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Bears vs. Giants Recap: Wrap It Up with Jacob Infante! · 2nd City Gridiron

0:03
[SPEAKER_01]: What's going on, everybody?
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is Jacob and Fonte.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is wrap it up on the second city grid our YouTube page and the Facebook page, as well as my Twitter ex-account.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Chicago Bears are six and three.
0:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Guys, I don't know how they did it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how they keep continuing to do it, but,
0:24
[SPEAKER_01]: They came from behind.
0:25
[SPEAKER_01]: They defeated the New York Giants, 14 points scored in the fourth quarter.
0:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I've scored him 14 to three in the final quarter.
0:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Play came from behind picked up the win six and three is where the Chicago Bears sit right now.
0:41
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's got to feel pretty good right now.
0:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Seeing the bears stack up these.
0:49
[SPEAKER_01]: these crazy wins in the in the manners that they have I mean the the Raiders game the commanders game the bangles game and now this I mean it's been a crazy year from start to finish and the bears are winning I mean it wasn't pretty it absolutely wasn't pretty but holy shit guys
1:13
[SPEAKER_01]: I just realized I'm not supposed to swear in the first five minutes of this, otherwise YouTube's going to demonetize.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So if anybody at second city grew in iron sees this, please bleep that out, I need my money.
1:25
[SPEAKER_01]: But I'm just amazed, man, I really don't know what to say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we're going to go live here, I will be looking through some of your comments here
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[SPEAKER_01]: make sure to follow me on X here at Jacob and Fontaine 24 as well as check out the second city grid on YouTube pages and Facebook pages.
1:52
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll start with Caleb Williams and as I'm looking through the comments here, Legacy Drive for Caleb says Brad, a calf cart and I agree.
2:03
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that in a game where
2:08
[SPEAKER_01]: Look, I'm not going to, I'm not going to pick it apart because he faced so much bad luck with all the drops that, guys, as the key is, I think it ended up having three Swift had one, but on guy had one, DJ Moore had one.
2:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they dropped two touchdown passes alone.
2:26
[SPEAKER_01]: The completion percentage is not at all indicative of how Caleb Williams played today.
2:34
[SPEAKER_01]: 100%.
2:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I think he had all things considered a pretty damn good day and a lot of that came in the fourth quarter as Steven Fonte says game ball to Caleb is that he's in the room with me.
2:52
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll bring him in near the end of the show.
2:54
[SPEAKER_01]: He's being very polite and staying quiet while I'm because I'm at his place being very polite while I do my live show and talk to you folks, but
3:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Caleb Williams finished the day.
3:07
[SPEAKER_01]: If I can get my laptop to our previous properly, 20 for 36, 220 yards, one passing touchdown, one rushing touchdown, no interceptions.
3:19
[SPEAKER_01]: eight carries for sixty three yards on the ground in a rushing touchdown past rating eighty three point one i'm very curious to see what the adjusted completion percentage is going to be for that because adjusted completion percentage takes into account dropped passes because Caleb had a good handful of plays that he hit his targets with catchable passes and they just couldn't come down with it
3:43
[SPEAKER_01]: for one reason or another.
3:44
[SPEAKER_01]: So, I think that that completion percentage, let's say ESPN doesn't show, but if I do the math, that's a 55 rounds up to 55.6 completion percentage.
3:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Caleb played a lot better than that'll indicate.
4:01
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that once the drops get into effect, you'll start to see a little bit more about exactly how accurate he was.
4:09
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, wasn't perfect wasn't a perfect game, but you don't apologize for winning in today's NFL.
4:15
[SPEAKER_01]: You've don't.
4:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, and I'll go to the YouTube channel here.
4:21
[SPEAKER_01]: So some of the comments here.
4:24
[SPEAKER_01]: Chris Reynolds says the D tried to give it away.
4:26
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll say the second and the third quarter were pretty tough to watch.
4:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I think it all started with that one-handed grab that Darius Slayton had.
4:41
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, it wasn't even bad coverage.
4:43
[SPEAKER_01]: It was just an unbelievable play and then the giants get rolling off of that.
4:46
[SPEAKER_01]: The coverage was about what you'd expect out of how injured their second areas and that the answer is not good at all.
4:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, look, I'm trying to give Dennis Allen a little bit of the benefit of the doubt because he's working with, you know, guys who be on the practice squad in any other instance.
5:11
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just that they've for their rosterable cornerbacks all injured and out right now.
5:15
[SPEAKER_01]: So,
5:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, yeah, the coverage was bad.
5:19
[SPEAKER_01]: Jackson Dart was tremendous.
5:21
[SPEAKER_01]: I think the bears weren't did catch a very big break.
5:23
[SPEAKER_01]: One start got heard and then Russell Wilson came in because that's a pretty notable step down a quarterback.
5:28
[SPEAKER_01]: But again,
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[SPEAKER_01]: don't overthink it.
5:32
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a bears win.
5:33
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a bears win.
5:35
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what matters most.
5:36
[SPEAKER_01]: The defense stepped up in the end.
5:39
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that that's what's huge.
5:41
[SPEAKER_01]: Montesquette came away with the sack in a half.
5:44
[SPEAKER_01]: CJ Gardner Johnson had two sacks.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As I mentioned here, CJ Gardner Johnson from Stephen Fonte right here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hi.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I'll show them at the end of the show for those of you here watching on stream so you can say hi to you guys nine tackles two sacks in a force thumble phenomenal performance out of him I think he's really been a difference maker out of the slot and just I mean not maybe not even so much and just in coverage but also with his blitzing ability with his physicality and the run game I think that he's making a big difference over what they'd have otherwise
6:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Because, yeah, I mean, the coverage wasn't great, but again, it stepped up when it needed to, the coverage was better in the fourth quarter.
6:33
[SPEAKER_01]: The past rush was a lot better.
