Kap & J. Hood

7/29 7 AM: Cubs Trade Christopher Morel

Hour 1: The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays reached a trade on Sunday afternoon, a shocker as All-Star Isaac Paredes. The main part of the Cubs' package revolved around infielder Christopher Morel, the 25-year-old who is struggling this season but has shown tremendous upside in his first two years in MLB. Are there problems at Bears Training Camp? And should the offensive starters play in the Hall of Fame Game? Nick Friedell was in for J. Hood.

Duration:: 49m
Broadcast on:: 29 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

Chicago, this is your morning routine, listen to respect my name, Captain G hood. That's right, that's right, we're bad, uh-uh. Watch the show on Twitch, follow ESPN 1000 Chicago, stream the show on the ESPN Chicago app, and on in there, 100.3 HD2, and on ESPN 1000 Chicago, now, no, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood, good morning everyone. Bring 'em out, bring 'em out, bring 'em out, bring 'em out, bring 'em out. Pilot today. He is the most negative man in Chicago sports. His name is Nick Friedel, our guy, he is here, we'll get into some of Nick's self-loathing all morning as we prepared the show, Shayne Orling is the executive producer, Jay Moore's at the controls, I'm cap, 3-1-2-3-2-3-2-3-7-7-6. So Shayne comes in as he does every morning, he says, "All right, let's got this, this, this, this, and this, I have my notes." And Nick's like, "No, I don't like that, and I don't like that, and the Cubs are this, and the Bulls are that, you ever gonna be happy?" Chicago sports has prepped me for a life of misery cap, especially from a distance, as I watch all this unfold, I think, the Bears are this city's only hope for a long time, and maybe it can turn around, maybe they finally have all the pieces in place, and they've got the right quarterback at the helm, but I have so many questions that I want to get into with you, and there's a reason I feel the way I do, because none of these teams are running well, and always, always, always go back to who is running the show and how that show is being run, and you can usually find the answers in pro sports. I have said repeatedly, and this ties into the negativeness that seems to always drive you crazy, the town in America that has the worst ownership in pro sports, right here Chicago, Illinois. So you don't like the addition of Esauk Paratus? I'm very, very proud of you for nailing that name on the first time, right there. Esauk Paratus. I think it's gonna be okay, but after the way all these other moves have played out the last few years, I'm skeptical at best. I think he's a better version of what they were looking for, a safer version of Morel, and maybe he turns into the player that they need him to be a third base. He's under team control for the next few years. It makes sense, but Cap, why as a die hard Cubs fan, should I feel good about any of this stuff? Why should I have the trust that I had 10 years ago with this front office, and with ownership to a lesser degree, explain that part to me with this move and any other moves that are forthcoming in the next 24 hours. It all sucks. Bingo. Let me just read you something. Esauk Paratus is sixth among all third baseman in F war. He's fourth tied among all third baseman in baseball and what weighted runs created plus. He is third in baseball among all third baseman in OBP. He is first in walk percentage. He is sixth best in strikeout percentage. He is a walk to strikeout ratio first in all of baseball, ground ball percentage. He is first in all of baseball fly ball percentage. He is best in all of baseball. Great cap. And I can't wait to see him do it at Riggly day after day after day, but I got caught as soon as that deal went down on the first two thoughts in my head were, oh my God, what are the rays going to do to unlock Morrell because he was the guy that so many people here were like, he is the man who's going to be the next star of this team. How many times were you and I texting in the last year and a half, Morrell, oh, he's got it. He's got that aura about him. Well, he can't hit and he's not a very good fielder. That's a problem. But the first thought of my head was, uh oh, what do the rays know the jet and the cubs don't? And my second and this ties into many themes that we'll get into today is when you're trading with the rays for a basketball analogy, it's like trading with the thunder. That is not something you usually want to do because the Rays track record is we're going to find guys that you've never heard of or that you don't know a lot about or who have been thrown off by other teams and we're going to rehabilitate their game and we're going to make them a lot better. And it's why teams in the NBA don't like dealing with Sam Presti because he has that track record in Oklahoma City and it's why as soon as it went down, as soon as it went down, I went, uh oh, why in the world are the rays this high on Morrell in on top of it, the two prospects that are also going to Tampa Bay. First of all, first of all, let me just tell you, Jose Bautista, the Rays let him go for 50 grand. He turned into be a hell of a player, hell of a player. They traded a bunch of different in their history. They've