game against at Green Bay.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: We've got Thursday night football against the Patriots in week set three primetime games on a row.
• 12:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: Week seven, Patriots at Bears on Thursday night, week eight,
• 12:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: Bears at Seattle Monday night week nine bucks at bears Sunday night and then the buy I mean that's a heck of a stretch right there.
• 12:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 12:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: That one really caught my attention.
• 12:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and then you keep going you were on Thanksgiving.
• 12:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: So what is that is one two three four five six games Thanksgiving.
• 12:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then we have seven games Buffalo Sunday night or Saturday night.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then.
• 12:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: eight green bay on Christmas day.
• 12:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, and in depending how the season goes, that last game with the Vikings is TBD.
• 12:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: So who knows if it's flex.
• 12:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it could be a flex game.
• 12:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's crazy.
• 12:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's absolutely crazy.
• 12:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I might not get something to take it this year.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: I might need.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not needed for sure.
• 12:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, yeah, I mean, I think when you look at, I feel like the bears cut some, they got some breaks here in the schedule and there there had been stuff out there about how many air miles they were going to have to travel and I think they were the third least in the league for air miles traveled.
• 13:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: But when I look at the schedule and I, you know, I went through this earlier today and I was counting off days between games and, you know, some of the breaks I see here when you go week two Vikings at the bears, you know, home opener and then they play, you know,
• 13:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: the Eagles right after that at home on Monday night.
• 13:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: So you get eight days to prepare for what is going to be certainly a hard game.
• 13:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: Now, obviously the Eagles are going to have time to prepare to.
• 13:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't actually, I don't know when they play we do, but I assume all the same.
• 13:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: But then after that, you know, you got the short week after our Monday night game, but then we get the jets.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we should, yeah, at home.
• 13:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: So it should be kind of an easier game.
• 13:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: You would hope right there, although
• 13:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then, you know, you kind of start that gauntlet because, you know, I mean, Atlanta, they were kind of in the mix last year.
• 13:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: I went where they eight and nine.
• 13:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, not a great division, but they're not like a real bad team.
• 14:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: But you start off at Green Bay, at Atlanta, and then those three prime time games in a row, Patriots, Seattle, bucks, that to me, that's the gauntlet right there in the schedule.
• 14:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: Those five in a row.
• 14:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, no, I agree.
• 14:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: I fully agree.
• 14:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Everything you said, and it does, it sets up nicely for us, but that break right there, the two away games, starting in Green Bay, and then it's a winnable Falcons game, but in Atlanta after an emotionally high game in Green Bay the week before, and then the three prime time games in the row against the Super Bowl, contending Patriots, Super Bowl winning,
• 14:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Seahawks and then, you know, a very challenging Tampa base squad right there.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: I agree.
• 14:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a toughest stretch for sure and man.
• 14:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: We'll know a lot about our team this year heading into that by which by the way, I love the placement of the by I think especially with that being our toughest stretch having a buy right there is so big gives us a nice break kind of midway through the season.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a great place but I really like what they did and then coming out.
• 15:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: another New Orleans game you went to that one last year and that would be another phone one to go to they have got some young talent there and and then thanks giving Jacksonville Miami Buffalo that game that game would be fun to go to man at new stadium prime time new stadium you know play off caliber maybe Super Bowl preview type of game that would be fun
• 15:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, so in that stretch of those five games week five to week nine, there's a break there because you mentioned we got to go on the road and play Seattle, which, you know, everyone was kind of thinking that was going to be the first game of the year.
• 15:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: And you know, we talked about that a little bit in our host chat over at Second City Grid Iron and so people were disappointed and other people were not.
• 16:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know.
• 16:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think starting off a Carolina and having a, you know, an easier game is not bad.
• 16:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: Now, it's not as exciting as going to Seattle on a Wednesday night.
• 16:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: Open the season for sure.
• 16:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not that disappointed though, because I think we should be able to beat Carolina.
• 16:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll get into that a little bit.
• 16:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, but like in that stretch, there's a break because we go.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: Patriots come to Chicago on Thursday night football week seven.
• 16:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: And after that is when we go to Seattle.
• 16:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we get 10 day to 10 days to prepare, you know, between games there for a really, really difficult game.
• 16:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: We could have gone Sunday to Sunday to Monday or Monday to Monday.
• 16:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're going Thursday to Monday, which is about as good of a break as you can get other than coming off a by week before you go to Seattle.
• 16:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: Right.
• 16:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, you know, that's a
• 16:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: Also, I think late in the year, we've got just looking at it.
• 16:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: Where is it?
• 16:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, Thanksgiving obviously nobody's prepared for that.
• 17:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: We got four four days there.
• 17:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's always a tough game.
• 17:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: The Saturday Friday that that's the one.
• 17:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Saturday to Friday.
• 17:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's the bills to Green Bay, right?
• 17:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we get a little extra there.
• 17:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't remember who Green Bay is playing the week before.
• 17:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: But since we're going Saturday to Friday, we think we get a little bit more time in Green Bay
• 17:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: possibly, I'd have to look up their schedule and see you, they play week 15.
• 17:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: But, I mean, just looking at the bare schedule, that would seem to be a break right there.
• 17:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 17:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, I agree.
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they set up really nicely for us.
• 17:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: So they have, they've got a Sunday game against the Dolphins at home, we have a day rest against them.
• 17:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're by week is by week 11, and yeah, they've got,
• 17:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: A similarly formulated schedule too.
• 17:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: They play the Vikings, the Jets, and the Falcons early.
• 17:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: They got the Cowboys, we don't have them.
• 18:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: They've got New England midway through the season as well.
• 18:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: They've got the Panthers on a Thursday night prime time game before that.
• 18:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: That would be tough.
• 18:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: They come out of the buy and they go to on Thanksgiving.
• 18:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: I know, thanksgiving Eve.
• 18:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Out of the buy.
• 18:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: That was a fortuitous move for them.
• 18:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: They've got a buy week and then they come out of the buy and have a midweek game.
• 18:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanksgiving Eve, but that's at the ramps.
• 18:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: By the way, folks, we didn't plan on looking at the painkillers schedule here, but it just kind of happened that way.
• 18:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 18:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: They finish up with us the Texans and then the lions.
• 18:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, we get an extra day rest when we play them week or the second time of the season.
• 18:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm excited to see what you think about them about us playing them this year.
• 18:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: Is it going to be a sweep?
• 18:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Is it going to be a split?
• 18:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Where's it going to go?
• 18:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, because in years past, until the bear started kind of showing that they could hang with Green Bay, we were reluctant to even pick them at all until they could prove it.
• 19:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Now they're proven it.
• 19:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I'll be interesting to discuss you about here in a little bit.
• 19:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think on paper, the toughest game is at Seattle.
• 19:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Not only is the rule of chance, but going there, one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL.
• 19:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I just, I look at it as like we caught a break 10 days rest before the toughest game on the schedule.
• 19:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: NFL anything can happen.
• 19:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: I always think it's kind of silly when people talk about strength of schedule before the season because halfway through the season, it all changes.
• 19:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: Teamsy thought we're going to be good or not good and teamsy didn't think we're going to be good, come out of nowhere.
• 19:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: So right now, you know, obviously they want the Super Bowl.
• 19:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: So you got to say and just the venue to it's so loud there.
• 19:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: You got to say that.
• 19:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: That is the toughest game on the schedule.
• 19:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we got as good of a break as you could have going in.
• 19:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're coming off a Thursday night game before that.
• 19:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: Unless we were to have the buy in the week prior.