6:35
[SPEAKER_01]: Once he started dialing up the pressure against Russell Wilson, he doesn't have the athleticism to make those plays anymore at this stage.
6:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Matt here in the ex-chats says, James O'Dunes, they get ready to learn Chinese pal.
6:51
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Roman Dunes, they've finished with six catches for 86 yards and a touchdown.
6:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Do you guys think his dad's happy about that now?
7:01
[SPEAKER_01]: I think so.
7:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, look, I don't know, I think Roman handle that situation perfectly when he was like, Oh, you know, he has his prerogative.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has his right, but he doesn't speak for me.
7:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought that was very classy, very mature of him.
7:18
[SPEAKER_01]: And the bears got them involved.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he's the the most targeted receiver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The most catches had the most yards caught the only passing touchdown.
7:25
[SPEAKER_01]: There's a key as to more bullshit.
7:27
[SPEAKER_01]: I had touchdown passes, but they both dropped them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So whatever, but yeah, a dunes they stepped it up.
7:33
[SPEAKER_01]: He was, you know, nowhere to be found last week, but this week, it was a different story.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And he was a lot more reliable.
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[SPEAKER_01]: catching the ball and you know drops have been kind of an issue for Odunzi that's like the one pit fallies had this year and he's been doing you know that that wasn't an issue for him against the giants it was for everybody else but wasn't for Odunzi so hats off to him for stepping up when it mattered most and he was wide open on that touchdown pass so that was pretty sweet.
8:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Chicago Johnny said, he is our QB, he being Caleb period.
8:09
[SPEAKER_01]: He won the game for the Bears today, a great.
8:12
[SPEAKER_01]: And he also mentioned in the chat here, he counted seven major drop passes.
8:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that it's going to end up around that number.
8:21
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, the NFL can be hit or miss with what they count as a drop and what they don't.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think it's going to come pretty damn close to that.
8:35
[SPEAKER_01]: come on, that was pretty good.
8:37
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I think that I think that Caleb played a big role in the Bears winning this game, obviously.
8:46
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, his abilities stepped through in the clutch.
8:49
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, even if there were some of those accuracy concerns, like a little bit earlier in the game, his ability to extend the play into a void getting sack was unbelievable.
8:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he didn't get
9:03
[SPEAKER_01]: a defensive line with Brian Burns, who came into this game, leading the NFL and sacks against Pro Bowl or Dexter Lawrence, you know, cave on Tibodo, dualed Carter, like they have raw talent on that defensive line, Caleb didn't get brought down once, and you go back and watch that, whenever you go back and watch that game,
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[SPEAKER_01]: you're going to see he probably should have been sacked like three or four times.
9:29
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just that Caleb's agility and his balance was played such a big role in, you know, keeping the play alive.
9:37
[SPEAKER_01]: And even if it always wasn't a completion or a big gain, it prevented a sack.
9:43
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that he deserves a lot of credit for that.
9:45
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously everyone's going to look at always got a strong arm, you know, he's creative, but also he's a really good athlete too.
9:51
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that there's still
9:56
[SPEAKER_01]: figure out a little bit quicker, whether to throw the ball, or whether to run the ball, but, you know, even still, I think that he stepped through and it mattered most.
10:09
[SPEAKER_01]: He demonstrated poison.
10:12
[SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, I feel like he's at his best in like a high tempo offense, where you can catch the defense off guard, you know, and I think that that,
10:21
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that kind of play suits him.
10:23
[SPEAKER_01]: So I guess well, I'm curious to see Ben Johnson has run a lot of no huddle outside of those late game situations or late half situations.
10:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe I'd like to see a little bit more of that because I think that Caleb performs typically better in that kind of role.
10:44
[SPEAKER_01]: then he does as a, you know, like a traditional pocket passers.
10:48
[SPEAKER_01]: So the Facebook chat says James Valzerine says I'm happy for him and the bears on another come back when, go bears and Caleb take the bears to respectable places in the league.
10:59
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a six and three record.
11:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's something to be extremely, extremely happy with.
11:07
[SPEAKER_01]: No matter how you come across it, I mean, they're not winning pretty.
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[SPEAKER_01]: but they're winning, and I think that that's what matters most, and down the stretch, sure you'd like to see them win by a little bit more, but for a team that's been so close in so many games the last few years and then just straight up losing games, this is a refreshing change of pace.
11:31
[SPEAKER_01]: This is huge to be able to be converting these into wins.
11:34
[SPEAKER_01]: So, I mean, I'm,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm very happy, I'm very happy with how it's all playing out and like again.
11:43
[SPEAKER_01]: If the bears end the year at nine and eight, I'll be happy with it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If that means they make the playoffs, if it means they don't, whatever.
11:51
[SPEAKER_01]: There's clear improvement.
11:52
[SPEAKER_01]: They've already topped their win totals from all of last year and it's week 10.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're still plenty of more football left to play, who knows what they're gonna be able to accomplish.
12:01
[SPEAKER_01]: And the thing that's so exciting is the bears are winning these games and they're so clearly not at full strength.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They haven't fulfilled their full potential yet and they're still winning games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I posted something after the bangles when it's like the secondaries porous they're still the passing attack the chemistry is not all the way there pass rush isn't totally there and they're still winning games so if they're still winning games now imagine what they can do once they get that under wraps.
12:37
[SPEAKER_01]: A group chat I'm in is blowing up.
12:38
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what's going on and the Jaguars Texans game.
12:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's see, it looks like, yeah, Texans are up 30 to 29, but I don't know.
12:55
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm getting distracted, so don't mind me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're here to talk about the Chicago Bears.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, if anybody's gotten any questions, feel free to run them here in the chat, no matter where you're watching.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'll make sure to go through them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Mark N on the Twitter chat says, Luther Burton is the best receiver we have.
13:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if I'm going to go that far, but he's definitely better than Zahias.