made bad deals too, and they've made a lot of good ones, a lot of good ones. They're a really well run franchise. They can't afford a sock paratus. They cannot. He's got three more years of arbitration. His money's going to keep going up and they don't have it. So the Yankees and the Dodgers, according to multiple reports yesterday morning, were engaged in a bidding war and Jed rolled in and said, hang on, because, because when you think bidding war, immediately you think Chicago Cubs, I mean, good for Jed. The cap, this is a problem for me as a fan. I still want to believe in Jed. I know what he did with Theo to get that team across the line, but that was eight years ago at this point. I have lost faith. You know where I stand on Ricketts? I don't believe that the money has always been spent all the way with the ownership group, but with Jed, what this deal told me was he's not going anywhere right now. He's not. Everybody needs to stop thinking about that, because clearly Ricketts is allowing him to try to remake this on the fly. What concerns me is all these guys have deals that are on the books, and I know they're going to have 80 million in space next year with the deals that are coming off, but the deals that are on there, nobody really excites you that much. So for paratus, I think he can be a solid player, but on the surface, what I also think now as a fan is, well, he's going to fit in with the rest of the number seven hitters in this lineup right now. So Craig Council was a huge acquisition in the off season. Was supposed to be. He was a huge acquisition, but I'm saying he hasn't proven to be so is Dan's be Swanson. And I mean, he's terrible in year two. Okay. But Craig Council, as Jim Bowden said to me the other day, the former GM, he said, well, let's see, you fell one game short ago into the playoffs with David Ross, you ostensibly upgraded with a guy that he thinks is among the best in the game. He said, and the team isn't as good. That tells you this is not a managerial problem. This is a roster problem. Craig Council was a solid upgrade and they spent biggest contract in the history of baseball for a manager, 40 million bucks for that guy, 40 million dollars. They spent the money, but the return on investment is in there. But is that his fault or is that Jed's fault? Well, I absolutely, I think that it's absolutely Jed Hoyer in that front office's fault. But cap, this is the issue that I'm having is why is it that nobody saw that this roster just wasn't that good and how much of that is Jed, the front office, the player development part and how much of it is Jed going to Rickett saying, hey, I need some more money for player A or player B and Rickett's going, eh, you know, I don't know. We've given you your budget. This is what it is. I think that's what bothers me the most. But let me ask you a question. Why does it always come down to they don't spend enough, they spent 55 million more than anyone in their division and they're in last? Now, okay, it's seven or nine, our first division reference. Who cares about divisions anymore in all a baseball, there's more than enough to win there, but divisions who stop with the division stuff, it doesn't matter. They're playing everybody even more now every year. The division stuff doesn't matter. And this is the problem for me again, and with Rickett, Rickett's is sitting there saying behind the scenes, oh, well, we've spent like way more than Milwaukee and St. Louis, who cares? They're seven to all the baseball. I've spent a lot more than a lot of people spending a ton of money. I want them to spend as much as they possibly can and I worked out for the Mets last year. It didn't work out great, but I don't want there to be any restrictions. And I feel like that's the problem with the Cubs is, hey, we'll spend and they've proven they'll spend money on a manager, they'll spend money on, hey, or we could go down the list. Swanson, but cap, there were four guys last year and never do all free agent signings work out, but it was Turner, Korea, Swanson, Bogart. We agree that the Bogart's deal hasn't looked particularly good either. He doesn't even play short anymore. But the problem for me is it was like those three guys went off the board and the Cubs are sitting there going, well, I guess we'll spend money on somebody. We'll spend money on the cheapest guy of the four. And that has always been my point to you. It's not that the money's not there. They're not spending because you're right, seven, eight, depending on the day. It's that I want them as a fan to never have money in question. And it always has felt with this ownership group, while they've made plenty of right moves and they won the World Series and Theo was an incredible hire. It's always like, oh, no, I don't know if we can spend that much. I mean, go back few years ago, they gave away Darvish. That was all money. It was all financial. Ricketts is telling Jesse, oh, the losses are going to be biblical. Well, guess what? The losses aren't biblical anymore. And my biggest source of frustration is that Ricketts and the Cubs, way before any of this Jed stuff and how bad the product is on the field, they got every single thing they wanted. They got the TV station. They got the ballpark renovation. They got all the