• 19:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I like that.
• 19:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think different last year, we looked at the early games and we talked about stacking some wins.
• 20:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then we looked at the end of the schedule.
• 20:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: And it got brutal down the stretch.
• 20:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: And here, I see it as,
• 20:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: start off with some winnable games, but then just that's the gauntlet there, but then as you go down the stretch, it's quite a few winnable games.
• 20:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's always kind of a reverse, and hopefully the bears can get on a roll late in the season.
• 20:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: But Brian, if you could choose one of these away games to go to, I remember talking about this last year on the show with, yeah, I made a fun discussion on this.
• 20:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: Which game would you go to?
• 20:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Budget was not a concern.
• 20:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 20:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: So last year, we both, I think, unanimously chose the 49ers game.
• 20:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Ladies, he's in Sunday night football, and that would have been an epic game to go to, and I almost got tickets.
• 20:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: didn't expect you and that didn't happen because I've got a life and four children.
• 20:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: But and it would have been just me.
• 21:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: This one I would say similar type of scenario.
• 21:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, you mentioned that Seattle game, which I do think has to be in consideration.
• 21:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I really want to go to that stadium.
• 21:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: My brother lives in Portland.
• 21:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: My sister lives in Portland.
• 21:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's about two hours away from there.
• 21:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: That would kind of be a, but I just, I really am captivated by that Buffalo game.
• 21:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: That that Buffalo game Saturday, December 19 in Buffalo, you know, by that time, every team has their identity.
• 21:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: know that they've shown what they're going to show and both of these seems should be firmly in the playoff hunt at that point.
• 21:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: So you're talking about two playoff teams humming on all cylinders, right?
• 21:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's in Buffalo, it's in December the cold weather elements, you know, we're talking about are we even going to get a new stadium?
• 21:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: But if we do, it's going to be a dome stadium.
• 22:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Buffalo went ahead and built an open air stadium in Buffalo.
• 22:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right, that's I love that.
• 22:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: I love that.
• 22:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: I feel like the bills are the bears of the AFC.
• 22:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I really like the bills and then DJ more with there.
• 22:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I would say I love Josh Allen.
• 22:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: I love James Cook.
• 22:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I really like Ray Davis or backup running back.
• 22:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: I like their tight ends.
• 22:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I love DJ more.
• 22:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: We love my daughter cried when we lost him.
• 22:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right.
• 22:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 22:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: We've got and and there are playoff teams.
• 22:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: So if we can go in, it's not a conference game, but it's absolutely going to be a playoff caliber game that late in the season.
• 22:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: That would be the one I go to.
• 22:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: Man, tough to argue with you there.
• 22:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: And God December 19th, that's almost, I mean, it's right before Christmas, but he's still got a few days and I'll be on break from my job.
• 22:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Everybody be off.
• 22:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: You'll be off work.
• 22:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: Anyone out there listening with a hookup and Buffalo get a hold of us.
• 22:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's because that bring Brian and I in.
• 22:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll pay for an airline ticket to go there overnight to go to that game.
• 23:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'll get you a pint glass too.
• 23:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, get us up on Twitter.
• 23:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I mean, to me, it's that or Seattle, just because I've never been to Seattle.
• 23:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: I've always heard people rave about I've just want to go to the city in general and to go to the stadium, Super Bowl champs, huge NFC game.
• 23:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's a big one.
• 23:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Also last year, I remember on the show I talked about how I thought I was going to have a chance to go sit in a box at Lambo and then didn't happen because my buddy that the work connection, if fell through, I'm hoping to make that happen this year.
• 23:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: I got to text him tonight about it now that we know what week that game is.
• 23:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I mean, I'm hoping to get to Lambo this year through through a buddy and through a connection.
• 23:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, if budget was not a concern,
• 23:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: And you'll look at all these road games.
• 23:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I can't disagree.
• 23:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: Brand new stadium.
• 23:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 23:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: I also really like the bills to young hot quarterbacks and Caleb and Josh Allen.
• 23:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: Saturday game.
• 24:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's, that's, that's pretty prime stuff right there.
• 24:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: It, it probably be that for me too.
• 24:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: Cool.
• 24:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, we can see.
• 24:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I love Seattle.
• 24:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've been to Seattle, Seattle is an awesome city.
• 24:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like I said, I've got connections not far.
• 24:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: Man, the bills.
• 24:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're just a fun team.
• 24:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're a good team.
• 24:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're a contender every year.
• 24:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: And there's something about those late season games that just kind of, you know, it just means a little more.
• 24:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: You can go, they all mean the same.
• 24:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: It feels a little heavier.
• 24:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: But, you know, I think about our offensive line.
• 24:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we've got, you know, Drew Dominer tired.
• 24:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: So who's gonna start the season?
• 24:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Gonna be Logan Jones, gonna be Garrett Bradbury.
• 24:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Who's gonna start?
• 24:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: And either way, it's gonna be an adjustment.
• 24:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: know, it took some time for that starting unit last year to gel to really start clicking on all cylinders so we can do what we want to do.
• 24:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be the same thing this year.
• 24:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I just feel like by then, you know, like I said, we'll have our identity and, um,
• 25:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully we'll be on all cylinders and I know they will be too I expect them to be a contender.
• 25:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: I actually like what they did.
• 25:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: I like McDermott, but I like bringing in Joe Brady there.
• 25:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, and the DJ more thing, you can't not like that guy.
• 25:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, that one would be epic to go to.
• 25:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I mean, if both teams stay healthy, you know, these are two teams that are going to be making a playoff push we would expect knock on wood and, you know, the bills have kind of been in it for several years now and if the bears keep building on what we did last year, this game that late in the year, I mean, they're going to be advertising as a possible super bowl preview, you know, kind of yeah, it's going to be huge and then the DJ more connection, that's going to be a really exciting one.
• 25:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, that's the one for me.
• 25:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: What about a home game?
• 25:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: If you could go to Soldier for any of the home games.
• 25:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: And that probably here, we could also bring up the discussion on what we think about a Christmas day game, because the Bears playing Green Bay, that's always one of the prime home games, but they're playing them in Chicago on a Christmas day at noon.
• 26:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: this year.
• 26:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Let's start with that.
• 26:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: What do you think of a Christmas day game?
• 26:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Should that happen?
• 26:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: Would you, how would you feel about that if you were a season ticket holder Brian?
• 26:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: What are your thoughts?
• 26:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's hard to say, if I have season ticket holder, I'd be happy with any game, because we've been waiting for over 10 years, you know?
• 26:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 26:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, but I have seen some discourse on Twitter where season ticket holders are not happy about it.
• 26:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's got the lowest resale value because people aren't wanting to go to games.
• 26:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, who...
• 26:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: how much more likely are you to go to a game on Christmas than a regular game?
• 26:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's probably less likely because of familial obligations.
• 26:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: So now with that said, it doesn't get better than bears packers.
• 27:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: and Christmas, like especially if it's like, I've got this, this romanticization with a white Christmas.
• 27:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: I also have this romantic, I don't even know how to say that, romanticization with snowy days, snowy football games.
• 27:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: So you combine those two and all of a sudden, there's this magical experience, you know, and I just feel like if you can experience that with one or two your daughters,
• 27:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that would be unreal.
• 27:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: It almost would be my pick.
• 27:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think I would pick it for a home game, because my wife would kill me.
• 27:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: That wouldn't be able to go to a Christmas game in Chicago without the whole family.
• 27:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 27:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: And my two youngest girls wouldn't care about the game anyway, especially the December they'd be freezing.
