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EP 24: Bear Down With Bear Den Live & Which Late Round Rookies Could Play A Big Role For Their Team This Season? · 3 Guys, 6 Balls NFL Podcast

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3 lifelong friends, 6 trusty balls and endless NFL ticks.
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Welcome to Three guys 6 Balls NFL Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 24 of Three Guys 6 Balls NFL Podcast.
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Today we're joined by a special guest from Bear Den Live.
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He is joining us today to talk about the Chicago Bears.
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And so today he's joining us. We're going to talk about some
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of We're going to talk about Will's favorite team, the
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Chicago Bears. Yay, then one of the 32.
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You know what? Hold on though, before we get
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you far into this. At least they have an owner,
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unlike the Packers. OK, you've got that going for
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you over the Packers. You have an actual head of your
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team. OK, Anyway, continue.
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And he's not Jerry Jones, so. He's not Jerry Jones.
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You're winning. All right, well, why don't you
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go ahead and start us off just by letting everybody know where
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they can find you on social media and just tell us a little
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bit about yourself and how you kind of got started with your
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coverage of the Bears. Yeah man thank you guys again
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for having me like always go bears, but you guys can find my
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socials TikTok, Instagram, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, I
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guess X just bear den live BEARDENLIVE and you know my my
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love for the bears has always been I'm 23 years old and
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pushing 24. So always been a bears fan grew
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up in Chicago Chicagoland area sitting not too far from Soldier
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Field. So always been a bears fan and
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just continuing my my pain, but you know, got high hopes.
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I know Will's not going to want to hear that, but I've got high
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hopes this year. So I'm I'm looking forward to it
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and I'm I started off just, you know, just doing some videos on
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TikTok and it took me to a route like we're here right now.
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So, you know, thanks again for y'all for having me.
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So I'm excited for this. Yeah, yeah.
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We're excited to have you. Will, what were you going to
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say? I was going to say you're on the
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show with with two Cowboys fans and a freelancer over there in a
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free. I don't know if Joe or I had
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said a single good thing about the Cowboys in 23 episodes.
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It's #24 So at least you have high hopes, all right?
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So, so, so at least at least you've got that.
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So there's that. Cause 'cause we sure don't.
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No, 5:00 and 12:00. Here we go. 5:00 and 12:00.
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I was a Cowboys fan too, man 5 and 12 is still generous, I'm
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giving you that. And I think 5:00 and 12:00 is
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still generous. Well, no mica.
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Nothing. That's fair.
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Hey, maybe Michael will be a bear.
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You never know. I would I would do anything to
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get Micah to be in Chicago. Man, I'm there's anything?
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Anything. Tread, Caleb.
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No, OK, OK, got it. Now I think anything was a was a
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little too much on my end. I don't know if I can get hey.
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But in in exchange, you can get one of the top paid quarterbacks
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in the league, Dak Prescott. Go top paid quarterback.
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Yeah, not one of the top paid. The top. 60 million a year got.
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A crazy. Time until the next guy signs a
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contract and then he's got the next.
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No. People have signed sense that
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and none of them have been that high.
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Yeah, I know, I know. But it's just a matter of just
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time before someone else eclipses that.
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It's kind of like the world, world records in the Olympics.
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Like every year, every four years we got new guys.
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But we thought there's always an object.
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In homes, right? It has 10 year half a billion
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dollar contract. Oh, this is the new thing.
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And then no one else followed suit.
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Now the Chiefs are fake heroes because they're paying that guy
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a nickel to win a Super Bowl. I'm really here.
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Crazy when it's Caleb's turn, he'll get paid 61 million.
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Oh, yeah, I, I think in two years he'll be the highest paid
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quarterback. If I don't know about Dakota
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Prescott, if he's still going to get an extension.
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I don't know what Jerry Jones like to do, likes to do, but you
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know. Wow, I.
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Hope he doesn't play highest for sure.
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If he signs the highest, that means he's the best, right?
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He is going to be the best he will be.
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Obviously, actually. Tax the best.
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All right, well, if you guys are Bears fans or even if you're
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not, if you wanted to see some good NFL content and some Bears
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content, go follow Bear Den live on his social media platforms.
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And again, thank you for coming on with us today.
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It's it's good to have you and I'm excited to talk about the
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bears. So before we talk about the
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Bears, we are going to talk about something else.
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We're actually going to talk about which late round draft
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pick from the 2025 draft could emerge into a prominent role for
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their team this season. And so as our guest, why don't
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you go ahead and get us started. Who do you think is going to be
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a late round rookie from the 2025 draft who could have a big
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role for their team? Yeah, man, I think this is I
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love this. I think I really like this
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question just because with no bias aside, like I'm putting all
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my bias aside, I'm going to go Kyle Manung guy.
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I, I know you guys are going to be like, oh, it's so biased, the
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Bears guy, but. I think, I don't even know.
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I don't even know who. I could not tell.
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I couldn't even pronounce that guy's name.
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I don't know who he is. Don't worry it it took me a
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second to to to pronounce his name too.
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Don't worry. No, he's a seventh round pick
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out of Rutgers running back and the Bears running back room.
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And honestly, he he runs like Isaiah Pacheco.
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And it's a coincidence that Isaiah Pacheco was taken in the
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seventh round by the Chiefs and also went to Rutgers and is now
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emerging as the RB one on his team.
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And the Bears and Ryan polls did the same thing with Kyle Manon.
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Guy took him to the seventh round and from what I've seen at
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training camp and practice and everything in general, he runs
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literally like he's wearing big feet and he's stomping through a
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wall. He is what we want and he is a
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horsepower like workforce running back that if DeAndre
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Swift was to ever get hurt or Roshan seems to be dealing with
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an injury right now, he will emerge, as you know, the running
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back 1. And I wouldn't be surprised if
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in a year or two he is our starting running back like
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Isaiah Pacheco took over that role at the Chiefs.
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So late, late round pick, super late.
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But he, he's a dog. He he's got that dog mentality.
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Yeah, I like that. I mean, I like the late round
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running backs because I feel like there's always a late round
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running back who just comes out of nowhere like we're not
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expecting. And they they end up doing
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really well. Like kind of a good example
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would be Alvin Camaro for the Saints.
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And he was a fifth round pick, I believe.
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And he just came out of nowhere. Like nobody expected him to do
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that. But just looking at Monongai's
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stats here, so the last two seasons he had over 1200 rushing
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yards. He averaged over 5 yards a carry
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and he had 13 touchdowns this last year and eight touchdowns
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the year before. So the last two years he's been
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very good for Rutgers. So I, I actually like what like
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that pick. I think that's a, that's a
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really good pick. And that'd be exciting to see a
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7th rounder to another seventh round running back to step up in
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the NFL. And kind of, it kind of goes
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against kind of what running backs are hoping for 'cause you
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know, you know, they like the first round, the, the first
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round running backs, they like to be paid.
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But you know, when you can find a guy in the seventh round, it's
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kind of like you don't really need to.
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So it kind of goes against what the what the running backs want,
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but it is kind of cool to see those late round picks,
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especially at the running back position to to step up like
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that. So I think it's a good pick.
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Anything else you want to say about him?
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No, I think I I'll just follow up on you.
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I think the running back position is one of the most
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easily replaceable positions in the NFL that we can have.
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So, you know, having him as even depth, I think is a great,
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great. You know, it's it's good for the
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Bears, so. All right, cool.
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So Avery, why don't you go next, Who is a late round pick that
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you think will emerge into a prominent role for their team
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this year? I want to start off by saying
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that I think kind of going off what Bearden was talking about,
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I think a lot of those running backs end up having a better
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shot at getting good playing time.
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And I think it's mainly because, well, I believe, I think a lot
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of people agree running backs a very short shelf life.
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But when they're not taking that weekly pounding on the field
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every Sunday, I think it helps the duration a bit.
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And so then at that point, you're gotten a little bit more
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used to the scheme, more used to, you know, all basically
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everything you need to know. And then so when you do come in,
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you are still fresh, you're still young.