area. Hold on. They paid for the ballpark renovation. But they got everything around the ballpark. When you go to Wrigley now, it feels very corporate. It looks nice, but it does not feel anything like it did five, 10 years ago. All that money's going somewhere. All that beer money, all the hot dogs, all of that stuff. It's all going to a place that should be always pushed back into the team. And as a fan, I'm watching all this change and I'm going, sure, they've spent money, but I always believe they could spend more. And I think that's part of why I don't have the faith anymore that Ricketts is the guy, although he's not going to go anywhere. And I don't have the faith that Jed has the ability to turn things around and has the magic touch that his old boss used to have. Three, one, two, three, three, two, three, seven, seven, six. So the Cubs trade, Christopher Morrell and prospects for each sock parade us. Did you like the trade parade has played in the all star game? He actually is a former cub. He is a guy that the Cubs signed for $800,000 in 2015 out of Hermosillo, Mexico, same year they signed Christopher Morrell internationally. And then they traded him with Jamer Candelario to the Tigers for Justin Wilson and Alex Avila when they were in their window to try and repeat. And it didn't work out. He then gets traded at Tampa, 31 home runs last year, all star performance this year. And now he's a cub and they have control for 25, 26, and 27. So I would think they'll extend him either way, he's going to get paid a fortune through arbitration if he plays at the level that they've hoped to acquire him at. Three, one, two, three, three, two, three, seven, seven, six. And then Garrett Crochet through three innings, I think Fettie through four over the weekend. The trade deadline is tomorrow. We expect a very busy 24 and like not like 33 hours till, what's his name? Chris Gatz. Didn't go to sleep. Did you say 24 cap? I did. He can go to sleep in 33 hours and get some rest with the road to 24, baby. You said it. They've got their second second 14 game, losing streak. And my dear friend, John Greenberg, I don't know if you know, John, from the athletic. I've heard it, John. He had a great tweet yesterday. If you took away the two 14 game losing streaks, just wiped them off the records. The Sox would still have the worst record in baseball. That is so impressive. That is insane. The White Sox record right now is a robust 27 and 81, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6. More to come from the Cubs, maybe a lot to come from the White Sox. We think. What do you think? Next. This is cap and J-hood. They beat in the traffic commute, so you don't have to. On ESPN Chicago. Hoodie's got the day off. That means I get to work with my friend Nick Friedel. 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6. The trade deadline tomorrow at five central, five central. We will know who's still on the roster for both Chicago teams, who they've gotten, who they've gotten rid of yesterday. The Cubs made the first big deal for a Chicago team. They traded Christopher Morell and two prospects for Esauk Paratus. Did you like the trade 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6, Jim and Donner's Groves first. Hey, Jim, what's up, Sparky. Hey, Chad, how you guys doing this morning? Good man. How are you? I'm doing well. I want to practice this by saying I'm a huge Cubs man and I like the Paratus trade. I like the future options and everything, so I'm optimistic with it. But my question is for the White Sox organization, like with Crochette, talking about him getting traded and wanting a new contract, plus his performance yesterday, how's that going to impact his trade value? I don't think yesterday hurts his trade value because his mind could not have been clear razor sharp ready to go ready. First of all, he looks and goes, man, we suck and feels like he's got to be perfect to win. That's a, b, I don't blame him at all saying, if I get traded, if you want me pitching in October, I've already gone way past career high innings. I've already come back from Tommy John once. You want me to risk that? You're going to pay me or I'm not pitching. I don't blame him. Do you? No, no, it's the same field cap that you have when a football player is holding out. If you're putting your body on the line, especially when you push yourself to the limit that it feels like crochet is at already, I don't blame him. I don't either. Do you Jim? No, not at all, but I'm feeling GMs are going to look at that and be like, okay, do we really want to, you know, mortgage the farm system and, you know, give up multiple top prospects with this guy and then have to, you know, put $150 plus million to him. And then what if, you know, you know, it doesn't work out? Well, that's the risk. So a team, and we appreciate your call, man. Have a great week. Thanks for listening to the show. Look, if you are the Dodgers and you have, they were the smart ones. They got their TV deal done several years ago before the cord cutting became a real thing. And I think their deal was seven billion. Their total value with their deal. Now the stations out in LA regret it greatly every day. I remember interviewing the late Vin Scully after he had retired, he was promoting whatever