13:22
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that he needs to be the widersiever three going forward.
13:28
[SPEAKER_01]: Like I think that's non-negotiable.
13:31
[SPEAKER_01]: If you want to promote accountability, then you bring in Luther burden who put together a solid game.
13:40
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he didn't have like a ton of targets.
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[SPEAKER_01]: still ended up with, you know, three catches for 51 yards.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He had a couple key blocks in the run game as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think there's one, it was an outside run.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't remember if there's a stretcher, a sweeper, what it was, but where,
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[SPEAKER_01]: Luther more or less, you know, set a pick on one of the Ed rushers.
14:05
[SPEAKER_01]: And that allowed, I think it was swift to be able to get to the edge and pick up the first down.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So burden played a big role in that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's blocking well, he's making plays on a limited sample size.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think he's better than Zacchaeus is right now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And coming off of a game where Zacchaeus says three drops.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I like Zacchaeus a lot as far as.
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[SPEAKER_01]: what his value for what they paid him, I guess.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're paying them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's, excuse me, less than $2 million a year on a one-year deal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's pretty dang good value, but at the same time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You have a second round pick.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You have a stud second round pick and loot the burden.
14:45
[SPEAKER_01]: It was looked really good in the flashes that you've had.
14:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that you have to take advantage of that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that you have to give them more touches.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He should be the main slot receiver going forward.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Graham small here in Twitter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So Luther is great, but makes too many presnap errors and doesn't fully look comfortable in the offense yet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're Trump being at the bit for him to get more reps, but he's got to get the mental stuff perfect first soon, trust.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I think that you can't go in and throw burden into a, you know, and no dunes a sort of role.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That when I when I clarify all this, you shouldn't be wider silver one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I do think you should be wider silver three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's reasonable to say that where Zacchaeus got four targets he called one pass for five yards.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, if I'm pulling up some of the games where Zacchaeus has had targets it's for this week eight last week against the bangles seven against the Ravens three against the Saints six against the commanders just those last couple games.
15:48
[SPEAKER_01]: I think Luther could take that on, and that's not a wider receiver one territory sort of workload by any means.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But that's a respectable, you know, that's a respectable workload.
16:01
[SPEAKER_01]: I think for a guy who's clearly that talented, I think that he does have the potential to be the wider receiver two in this offense and do time.
16:12
[SPEAKER_01]: people are mentioning here, you know, my dad, again, will shout him out, DJ had four targets for zero catches.
16:19
[SPEAKER_01]: What's that about?
16:19
[SPEAKER_01]: He had the one drop in the end zone, which I mean, it was it was a little tough.
16:25
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, there's a little bit of a tough catch to make, but if you're getting paid like one of the top receivers in the NFL, that's a catch that you should be making.
16:32
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, as for the others, I'm not quite sure that's something where, you know, I'll have to go back and watch the tape and break it down to see exactly what went wrong.
16:40
[SPEAKER_01]: I know in some of the times that I've hit the tape in the past, it looks like DJ, especially if he's not the first read, the effort as a route runner just isn't all the way there.
16:49
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, like,
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's still, you can tell he's a smart route runner.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You can tell that he's still athletic and he has impressive contact balance.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's tough after the catch, but it's just the route running the speed and the effort, it's just not there on a snap by snap basis.
17:14
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's got me wondering, you have Luther waiting here in the wings,
17:20
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I don't think Luther's ready for that wide receiver to roll.
17:24
[SPEAKER_01]: I think we need to start at wide receiver three and then work him up to that.
17:27
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, I mean, that's not the production you want to DJ more.
17:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Luckily, Roman Dunes, I was able to get the job done, Colson, Loveland at four catchers for 55 yards.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Deondra, I mean, Deondra Swift caught five passes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You only had 18 receiving yards, but still, you know, more often than not, a pretty solid check down option.
17:50
[SPEAKER_01]: here as I'd finnangle along with this ticker.
17:54
[SPEAKER_01]: There you go.
18:00
[SPEAKER_01]: Jeffrey Nolan on Twitter says, this bears defense is bad, but I think things will wildly different once Kyler and hopefully Jalen get back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Caleb is a top 10 QB in this league.
18:10
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll start with the first part of that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The first half of that, I agree with.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think once Kyler Gordon comes back, that'll be a huge
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm wondering, honestly, maybe they play Kyler a little bit outside.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And they keep CJ Gardner Johnson in the slot.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then you have, you know, you have Kyler and Tyrex Stevenson outside.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, because I think that CJ Gardner Johnson is playing well enough to keep a role in this defense in some capacity going forward.
18:44
[SPEAKER_01]: Once Kyler comes back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If Jalen Johnson comes back down the stretch,
18:49
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm no injury expert, I feel like if it's, if it's something that's still up in the air, if there's a chance that he returns, I think that if the bears are competing for a playoff spot, he'll come back.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I don't have the access to his medical records.
19:03
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not a doctor.
19:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Like, I'm dumb as fuck, but at the same time, like, if you have that big of an opportunity to come back and, you know, serve as, all right, this is the quarterback one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is the giant
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[SPEAKER_01]: uh... who knows i think it could be possible but again i can't speak to what is recovery process is looking like so uh... again i appreciate all your guys in the watching live here so far between youtube x and facebook were uh... almost four thousand live viewers watching right now so i appreciate you guys that is currently the uh... the highest watched uh...
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[SPEAKER_01]: Twitter post game show on spaces right now so appreciate you guys is this spaces is this it's a live whatever I don't
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This all changes so fast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's tough for me to keep track.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So anyway, I truly appreciate all you guys for tuning in.
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20:23
[SPEAKER_01]: So Graham Small also says DJ's effort on the scrambled drill is really bad.
20:29
[SPEAKER_01]: Love him, but he doesn't ever make life easy on Caleb.
20:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that's a good point too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's a little bit of differentiator between him and Rome at this stage.
20:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, obviously Rome's getting more targets than DJ at this point.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's catching more passes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's got better production.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But another part of it too is I think that
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[SPEAKER_01]: in those improv situations, DJ isn't really going to that next level and extending the play and improvising to run those routes to free himself up.
21:04
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think Rome is, I'm not gonna sit here and be like any single time that there's adversity, DJ Moore's just like not trying.
21:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't wanna say that because he's an NFL player
21:18
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, I'm just saying I think the effort on a plate, you know, it can run a little hotter cold, which I think is playing a role in why oh, doomsday is the clear wide receiver one and you know why he and Caleb like their their chemistry as an as great like I think.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, obviously the connection between DJ and Justin Fields was a lot stronger than DJ and Caleb, but when you have room of dunes, they're catching passes the way that he did today, when you have constant loveland, looking like a, you know, a valuable threat across the scene.
21:51
[SPEAKER_01]: And then you have Luther Bird making plays and spurts.
21:54
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, you don't necessarily need that as much.
21:57
[SPEAKER_01]: So Vince Kalendo on Twitter says any shot at a Sante, meaning a Sante Samuel Jr.
22:04
[SPEAKER_01]: So they had him visit, if I'm not mistaken, it was on Tuesday, but they had him visit at Alice Hall.
22:12
[SPEAKER_01]: He's someone where I've been like, all right, that's a low risk, relatively high upside move, just because he was,
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[SPEAKER_01]: He was very good before he got hurt.
22:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, last year, he only played in a couple of games, wasn't all that great, but 2023, he was in a buff average starting corner, 2022, he was in a buff average starting corner.
22:32
[SPEAKER_01]: If you have that opportunity, and he's still a young guy, he's still a fight against like 26, 27.
22:40
[SPEAKER_01]: And Bears Blast says he visits this upcoming Tuesday.
22:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay, thank you.
22:44
[SPEAKER_01]: So I got it confused, I was thinking he already visited, but it's coming up.
22:49
[SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, as far as Samuel goes, I feel like you have to give him a shot because Nation right has been like he has three interceptions right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He should have had a fourth though.
23:00
[SPEAKER_01]: He dropped the one in the end zone earlier today against the giants, like literally Jackson dart through it right at him and he just he couldn't come down with it.
23:07
[SPEAKER_01]: He had it in his hands.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That and I think he's been, you know,
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[SPEAKER_01]: Boomer Bust, mostly Bust, Tyreech Stevenson's been hot and cold.
23:17
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he wasn't great today.
23:19
[SPEAKER_01]: He wasn't great last week either.
23:20
[SPEAKER_01]: And Jeffrey Nolan here in the chat also says, Kyler outside could be necessary.
23:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Like we touched on a little bit earlier in the show.
23:28
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm, you know, I'd be on board with that.
23:30
[SPEAKER_01]: If Dennis Allen and Ben Johnson if they feel comfortable in Kyler Gordon sticking outside, I think it could work.
23:36
[SPEAKER_01]: I really do.
23:38
[SPEAKER_01]: So,
23:40
[SPEAKER_01]: appreciate you guys and let's see Matt to Jacob you could have been one of our receivers today with all these drops uh so what I I'll say what I lack in
23:51
[SPEAKER_01]: athleticism and size and strength and just about everything you need to be a good football player.
23:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I run routes hard.
24:03
[SPEAKER_01]: So effort won't be a problem with me.
24:06
[SPEAKER_01]: So the bears need somebody to pay below that minimum too.
24:11
[SPEAKER_01]: I'll do it for sure.
24:15
[SPEAKER_01]: Jesus.
24:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
24:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I just, yeah, someone's like,
24:21
[SPEAKER_01]: Rev in their engine or something outside.
24:22
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm getting distracted.
24:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm like a squirrel or something.
24:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Cloudy saying, didn't watch the game, but as a Caleb Truther, what I'd be happy about is performance.
24:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I think you would, I think you would, honestly.
24:32
[SPEAKER_01]: And obviously,
24:39
[SPEAKER_01]: At 20 and 36, I can't blame that all on the drops.
24:42
[SPEAKER_01]: They were certainly some instances where he was inaccurate, where he, you know, just overthrew his guys, not a ton of like, airant throws, but maybe a couple instances where he, he missed out on, you know, an open target every once in a while, but more often than not, he found the open man made the play and whether or not the receivers executed is a different story.
25:08
[SPEAKER_01]: If you're a Caleb Truther, I think you're coming out of this feeling pretty good.
25:11
[SPEAKER_01]: If you're a Caleb skeptic, I think that you look, if you come into it with maybe like a negative bias against him, you look in that first half and be like, he wasn't very good, but that fourth quarter is undeniable.
25:23
[SPEAKER_01]: No matter what your thoughts are on, and that fourth quarter was really good.
25:27
[SPEAKER_01]: And the ability to come through the clutch and the passing
25:37
[SPEAKER_01]: And he fought hard for those yards too.
25:39
[SPEAKER_01]: Like he wasn't like sliding or anything out there.
25:42
[SPEAKER_01]: He was, you know, he was diving forward for extra yardage.
25:44
[SPEAKER_01]: She was staying up and taking the hits.
25:45
[SPEAKER_01]: He was absorbing contact.
25:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Like he was he gave a shit about what was going on out there.
25:51
[SPEAKER_01]: So no matter where you stand on the, you know, the Caleb Williams debate, whatever.
25:57
[SPEAKER_01]: The stock is up.
25:59
[SPEAKER_01]: The stock is up for him after this game.
26:01
[SPEAKER_01]: So
26:02
[SPEAKER_01]: props to him because I think, you know, he stepped through it a matter of most, and he showed I think most importantly, the clutch gene.