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So I think a lot of those, a lot of the running backs that I was
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looking at, I feel like I'm like, honestly, it's just one of
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those things you just put them in the right situation.
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I mean, it's not like you forget how to run when you get drafted.
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That being said, I picked a wide receiver, picked Ellic IO Manor.
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This is a this is a Homer pick for me.
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I think that guy is insane. I watched him when he was still
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when the PAC 12 still existed. I guess it still kind of does
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the PAC 2 or so. I don't know what it is now.
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They don't even talk about it. Poor Washington State and Oregon
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State just stuck there. But he played at Stanford.
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Dude cooked everybody. I mean, this guy like, yeah,
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this guy look like Larry Fitzgerald out there.
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I was surprised when he dropped this far.
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I think he should have been a lot higher, but maybe teams
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didn't have that need. But I think I think right now
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he's listed it like wide receiver 4 right now.
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So I don't think he's going to get much playing time.
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But I think if any of these guys go down, I think if Tyler
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Lockett gets touched before he slides, I think.
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He can get hurt. And then Alec can come in.
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I think it's just one of those things where, especially with
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Cam Ward, I think a lot of eyes are going to be on Alec if he
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does come in. I just think he's got a lot of
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big play potential and I'm excited to see how he develops.
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Yeah, he was actually one of the guys that we had ranked in our
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top 50 big board for the NFL draft.
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So we had him ranked a lot higher than a lot of other
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people did. But if you look at when he
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played at Stanford, their their whole offensive scheme was just
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not a good fit for him. And and it just wasn't a a
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passing offense that fit what he does.
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And so I think with especially with a rookie quarterback, you
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know, the Titans are probably going to be losing a lot.
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So they're going to throw the ball a lot.
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I think he's going to have a lot of opportunity.
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And so I really like that pick as well.
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Avery, he's a guy that I was really high on, you were really
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high on and I think we were just all really high on collectively.
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But yeah, Faison, how do you how do you feel about IO Manor?
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Do you have any thoughts on that?
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I do like what Avery said about if Tyler Lockett goes down, I
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think he steps up in a big role. Considering Tyler Lockett's age,
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2, I think that it's good that they picked him up.
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It's you know, he'll sit at the bottom of the depth chart just
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for the time being. Like you said, I think WR 4
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right now, but injuries happen. And I do know that Tyler Lockett
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is getting of that age. So you did say if he if he gets
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even touched before he goes, that man is not he's not going
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to be, he's not coming back the next day.
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So I think he has big shoes to fill.
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But I think if you give those types of players that
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opportunity, I think it's a big, I think it's a big opportunity
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for them to step up and, you know, kind of show out who they
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are and why they were taken the way they were.
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So yeah. Yeah, for sure.
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All right. Well, who you got?
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I got a guy who man, nobody nobody watched him in college,
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right? Not not a single person watching
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Colorado State play college football.
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No, no, Horton. It is Tori Horton.
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Hey, good job. Maybe you watch Colorado State
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play college football. I certainly did not.
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I I also didn't watch him at Nevada, but he is currently
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listed as bodies Fever 2 on a depth chart.
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They've got they've got Cooper Cup.
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Yeah, they've got Cooper Cup listed in this slot, so who
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really is Large 02 is up in the air.
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But still you've got Jackson Smith and Jigma, who, I mean,
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he's going to be their guy this year.
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But the problem is, is you've got Sam Donald, who has to prove
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it wasn't just a fluke. And so he's going to have to
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fling the ball around left, right and center.
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Everyone's going to have to be open.
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Everyone's going to have to be heavily involved.
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I think Tori Houghton, as you believe he was in the fifth
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round this year, They got good value out of him and I think
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that he's going to be at six foot two.
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He's a big body. We know the Seattle Seahawks
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love to throw the ball on the 1 yard line, so he's going to be
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there for them for that. All right, yeah, I don't know if
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you guys watched any of his pre season highlights, but he had a
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pretty good, at least one game I watched.
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He had a pretty good game in one of the pre season games.
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I know it's just pre season, but still he showcases a little bit
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of what he can do. And I think with those two
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receivers with Cup and with JSN, there's going to be a lot of
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opportunity for somebody else to step up.
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So I think that's a really good pick as well.
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Do you guys have any thoughts on Tori Horton?
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I don't know about him being wide receiver 2 on that depth
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chart. I just really like I'm really
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high on JSN this year too. I've I've been out of college.
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I think he's a stud. He his separation is really
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good. And Cooper Cup, we know what he
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he's he can do. Yeah, he's getting older and
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yeah, he's you know, he didn't get the contract he wanted with
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the Rams, but I don't know, again, with with these rookie
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wide receivers, it's really tough.
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You know, you it's either a hit or miss, no matter where they're
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taken, either to take in the first round of the seventh
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round. It doesn't matter.
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Like it they're a really big hit or miss in that position just
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because there's so many mouths to feed.
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But it just all depends on Sam Darnold too.
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Like like Will said, like if he can prove that it wasn't a
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fluke, then I would I'll give him a couple of games in the
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beginning. But if that's offense struggles,
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then it's going to be really hard to to root for not root,
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but you know, consider upside on on those types of players.
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Yeah. Do you guys think that it was a
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fluke for Sam Darnold? Do you think it was a fluke for
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Sam Darnold? I don't know if it was a fluke,
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right? Because it's because I broke the
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clock, right? Twice a year or twice a day.
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Excuse me, Rich Grossman with the Bears of the Super Bowl.
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OK, so you don't have to be good all the time.
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You have to be good at the right time.
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So I didn't that is my defaults below average quarterback that
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did really well. That's just my that had nothing
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to do with having a Bears fan on.
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I have said that multiple times in the show is just my default
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go to. Sometimes the quarterback
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doesn't matter as much, but also average to below average
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quarterback should have really good seasons with a well built
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team and go really, really far. So taking nothing away from that
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Bears team as a whole, no rush Grossman.
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Specifically, I don't know. I think, I don't know.
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I think he's a very systematic quarterback, Kevin.
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He was in Kevin O'Connell, one of the best coaches, I will
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admit it to from a Bears fan. Kevin O'Connell is one of the
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best coaches the NFL has recently seen.
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You got your Mcveigh's, you got all those guys.
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But I, I think O'Connell is a very systematic quarterback and
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I don't have any hopes in JJ McCarthy.
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Don't, don't. I don't want anybody to twist my
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words on this. But I do think of the flu just
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because it was a very good system and losing Pete Carroll
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for, you know, the Seahawks is a big, big gap to fill.
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But I guess we'll see. Will you guys agree?
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Yeah, if you want to hit on JJ on this show, Will is all for
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that. So oh, good, great.
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Go, go right ahead. Oh, slander off slander.
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Any NFC North quarterback, and besides Caleb, so any And you
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got anybody else? Jordan got golf.
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I'm here for it, man. All right, so for my late round
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rookie who could step into a prominent role this year, I went
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with a Homer pick. I went with Dallas Cowboys
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running back Jaden Blue out of Texas.
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I almost went, what's happening with I bet Joel picks him, I'm
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going to pick somebody else. Yeah, and so the reason I went
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with him is because at the combine he ran a 438 and at his
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pro day he ran a sub 43. Now, one thing the Dallas
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Cowboys have not had in, I don't know how long is speed on that
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offense. The only player they have with
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speed is Kevonte Turpin, who runs a 431.
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Everybody else isn't considered fast.
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So these are these are the players that are listed as their
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starters on their depth chart. Or well, no, they're not all
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starters, but some of them backups, but guys who will play
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on their depth chart. And these are their 40 times.
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So the guys on their jet chart who there 40 times who will play
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is Javonte Williams. He ran A457.
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Miles Sanders ran A449 CD Lamb runs A451, George Pickens is a
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447, Jalen Tolbert is a 449, Jake Ferguson is a 481, and then
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Jonathan Mingo is a 446. So the only fast player you have
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is Turpin. So what do you do when you have
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speed, especially when you draft a guy who has speed?