it was. And I got him on and he said, I said, so, you know, you said at home, watch the Dodgers, he goes, no, not really. I'm like, you don't watch the games. He said, my cable system doesn't get them. Yeah, Vin Scully. So they got the money though. They got the money. The cubs, from what I know, the marquee deal, isn't the cash cow that they hoped it would be. And now, Xfinity is going to take not just here, everywhere. The regional channels are going to move off of basic cable where Mont Pak kettle get regional sports and some of the money goes to the channel, even though they don't ever watch it. It's going to go to a increased tier where you want it, you're going to have to pay extra for it. Well, are you paying extra for a 27 and 81 baseball team? Are you paying extra for a hockey team that to this point, I know they got the dart hasn't gotten to the playoffs in several years. And are you paying extra for a both team that has openly said we need to be in the top 10 worst teams? That's my question. Oh, good luck to it. Would you like to be in sales for that channel? No. Easy. Hell no. It's a tough job. Take the cap if the Cubs are struggling with the marquee point. What are all these other teams, forget just the white Sox and the Bulls and the black cars. Yeah, how about the twins, the timber wolves and they're a good team that from from a distance, that is the story to me in sports that's not getting enough play right now. Shay, what did I tell you? That is the untold story that people don't realize Nick said it exactly right. Yeah, but just bringing it back to crochet and setting the business up at a side. Like I get, you might be concerned about giving him an extension. If you're a GM on a contending team, shouldn't you just ignore that? Like, what is Garrett crochet going to do? Say the Dodgers trade for him. He's going to walk into their clubhouse and look Freddy Freeman and Mookie Betts and Shoe Aotani's interpreter and all these people in the face and be like, yeah, guys, great to be here, happy to be on a team that's going to make a run, but I'm not going to pitch the playoffs. Yes. And they would all support it because they've all got their money. They might all support or they might understand it. You can't tell me it wouldn't be a little bit awkward. He gets traded to Philly. Oh, hey, Bryce, great to be here, happy to be around talking to Zach Wheeler. Go. I'm so happy I'm here. He's making $800,000 if he blows out, you know, none of those guys are going to go. Hey, guys, let's take up a collection here. Here's 50 million for you because you're doing something I didn't think I was going to do it all today. And you're making me agree with the cap, man, dude, because I can't, I can't see it 20, 30 years ago, 50 years ago, he walks into the clubhouse and guys go, Oh, come on, man, you're not tough. You're going to sit out because you, you've thrown too many innings now in 2024, especially with the money that's being tossed around. I think those guys will be like, Hey, man, can't wait to see you next year. It'll be fun. Good luck getting your deal. Right. I have a hard time believing these guys who are playing every day, trying to win a world series. And every one of them's making multiple million, of course they are, but they're also all trying to win a world series. Like I just don't buy that the clubhouse vibe would be peachy cream. If crochet walks into a team that's trying to win and he's like, I'm not going to pitch in the post. I would say yes. One little pissed people, not his teammates. They would understand. Hey, man, it's a business. This is a business. This is not a video game that you play 18 hours a day. This is a business. And if he blows his arm out again and gets another Tommy John, good luck trying to get another big, get a, any kind of contract, get that, but you could have that conversation like five years ago for whoever is in the clubhouse that these teams, Bryce Harper went through arbitration years, Bryce Harper went through years with the nationals, wouldn't pay him. He wasn't getting traded someplace and going, I'm not going to hit in the playoffs unless you give me an extension. These guys all played through the same thing, crochets going through right now and earned their big deals. I don't think they would be all on board with him coming into the club. I disagree. He's not pitching. I disagree. And I think the Dodgers would know if we're giving up all the talent it takes to get him, we have to extend him. Period. Everybody's got to be on the same page no matter what, not making them out after winning an MVP because the Red Sox wouldn't pay him. I don't know that he's suddenly going to be like, have a bunch of sympathy for a guy who doesn't want to play disagree, disagree wholeheartedly. Garrett Crochet, here's his innings pitched in his four years in the big leagues, six, fifty four and a third, twelve and a two thirds, 114.1 crazy, well, no, the inning concern is actually a genuine one that GM should look at and be asked the question, can he continue to produce with more innings, he's just turned 25 June 21st. I just think if you're on opposing GM, you call the bluff on I'm not pitching in the playoffs. Okay, and guess what, if you're the opposing GM and you call the bluff and you give