26:11
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's encouraging after years of just inconsistent play a quarterback and, you know, ups and downs and everything to have a clutch quarterback, someone who can, who you can trust to keep the game within reach, you know, and not only that, but also close one of matters, most, too.
26:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's, you know, that's all you can ask for at the end of the day.
26:35
[SPEAKER_01]: So.
26:39
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, bears now six and three next week is the Vikings, which I'm very curious in does the Vikings are now four and five.
26:49
[SPEAKER_01]: They lost to the ravens today.
26:51
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they beat the lions.
26:53
[SPEAKER_01]: They've also been really up and down.
26:55
[SPEAKER_01]: It's at Minnesota.
26:56
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, the Vikings won that first game against the bears week one.
27:01
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it's a winnable game I do and a lot of that I think comes down to the passing attack.
27:09
[SPEAKER_01]: I think JJ McCarthy is a talented quarterback for sure, but he's, you know, he's essentially a rookie right now.
27:17
[SPEAKER_01]: He's started what?
27:20
[SPEAKER_01]: three, four games in his NFL career.
27:23
[SPEAKER_01]: He threw two interceptions today, went 20 for 42.
27:26
[SPEAKER_01]: Obviously, I didn't watch that game.
27:28
[SPEAKER_01]: It could be a Caleb situation, whereas guys dropped a lot of the passes.
27:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
27:32
[SPEAKER_01]: All I know is that there have been, you know, I take Caleb over JJ for right now.
27:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm intrigued to see what that match up is going to look like because if you win that game, you're seven and three.
27:47
[SPEAKER_01]: and you only have to win two more games of the rest of the year to finish about 500.
27:53
[SPEAKER_01]: So I keep looking at that schedule.
27:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Minnesota in theory is winnable.
27:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Pittsburgh in theory is winnable.
28:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Cleveland is winnable.
28:02
[SPEAKER_01]: That's three right there.
28:04
[SPEAKER_01]: That gets them to nine.
28:07
[SPEAKER_01]: And then if you can pull something off in one of the green bay games, or against Philly, against Detroit, against San Francisco.
28:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Those are all tough games.
28:17
[SPEAKER_01]: No doubt.
28:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to lose more of those and they're going to win.
28:21
[SPEAKER_01]: But if you can even win one of those, what is that like five, one of those five and win the other three toss ups, then you're in, you're in.
28:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Because the bears right now, they're winners of six of their last seven and it's a very,
28:42
[SPEAKER_01]: encouraging thing to see a bear's offense or just a bear's team that doesn't give up in the clutch that doesn't choke under pressure.
28:53
[SPEAKER_01]: So, again, if anybody has any additional questions or any comments, somebody picked up on the little thing I did there, so I appreciate that cloudy.
29:05
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
29:06
[SPEAKER_01]: If anybody's got any questions or anything that wanna run through, who are watching live in the chat, obviously feel free to let me know and I'll bring them up on air here.
29:15
[SPEAKER_01]: Boiler Maker for Life as well, saying Caleb was amazing at avoiding SACS 100%.
29:21
[SPEAKER_01]: I touched on this a little bit earlier, but, you know, the agility, the contact balance, having the vision to understand where the defenders are and what moves to make to avoid the sacks, it's a really impressive deal, truly.
29:40
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I think not to be that guy, but I'm in a totally contradict myself here, not to be that guy, but a lot of people talked about with fields, a lot of the people who are on board with him, they love his ability to extend the play with his feet.
29:59
[SPEAKER_01]: and he absolutely could do that.
30:01
[SPEAKER_01]: You still can't do that with the jets, but I think Caleb has shown that he's just as capable of doing that.
30:07
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think now the offensive line is better than it was last year, obviously.
30:13
[SPEAKER_01]: And so obviously you don't necessarily have to avoid those acts every, you know, nearly as often as what Caleb had to last year, but even still
30:28
[SPEAKER_01]: When he has those opportunities, when he does get under pressure and he has to extend the play, he's done a very good job of staying upright, moving around guys, moving through guys, and I think that's a really underrated aspect of his game.
30:44
[SPEAKER_01]: And that played a big role in my the Bears.
30:46
[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe not a big role, but a sneaky, sneaky big role in why the Bears ended up winning that game.
30:52
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm with you there for sure.
30:57
[SPEAKER_01]: Matt also says, are we Washington fans today?
30:59
[SPEAKER_01]: One time, I think we are.
31:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I think we are guys just for the sake of the NFC North just to be, you know, to stay competitive here.
31:10
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's six and three.
31:12
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, for right now, we're the bears are in second place behind the Green Bay Packers ahead of the lines.
31:21
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, if the lines win against Washington, then they'll, you know, jump us.
31:25
[SPEAKER_01]: But,
31:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm about to become the biggest Marcus Mario to fan on the planet today.
31:36
[SPEAKER_01]: So we'll see, as I'm saying this, it's seven to three lines right now, we'll see how it all plays out for those of you who are listening after the fact, maybe I want to look like a total idiot for being optimistic about the commanders maybe potentially winning that game.
31:51
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll see.
31:54
[SPEAKER_01]: It feels good to be watching the playoff picture and not tankathon at this point this year to be checking the draft order.
32:00
[SPEAKER_01]: I wrote a mock draft over at Pro Football and Sports Network, three-round mock drafts.
32:04
[SPEAKER_01]: It's the first time in ages that I've checked the draft order.
32:07
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's just because I had to, because I needed to, you know, I needed to write and I needed to make money.
32:12
[SPEAKER_01]: So otherwise, I'd have no idea where the bears were expected to pick.
32:17
[SPEAKER_01]: So,
32:19
[SPEAKER_01]: uh M i z cubs 23 says it seems like the bears are low ceiling as bad as their defense special teams personnel is but i'll take any wins possible after what we've endured and i agree with that for sure i think once once the bear start playing more competitive teams i think you're gonna like more well-coached and refined sound teams i think you're gonna see you know some of those cracks come to light but
32:46
[SPEAKER_01]: At the same time I can't say here and say the bears aren't a well coach team.