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Do you put him on the bench and just not use him?
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If you're the Dallas Cowboys, probably.
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But what should you do is you should use it.
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You should use his speed and whether it's as a receiver, as a
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running back, as a returner, however you want to use this
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guy, just use his speed. And so I think that especially
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with the questions that the Cowboys have at the running back
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position, there's no like clear cut guy who's going to take over
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and be that workhorse back for the Cowboys.
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I think that Jayden Blue can step into a prominent role for
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the Cowboys this year, especially as it goes more and
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more into the season, because I think he's going to showcase
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that he has the ability to make explosive plays.
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It's also very possible that Dad gets hurt.
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Week 3. Week Four.
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Week 2. Or or week 1, you know.
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Week. One or before the season starts.
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Well, I, I feel like week one versus Eagles, I feel like
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that's very fitting. And so we're going to put Joe
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Milton in, which is great that you can throw the ball 100 yards
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with a 1/2 a step. That is he can't throw the ball
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1 yard, OK, one yard throws 100 yards row and 100 yards.
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He just, he just goes, he just throws it really, really fall
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every single time. And so we're going to have to
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run the ball a lot as we've seen Christian McCaffrey, who also
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gets hurt from being a workhorse.
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You're going to need a slew of backs.
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So I agree you can get some time in there given the possible
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trajectory of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Possible trajectory? That's my positive spin.
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Yeah, real positive. Thank you for throwing that in
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there. All right, well now let's not
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talk about the Chicago Bears, the reason why we have our guest
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on today. So to start here Faison, do you
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want to start with some warm up questions or do you want to
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start off hot? Let let's go.
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Let's go, hot man. Yeah, look at this man.
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Let's. Go.
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OK, OK, here we go. So I told you I had a surprise
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question for you. OK, so here's my surprise
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question. So you are on record saying that
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the Chicago Bears are not only going to win their division to
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win the Super Bowl this year. This.
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Year. Where's the tattoo?
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Where'd you get? Where'd you put the tattoo?
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Well, hold on, hold on. Can we show it on the show?
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Not right now. OK.
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Subscribe to our Patreon, you can see exactly.
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Where it is there it is OK. So my question for you is, have
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you ever felt this way about any other Bears team?
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And if so, why is this team different from those teams?
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So you want me to be you? You want me to be honest or you
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want me to not be honest? We want you to be rational with
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your irrational take. Irrational take.
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OK, have I ever felt this way about any other Bears team?
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Yes, I, I'll, I'll admit it. I'll be on I, I.
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Every year. Every year, every year since I
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was born, I have felt this way. But but but.
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This is what happens when you're still 24 years old.
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You're 24 years old. You have been toughened it up.
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He's still 23, almost 24. OK.
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The rest of us are 32 or almost 32.
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We it is just another decade on top of it.
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I'm just being burnt. Tie after tie after time.
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You'll get there son, don't worry.
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I I probably will. I I.
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Remember that? I remember that Bears Colt Super
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Bowl. There you go, 2. 1007 Well, yes,
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so those are sixth season January 2007.
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Yes, same thing. Same.
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Same thing, Yes. I think, I think Bearden
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Bearden's going to talk about Ben Johnson here.
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You think so? Oh, I.
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Think that I think you should. You got it, you got it.
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No, I, I, I, I felt this way every year.
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But I will say, like Avery said, this year is different because
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because we have got a competent coach.
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Everybody's seen it. We have a competent coach, We
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have a competent quarterback that has made significant
20:34
improvement. And I just the vibes at like
20:39
Hallis Hall and Soldier feel everything just feels so put
20:42
together, the ownership, the GM, the players, everybody just on
20:46
the same page. And I, I just feel like the
20:48
vibes have never been this high. And I hope it's not I'm I hope
20:52
I'm not getting mistaken for this every like every other
20:56
year, but this year, this is the year.
20:59
All right, guys, this is the year you heard it.
21:01
This is the year. So can we just go ahead and
21:03
pencil you in for December 29th in between Christmas and New
21:09
Year's and we'll do a in the season check in on the Cowboys
21:12
and the Bears? We'll we'll compare our records
21:16
and see, see who's the depressed one.
21:18
Maybe we're both depressed by then, but.
21:20
Maybe we mean maybe no. Well, and I already know we're
21:24
going to be depressed, so you're.
21:25
Going to be depressed. You're saying this is our year?
21:28
I'm going in five and 12, baby, here we come. 5:00 and 12:00.
21:32
Hey, man, it takes a lot of grit to be doing that.
21:35
It takes a lot of grit to say that, but I can't.
21:37
That's the difference between early 20s, early 30s as I show
21:41
up depressed, pal, you show up happy still.
21:44
Well, enjoy like this is all from a.
21:47
Cowboys fan. This is all from a Cowboys fan.
21:49
Like I want everybody to hear that.
21:51
This is all coming from Cowboys fan.
21:52
This is not new. People who have seen this show
21:55
one time know we rack on the Cowboys the most.
21:59
Yeah, coming from Will and Joel, who are 32 year old Cowboys
22:02
fans, they've been depressed so long.
22:04
What's depression? You know, this is, this is their
22:07
life. You know, there is no sadness.
22:08
It's just, it's what it is. Yeah.
22:11
You'll get there. You'll get there.
22:14
Not after this year. Not after this year.
22:16
We're we're. Going we're going on the up,
22:18
though. We're we're we're we're taking
22:21
the fairy up, man. Keep that positivity up.
22:24
I like it. All right, so we're going to
22:27
stay hot here with the next question.
22:30
So Will has openly hated on Caleb Williams several times on
22:34
the show. I've heard it.
22:37
Avery and I Avery and I have said some good things about
22:40
Caleb Williams. We also said some bad things
22:42
about Caleb Williams. But we have said some good
22:44
things. But I want you to give Will your
22:48
best come back as to why he should change his mind, as to
22:53
why Caleb Williams is a bad quarterback.
22:55
Avery and I hate on Will all the time and tell him he's wrong.
22:58
And now we want you to join us and tell Will while he why he is
23:01
wrong. He's a good quarterback because
23:04
he paints his fingernails. That's all you need to know.
23:06
No, I'm just kidding. That would OK, now you're 2
23:11
steps back. So third and 18 now go ahead.
23:15
Shit better than third and 20, all right?
23:18
That's why that is 23 year old optimism right there, Dang.
23:27
Man, I know Kayla like what did Caleb do to Will?
23:30
Man, I want to know this. I want to know the history
23:32
behind this. What has gone wrong with you
23:34
and? Caleb Nothing personally.
23:36
It's all just professional stuff, right?
23:37
You know you get it. Yeah, No, I get it.
23:39
I get it. I get it.
23:42
No, I think I I'm not going to sit here and.
23:44
Write a whole bibliography. As to why my quarterback is the
23:47
best quarterback in the NFC North and if not in the entire
23:51
NFL. But I'll leave you with this for
23:55
the situation that that man was put in with a head coach being
23:58
fired mid season. Mind you, the Bears have never
24:00
done that in their entire franchise that they've had this.
24:03
They have never fired a coach mid season because they are so
24:06
traditional for having your head coach fired mid season.
24:10
Having a incompetent, dumb offensive coordinator who never
24:14
watched film with him and was out doing God knows what and for
24:19
almost only 3700 yards as a rookie and having no
24:24
interceptions in the last what, six to seven weeks of his his
24:27
rookie year? It it, it got, it's got to take
24:31
a lot of hate in you to hate on a guy like that.
24:33
You know, you put your Dakota Prescott in that situation.
24:37
He's not surviving that. Nobody survived that.
24:39
Are you going to say Jayden Daniels?
24:42
I hate him just as much. He's that Butcher fan, will.
24:50
Hates pretty much everybody, so. I.
24:52
Am the local hater on this show I I just said I love it I.
24:55
Love it, I love it. That's what I.
24:57
Need a lot of people there. He's our NFL Sith.
25:00
He just lets the hate flow. Through he's like, he's like,
25:03
he's like one of those guys on Twitter with those burner
25:05
accounts like just always dogging on that one quarterback.