up three of your top five prospects to get Garrett Crochet and he walks in and goes, just let you know, I won't pitch out of your bullpen, don't even ask, and I am not pitching in the postseason. Either talk to my agent or I'm not pitching, period. That GM looks like an idiot or you that GM pays him because you just gave up three prospects to get him. That's what he's saying. Right. Pay me. You're going to make so much money. Play Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, if I help you win the World Series, I need to have the risk taken away. So if he blows out, he goes, I got my money. The temperature in these locker rooms and clubhouses and pro sports has changed dramatically. Certainly, and I view it through the prism of the NBA, but all these guys want other guys to get paid. Yes. They understand the business of pro sports more than they ever have. And I think, not only because the information is more readily available, but, Jay, going back to your point, they know the money that's involved. Right. I mean, the money is astronomical. And so I don't think there would be any issue with a guy saying, Hey, I want to protect my arm. I want to protect my future. I want to get paid. If you pay me, I'll do what you want. 100% agree. 100. Look at Caleb Williams. Twitter by. You know what it says? Business, comma, man, not a businessman. I'm a business man. And that's what these guys are. Their brands, their businesses, crochets, crochets knows him and I had to miss a whole year with Tommy John. If it happens again, it'll be a lot harder to get 125 million. Oh, yeah. And they signed Tyler Glass now in the off season on a trade. He said, if you're trading me to L.A., you better extend me five for 125. And the money's there. And the money's there. So pay the guy. And I think the Dodgers and the Phillies would. But also it was interesting that all this came out last week and then the Orioles traded for Zach Efland. That told me a lot of like, they're shutting the door on any player that they're going to need to pay money to because they struggle to make money that like the Cubs were playing the Orioles. They swept the series, by the way. And a place was half empty. Like, how can the Orioles not be drawing the reckoning count of the half three quarters recovery. The reckoning is coming and it ties in. It is nice that we're having both these conversations through the crochet story because the reckoning with television in the haves and the have-nots and pro sports, it's coming and people faster than people would expect. And it's happening right before our eyes every day a little more. Here is Craig Council on the Morrell trade. Yeah, I mean, it's always, you know, a little bit strange and strange telling someone during the game that they've been traded and, you know, it was certainly surprising and shocking to Chris. He's, you know, provided co-spans with a lot of memories for sure, even in a short time here. In the end, we think we got a third baseman who's been a really good offensive player in this league. That can do really well for us at that position. This is Council on adding that bat, "Eatsock Paratus" to the lineup. Yeah, I mean, I think this is just a, you know, a good offensive player. You know, this is kind of third baseman in this league for quite a, for a couple of years now and done a good job over there. So we think we're, you know, adding just a solid third baseman. So they get a solid third baseman for the first time since Chris Bryant was here. By the way, he's on the side of Millcart in Denver. Holy cow. That's a very expensive Millcart in though. Wow. That's why it's not how much you spend Nick. It's who you spend it on. We will always go back and forth on this, but cap, I'd be remiss if as we're, as we're going through Esock Paratus. How many times I feel like all the Chicagoans out there are going to call them Isaac Paratus. Right. Isaac Paratus. It's like the old days with the Bulls that everybody kept saying, oh, Tom Tibidow's here. And Tim's finally sits in with the PR staff during the summer leading into that first season. And he's like, Hey, uh, by the way, guys, it's Thibido and they're all like, what? It's Thibidow. So let's try to hammer this pronunciation down. Eat sock, Paratus, Bingo, caps nailed it. That is the man's name. That is what everybody should call him, not, not Isaac. Not paradise. Right. Let's remember this. I want you to know, Nick, you're pissing in the wind right now. We are going to get a lot of Isaac parades. It's not going to matter like, we were saying, we had to save everybody before it starts. Dude, we spent four months saying Kayla Williams, every single segment on this show. And we still got a guy to call up and say Kaleep. Oh, no. So he did. Kaleep. Oh, no. Kaleep. Yeah. Kaleep. There it is. Kaleep. All right. Uh, problems with the offensive bears camp over the weekend and boy, the head coach certainly has changed the vibe he's given off. He looks like he's in control. Next. All right, Cubs make the first big trade of the Chicago teams. The deadline tomorrow at five o'clock central. They made waves. They sent Christopher Morrell and prospects pitcher Ty Johnson and pitcher Hunter Biggie to Tampa for all star third baseman, Itzak Haredes, president, Jed Hoyer. So the goal is to add players that will help the Cubs, not just this season, but into the future in Paredes under contract through the 2027 season. The White Sox swept on the south side over the weekend by Seattle, bringing their losing streak to 14, matching their season long ineptitude streak. Sox are the third team since 1920 to endure multiple 14 game losing streaks in one season. Garrett Crochet allowed five runs, but three earn and three innings of work yesterday. His final start before the trade deadline. The team USA basketball, a 110 84 went over Serbia in their opening game at the Olympics, LeBron 21, KD added 23. Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention? I've just been handed an urgent news story. All right, rolling on, hope your mornings off to a good start. You're ready for a great week with Shay and Jay Moore and in for hoodie today, my guy Nick Friedel, we're talking bears on the home of the bears, ESPN 1000. I hope you will come join us at football fest on August 25. Go to the Hard Rock Casino, Northern Indiana webpage, you can get tickets right there. Where else, Shay man? Where else can they get tickets? For football fest? Yes. Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster. They're very inexpensive, shifter is going to be there, all of us from the station are going to be there. There's going to be a whole bunch of cool events. It's a blast. A live cross talk unhinged. About that. Yeah. It's going to be fun. It's more interactive. People can pick and choose the content they want at football fest. It can be great. Love it. Love it. 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 7 7 6 is our phone number. So Matt Iberflus a year ago has a 14 game losing streak. And everyone's like, well, he's about to get fired. Ryan polls. Absolutely not. They turn it around. They finish seven and 10. They actually were really good in the second half of the season after they acquired Montes sweat. And now they get Caleb Williams. They get Roma Dunes. They get Keenan Allen. They make a few additions on the old line. They get Kevin Bayard. All of a sudden you're like, whoa. The bears look really good, Nick. They're the hope in the city. They're the only hope right now, Captain. The thing that scares me though is Iberflus, he got a facially got a beard. He's got a new haircut. He clearly has respect within the room. But do you think he's a good coach? We got to find out. But have we already found out and everything's just masked now because, hey, he changed his look. He changed his the way he deals with the media and they've got some good players. Now we think. So his wife and his daughters said, Dad, honey, you got to change the look. And so the barber at Hallis Hall, they have a the whole set up. There's amazing. And he said, coach, we're going to take take it in here a little bit. We're going to stop with the product in the hair and you got to go buy the Dyson blade is this Iberflus that he paid $490 for the dryer. My wife's like, find out where because I paid 600 for mine. Yeah. It's like, is it the one that attaches to the wall? I have no idea. I don't use a hair dryer. Yeah, I love that that was the follow up. My wife wants one horribly badly. I'm like, this sounds like a ridiculous investment. Yeah. My wife said it is essential. Now my wife has long hair. I don't have any hair. So OK, and coach Iberflus can clearly afford the Dyson blade. I think that means beautifying. So I talked to a player on the team who said, dude, this guy holds us accountable and you wouldn't believe how good he is in the room. He's great. Love playing for this guy. But that's been the problem for two years, Cap, is that it hasn't translated where fans can see it, where it's tangible. Agreed. Their record has been less than stellar, 3 and 14 and 7 and 10. But Ryan Paul's has to wear the same record too. And everyone's like, there he is. King Paul's ready to go. And I love Ryan. I love that dude. I think he's awesome. Ryan has said to me, you guys are wrong on Iberflus. He's really good at his job and he's steadying and he's there's even the darkest of times. That dude came in. Let's go. Let's get to work. He said, we're going to turn this thing around and he's still going to be here. So we're going to find out because now he has a team that he should be very, very good with. The thing that scares me though is that you and I have been having the same conversation about the bears for more than a decade. That's correct. The offense is behind the defense and certainly with a rookie QB and all the new weapons all over the place, it's going to take time. But it just feels like when I read the stories, we're going to talk to Courtney a little bit later. They're always the same. Well, can the offense catch up to this defense? On top of the fact that sure, Paul's seen somebody different than the public has seen with Iberflus and that's why he kept him in check and he's hoping that it can keep rolling. But why should fans trust that all of a sudden everything's going to be able to come together the way the bears are hoping that it will? Right. It's proven. You've got to prove it. You can talk all you want. Show me. And you can change your look all you want and it's still show me. So here is Matt Iberflus on the struggles this weekend