• 27:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: They would rather be playing with their toys, right?
• 27:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: On Christmas Day.
• 27:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: But the game I would go to, now thanksgiving's different for me.
• 27:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanksgiving, it's a football day, family day, you sit and watch football.
• 28:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it'd be super fun to go to that game on Thanksgiving.
• 28:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'd be a super fun experience, but I think once, go to that game once and then that's enough.
• 28:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: I really enjoy watching Thanksgiving football with my family at home with the leftovers over there, go get a couple drinks and not worry about driving anywhere.
• 28:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
• 28:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm kind of mix on Christmas.
• 28:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks, given I'm cool with, I'm excited.
• 28:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're back playing the lines on Thanksgiving.
• 28:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: How about you?
• 28:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: What do you think about all that?
• 28:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Thanksgiving, you know, it's a holiday game, but it's such a tradition.
• 28:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: And it's like, you know, if you're out of the house and Thanksgiving, it's not a big deal.
• 28:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: But, you know, Christmas morning day, like if you live in Chicago, you're still gonna have to get up early and get down there, because, you know, obviously, the traffic's not great.
• 28:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: If you're coming from out of town, you've got to spend Christmas Eve in a hotel, which isn't great.
• 28:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 29:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't, I don't particularly like it.
• 29:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's just,
• 29:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: I want to have the players feel, because even for a whole game, if you guys are not aware, the bears usually stay downtown and I'll hotel the night before.
• 29:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, you know, I do in that, are they going to let them have the night off from doing that?
• 29:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: Because it's Christmas Eve, you know, I don't know what their plans are internally, but usually the bears stay downtown near the convention center the night before a home game.
• 29:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, I mean, that would not be optimal if I was a player either, especially if you got a family, to miss all of that.
• 29:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 29:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, yeah, it would be a distraction for sure.
• 29:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Now, it is Bears Packers and one of the biggest games on the schedule.
• 29:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's going to get a lot of hype and a ton of viewers, you know, that's netflix game at new, never going to open presence and have their meals and turn this on, just like Thanksgiving.
• 29:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: And friends are going to be eating and watching that game.
• 29:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, yeah.
• 29:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, and, and from a viewership
• 29:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Christmas is a better day for the kids.
• 30:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to be occupied.
• 30:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to have their new stuff.
• 30:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: They can play with each other and I'll get to just hang out and watch football.
• 30:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: So it's prime from that standpoint.
• 30:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm looking forward to watching Bears Packers.
• 30:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I like how they did that, you know, you don't have a better rivalry out there than the Bears Packers.
• 30:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think that's gonna be a great one to watch on Christmas Day.
• 30:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a pretty good lineup if I'm not mistaken on Christmas.
• 30:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like there's some really solid games, some rivalry games.
• 30:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I wouldn't go to that one if I could go to a home game, but before I share mine, you tell me yours.
• 30:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, that Christmas lineup is Bear's Packers, Bill's Broncos, and then Ram Seahawks, and the ending.
• 30:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: Gosh, that's a great lineup.
• 30:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: And they've got a Christmas Eve game of the Texans at the Eagles.
• 30:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: Interesting.
• 30:54
  [UNKNOWN]: Yeah.
• 30:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, um, I think I would choose the Eagles game week three of course.
• 31:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: Any, I did, I did look at the tickets earlier and they were outrageously priced.
• 31:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: But, you know, think it back to last year.
• 31:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was the most complete game that our bears played all year long.
• 31:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: And Philly, the return match in Chicago.
• 31:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: First prime time game of the year is still going to be nice and warm.
• 31:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: Really beautiful night probably at soldier field on the lakefront.
• 31:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Huge NFC game.
• 31:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: To me, that that's the one I would go to.
• 31:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it's hard to argue that too.
• 31:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think, spoiler, I think we're gonna lose that game.
• 31:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so I would not choose that game.
• 31:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Not necessarily because of that, but partly because of that, I would go to the New England Thursday night game.
• 31:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: That game, you know, they're Super Bowl team.
• 31:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Two young quarterbacks, like we talked about with Josh Allen, now you got Drake May.
• 31:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And there's so many people on the Drake May bandwagon right now, you know, he is just, he is Josh Allen, right?
• 32:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: Two point out.
• 32:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I couldn't care less about the label scandal
• 32:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: but they have a good young team there and another playoff caliber team and you know there's a whole Super Bowl rematch from when we last were in the Super Bowl.
• 32:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: So that would be one of you know, another perennial, well I guess you could say, I mean they had the last dynasty, if you will, unless you count KC, but another contender AFC playoff caliber type of game,
• 32:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: That might, that would probably be me on now that said I've got a lot of family from Jacksonville, a lot of Jaguar fans So that won't be there, but I've seen the bears play the Jaguars.
• 32:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's not that exciting in the game.
• 32:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right.
• 32:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, it just isn't.
• 32:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: I would rather spend my money spend my time Going to the Philly game or the New England game or even the Packers game over the Jaguar game personally.
• 33:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, which one of my more likely to go to Jaguar game is is you know up there, but
• 33:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I would say the New England game would be super fun home game.
• 33:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, never been to a Thursday night game.
• 33:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: So that'd be pretty fun.
• 33:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, let's go game by game Brian and you had text me earlier, but a little challenge you wanted to throw out.
• 33:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: And while we do this, I'll just say if you guys missed them, check out the Mac and Reed show.
• 33:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: They were on a few hours ago here on the channel.
• 33:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: But Brian, you had to challenge for our friends Mac and Reed.
• 33:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Do you want to do
• 33:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: Sure.
• 33:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: So we love our second city, Gridiron brothers and sisters out there.
• 33:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Mac and Reed, you got to check their show out.
• 33:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: They went on before it went live, before it went official, the schedule.
• 34:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: But everything had pretty much been released at that point.
• 34:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I wasn't able to watch, but I'm assuming they did a prediction.
• 34:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: If they didn't, they can get it into us by this Sunday at 12 p.m. Eastern and my challenge to our Mac and Reed brothers is if they can get more correctly predicted games than us, we will pop on their show and we will
• 34:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: what beer that's to be determined, but we will chug a beer on their show on the flip side.
• 34:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then they have to accept this, right?
• 34:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: We haven't told them this.
• 34:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is breaking news.
• 34:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I even said it kind of ingest and then here Ryan is throwing it on the air.
• 34:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: I like it.
• 34:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, cool.
• 34:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's do it.
• 34:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: Mac and Reed, if we correctly predict more games on this schedule, then you
• 35:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: then you guys have to come on our show and chug a beer for the audience.
• 35:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: What beer to be determined?
• 35:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: But that's the challenge if you choose to accept it.
• 35:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: I like it.
• 35:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm in.
• 35:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm absolutely in on this one.
• 35:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, let's do it, man.
• 35:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: We, I feel so much pressure.
• 35:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: After, after last year, right, when we, we did this and we ended up calling the schedule exactly right 11 and 6.
• 35:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, let me, while you're doing that.
• 35:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I have a new year.
• 35:36
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• 35:37
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• 35:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is a dark Bohemian vlogger and it's got a lion with some crowns on it, right?
• 35:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: The dark Bohemian vlogger love the crown of the can art.
• 35:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's only 4.9% so
• 35:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Good little transition.
• 35:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: Did you finish the bourbon county?
• 36:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, sure did.
• 36:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh yeah, that's what I like to hear.
• 36:05
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• 36:07
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• 36:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Look at this dogger.
• 36:15
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• 36:18
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• 36:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a logger.