25:08
And I, I, I've probably been in my mention so many times too
25:11
with this burner account. But no, I think he's, he's, he's
25:16
a good quarterback man. You, you have got to see his
25:19
anticipation too from that preseason game last week.
25:22
He's made significant improvements.
25:24
And I'm not saying he's perfect. He still had his hiccups on that
25:26
second drive. I, I know I, I saw it, but he's
25:29
significantly got a lot better and the hate that he's getting.
25:32
I think it only just feels him more.
25:33
And I think this Ben Johnson effect will I'll, I'll talk to
25:37
you by like week six or seven. You, you will agree with me.
25:40
So we'll check in then. OK, I have a follow.
25:45
Up question and this is about your social media post that you
25:48
put out today so. You will and him.
25:51
Yeah. You were talking about the
25:53
preseason game between the Bears and the Chiefs, and you put up a
25:57
picture of Caleb Williams and Patrick Mahomes and you said
26:00
it's going to be the GOAT versus Patrick Mahomes.
26:04
Do you truly believe that Caleb Williams will be the greatest
26:08
quarterback of all time? He is the greatest quarterback
26:11
of all time, and he is the greatest quarterback Chicago
26:14
Bears I've ever seen. Yes, he will.
26:16
He's probably already true. It is that last we second.
26:20
Part we lift the other part. Yeah, it's probably true.
26:23
Both parts. Both parts?
26:24
What about Rex Grossman? Oh, Will, Will's got Will Will.
26:29
We'll have something city about that.
26:30
But you know. Kyle Horton, Jake Plummer, OH.
26:34
My God, dude, we've been through so many.
26:36
You guys are saying all these names.
26:37
I'm. Like God damn.
26:38
Hey, you can't forget about Cutler.
26:40
He's the best quarterback. He he's the second best
26:43
quarterback the Bears have ever had.
26:44
It goes Caleb and Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler's the second best
26:47
quarterback the Bears have ever had.
26:49
Mr. Trubisky. Can't forget about the
26:53
Nickelodeon MVP. I love Mitch, man.
26:55
He got for for the hate he deserves too, man, It's sad.
26:58
I'm I was happy to see him. But your question following up
27:01
with your question, I think I think the GOAT is Caleb.
27:04
He is the GOAT will be the GOAT for the Chicago Bears and the
27:08
NFL in general and Patrick Mahomes.
27:10
Yeah, if you guys want to throw in him in the mix, that's fine
27:12
too. But the first is always going to
27:15
be Caleb and he these quarterbacks don't get taken
27:18
first overall for no reason, right?
27:20
Like they they we obviously see something in them.
27:22
We know we have confidence in the kid.
27:24
It's just now it's it's every puzzle piece is coming together
27:27
and the cookies never going to crumble the wrong way after this
27:30
quarterback. So I know Will's like he's
27:33
getting mad, like clenching his first, like damn.
27:35
No, no, no, no. I'm just, you said you're taking
27:37
first overall for nothing. I'm just thinking, Jamarcus
27:39
Russell, That's fine. You keep doing.
27:41
You keep doing your thing right? He went deep in his bag to get
27:46
that one out, didn't he? He went to the bottom of the bag
27:50
to pick that one out. Said Will.
27:51
Said. That's midway through the bag.
27:54
That's midway through the bag. You don't understand the depth
27:56
of my hate, Sir. He's like Santa Claus over here.
28:01
He's got infinite things in his bag.
28:07
Will did say last week on our show that he was going to spend
28:09
the entire week studying the bears and why they were bad.
28:14
So I, I expect him to to have a full bag here, Yeah.
28:18
His his hater watch is going deep in his bag.
28:20
I'm here. You know what hate watching is?
28:22
Still views OK. It is.
28:27
It is. All right, so next question.
28:31
So let's talk a little bit about Ben Johnson and we've kind of
28:35
already mentioned him a little bit, But as someone who has
28:38
seeing what Ben Johnson can do against your team with the
28:42
Lions, how do you think he's going to do as the head coach of
28:45
the Chicago Bears? Because in three years with the
28:48
Lions, the Bears went one and five against his team and the
28:54
the offense for Ben Johnson averaged 28.8 points per game in
28:58
those six games. So how do you think he's going
29:01
to do as the head coach of the Bears, as someone who has seen
29:05
what he can do against the Bears?
29:07
He's going to annihilate any defense and I want every viewer
29:10
to know that Ben Johnson will be a menace to the NFL.
29:14
And knowing what he's put us through, like those trick plays
29:18
that he put out on Thanksgiving first versus US, it was uncalled
29:23
for. And in the moment, I was so
29:26
annoyed. I was like, what the hell is
29:27
this? Like Jared Goff literally fell
29:29
on the ground and it was just the goofiest thing I've seen.
29:33
And knowing that now that is our prize possession as a Bears fan,
29:38
that we have that creative skill set and mindset and a head coach
29:42
for the first time ever. I, I, I know that what he's
29:46
carried on from the Lions will only carry on to the Bears.
29:49
And if not, it will be better than the Lions.
29:52
And I know Jameer Gibbs and Aman Raj Hussain Brown sat sat down
29:56
with Kay Adams a few days ago and she asked him the same
29:59
questions. And they were even like
30:00
startled. They were like, Oh my God, like
30:02
his the offense was so good. Like it, it seemed good watching
30:06
them. And that just shows the impact
30:08
that he had on the lines because the Lions only success was
30:11
because of Ben Johnson. And if I know a lot of people,
30:14
Dan Campbell this Dan Campbell that no, Dan Campbell did not
30:17
have that thug and mindset and creative skill set that Ben
30:20
Johnson had. And now that he's on the Bears,
30:23
he will only revamp that for us so.
30:25
So follow up questions to that. So Ben Johnson was the offensive
30:30
coordinator for three seasons with the the Detroit Lions.
30:35
In his first season, the Lions went 9:00 and 8:00, and it was
30:40
really only the last two seasons that the Lions have been like,
30:43
really, really good and, you know, made the playoffs and won
30:47
their division and all that. So do you think it's going to
30:49
take a little bit of time or are you pretty confident it's going
30:53
to be right down this year? It'll be it'll be it'll be this
30:56
Friday. I know it's going to be this
30:57
Friday versus Chiefs too, that that confidence, everything will
31:00
show out. It doesn't it's not like he's
31:03
never been in the NFL. It's not like he he doesn't know
31:05
what he's doing. I know he everybody knows what
31:07
he's doing. He's carried the Detroit Lions
31:09
on his back for the three, Four Seasons.
31:11
Whatever he was there for, he's carried that load.
31:14
And all he has to do now is just unleash the part that no one's
31:18
ever seen. And it's amazing that he has the
31:21
generational quarterback that we have in Caleb Williams.
31:23
So. Let me ask, I like Ben Johnson.
31:28
I want to say that he went to Carolina.
31:31
He's a Carolina guy. I saw that presser of him
31:34
basically like what I imagined if I was one of the Bears
31:38
players that was there for the paycheck, I'd be like, shit,
31:42
like we're going to have to work.
31:43
Like I saw one of the players say like, no, if coach tells you
31:47
to do something and you mess up, like you get one shot.
31:49
If you mess up again, you're done.
31:51
You're done. For training camp, you're done.
31:54
So I can see that on one hand like working, but also in my
32:01
view might be skewed because I'm more of a college football guy.
32:04
But that extra effort, that feels like more of a college
32:11
thing because in college you don't have anything.
32:13
You're working to get something. Where is in in in professional
32:17
football? This is your job.
32:19
You're looking to maintain your job.
32:21
So it's like, you know, you got to do what you got to do.
32:23
You know, some guys are looking to be great.
32:25
A lot of guys are looking to keep their job.
32:28
I'm curious if that is if there is a chance that has a
32:33
possibility of backfiring, meaning there are some guys that
32:37
just either don't buy in, they're not prepared or he's
32:41
running too tight a ship where a program like the Bears and I am
32:46
kind of comparing it to the Minnesota Timberwolves of a few
32:49
years ago. I don't know.