32:50
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, this wasn't Ben Johnson's greatest performance by any means.
32:53
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought the first half you didn't really call a good game, but things picked up in the in the second half both for both Ben Johnson and Dennis Allen.
33:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I think pick things up significantly in the second half.
33:05
[SPEAKER_01]: So they deserve a lot of credit for that.
33:09
[SPEAKER_01]: the special teams personnel does worry me and I feel like it's only a matter of time.
33:13
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, I feel like it's only a matter of time until, you know, knock on wood.
33:19
[SPEAKER_01]: Cairo Santos does something that costs the bears.
33:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I hope I'm wrong.
33:24
[SPEAKER_01]: I would love to be wrong.
33:26
[SPEAKER_01]: I really would.
33:29
[SPEAKER_01]: But we'll see, Brian Rattick, a couple of things.
33:32
[SPEAKER_01]: Dude, Jake, we're the man.
33:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Just want to drop a positive bomb and you'd rather thank you.
33:36
[SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate that.
33:37
[SPEAKER_01]: It's not lost on me.
33:39
[SPEAKER_01]: How many of you guys interact with my posts?
33:41
[SPEAKER_01]: And like, tune in and celebrate the bears winning here with me.
33:48
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's deeply appreciated.
33:52
[SPEAKER_01]: that I'm just a guy sitting at a laptop with no fancy, no fancy set up, no microphones, no studio or nothing, and as I'm checking right now, we're the most watched, at least on X, I don't know about YouTube, I'd have to pull that up and check, but at least on X were the most watch bears live show right now, which I'm very grateful for.
34:15
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm gonna put that on my resume so I can feel better about myself and boost my fragile ego.
34:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Big question, where's Luther Burden brother?
34:24
[SPEAKER_01]: He also says that the Goaties hanging on for dear life keep the mustache and cut that dude, Ella Wall, it's a fan, no shade.
34:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, fair.
34:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, I brought it back for a little bit, uh, I don't know.
34:35
[SPEAKER_01]: We'll see, I'm, I'm, I might end up shaving it, but I think I'm keeping the mustache and some capacity at any rate.
34:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, where is Luther Burden?
34:44
[SPEAKER_01]: I think we're going to see a lot more of them, though.
34:46
[SPEAKER_01]: And, you know, I mentioned earlier with the keys coming up with, I think it's going to end up being counted as three drops.
34:53
[SPEAKER_01]: He was targeted four times, only he caught one pass for five yards.
34:57
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, that's,
35:00
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's directly related to him is another thing too.
35:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Like that's purely on him for dropping those passes for having such a low completion percentage when he's targeted.
35:13
[SPEAKER_01]: So I think that burden,
35:15
[SPEAKER_01]: he keeps making plays and splashes.
35:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think that he's ever, I don't think he's going to be a guy who's going to have like 10 catches in a game anytime soon.
35:23
[SPEAKER_01]: They're just too many mouths to feed in this bears offense, but if he can keep doing the little things right and when they call on him.
35:30
[SPEAKER_01]: He make those plays like like what happened today.
35:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, and he used bought in as a blocker.
35:38
[SPEAKER_01]: He's able to get open as a receiver is able to extend the play a little bit fight for extra yards.
35:46
[SPEAKER_01]: M.I.
35:46
[SPEAKER_01]: Z. Cubs 23, L.B.
35:48
[SPEAKER_01]: is a game breaker and I think Ben Johnson will continue to make him more and more of a weapon.
35:54
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so first of all, uh, ZOU, but I agree.
35:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that, especially with the creativity aspect of how Luther works, uh,
36:09
[SPEAKER_01]: of what he can do in terms of the jet sweeps and the end around if you want to have him run routes out of the back field.
36:14
[SPEAKER_01]: If you want to hand the ball off to him out of the back field, you can do that as well.
36:18
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if I recommend that as much just because Swift and Mon on Guy have been better the last couple weeks, but I do anticipate almost sort of similar to what we've seen with Colston Lovelin here, where he's
36:36
[SPEAKER_01]: slowly but surely taken over as the tight end one in Chicago's offense.
36:43
[SPEAKER_01]: Like Colcomet had one catch for five yards today.
36:45
[SPEAKER_01]: He had two targets, Colston Levelin at four targets.
36:48
[SPEAKER_01]: He caught all four of them for 55 yards.
36:51
[SPEAKER_01]: I think, at least in terms of how the passing attack works, Colston Levelins, the Titan One, I think in the passing attack, we're going to see Luther burdens start to take that role at white or see for three, over from Zacchaeus.
37:04
[SPEAKER_01]: Apologize to trace, snuggle, you heard his feelings.
37:08
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what I did.
37:10
[SPEAKER_01]: Someone fill me in because I, not sure, I know.
37:15
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what I did wrong.
37:19
[SPEAKER_01]: So I don't know who that is, trace nuggle, trace trace, I don't know.
37:31
[SPEAKER_01]: If I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry.
37:33
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know what I did, but thanks.
37:36
[SPEAKER_01]: Graham Small Colcomet had an awesome block on our first TD.
37:41
[SPEAKER_01]: Yes, and I think that's something too.
37:44
[SPEAKER_01]: That's,
37:46
[SPEAKER_01]: been interesting to watch is how they've used is how they've used the full back position they they don't have a pure full back on their roster and you know, but yet they've used they've used coal command in that role and he's been bought in as of as a run blocker they've used Durham smith as a full back sometimes as well and it's definitely I think it's worked out and like you said on that first that rushing touchdown that manongai had.
38:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Polka met was able to pick up a key block at full back.