• 36:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: Wow, dark.
• 36:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: Nice, I like it.
• 36:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right.
• 36:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I'm going to, so I made a graphic here.
• 36:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: So if you're in YouTube, you can see it.
• 36:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: If you're on the podcast feed, obviously, we'll talk about everything that we're going through as we go game by game here.
• 36:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's game time.
• 36:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's game time here we go custom layout there we go.
• 36:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: This is kind of what I was looking to do.
• 36:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's good.
• 36:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, so we made a custom graphic earlier.
• 36:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're soon to go it through.
• 36:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're going to.
• 36:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: wind loss briefly here.
• 36:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, so week one bears open in Carolina as we said earlier.
• 37:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: Brian winter loss.
• 37:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: W. W. All right.
• 37:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: I assumed I will also go make it white.
• 37:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you go.
• 37:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: There you go.
• 37:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: two W's for week one.
• 37:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's not like a gimmick game by any means.
• 37:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: They beat the ramps out there last year.
• 37:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: That was a huge game.
• 37:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 37:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, you know, they're going to have to be on their game, but, you know, again, you're going to have everybody healthy, hopefully coming out of the preseason and training camp and ready to go, coming off a successful year.
• 37:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: But in the end, I just think Caleb's gonna, he should beat Bryce, so I'm going Bears.
• 37:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, same here, and I agree, not a game of game, I think they're a solid team.
• 37:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's gonna be a nice test, you know, how do we look, does it look kind of, I think you were at Caleb's first game against the Titans, the home opener, right?
• 37:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: I was.
• 37:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, and that game was kind of sloppy, but we played an inferior team, we won, but it didn't look very convincing.
• 38:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that could be end up being how it is against the Panthers.
• 38:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it'll be better quality football, but I don't think it's going to be a convincing win.
• 38:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's going to be a, we got the W that's all that matters sort of thing.
• 38:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 38:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: Plus Maddie per Fluss is gone.
• 38:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we're in better hands these days.
• 38:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, that's very true.
• 38:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we're in Ben Johnson's home state.
• 38:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, there we go.
• 38:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: which is also my home state for those that know our crew.
• 38:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's right.
• 38:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, we two bears come home, new and game with the Minnesota Vikings.
• 38:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously last year we opened against them.
• 38:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: was a pretty deflating loss after dominating three-fourths of the game.
• 38:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: We kind of looked at that one last year as, like, almost a must win to kind of set the tone and the bear's lost it and it didn't end up really hurting them that much down the stretch, but it was definitely a bummer to lose to nine there in the opener and the fourth quarter that he had, which was
• 39:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: kind of the peak of his NFL career, it turns out.
• 39:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: But in fairness, that was before he became nine.
• 39:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: That was before he became nine.
• 39:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: But historically, you know, the bears have had some stretches where they've been pretty dominant over the Vikings at home.
• 39:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: I remember last year, we talked about that on Bears Overbears when we went through kind of the series history over the last 20 to 30 years.
• 39:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: And
• 39:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll just say, I think the bears win this game.
• 39:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think that they get that win back on Minnesota at home.
• 39:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think Caleb has a big game.
• 39:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think Kyler Murray will be in there for the Vikings, no offense, JJ.
• 39:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I mean, I'm really interested to see what he does for Minnesota this year.
• 39:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's pretty intriguing, but I think week two bears get the win.
• 39:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I agree.
• 39:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it will be Kyler also, but I don't think he's quite got the reigns of the offense fully yet as far as his ability to handle it and all that.
• 40:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we get the W there.
• 40:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think they're at their best offensively quite yet and I think we take advantage.
• 40:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right.
• 40:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then we get that Monday night game, the first of, was it seven prime time games of the year, Philadelphia coming to town, coming off that black Friday when last year for Chicago, you said earlier, you think the bears lose this game.
• 40:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, with that.
• 40:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 40:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I do.
• 40:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they remember that loss.
• 40:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they come ready to play.
• 40:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they're healthy.
• 40:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they, they, the defensive line really steps up for the the Eagles and, you know, I think it's our first taste of, you know, this seasons.
• 41:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: We were the hunters now, we're the hunted type deal.
• 41:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then at Monday night football, against the Eagles in Chicago, I just have that feeling.
• 41:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's gonna be an L. Yeah, man, this is a tough one because the bears really thrived it seemed like and under the lights last year.
• 41:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I had some games that I lost like San Francisco, but it was a shootout.
• 41:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: They looked awesome in that game offensively at least.
• 41:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: And the bears start out too in O.
• 41:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: Man, I mean, they could come into this game, second home game, tons of momentum, place on fire, and I could seem having another dominant win.
• 41:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: But that being said, there's going to be losses.
• 41:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: The bears aren't going 17 to know.
• 41:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I, yeah, I think that this one is more likely to be a loss than a win.
• 41:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I am also going to say, hell here, and I hope that they prove me wrong.
• 41:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right.
• 41:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: All right, well, we'll say all there.
• 42:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then then we get a third home game in a row three of their first four in Chicago in pretty warm weather at that time of the year.
• 42:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: The New York Jets come to town.
• 42:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: What we assume will be a improved New York Jets team right.
• 42:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, with Gino Smith back under center.
• 42:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a W. I think I think
• 42:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: their teams rebuilding kind of on the rise.
• 42:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I like their pick a David Bailey.
• 42:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I like their weapons that they added Kenyan Sadik and Omar Cooper really big Omar Cooper fan.
• 42:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think I think we should win that game especially after getting humbled on Monday night football against the Eagles.
• 42:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I agree.
• 42:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think you get a weaker opponent coming in coming off a loss.
• 42:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: You get him at home.
• 42:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: This, this is a game that could get out of hand.
• 42:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: You can see Ben Johnson really kind of turning up the heat with the offense and really land some points in this game, I think.
• 42:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, I mean, I like what the jets are doing in rebuilding.
• 43:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm kind of intrigued by that team to your point, but I think the bears, this is a win.
• 43:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: And this was the game I was hoping to go to this year, do not have tickets currently, but I'm going to keep watching.
• 43:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we'll see might be in the house for this one.
• 43:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: Nice.
• 43:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: That'd be awesome.
• 43:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then they go to Green Bay.
• 43:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: The return to Lambo last year, bears go up there, had a chance at the very end.
• 43:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: Kaled could not hit that throw in the end zone, but he ended up hitting that throw against the Eagles later in the season.
• 43:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: Was that the next week?
• 43:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: I can't even remember the order of the game, so I think it was a similar play.
• 43:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: But will Parsons be back by then?
• 43:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: Why do they forecast the end to come back?
• 43:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was thinking it was around like week five or six.
• 43:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think the rumor is he's going to start on Pups, which means he'll be out first four weeks.
• 43:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: This would be his first game back.
• 43:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: So he might be back, but he'll likely be on the snap count.
• 43:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he'll still be a difference maker.
• 43:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's that type of guy.
• 43:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: All he needs to do is do his stay in one or two times a game.
• 44:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's completely wrecked the game.
• 44:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think he's good as back by then as far as this is concerned.
• 44:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they're going to be ready.
• 44:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they are not happy that we flip the momentum against them.
• 44:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to be rocking.
• 44:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know,
• 44:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: let's look at their schedule.
• 44:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: The first four weeks of their season, Vikings, jets, falcons, bucks.
• 44:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a realistic chance.
• 44:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: They could be sitting at four or no.
• 44:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Coming in this game.
• 44:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: So they've got three of those games are away.
• 44:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Their only home game is a prime time game against the Falcons.