32:50
This is a deep this is my basketball little Family Guy
32:54
moment where I'm taking it somewhere else.
32:56
But they had a bunch of guys that didn't work very hard.
32:59
And then Jimmy Butler came in there and he's like these these
33:02
guys are slacking. And it just it basically like
33:06
that whole team basically got reset because they just realized
33:08
they had an entire culture of just kind of slacking and it
33:11
required cleaning house. Now the Bears have kind of
33:14
cleared cleaned house a little bit.
33:15
And you did mention like there does seem to be this like, you
33:19
know, new energy there. However, I can also see that
33:23
since there hasn't been any games yet, a lot of that is
33:25
based on pure optimism. Not necessarily.
33:29
Oh, we've seen good stuff because I would say even in the
33:31
preseason, you know, oh, we're going to see, you know, some
33:34
greatness here. I would say I don't even think
33:36
that is the rubric for success here.
33:38
You're not trying to find 6. You're not trying to find
33:40
success in this. You know, the score here, the
33:43
plays they run, you're trying to figure out personnel so that you
33:45
can hit it week 1. So I'm curious if, and I know
33:51
I'm going to, I know the answer I'm going to get because you're
33:55
clearly a ride or die Bears fans, Bears fan, but I'm just
33:58
curious. This feels like something where
34:01
it's kind of high risk, high reward, like you're running,
34:04
you're redlining this. How do you see that?
34:07
I guess what is because I know how you see it's going to go.
34:10
They're going to win the Super Bowl.
34:12
What's? What's the floor here?
34:14
Give me a. Give me a scenario.
34:16
Hold on. Before you go, let me give you 2
34:17
examples to support the Avery's case.
34:19
One, Chip Kelly and the Eagles, right?
34:22
He came in, the Eagles tried to run it like a college team,
34:24
didn't work. He got moved around a couple
34:26
spots, had to go back to college.
34:28
Now he's batting NFL as a coordinator.
34:30
And two, arguably the greatest college quarter or college coach
34:34
in history, arguably Nick Saban went to the Dolphins, which the
34:38
Browns went around, went around a little bit and went right back
34:42
to college because it wasn't the same.
34:44
You don't have the same control. So yeah, with that in mind.
34:48
Yeah, with with what Will said, that is one thing for sure.
34:51
And I was asked the college thing.
34:53
Fortunately, this guy has been in the NFL.
34:55
However, this is his first time at the reins.
34:58
Yeah, yeah. Anyway, so I'll let you go.
35:01
What's what's what's worst case scenario here?
35:03
I don't, I don't I I know you guys were talking about college
35:06
and you're talking about the NBA, but if it wasn't to work, I
35:10
think we'd already see signs. So right now we would see these
35:14
signs really early on. We're in the preseason and I've
35:17
been a training camp multiple times and I've seen the culture
35:20
change. It is not a culture that is like
35:22
you don't work harder, you get thrown out.
35:24
I know that was something that was said on the media.
35:27
It's not that they're throwing them out for the entire training
35:29
camp. It's like if you're not working
35:30
hard enough, you're not sprinting as far as fast as you
35:33
can, then you're going to get talked to.
35:35
And that's, I think that's a that's a good sign of coaching
35:37
that the Bears have never had because we've always had that
35:40
culture of you can lollygag and you cannot work as hard, but
35:44
you'll still get around because the organization and the coaches
35:47
don't care as long as they're just getting by and they're
35:50
getting that paycheck, right? And we've seen that with
35:52
multiple times with the Bears. We've seen multiple head coaches
35:54
get recycled and just kind of we're taking like everybody
35:58
scraps. But now with Ben Johnson, it's
36:00
like, you know how hard he can work and then that's up up to
36:04
his players. Now, if you want to be on his
36:06
team, you know, you have to work hard.
36:08
And you know, everybody has off days.
36:10
And I've seen that at training camp too.
36:11
Not everyone's going to have a perfect day.
36:13
But he understands that if you listen to the guy talk like he
36:15
understands that what he does in his first year is not going to
36:19
be sunshine and rainbow. It's going to take a lot of time
36:22
to adapt and it's going to be a lot of trial and error.
36:24
So to answer your question, I know that it's going to take a
36:26
lot of time and all delusion and bias aside, I know it's not
36:30
going to click right away. It's not going to be Week 1
36:32
where we see Caleb throw for 500 yards and five touchdowns.
36:35
It's going to take time for all his players to develop skill
36:38
wise, mental wise and physically.
36:41
And we've seen the improvements from past coaches.
36:43
But the perfect scenario is, yes, everything clicking.
36:46
But I know deep down that it is a sport that involves everybody.
36:50
And it's not just Ben Johnson. It's his, you know, coaching
36:53
staff, it's his players, it's the organization, it's the
36:55
owners, everybody coming together on the same page.
36:57
And it's going to take time. But once it does click, it will
37:00
show out that the Bears will, you know, dominate this, this
37:04
league for a couple of years now.
37:06
Up until that very last part, I was I, I.
37:08
Agree. Just that very, very last part.
37:13
Yeah, yeah. You do now, like the bears, a
37:15
loose share, do we? You said like Bears dominate the
37:19
league for a few years. I'm like, whoa.
37:22
That doesn't sound not even a few years.
37:23
I'm saying I'm, I'm going to say like for like at least like 710
37:27
years for sure, OK. 55 and 12:00 to. 12/12 and 5/5/12 just flip
37:34
it this year, just flip it 12-5. You think they're?
37:37
Going to lose 5 games. Wow, I thought you had more
37:39
faith in your bears, man. 12 is a good amount.
37:42
We'll see this. We'll go through.
37:45
We'll go through with you. Let's.
37:46
Go 1717. And O. 17 OK, there we go, There
37:49
we go. There we go. 17 and O.
37:52
All right, so next question for you.
37:54
So the Bears made eight draft picks in the 2025 NFL Draft.
37:59
You've already talked about one of those picks as a rookie who
38:02
could step into a prominent role.
38:03
But which of those, which of the Bears draft picks do you think
38:07
will have the biggest impact on the team this year?
38:09
I'm going to say Colson Loveland, I know you guys, we
38:12
talked about offense earlier, but I when he first got drafted,
38:17
I will say I wasn't super high on Loveland because you have
38:21
Tyler Warren, you have everybody else and you know that we have
38:24
struggles in the trenches, which they kind of got rid of that
38:28
problem early on before the draft with the signings of, you
38:32
know, everybody that we got on the online.
38:34
But I think Loveland is a very sneaky good guy.
38:38
He he can block like a very traditional tight end.
38:42
He can move like a very traditional George Kittle and
38:45
his yards after a catch and his ability to make plays is very
38:51
much like George Kittle. He is a mini George Kittle, not
38:54
many physically wise, but in terms of playing and you know,
38:57
age and all that, he is a mini George Kittle and he will make
39:01
that big, big impact that Caleb needs from not only just
39:05
catching a ball, but the blocking.
39:07
We've seen a lot of struggles with our Bears players blocking,
39:10
especially Cole Commack. He's had that struggle last year
39:12
and I think with Loveland now with his his physicality and his
39:17
IQ, he will make that big impact and leap, help Caleb make that
39:22
leap for this year. All right, so Avery actually
39:25
said when we're leading up to the draft, Avery was studying
39:29
Colson Loveland and he actually said that his potential, it's
39:33
not out of the question for him to be on the same level as
39:36
George Kittle. Oh, there you.
39:38
Go. So that was actually a a good
39:39
comparison. Avery, do you have anything to
39:41
say? He's got He's also on my.
39:44
Top ten tied end list. There you go.
39:47
There you go. I think I think he's going to
39:49
have AI think he's going to have a good season.
39:50
I actually, I don't like the bears.
39:53
I like to crap on the bears. I don't like your colors.
39:55
I don't like your logos big. Birds.
40:01
I will say the hat looks pretty clean.