38:20
[SPEAKER_01]: The interior offence of line in particular, like Drew Dalvin, Jonah Jackson did their jobs well, Joe Tunee as well.
38:27
[SPEAKER_01]: And when I'm guy got wrapped up, I want to say around like the two or three yard line or something like that.
38:34
[SPEAKER_01]: And then Theo Bennett came in from behind and gave him that last little bit of push.
38:41
[SPEAKER_01]: That was necessary to get my non-guy into the end zone.
38:45
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that that's so huge.
38:47
[SPEAKER_01]: It's just the little things, you know, that where it's not even, like, it's instinct for an offensive line to see, oh, my running backs in a pile, I'm gonna jump in and then I'm gonna go ahead and push from behind.
38:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that that's, you know, that comes down to coaching, because you didn't see that very often on your Medieval flu.
39:06
[SPEAKER_01]: So it's a step in the right direction.
39:12
[SPEAKER_01]: Let's see, okay, so I have to follow up on the trace, nuggle, trace, nuggle, fiasco.
39:23
[SPEAKER_01]: You told them to cut tr remain Edmunds.
39:24
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll say, all right, so I'll bring this up because I was pretty convinced going into the season.
39:32
[SPEAKER_01]: All right, tr remain Edmunds has cut candidate, right?
39:35
[SPEAKER_01]: And just looking at the way that some of the contracts
39:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Right now, Edmunds would be a guy you'd save a lot of money by cutting, but this, I mean, this year he's been fantastic.
39:50
[SPEAKER_01]: I got to give him a lot of credit, he stepped up where it's mattered most.
39:56
[SPEAKER_01]: He's, and I think it's even more so impressive considering how bad the linebackers have been around him.
40:02
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, TJ Edwards has been hurt for a lot of the time, so it's tough to gauge.
40:06
[SPEAKER_01]: I haven't been overly impressed with what I've seen from him.
40:08
[SPEAKER_01]: Noah's soul has been bad.
40:11
[SPEAKER_01]: He's not good in coverage.
40:12
[SPEAKER_01]: He had that one play.
40:14
[SPEAKER_01]: I think it was a swing pass or a screen.
40:19
[SPEAKER_01]: He sniffed it out perfectly, but just completely whipped on the tackle and then Devon single Terry was able to take it from big gain.
40:26
[SPEAKER_01]: It could have been a big turn of the tides for the bears didn't work out.
40:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, obviously, the bears won the game, so it's, you know, we're just, you know, picking it shit here, but, uh, yeah, Suele was bad today.
40:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that going into this season, I was expecting that they need to make some sort of
40:48
[SPEAKER_01]: But it has nothing to do with the expectation of losing Edmunds.
40:53
[SPEAKER_01]: So for reference, I pulled up the salary cap calculator here.
40:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I saw, oh, $15 million what the bears would say if they cut Tremaine Edmunds next off season.
41:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I thought, all right, he hasn't lived up to the hype.
41:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Naturally, that's, you know, it seemed like easy money.
41:10
[SPEAKER_01]: But Edmunds has genuinely been playing at an incredible level this year.
41:15
[SPEAKER_01]: And he deserves a lot of credit for that.
41:19
[SPEAKER_01]: with going through his progressions at the second level.
41:21
[SPEAKER_01]: He's physical wrapping up at the point of attack as a tackler.
41:28
[SPEAKER_01]: He's making plays and coverage.
41:30
[SPEAKER_01]: He's getting in our sessions.
41:31
[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he deserves a lot of credit for how he's bounced back.
41:35
[SPEAKER_01]: And now you have some of these guys who entered the year as cut candidates like,
41:42
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, like Tremaine Edmonds, like DeAndre Swift.
41:45
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know, maybe they hang onto those guys.
41:47
[SPEAKER_01]: I definitely think they hang onto Edmonds at this rate because he's, I don't know if it, maybe he's been their best defender.
41:56
[SPEAKER_01]: If he hasn't been their best defender, he's like their second or third best.
41:59
[SPEAKER_01]: Either way, he's been fantastic.
42:00
[SPEAKER_01]: And he's playing at a very high level.
42:02
[SPEAKER_01]: That continued on Sunday against the giants.
42:05
[SPEAKER_01]: So that's one, I'll completely own up to Edmonds
42:12
[SPEAKER_01]: Very happy about that because Lord knows where that bear's lineback or group would be without it.
42:17
[SPEAKER_01]: So I want to Close things out here with Jacob and Fonte's happy ending.
42:24
[SPEAKER_01]: So There you go.
42:27
[SPEAKER_01]: I Also, I forgive you.
42:30
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
42:31
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you.
42:32
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm yeah, I'm glad I could I
42:37
[SPEAKER_01]: Take accountability for my, my wrong takes because sometimes people are wrong and, you know, they say stupid shit and then you don't up to it.
42:46
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm no exception.
42:48
[SPEAKER_01]: But I guess I'll finish up by saying again that this bears team keeps winning games and that's it's doing a lot of things right.
43:05
[SPEAKER_01]: six and they're sitting at six and three now at Corrigans for the three o'clock games get up here nerd.
43:11
[SPEAKER_01]: Ah, I'm not in playing field anymore.
43:13
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not in playing field anymore, but I've heard really good things about Corrigans.
43:17
[SPEAKER_01]: I went to scooters like a good probably like 10 times or so had plenty of good nights over there.
43:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Real good spot.
43:23
[SPEAKER_01]: So you guys have a good, well, you guys have a good, you know, enjoy the three o'clock slate, have a drink on me.
43:35
[SPEAKER_01]: uh, so I love that.
43:37
[SPEAKER_01]: But anyway, this bears game, this bears team continues to find ways to win even when things are perfect.
43:44
[SPEAKER_01]: They're stepping up in the clutch.
43:47
[SPEAKER_01]: They're being advantageous.
43:48
[SPEAKER_01]: They're taking advantage of uh opportunities that fall their way.