• 44:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a realistic chance there forno against us and their ride and sky high.
• 44:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: What do you think?
• 44:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, this could be a game where you got both teams 3 and 1, could have both teams 4 and 0.
• 44:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, this game's going to have a massive amount of hype, Parsons is going to be frothing at the mouth to get back in there despite the snap count, as you mentioned.
• 45:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: And they've been sitting around stewing on the bears ending their season, the bears winning the season series, the cheese graters, all of that.
• 45:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to pick Green Bay, but I do think we're going to split with him next year, and this is the one I'm going to go with the L. I just think there's a lot of things probably working in their favor.
• 45:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: And yeah, I'm going to go L here.
• 45:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: All right, all right, I actually got a W. Initially, I said loss in my head, but I realized that's just the trauma talking.
• 45:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: We are traumatized by years of abuse and like you said, it shifted last year.
• 45:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, not all of us can really take that transition because this is the first year after that.
• 45:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: So it's, you know, this time of year we're looking at the schedule.
• 45:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: What are we used to?
• 46:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're used to looking at that game and it's it's ultimately
• 46:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think we get the win.
• 46:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we go in the green bay, we get the win, we're riding high, and then we go to Atlanta, which is what the game is at.
• 46:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Is that a, it's not a prime time game.
• 46:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, right before our prime time stretch.
• 46:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 46:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I think we get the W there, but Atlanta, I feel like they always play us tough.
• 46:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: No matter when it is, and I haven't looked at the history,
• 46:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: I feel like they always play us tough, they've got a great running game, a solid defense, I actually think that's a downer.
• 46:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think after the couple, couple big weeks, filly loss, bounce back, beat the pack as in Green Bay.
• 46:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we lose in Atlanta.
• 46:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: Is this the old Amidza Kies revenge game?
• 47:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think this is a game, I think it's a game we should win, and it's a game we lose.
• 47:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think that happens every team, I think it's just coachable moments.
• 47:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a lot of people, a lot of even guys on the team looking ahead.
• 47:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: You got New England, you got Seattle, you got Tampa, and then we have our by week.
• 47:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: Big stretch, kind of overlooking Atlanta a little bit.
• 47:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think B. Jean Robertson has like 200 yards rushing, and they win that game against us.
• 47:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: I, the same thought earlier, kind of thinking about this stretch, seeing this one on the road to before the murderers row of those three prime time games and thought, ah, God, this could be a real let down game.
• 47:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I'm going to pick him to win since they're coming off in my predictions a loss in Green Bay, so I'm going to say they get their focus back in the win this game.
• 47:51
  [SPEAKER_03]: But if they, if they were to pull out the win in Green Bay and a highly emotional game,
• 47:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: probably a game that comes down to the last possession.
• 47:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: I could see this one began an L. But since I since I gave him the L in Green Bay, I'm going to I'm going to go win here.
• 48:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: So cool.
• 48:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: At this point, I think we're even up that we've got the bears.
• 48:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: What's it for in two?
• 48:10
  [SPEAKER_03]: Each going to the stretch here with the three prime time game.
• 48:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: So,
• 48:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, four days later after that land a game, yeah, the AFC chance coming to town Patriots Thursday night football soldier field.
• 48:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: I am going to go with the bears in this one.
• 48:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I know that there was a lot of hype around Drake may last year, but as everyone talked about, and look, people were saying the same stuff about the bears.
• 48:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Although, I feel like the bears it was more of a talking point.
• 48:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: All their schedules week.
• 48:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: And nobody was really saying that about the Patriots, you know, their schedule was just as weak if not weaker at times.
• 48:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think toe to toe, the Drake may as a solid quarterback who's going to have a lot of success in the league for a long time.
• 48:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I'm taking Caleb 10 times out of 10, over Drake May, personally.
• 49:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think Caleb and the Bears win this game at home to start off this brutal stretch.
• 49:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, no, I agree.
• 49:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we get W there, I think.
• 49:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: I hate to say paper tiger, but, but they made it all the way to the Super Bowl.
• 49:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: They had such a such an advantageous schedule with, especially if you look at player injuries and stuff like that, timing of things.
• 49:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: Playhouse, too.
• 49:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, the road and the playhouse just lined up perfectly.
• 49:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right.
• 49:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: It just all did.
• 49:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: And having this game at home after a tough stretch, I think we take them seriously.
• 49:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we get to W.
• 49:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: I do think that we lose against Seattle, in Seattle.
• 49:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that game where they're so deep on defense, I think they can kind of stymie our offense and they can run the ball.
• 49:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I think we got L2 there.
• 50:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, we're on the same page there for sure.
• 50:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think I think that's going to be a really tough game.
• 50:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now, I think it's close, you know, I think we gained some people's respect, right?
• 50:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is eventually after a win against New England and Thursday night.
• 50:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Monday night, I think it's going to be one of the highest viewed Monday night games of all time.
• 50:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think it's going to go down the wire, some Caleb magic.
• 50:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: But, you know, our weakness we've been saying,
• 50:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: is our defensive lines, specifically our ability to stop the run and they're going to pound the rock.
• 50:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Charbonade is going to be back by then.
• 50:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm a big fan of Jadarian price from Notre Dame.
• 50:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's in Seattle Monday night.
• 50:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think I think we get the loss there.
• 50:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I mean, it's going to be really interesting to with that pass rush from them and you know what's going on with our online at that point with the center position and how the left tackle positions, you know, holding up bears probably playing a ton of 13 personnel.
• 51:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: That'll be really interest just a chess match there in that game, but yeah, like we said earlier, toughest game on the schedule.
• 51:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: I just.
• 51:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think it's impossible the bears when I honestly, I don't think the bears get blown out in any of these games, but push comes to shove, I think I got to go with an L there.
• 51:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: But then then I think they come home the next week, play Tampa on Sunday night, football and Tampa's a team that the bears have had some success against historically.
• 51:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think the bears get the win the next week.
• 51:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, I'm going with the hell.
• 51:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think another game that we should win, but Sunday night football, you know, who Caleb reminds me of sometimes, a young baker, and I like a lot of their weapons.
• 51:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: The defense is still solid.
• 52:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's just a scrappy team.
• 52:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're a team that I never pick to win the NFC South.
• 52:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they almost always come on top.
• 52:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: So, again, I think we should win the game.
• 52:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we're the better team, but I think we lose this one.
• 52:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I just think you're right.
• 52:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it seems to like the bucks you go into some seasons thinking now they're going to fall off a bit and they're like somehow they just have a good season again.
• 52:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, like last year, not a great division by any means, but they've still all the win the South.
• 52:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: Bakers been solid for a while now.
• 52:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, good running game obviously with buckierving can the bears have struggled at times to stop the run the last couple of years.
• 52:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I just think the bears in this game add home a little bit more firepower, like our Ryder Seabers better, I think we pull it out, but you know after that we go into the buy.
• 52:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: So at the buy in week 10, I've got them at 6 and 3 and Brian's got them at 5 and 4 and we come out of the buy.
• 53:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we get New Orleans at home, a game that, as you said, I was out last year and it got a little scary there for a while.
• 53:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was a game we thought the bear should win handily and for a while, it looked like we're going to lose.
• 53:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: Brian, what do you think happens this year?
• 53:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think we come out.
• 53:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just said we had lost twice in a row to NFC opponents before the buy.
• 53:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we come out and we absolutely wipe the floor with the with the.
• 53:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Saints.
• 53:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's an emphatic win, gets us back on track and it's not anything like last year.