40:03
The hat looks pretty clean. Just not a big fan of just the
40:05
intense orange and the dark muted blue.
40:09
I it's just but that's irrelevant.
40:12
But I do think I do think Caleb Williams, I think he was in a
40:15
bad position last year. I think he's going to do better.
40:17
I think Colson Lovin's going to do a lot better.
40:19
I do think Ben Johnson is going to carry that team.
40:22
I guess my thing is more just the other teams in that division
40:28
are going to be tough. And so it's one of those things
40:30
where I'm honestly more than anything I think it's I think
40:34
it's going to be pretty even. I think it's going to be a dog
40:36
fight in there. I think Green Bay will end up in
40:39
last. I don't think you'll end up. 1st
40:41
but. I think Green Bay will be last.
40:43
Oh, I love that man. Oh, that's what a Bears fan
40:45
wants to hear right there, yeah. All day, all day.
40:48
Oh yeah, that's right. You guys don't like, Yeah, you
40:49
guys, I didn't even say that for you.
40:53
I just genuinely think they're going to end up last.
40:55
But no, I think I, I am, I am excited to see where that goes.
40:58
But I do think, I do think Loveland, I think he will, as
41:02
much as I think he can contribute now, I think he's one
41:06
of those guys that steadily improves for the next like 4 to
41:10
five years with just that like slight step every time.
41:14
But yeah. All that I agree.
41:18
Will, did you have anything to say?
41:19
You should be noted I also had Colston Loveland on my top ten
41:24
Titans. Which is that?
41:26
But he but he hated it. He.
41:28
Chose when he said it. Everything I'm hidden not to
41:30
write that down. It was like shaky no.
41:33
No, I I did say it because bad quarterbacks need safety
41:37
blankets. And you believe there was
41:39
something about Caleb Williams and your Binky and his say D Bob
41:43
or something, something like that.
41:46
That was JJ. McCarthy.
41:47
Yeah. JJ McCarthy.
41:48
All right, you know what? I'll give you that.
41:50
You, Caleb Williams will be better this year than JJ
41:53
McCarthy. OK, I can.
41:54
I can confidently say that. That's a known fact.
41:58
I don't even need reassurance. That's a known fact.
42:00
Well, that is a known. Fact.
42:01
That is the nicest thing I'll say about Caleb Williams, the
42:03
show. He will be better than JJ
42:06
McCarthy with less weapons. So there's that.
42:12
He has the best, best wide receiver we have ever seen in
42:16
Justin Jefferson. That's what I'm saying Caleb
42:18
Williams will be better with. Less weapon.
42:20
Oh, I see, I see. I.
42:21
Thought you played. I was like I.
42:23
Thought you meant that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:26
It's a second there. I was wondering which Bears
42:29
receiver you were going to say. I was like, what receiver we've
42:32
ever seen? Like who is it?
42:36
Who's Justin Jefferson? No idea.
42:40
Never heard of him. Never heard of?
42:43
Them I have nothing else to add. I had to get one nice thing
42:46
about the bears in the entire thing, and that was.
42:51
OK, All right. So this question, there's going
42:54
to be this next question and then the next question, I'm
42:57
going to force you to say something negative about the
43:01
Bears, OK, OK. So this this next question
43:07
though, is what is this the biggest strength of this Bears
43:09
team? Depth.
43:11
We have depth in every position that the football is centered
43:15
around. You got quarterback, you got
43:18
wide receiver, you got running back, you got safety, you got
43:21
DPS, you got anything. You We have depth in every
43:25
single position that you need to operate a football team and we
43:30
have the best depth chart in the NFC North.
43:33
So I know the dogfight is a thing, but we have depth at
43:36
every position and that will lead to the success of this
43:38
team. OK.
43:39
So the next question is, if there was one thing that's going
43:43
to hold the Bears back this year, what is that going to be?
43:47
So in other words, what is the biggest weakness of this Bears
43:50
team? Inconsistency at the online,
43:53
that has always been a problem for the Chicago Bears in the
43:57
years that we've had this franchise.
43:58
The inconsistentness of a freaking online is.
44:02
So it's always a thing. It's always something that will
44:06
linger around and we made several improvements this year.
44:12
We we improved the trenches like no other.
44:14
We spent so much money on Dolman, everybody.
44:17
But one position that's still up in the air up until today at
44:21
this current moment is our left tackle is our left tackle like
44:25
Braxton Jones is? I love Braxton.
44:29
I have a lot of hope for him. I've had a lot of hope for him.
44:31
But his injury and his lack of kind of reading where a defender
44:37
is going to go has continued to linger up until camp.
44:41
And now pre season. We saw it against the Bills.
44:43
He completely crossed himself up on a route from the edge rusher.
44:47
And I was just blown away because I have so much, you
44:50
know, anticipation for him. And we got Ozzy Tropelo.
44:54
He's really good. He's a massive guy coming from,
44:57
you know, I've seen him at camp, but he is a giant, enormous
45:00
human being. Isn't he again?
45:03
Yeah, he is massive. He was sitting standing as a
45:06
Caleb and I was like, holy crap, like this is a big difference.
45:09
He he's very intimidating. He's a good defender.
45:11
He again is a rookie. I don't want to throw a rookie
45:14
into a massive show on Monday Night Football.
45:18
And he he's someone that we have to develop over time.
45:21
He's going to be good. But I think the lack of
45:24
inconsistentness at the online will continue to bite us.
45:27
And if they can figure out what what we're doing upfront and
45:31
then, you know, Caleb will have the success.
45:33
But if it if it comes down to one thing that holds us back,
45:37
it's going to be it's going to be that old line.
45:39
All right, so got it. Just a couple more questions
45:41
here for you. So this next one is which team
45:46
in the NFC North is the biggest threat to the Bears this year?
45:50
None. I'm kidding.
45:52
I'm kidding. I'll say the Detroit Lions.
45:54
I'll say the Detroit Lions. I think the Detroit Lions.
45:56
Everybody was really even myself when Aaron Glenn left and Ben
46:01
Johnson left. Of course, you lose 2 of your
46:03
top coordinators and Ben Johnson took players and coordinators
46:06
from the Detroit Lions with him to Chicago.
46:09
But overall, they have gotten the pieces that they need.
46:12
And they still have Dan Campbell, which is, you know,
46:15
respect to him. He's a great coach of men.
46:18
He's very, he's full of great and he's full of attitude and
46:21
that's what you need in a coach. Again, the Detroit Lions have
46:24
every position that you need and they have a A1A position at
46:28
that. You got Hutch, you got Kamir
46:29
Gibbs, you got D Mont, you got Goff, you got Ahman Raw, you
46:33
have Jameson Williams that they have.
46:35
They can go on and on. They have a lot of good players
46:37
not only on the offense, but on the defensive side of the ball
46:39
too. And I think the Bears and Lions
46:43
hate each other the least out of that entire division.
46:46
So I'll give them, you know, their flowers.
46:48
But again, if I had to choose, I would choose nobody.
46:51
But if I'm forced to choose, I will choose.
46:53
I'll I'll choose the Detroit romance.
46:56
OK. I would agree with you.
46:57
I also think it's the Lions because you know, everybody
47:00
talks about, like you mentioned, they lost their coordinators,
47:02
but they still have a lot of the same key players on that team.
47:06
So you have the the players who are actually the ones out on the
47:09
field doing the work, like getting the job done.
47:12
And so you have those players who have that experience getting
47:15
to where they've gone. And so I agree, I think it's the
47:18
Lions as well. Yeah.
47:20
All right, so my last official question for you, it's not
47:23
really question, but we're going to do a game by game win loss
47:26
prediction for the oh Will. 'S getting his hands ready.
47:28
He's like, let's go, let's hear. This, I mean you're going to,
47:30
you've already said 7 to you and 12:00 and 5:00.
47:33
So I'm not going to be surprised here.
47:36
I want you to preface how you're grading these so that the
47:39
audience so that chat knows. Yeah, that's the chat already.
47:43
Let's just be honest. About it, Let's do it.