43:54
[SPEAKER_01]: The last year's bears had things fall their way too, but they were unable to capitalize when things fell their way.
44:06
[SPEAKER_01]: I think a lot of that comes down to culture.
44:09
[SPEAKER_01]: It comes down to coaching and it comes down to culture.
44:12
[SPEAKER_01]: How Ben Johnson has these guys bought in to, I mean, you know, the good, good, better best.
44:18
[SPEAKER_01]: It's, you know, it's catchy.
44:19
[SPEAKER_01]: It works on a t-shirt.
44:21
[SPEAKER_01]: You can name $50 cheeseburgers after it, but it really is,
44:29
[SPEAKER_01]: way of life.
44:30
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a way of playing.
44:32
[SPEAKER_01]: And if you adapt that mentality, like a lot of these bears players have, good things are going to happen.
44:38
[SPEAKER_01]: And I come away from this clutch play.
44:45
[SPEAKER_01]: A lot more optimistic than I was about like an hour and a half ago about this bears team.
44:52
[SPEAKER_01]: Their ability to overcome adversity is going to help them tremendously in the long run.
44:56
[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to help
44:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that with Caleb specifically, he at least going into Chicago, he hadn't, he hadn't faced a ton of adversity.
45:09
[SPEAKER_01]: He was a pretty high,
45:11
[SPEAKER_01]: recruit coming out of high school.
45:13
[SPEAKER_01]: He played well at Oklahoma.
45:15
[SPEAKER_01]: You know, he stepped into the Stargras, a freshman looked really good, and then moved to USC.
45:21
[SPEAKER_01]: One of the highsmen is a sophomore than junior year.
45:24
[SPEAKER_01]: It was still fantastic.
45:26
[SPEAKER_01]: They lost a couple games.
45:27
[SPEAKER_01]: That's probably the most adversity Caleb had faced to that point.
45:30
[SPEAKER_01]: It was going like what?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Eight and four, maybe.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Last year, he's last year was probably a big toll on him, and some of this year, there's certainly been adversity too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He hasn't been perfect.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But what I've been most impressed with was his ability to come back from that, his ability to not give up his ability to stay bought in with the fact, all right, we might be losing right now, but this game is an over, we can still execute, we can play to high level and we can still come back and win this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's exactly what the Bears did today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And
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[SPEAKER_01]: Like I said earlier, Caleb put on the Superman cape in the fourth quarter, and that was a big reason the bears won this game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There are many others, obviously, you know, the past rush stepped up, Dennis Allen dialed up the blitz, really impressive.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The offensive line did a good job in past protection as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Some of the receivers were able to finally stop dropping passes late in
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I come away, this is a battle test at team now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm not going to sit here to say the giants are a great team by any means, but they've played a lot of, they've played a lot of good teams tough.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, they, they only lost to the Broncos by one at Denver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They played the 49ers to within 10 points.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They beat the Eagles.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They beat the Chargers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: they kept things semi competitive with the chiefs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, as far as two and eight teams go, I mean, yeah, it's a two and eight team.
47:08
[SPEAKER_01]: It's a two and eight team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's not a great team, but they fight hard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And they fought hard today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's just the bears at what in the fourth quarter, at least the bears fought harder.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So that's something to be very, very proud of.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Chicago Bears defeats the New York Giants 24 to 20 and the Bears sit at 6 and 3 next week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're going to take on the Minnesota Vikings at noon central time on Sunday on Fox where they'll have an opportunity to win their first game in the NFC North this season and get the chance to go 7 and 3.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'll bring here my, my dad made a comment here Viking Steelers Eagles next through games this stretch will prove what this team is I promise I bring him in you get a you guys get a special Special guest appearance here hold on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think it over here.
48:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Look who it is.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What's up, everybody?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Look who it is.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's Steven Fonte.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hi, Dad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: How's it going?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm in the end.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The brightness.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a little player.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's all good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll turn to you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You, you close it out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, yep.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll just say this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The infront days have had bears season tickets since 1947.
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[SPEAKER_00]: My grandfather and my father were at the 63 championship.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was at the 85 Bears Championship and Jacob and Fonte will be at the next Bears Championship.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So whenever that is, I don't think it's going to be this year, but you will be at the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This next Super Bowl.
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[SPEAKER_00]: it's exciting to think I hope it's I hope it's sooner than later I hope so I hope I'm still around can't be that long but Ben Johnson is a game changer I think then I haven't I've been following the bears I was I was I watched Walter Payton as a kid in the 70s and I haven't felt this good about a coach even including Dica did co as a motivator but Dica wasn't a
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[SPEAKER_00]: and insane, you know, wizard of play calling.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is the best, most talented head coach we've ever had in my lifetime.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think that there's a lot to be optimistic about.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I couldn't say better myself.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's a good way to end it here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thanks to my dad.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I hate that I'm here for happy ending of Jacob and finally.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You have to believe that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sorry.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Of course.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sorry.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You had to witness that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's okay.
49:36
[SPEAKER_01]: All right.
49:37
[SPEAKER_01]: One of these days will tell the story about your reaction to the, oh, yeah.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One tweet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The famous tweet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
49:45
[SPEAKER_01]: It was, uh, it was something, but it was more to find.
49:51
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, on that note, I appreciate all you guys for tuning in over 5,000 of you tuning in live.
49:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, really much appreciated.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's not lost on me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As I pull it up now to, it's still, we've been going on for 50 minutes now, still the most watched.
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[SPEAKER_01]: live stream on Twitter or an ex, which is pretty sweet.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I like bringing that up because it strokes my ego a little bit and all of you tuning in on Facebook and YouTube too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's truly appreciated.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank all you guys seriously.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Bears pick up the win 24 to 20.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This has been wrap it up with Jacob and Fonte with my special guest, my dad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you all for tuning in.