• 53:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a solid win.
• 53:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: All faces, I think we, we, you know, convincingly dominate this game.
• 54:00
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm right there with you.
• 54:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think they have a let down like last year.
• 54:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think they get the win here.
• 54:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: Now, I didn't enjoy my time in the stands at that game.
• 54:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: The Saints fans were pretty fun, good-hearted throughout the game.
• 54:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was surrounded by Saints fans.
• 54:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: I was actually stunned how many Saints fans were at the game.
• 54:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: There was a lot of them.
• 54:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, there was a lot of them in our row, but yeah, I think the bears may be a little remember that one last year.
• 54:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: We got a little too close for comfort and they come out.
• 54:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: They win this one after the buy to have in two weeks our mad scientist of a head coach Toronto plays get ready for him.
• 54:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think that's a win.
• 54:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely.
• 54:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then we get Detroit and thanksgiving.
• 54:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: uh... a game that we are no strangers to two years ago the bears under ebrafluous had that game one and that was kind of the game that really helps start the downward spiral of that ebrafluous after the entire nation saw him piss that one down his leg with the timeout situation rookie kale about there not known what's happening with the offense and and ebrafluous doing nothing to help them out you think they get the win this time right
• 55:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I do.
• 55:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we get to win this time.
• 55:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Detroit swept us last season.
• 55:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, Ben has not beat us former team yet.
• 55:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: And this is our first game this season against them.
• 55:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: On Thanksgiving big big game, I think we get to W there.
• 55:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I mean, it's I do think Detroit's going to continue to fall off a little bit this year.
• 55:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Like we saw last year, I think this will be very competitive and in the conversation.
• 55:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: And you know, if we had split with them last year, I think I'd probably pick Detroit in this game, maybe, but since we lost twice and if you'll remember the one in Detroit was a beat down, they absolutely stumped us.
• 55:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, Ben wants to beat them badly.
• 56:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: National broadcast on Thanksgiving.
• 56:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think this is a W for the bears.
• 56:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: Also, Ben finally beats his former team.
• 56:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: Nice.
• 56:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: year old neck of the woods, Jacksonville, Brian coming to soldier field week 13.
• 56:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, in Chicago, you know, I like the bears.
• 56:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 56:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Same.
• 56:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I like the bears.
• 56:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Jackson was a solid team.
• 56:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: We need to have Taylor doll on that week for sure.
• 56:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, yeah.
• 56:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, I think we get the W. Wonder if Taylor will go to that game.
• 56:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: I have to go.
• 56:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'll have to have her on them and see either way.
• 56:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: Then we go to Miami.
• 56:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: He's sight of the bears last Super Bowl back in 2007.
• 56:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Stadium looks a little different now, but at Miami, Brian, we got.
• 56:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: So this is the game that I would say I am most likely to attend.
• 57:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, really, okay.
• 57:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think we get the W. I think they're
• 57:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: a rebuilding team, not close enough yet.
• 57:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's laid enough in the season.
• 57:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, they have that stadium.
• 57:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: They have the hard rock stadium.
• 57:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: They've got the, you might remember it.
• 57:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: When we play there a couple of years ago, and every time, every year.
• 57:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: The visiting team has the sidelines directly in the sunlight.
• 57:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the home team has the sidelines in the shade in South Florida heat and humidity.
• 57:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: That makes a difference.
• 57:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you've never been in the South Florida, I can't tell you how much of a hot blanket that feels on a hot day.
• 57:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: It is not comfortable.
• 57:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we get the W though, we're the better team and we're rolling.
• 57:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: So are you planning on being in Florida at that time of the year?
• 57:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: Why are you saying that's your most likely?
• 58:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Just because I've got family from South Florida.
• 58:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've got family and friends that are big dolphins fans.
• 58:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: I might have some connections to tickets.
• 58:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Got place to stay.
• 58:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's one of those things.
• 58:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a possibility.
• 58:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: I've never been to that stadium.
• 58:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: It'd be a fun one to go to as opposed to like the Panthers game.
• 58:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: I might make more of an effort to go to the Dolphins game, especially Miami and December is much more palatable than Miami and September October.
• 58:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: So yeah, I just I see myself possibly taking a daughter or two to that one.
• 58:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.
• 58:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: I've never been to Miami.
• 58:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: That would be a fun one.
• 58:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, yeah.
• 58:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I've never been down there.
• 58:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's quite the experience.
• 58:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 58:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: No, I think we just have the more talented team.
• 58:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I think I think for the reasons that you listed and people want to get out of Chicago in the December and with the bears probably with a pretty good record at this point.
• 59:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: We've seen the bears, you know, travel very well.
• 59:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think Miami teams are known.
• 59:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: Sometimes for the opposing teams invading the stadium, I think this is a game where you get a lot of Chicago and it's down there.
• 59:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: And yeah, it's a road game, but I think the bear's gonna be pretty comfortable and this one I think they get the win.
• 59:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, let's see it.
• 59:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 59:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: And then we've got a couple pretty tough ones because they follow that up one up by going up to Buffalo.
• 59:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: The game we talked about earlier, Saturday, I believe it's December 19th.
• 59:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: At the new stadium against the bills, boy, this could be an awesome game, I can't pick the bears in it though.
• 59:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's possible they could pull out the win, but this is going to be a really tough game.
• 59:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: I would say second toughest game on their schedule, and yeah, I'm going to go L unfortunately.
• 59:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 59:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, I fully hear you.
• 59:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think.
• 1:00:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: If the other stretch we talked about, it's not the toughest, this right here is.
• 1:00:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: At Buffalo, home against Green Bay on Christmas, home against Detroit, at Minnesota to close the year.
• 1:00:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: That is an extremely, I mean, extremely tough stretch of games.
• 1:00:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Anytime you play division opponents, it's gonna be tough.
• 1:00:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: You throw in a super ball-contending bill squad, obviously it's gonna be tough.
• 1:00:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to say W though, I think we're starting to hit on all cylinders here and I think our confidence are
• 1:00:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: cohesiveness as a team.
• 1:00:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's really starting to shine fourth at this point.
• 1:00:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's kind of our signature win.
• 1:00:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: Almost like this point in last season, maybe a couple of your weeks before, against the Eagles on Black Friday.
• 1:00:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's gonna be that type of game.
• 1:00:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think we're gonna dominate quite like that game, but I think we're gonna convincingly win.
• 1:01:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like, oh my gosh, they're here to play.
• 1:01:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're here to stay Chicago in Buffalo on Saturday night.
• 1:01:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: Get the W's can be huge going into Christmas game.
• 1:01:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.
• 1:01:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think for me, the repeat of that Philly game is the one against Green Bay on Christmas.
• 1:01:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think, I think the bears, I pick the bears to lose at Lambo, but I think on Christmas day in that noon game, the bears return the favor and dominate Green Bay and snowy soldier feel.
• 1:01:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it ends up being the perfect setting for a Christmas day game.
• 1:01:43
  [SPEAKER_03]: Snowflakes coming down.
• 1:01:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: Caleb and the bears celebrating with their Christmas presents afterwards in the locker room.
• 1:01:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, um, I have a beaten green bag again.
• 1:01:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's our first sweep in gosh, I don't know how many years wait too long.
• 1:02:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, but I agree.
• 1:02:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we're the better team.
• 1:02:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: And, um, I think we're we're rolling right now.
• 1:02:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: This point to home game, you know, we talked about are the are the players going to
• 1:02:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: or they're gonna stay at home because they're in Chicago.
• 1:02:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Green Bay doesn't have that luxury.