47:48
All right, so game by game win loss prediction for the Bears.
47:51
So we'll start with Week 1, home versus the Vikings.
47:55
W easy. I think it no Jordan Addison
47:57
under the lights at Soldier Field Monday Night Football
48:00
prime time game. We're we're we're we're going to
48:03
be we're it's going to be a bloodbath.
48:04
No Jordan Addison JJ McCarthy is going to get annihilated by
48:08
Montez sweat. So that's that's one and all
48:10
right there. I agree with most of what you
48:11
just said. All right, Week 2 at the Lions.
48:20
You can say it, there's no shame in it.
48:22
I'll I'll give the Lions this one.
48:24
I'll give the Lions this first game at at Ford Field.
48:26
I think I think the crowd is going to be showing up and it
48:30
they will be booing very loudly. It will be a dogfight.
48:34
But I, I do think the lions out of all bias see, I think they do
48:37
think the lions take this one at home.
48:39
OK. Week 3 home versus the Dallas
48:42
Cowboys. Oh my God, I wouldn't be
48:45
surprised if it's like 50 to 0. Like I I would hope that the
48:50
Cowboys forfeit this game because it's going to be that
48:53
bad of a game. Like these are the most
48:55
expensive tickets for a home game.
48:58
Is that Cowboys game for what reason?
49:01
I don't know why people are going to go pay to see Dakota
49:03
Prescott, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is a complete
49:07
bloodbath and Jerry Jones is watching in the suite and just
49:10
nodding his head. Yeah, that's a big reason we're
49:13
not going to see the Cowboys in Vegas because the tickets were
49:16
like 3 times as much like. I don't get it.
49:20
You guys traveled well, I get that.
49:21
But Oh my God. Like that?
49:23
Well, jeez. Yeah, we're actually going to go
49:26
see the Raiders and Jaguars instead Is of the Raiders and.
49:29
They're actually paying. Super Bowl Super.
49:30
Bowl match, that's. Yeah.
49:32
That's that's a crazy match. You can pay to go see that one,
49:34
Yeah. Who's the Raiders starting
49:36
quarterback? Can can someone who is that just
49:39
missed? No, I couldn't even name him,
49:43
man. But yeah, I couldn't even name
49:46
it. All right, Speaking of the
49:49
Raiders, Week 4 at the Raiders. Again, like a bloodbath.
49:53
W easy. What are we at?
49:55
Three in one. Easy.
49:57
Yeah. So we're at win, loss, win, win.
50:02
Yep. All right, so week. 5 is a buy.
50:06
So week week 6 at the commanders.
50:09
I was supposed to go to this game, man.
50:10
I'm so I know and I know Commanders fans are probably
50:14
like, my God, Commanders are wearing these black jerseys.
50:16
I hope everybody, if you're listening to this, yeah,
50:17
Commanders are wearing their little black diva uniforms,
50:20
their black uniforms, whatever. I do think we get over.
50:24
No, we will be getting our revenge in Washington and we we
50:29
will. It will be a good game.
50:31
All respect to Jane Daniels. One, he's generational just as
50:35
much as Caleb is. Caleb is more, but whatever he
50:40
it, it'll be a good game and it is my birthday weekend and so I
50:44
would love to see W. So I'm going to give a bear.
50:46
I'm going to give him a close match.
50:47
If I'm going to say it's like 1-2 point game, like I I
50:49
wouldn't be surprised if that ends off on a game-winning field
50:51
goal instead of a game-winning Hail Mary, which I don't want to
50:54
ever see or hear about. But I do think Cairo comes down
50:58
and it's going to be like a game-winning sort of situation.
51:01
But I think the Bears take this one in a very close match.
51:04
OK. All right.
51:06
Week 7, home versus the Saints. We all know this is a loss, so
51:09
just you can just admit it. Yeah, I think the Saints are
51:11
going to kill us for sure. I'm kidding.
51:14
I'm kidding. I think I.
51:14
Was shocked. All right, I'll think someone
51:18
will win right there. That's a really I, I, again, I
51:21
can't name the Saints quarterback like they haven't.
51:24
And everybody's basically named their starting quarterback
51:26
besides the Saints. It's I, I'll, I'll be happy to
51:29
see Alvin Kamara. I hope he, I hope he does well
51:31
because I have him in a fantasy league, but it's it's not going
51:34
to be close. All right, Week 8 at the Ravens.
51:37
That's going to be an L, It's going to be an L I'll be up
51:41
front. Lamar, it's going to be it's
51:43
going to be a lot. It's going to be a lot.
51:45
Lamar is Lamar. He's the MDP of this league, one
51:48
of the best quarterbacks, that of my generate of our this whole
51:52
generation. So he's he's he's he's they're
51:55
going to kill us, not kill us. I take that back.
51:57
They they will do really well against us.
52:00
All right, Week 9 at the Bengals.
52:05
I think I'm going to this game, honestly.
52:06
Balls more than at Cincinnati back-to-back weeks.
52:10
I don't know what they they want, Like they they just I
52:13
don't know. That's that's I think that that
52:16
that'll be an L2. I think back-to-back weeks,
52:19
traveling on a short week, not being home away from home and,
52:22
you know, having to play in two very rowdy cities and with
52:26
rowdy, thirsty fan bases, it's going to be it's going to be a
52:30
good game, you know, Burrell and Caleb, but I think that's a that
52:33
that might be a loss to my book. OK, Week 10 at home versus the
52:37
Giants. That's going to be AW again.
52:41
I don't I Russell Wilson, I if he's even starting by then
52:45
that's I really hope he is, but I don't.
52:48
Joel put it on the sheet. I think Russell Wilson will not
52:54
be starting by that game you. Remember Nice, no?
52:57
It's been James there. Dart, dart.
53:01
If Jackson Dart is starting Week 10 versus the Bears, are the
53:05
Giants winning? Shimmer me temper Jackson Dart.
53:11
Wow, big difference from Russell Wilson.
53:13
And then is, is is on board with with where we're at?
53:16
Jackson is my Jackson. Dart is my goat.
53:21
Yeah, yeah, I think he makes a big difference for Malik,
53:24
neighbors and wherever the hell their running back is.
53:26
But no, that's not even close. The Bears.
53:28
Are too much. Let's go scatter boob.
53:32
Yeah. No, it's not.
53:33
It's not going to be close. He's going to be the new Daniel
53:35
Jones, the new Zach Wilson, the new Zach.
53:39
Wilson They're all going to get recycled over and over and over
53:42
again. All right, Week 11 at the
53:45
Vikings. That'll be AW again.
53:48
All right. Week 12 at home versus Steelers.
53:51
Oh easy. WI want to see Aaron Rodgers be
53:54
back at that field and I want him to get like blown up with
53:59
don't take that wrong, but I want him to get annihilated.
54:03
But he owns the Bears. I know he's just According to
54:07
him, he's the second owner. I don't know how he can beat our
54:09
owner, no. He didn't.
54:11
Your owner just died earlier this year.
54:14
Rest in peace. Yeah, Bridget.
54:16
OK. All the respect on that one.
54:21
Yeah, You know, Avery saved me. Avery saved me There, there.
54:23
But she. Lived a long life like you can't
54:26
say. No one can say she was taken
54:28
from us too early. No 102.
54:31
Yeah, she was alive for a very long time, so.
54:35
OK, too bad you won't be allowed to see this Bears win the Super
54:37
Bowl this year. No, she, but, you know, we're,
54:39
we're, we're doing it for her this year because, you know, we
54:41
got that big old patch right here too.
54:42
Remembering herself, all right. Joe, you got a spreadsheet that
54:46
will be Will Howard starting by then.
54:48
Aaron Rodgers will be dust by that point of the season.
54:51
He's going to I wouldn't be surprised if every bone is
54:53
broken in his body by then so but I want him to play against
54:58
the Bears. I wanted to play.
54:59
I pray, I pray that my Bears defense visits gives him a good
55:03
homage to never come back to solar field so.
55:06
What would happen? What would happen if that was
55:08
the last game he played? He plays there, loses and like
55:11
gets carted off or whatever, just doesn't come back.
55:14
That's like his tombstone is at the soldier.
55:17
Field he can never. He can never say it.
55:19
Yeah, he can never say that he owns us or he.
55:22
Can never speakers that would be conic for Bears fans.
55:26
Every Bears fan would put a picture of him walking up the
55:29
field, sad, right next to their tissue box and lotion on their
55:32
night stand for every night. I just want to say, and I'm
55:37
bringing basketball back into this, that would be just like if
55:41
when Carolina beat Coach K on his homecourt for the last game
55:47
and then face them in the Final Four for the first time they had
55:51
ever matched up in tournament history and beat them.
55:57
It doesn't matter any any Austin Rivers buzzer beater.
56:00
Irrelevant now. Irrelevant.
56:03
Nothing matters up on just that moment mattered.
56:05
And that's that's what I want. I want that same exact thing.
56:08
Oh. I can feel it now.
56:09
I want it, I want it, I want it. I, I think, I think Bear's sense
56:14
of shriek. I think we, and if that ever
56:16
happened, I think everybody would just rampage onto the
56:18
field and just rejoice with joy, dude.
56:22
The king is dead. Oh man.
56:28
Yeah, OK. Week 13 at the Eagles.
56:33
Hello. Sorry, now we're not there, huh?
56:38
All right. And then week 14 at Green Bay.
56:42
W I'll give them this one. I'll, I'll, I'll say we take
56:45
this one. We we got.
56:48
We got we'll we'll want to know already.
56:50
I hope every package and we all want to know in 2025 versus that
56:54
sorry team and it's only going to continue to go up.
56:56
We are not Jordan Love is nothing but a fluke.
57:00
He's nothing but a product of his Matt Lafleur and he's
57:04
already injured right now. And if he continues to have this
57:07
injury problem, Oh my God, we're going to have a field day versus
57:09
kid if he can't stay healthy. So all.
57:13
Right Week 15 at home versus the Browns.
57:18
You guys can guess this one from me.
57:20
All right, that's about you. Which which Browns quarterback
57:24
do you think will be starting by at that point this season?
57:26
Shador, Shador. They'll be on their 6th
57:29
quarterback by then. Yeah, Shador.
57:33
Though I think it'll be Kirk Cousins.
57:38
It's a good one, not. Even on the Browns currently.
57:41
Yeah, but I wouldn't, I think not.
57:43
The most quarterbacks. I think, yeah, I wouldn't be
57:45
mine. I wouldn't.
57:46
Honestly, maybe yeah. And either it was mine.
57:48
Would you all like shipped out? Actually, that's not that's not
57:51
bad. We can see that.
57:52
That kind of things. Kirk Cousins is the ultimate
57:56
substitute teacher quarterback in the NFL.
57:58
Dude, it's like bringing Kirk. He's pretty good.
58:02
He's not great, but he's pretty good.
58:03
He'll he'll, he'll be around some way somehow.
58:05
Just just get his agent on the phone.
58:07
He'll he'll come around all. Right Week 16 at home versus the
58:13
Packers. W.
58:15
All right, Week 17 is at 49ers and.
58:18
That might be an L All all these RO teams have fairy, especially
58:22
the 49ers have a very loud Levi's Stadium stadium.
58:26
And they are. They're thirsty for their little
58:30
Brock Purdy, whatever Diva quarterback that they got up
58:32
there, but I think their defence will hold it down for them all
58:37
right. And then they finish the season
58:39
Week 18 at home versus the Lions.
58:42
I think that's just the W for the.
58:43
Division. Possibly for the division.
58:46
Because the. Lions.
58:47
Are are have subbed out all their starters 'cause they're
58:51
these sticks from. These books Avery's got a
58:54
Avery's got a big old book of excuses right here.
58:59
It's like when the Broncos beat the Chiefs or whoever it was
59:02
when they had all their players out.
59:04
Like, look at that. They beat the Chiefs like they
59:06
beat their practice squad. Practice squad, Yeah, that's
59:12
that's it for me. What was that record?
59:15
So that was no, that was 13 and 4.
59:19
Even better, thirteen and four. That's the ceiling.
59:22
That's that says high as it gets, not says high as it gets.
59:25
All right, 13 and 4, winning the division and winning the Super
59:28
Bowl. Winning the Super bowl this year
59:30
up market 20252026 The Chicago Bears are Super Bowl champions
59:35
come back to me in this in January.
59:38
Wait, would that win the division if the Lions win out
59:43
except for the? Last one, I think that wins out
59:47
the Division I. Mean if the lions.
59:49
The Lions go undefeated. Except for that that one loss,
59:52
because that would put him tied with you.
59:55
They're they're not gone undefeated and they're not.
59:57
Well, it doesn't, it doesn't necessarily mean if you have the
59:59
most division wins, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're
1:00:01
winning the division because it it is off your other wins and
1:00:05
losses as well record. I think it's it's based on
1:00:07
record. Like somehow the Packers were
1:00:10
they made the playoffs when they were one and five in their
1:00:13
division last year. One in five is crazy.
1:00:16
One in five is crazy. And that one win, I think came
1:00:19
out of our illegal block. Was this last year?
1:00:22
Were they one in five last year? Yeah.
1:00:23
That, you know, by the way, for anybody listening to this and
1:00:26
Eucliptus, that one Packers win came off an illegal block
1:00:31
against the Chicago Bears. And so I just want everybody
1:00:35
know that it was illegal, but you know, we can give them that
1:00:38
one one and. It's so funny because I.
1:00:40
Was right in front of that. I was right in front that pylon
1:00:42
too. I saw it get blocked in front of
1:00:43
my eyes. I was right at that pylon where
1:00:46
there's. Two holds every play.
1:00:47
There's illegal plays every play.
1:00:49
What was it legal about the block?
1:00:51
Where, how, how far, how far back are you in your in your in
1:00:54
your in ski spook right now? Patrick Mahomes was there and he
1:01:00
wanted the Packers to win. So the referees just said, OK,
1:01:02
we'll give it to the Packers. Illegal flags, everything.
1:01:06
Everything was put away. No, no flags, no nothing was
1:01:08
thrown. Just cause Patrick Mahomes made
1:01:10
the call. He was there.
1:01:13
All right, well, that's all the questions that we have for you,
1:01:16
but I want you to to do one last thing for us before we sign off
1:01:19
here. I want you to send a message to
1:01:22
all the Bears fans out there as to why they should be optimistic
1:01:26
this season with the Chicago Bears.
1:01:28
I will say it again, and every Bears fans knows this, the
1:01:31
vibes, the culture, the environment that we have is
1:01:35
something that we've never seen before.
1:01:37
It is different. It is a culture shock.
1:01:39
It is a culture change and we have every piece to be
1:01:43
successful and we will be successful.
1:01:45
We just need to get together every week and just keep
1:01:48
supporting and keep grinding. We will be winning the Super
1:01:51
Bowl. Just stay optimistic, stay
1:01:54
happy. We have Ben Johnson.
1:01:55
If you can't sleep at night, just remember you have Ben
1:01:58
Johnson as a head coach and most people and most teams cannot say
1:02:02
that. So that's that's that.
1:02:05
We're going to end up harvesting this episode for a lot of clips
1:02:07
by the end of the season. You're going to get.
1:02:12
Shredded every time the Bears lose.
1:02:16
That's a win 25 to 0. All the Packers fans are going
1:02:21
to flood it. I have dude, I hope they have
1:02:25
nothing that they will have nothing to say because their
1:02:27
quarterback is a fluke and injury prone quarterback.
1:02:29
So. I'm excited to see it.
1:02:31
Yeah. All right, well, thank you to
1:02:34
Bear Den Live for joining us and for talking about Will's
1:02:38
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1:02:39
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1:02:44
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1:02:52
And as always, don't forget to keep your balls played with.
1:02:55
We'll see you next time. Thanks for having me guys.
1:02:58
Also, Mark Davis and Sarah Kyle still sucks.