• 1:02:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're gonna be in a hotel.
• 1:02:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's Christmas Eve.
• 1:02:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right, right.
• 1:02:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's in Chicago.
• 1:02:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: Nobody even wants them there.
• 1:02:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, can you imagine being somewhere Christmas Eve and you were not wanted Christmas day and you're not wanted?
• 1:02:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like, that is against our Western ideology of life right there.
• 1:02:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're gonna be booed to hell,
• 1:02:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: The moment they arrive, whatever day of the week it is, Christmas Eve Wednesday before Christmas like it's going to be bad and we sweep them.
• 1:02:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's not going to be good.
• 1:02:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's going to be some personal fouls, maybe some suspensions even that game on Christmas, you know, bad Santa type stuff going on.
• 1:03:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think we get the W.
• 1:03:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Boy, that's going to be, I guess it's not during the middle of the week, but that'll be a fun one to recap over the holidays for sure, especially if it goes that way, personal files.
• 1:03:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think the bear's dominate, and I think it's a repeat of the cheese graters on the set, on the Netflix set after the game.
• 1:03:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think we see the bears break up the cheese craters again.
• 1:03:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: And on like last year, I don't think the bears seem again.
• 1:03:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think they run into them.
• 1:03:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: The playoffs again.
• 1:03:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think this will be it for Green Bay and Chicago.
• 1:03:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Then you get Detroit the next week coming to town.
• 1:03:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: We finished with three division games in a row.
• 1:03:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, the game earlier on Thanksgiving, we both had a winning, do the bears sweep Detroit.
• 1:03:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: We saw last year Detroit come into Chicago and get the win late in the year and sweep us.
• 1:03:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: Take the bear sweep on this year, Brian.
• 1:04:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't.
• 1:04:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we lose this one.
• 1:04:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to say it, but I think we do.
• 1:04:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: We, at this point in my schedule, we've won six in a row out of the buy, one six all great
• 1:04:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: Evident in that Detroit game.
• 1:04:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
• 1:04:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: I could be biased.
• 1:04:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Could be just me when I watched that game end of the season It just felt like they didn't have the fire anymore Like the Detroit was playing with the fire.
• 1:04:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: They were playing with the energy and we weren't For you know, I think that San Francisco game kind of sucked it out of us
• 1:04:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: But Detroit's playing with that fire late in the season, we at this point have already solidified a playoff spot.
• 1:04:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they're a good team that runs the ball.
• 1:04:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: They want to beat Ben Johnson's team.
• 1:04:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think it's just too hard to sweep them.
• 1:04:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: They've swept us a couple of years now.
• 1:05:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we lose that one unfortunately at home.
• 1:05:06
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 1:05:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: No, I mean, I think they're going to be alive in the playoff conversation still, even though I think, you know, as I said earlier, I do think that they continue to maybe fall off a little bit from where they were a couple of years ago.
• 1:05:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: But it's just, it's really tough to sweep a division opponent and you're coming off of situation where we both foresaw the bears beating them on Thanksgiving Day.
• 1:05:28
  [SPEAKER_03]: They're going to want some revenge for that.
• 1:05:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll be a lot less eyeballs on this
• 1:05:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I think I think Detroit gets their win back here and I think they they win unfortunately.
• 1:05:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.
• 1:05:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah But that said I think then the bears go into Minnesota and You know, we've we've seen the bears win up there with teams that weren't great.
• 1:05:52
  [SPEAKER_03]: We saw Justin Fields won a I think it was a Monday night game up there His last year.
• 1:05:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: You should give us both W's.
• 1:05:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought we both said loss.
• 1:05:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: Oh I think I already think in ahead to Minnesota
• 1:06:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: Minnesota, I think we get the the win.
• 1:06:05
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think the bear's sweet Minnesota this year.
• 1:06:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I think I think Minnesota is fourth place in the division this year.
• 1:06:13
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that by week 18, they're not really playing for anything but pride.
• 1:06:18
  [SPEAKER_03]: And I think the bear's potentially your plan for playoff seating at this point, even though we both have a mat, what I got them at five lot.
• 1:06:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: We both have them at five losses here.
• 1:06:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: And
• 1:06:27
  [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, you know, they're not running away with it at that point.
• 1:06:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I think playoff seeding still a factor.
• 1:06:33
  [SPEAKER_03]: So I think the bears go up to Minneapolis and then we get teen.
• 1:06:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: They get the win.
• 1:06:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I think we win as well going to play off.
• 1:06:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: So if I was at 12 victory, one, two, yeah, every.
• 1:06:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: 4 or 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 victory.
• 1:06:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, 12 and 5.
• 1:06:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: We both have 12 and 5.
• 1:06:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: Wow.
• 1:06:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: I thought we were early on.
• 1:06:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: We were disagreeing on some games.
• 1:06:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: I thought we mind up with different records.
• 1:06:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: We had both end up with 12 and 5.
• 1:07:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: One, a one game improvement.
• 1:07:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: When many of the prognosticators are forecasting the bears to
• 1:07:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: Regress this year and what is there over under nine and I have I think Cash is at it.
• 1:07:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.
• 1:07:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think I had a pull-up in a tap.
• 1:07:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, the bears are nine and a half or wins over under they've got
• 1:07:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Green Bay is 10 and a half and there's Detroit Detroit's also 10 and a half that surprises me that they have them also ahead of the bears, but they have the bears 9 and a half, Minnesota is eight and a half.
• 1:07:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: But no, I'm, I feel good about 12 and 5.
• 1:07:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's very possible.
• 1:07:45
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I picked them to lose some games here that I think they could pull out the win.
• 1:07:49
  [SPEAKER_03]: Most, like most notably that last one there, I could see them sweeping Detroit.
• 1:07:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: More or less kind of playing it safe sand.
• 1:07:57
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's gonna be a split, but, you know, I mean, 13 and 4.
• 1:08:01
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's not impossible.
• 1:08:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, hell of a season.
• 1:08:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: It would be, it's one of the hardest strengths of schedules.
• 1:08:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: And you just look at it.
• 1:08:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: our divisions tough, toughest and football, right?
• 1:08:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: We play those teams to start and to finish this season.
• 1:08:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then you've got a couple brutal stretches there.
• 1:08:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I chose the loss against Atlanta because it's kind of, you know, sandwiched in between a couple really hard games, and that's before they play the Seahawks, before they play
• 1:08:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: a week before they're by against Tampa.
• 1:08:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, there's some, there's some tough stretches.
• 1:08:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Now they got some winnable games there, but even the jacks game.
• 1:08:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, jacks, those, they play us tough.
• 1:08:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they've got a good team, Liam Cole, and I like what he's doing with that offense there.
• 1:08:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: That could be a game that, you know, we kind of overlook after that Detroit Thanksgiving game.
• 1:09:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think 12 and 5 is an optimistic, more than realistic view most likely, you know, we're pretty high right now as far as coming off a great season, good draft and, you know, we did well last year with our predictions and our and the most important factor you've got Ben and Caleb one more year in this thing.
• 1:09:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
• 1:09:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm really excited to see what what they do, what Caleb does, a lot of discourse this offseason regarding the defense, specifically the defensive line.
• 1:09:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: And if we've done enough to really slow down some opposing offenses.
• 1:09:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: And you know, the argument is, ultimately, Ken Caleb and Ben outscore their offense.
• 1:09:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: And with these weapons,
• 1:09:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: with these guys up front, I think we can't.
• 1:09:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I don't know that that's ever been the case.
• 1:09:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: I feel like with Tresman, the Tresman years a little bit there was, which by the way, did you see my article regarding your the favorite most memorable game you've ever attended?
• 1:10:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: I don't think I did see that one.
• 1:10:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: No.
• 1:10:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: So mine was right before the Trestman years, just reminded me of it because it was Cutler's first year that a game I attended.
• 1:10:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, yeah, I saw that.
• 1:10:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: I remember seeing a picture on the homepage, yeah.
• 1:10:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: We had Cutler, his first year, it was a home opener with Cutler.
• 1:10:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cutler's first game in Chicago was a game I attended against the Steelers.
• 1:10:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: against Big Ben in the Steelers.
• 1:10:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: We had Fortae, we had Knox, a couple years before Brandon Marshall and Alshan Jeffrey and Martellus Bennett.
• 1:10:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, that was the last time with those guys that we could kind of outscore some people.
• 1:10:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think I think we've got more of an opportunistic
• 1:11:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: And we'll see what an Austin Booker does, right?
• 1:11:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Like you and I are really high on him.
• 1:11:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, high on Montes wet.
• 1:11:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think we're gonna outscore some teams this year that might be able to put points on us, but Caleb and Ben can just put a little bit more.
• 1:11:22
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.
• 1:11:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: No, I mean, well said, it's it's been a while and we saw it last year, but it's been a while around these parts since we've felt like we have the offense to just run with anybody and no matter what happens on the defensive side of the ball, they're going to keep you in games.
• 1:11:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: We saw it happen last year.
• 1:11:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Right.
• 1:11:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: We we mentioned the 49ers game where they were just lighting it up, but we stayed toe to toe with them the whole time, because we had the offense to do it.
• 1:11:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: Um, we haven't solved the past rush.
• 1:11:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: I, you know, I do think though that Austin continues to take a step and we have some success there, it's still going to be an area.
• 1:11:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: I think next year that's going to be a primary focus to improve.
• 1:11:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I'd like what they did on the back end of the defense.
• 1:12:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: We added all the speed.
• 1:12:03
  [SPEAKER_03]: We've got two ballhawking safeties back there I mean, I think they continue.
• 1:12:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're not going to get the same amount of turnovers last year Most likely, but I do think that they're still going to make opportunistic plays at critical moments to keep us in games when we need to take away
• 1:12:20
  [SPEAKER_03]: And not the past rush that we want, certainly not the past rush to be a completely dominant franchise, like we still think this team could be in the next couple of years.
• 1:12:32
  [SPEAKER_03]: But I think we've got enough, and we've got Luther Burton taking another step on offense this year as one of the top two past catchers, continued ascension of coast and loveland out over there.
• 1:12:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: Still got a really good
• 1:12:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: And, you know, Ozzy, who knows, he might be back by the end of the year.
• 1:12:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, at the left, left tackle, because we'll see what happens.
• 1:12:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: So, I just, it's hard to pick against him, seeing what we saw to this offense last year, because I never am going to feel like they're out of a game.
• 1:13:08
  [SPEAKER_03]: and they've shown us we shouldn't feel like they're out of a game ever.
• 1:13:12
  [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, I think given the difficulty of this schedule and how we see it, 12 wins would be extremely successful.
• 1:13:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's going to get them into the playoffs and then anything can happen and we are by think both expecting a deep playoff from this year.
• 1:13:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, we'll have to see how this ages certainly last year are 11 and 6 age.
• 1:13:34
  [SPEAKER_03]: Well, we got them improving one game this year.
• 1:13:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're hoping to get to training camp and do a live bears overbears this summer.
• 1:13:40
  [SPEAKER_03]: Talks about that on our last show.
• 1:13:42
  [SPEAKER_03]: If you want to hear a thoughts on the draft picks, check out our last show in the archives from a couple of weeks ago.
• 1:13:46
  [SPEAKER_03]: It was a lot of fun.
• 1:13:47
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we're planning on doing some shows this summer, whether or not we get to training camp as we get you ready for 2,026.
• 1:13:55
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we would love to hear your predictions.
• 1:13:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: You know, you can, you can get us on Twitter at Brian Orangehuck.
• 1:14:02
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• 1:14:03
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• 1:14:05
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• 1:14:08
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• 1:14:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, there's a happy hour post for the show.
• 1:14:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, let us know which games we got wrong, which games we got right.
• 1:14:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: You agree with which games you'd want to go to.
• 1:14:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Again, our away game, if we were going to go to an away game,
• 1:14:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: My would be Buffalo, Ryan was back in fourth-peen Buffalo in Seattle.
• 1:14:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he ultimately chose Seattle because he's never been there.
• 1:14:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Home game though, he chose Philadelphia, I chose New England.
• 1:14:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Which games would you want to go to if you could, if money wasn't an issue, if you can go to any game you wanted and which games you see us winning?
• 1:14:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: Christmas thanks given to we win those games because right now, both of us think we're going to win those games, which would make for an extra happy Thanksgiving and Christmas for the draw scene or in Chuck family, which would probably make the whole season worth it quite frankly, if you could do that, but either way, it's going to be a fun season, can't wait to see these rookies play,
• 1:15:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, we'll see if any of these defense of lime and take a step up, it kind of depends on that.
• 1:15:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: A lot of this does.
• 1:15:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: But looking forward to seeing Caleb take a step, Luther Burton, obviously.
• 1:15:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then who is the one highlighted plan of a team in the release video?
• 1:15:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Roma Dune Zay.
• 1:15:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, I think a lot of people are forgetting about him.
• 1:15:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Looking at coals and love and look out, let's do third bird and looking at Caleb Williams and the bounce back to you that DeAndrey Swift had.
• 1:15:49
  [SPEAKER_01]: What about Rome?
• 1:15:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, he was leading the league in touchdown catches before he got hurt and then played through it the rest of the year but kind of hobbled through it.
• 1:15:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: So we got some weapons man.
• 1:16:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: It'll be interesting to see if we can keep up with the big boys.
• 1:16:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, I think we have good reason to pick the bears in those big games.
• 1:16:07
  [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, we saw it last year.
• 1:16:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: They showed up under the lights time and time again.
• 1:16:11
  [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, whether it's Christmas, whether it's Thanksgiving, getting those wins, but I, you know, we saw the letdowns possibly two and the lesser viewed games.
• 1:16:19
  [SPEAKER_03]: I know that the one we're going to get dragged in the comments for Brian is people are going to be like, what?
• 1:16:23
  [SPEAKER_03]: They're not going to lose the lines at home in weeks.
• 1:16:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: I know that that's the one people are probably going to point two, but look, we had them winning Thanksgiving day.
• 1:16:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: you know, and we're kind of going to protect there with split with the lions.
• 1:16:35
  [SPEAKER_03]: We'll see what happens though.
• 1:16:36
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's going to be really interesting.
• 1:16:38
  [SPEAKER_03]: Can't wait.
• 1:16:39
  [SPEAKER_03]: We're just what like three little less than three months away from preseason football.
• 1:16:44
  [SPEAKER_03]: It's going to go fast.
• 1:16:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh man, I can't wait, we got fantasy drafts coming up, got a lot of cool things coming up, got some fantasy insight, some fantasy, some big time fantasy names on the Twitter space that might be joining us this year.
• 1:16:58
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• 1:17:06
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• 1:17:17
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• 1:17:22
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• 1:17:26
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• 1:17:28
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• 1:17:32
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• 1:17:36
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• 1:17:37
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• 1:18:07
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• 1:18:13
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• 1:18:14
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