from his offense. The offense, you know, obviously had its struggles today, but I also said to him after the practices of guys, all three phases have to play well for us to be a good football team. You know, so there's going to be days where the defense struggles or special team struggles, but it's got to be all three phases hit on all cylinders. And we're just not there yet. You know, we're not there yet. And of course, you know, it's early in training camp and I'll expect us to be. But I do expect us to grow and learn from this and get better. And for the day off, as we watch this take the rest of the day and the guys have the day off tomorrow and then come back swinging. It's always about the response, you know, once you see the offense come back, come out swinging on the next stack of practices. And that's what we're looking for. So there's Iberflus. And I liked that he's honest, he didn't go, oh, it was way better than you guys realize. No. They struggled today. Oh, I mean, it's better than his interviews with Loughlin Silvie last year. Oh my God. Hey, hey, coach, what did you think was the problem? Was there a problem? That was after he moved off his show. Oh my God. Yeah, that's right. Look, all that is well and good and getting better in three phase. I felt like I was listening to a lovey sound bite from forever ago. They have to go out and show that everything can work together. And what scares me, Cap, is there's nothing that I saw in the last two years that would lead me to believe that this guy is some kind of genius in game when everything is on the line. You can change the look and how you sound in your messaging, but until you make everybody better week to week, I don't think much is going to be different. The difference now is they have talent in place. So it's all on the line, but if you're polls and you've attached yourself to Eberfluze, you better be open that the change that you see behind the scenes can finally show up in a different place now. Here is coach Eberfluze after Nate Davis had to sit out again injured at training camp when he was asked about it. Yeah, I mean, availability is everything, right? And this league. And so you got to be available to practice, you know, you got to be able to go through hard in terms of, you know, doing hard better during training camp. And that's all part of preparing for the first part of the season, you know, to be able to do that to call us yourself, you know, that's your individual responsibility to the football team. I mean, you're not out there. Guess what? That doesn't happen. You know, so availability is important at every position, you know, and sometimes guys get injured and that's the way it goes. And there's some things you can do, but they have to get back as fast as possible. Because to me, there's a lot of competition on this roster. He's right. There's a lot of competition. Well, is there offensive line good enough? That is a big question. No. Right. Like they brought some more reinforcements in, but again, it's a big question mark. So we'll see how that all shakes out. And then I loved that Iberflus kicked Montez Sweat out of a drill after he accidentally or didn't pull up in time and hit Caleb Williams and Iberflus Sweat, get out. And then he walked over, put his armor on him and talked and said, that can't happen. He said, how would you feel if you injured our star quarterback here? And he's like, you're, you're right, it won't happen again. But do you think that that kind of stuff matters that much at this point? I know he's trying to send a message, but he's holding people accountable. Okay. And that's all well and good, but that has not done anything for two years. Well, he hasn't any talent either. Well, everybody tried to sell me that Justin Fields was the next big thing and that didn't happen. Right. I remember listening to this show, but maybe once or twice he told that Justin Fields was right about ready to turn things around and Iberflus was going to get things set on course. The cult out there for that wanted it. We have, you know what this bell is here in the studio? Do you know what this is for? I think black and of dollar bought it. It's called the hallbell. Oh, you got to trade the number one pick. Keep Justin. Oh, yeah. My ass. Oh. Well, I kept saying since November, they're done with him. They're moving on. I was holding a mate hand and the call would call in. You're out of your mind. They're going to keep Justin. Yeah. Let me know when he's starting the Bears uniform is so far and we have plenty of time to go in training camp and plenty of time that came on Thursday. But what makes you think that Caleb Williams is who everybody believes that he is. What makes me believe that yeah. Got feeling watching him like I'm not the biggest college football fan. Che and hoodie are they like that's watching college football for them on a series better than sex. True. It's not like. It's not like. No. I mean, I think they're insane. No. No. That's twice that I dream with. Damn. Damn. Damn. Oh. I mean, it's it's disgusting. Take me away. Disgusting. Yeah. Like literally. Like literally my wife showed up in some great lingerie I'd be like, game on. You know what that guy would do? Hey, Kinsey. He's married. Hey, Kinsey. The new college football, EA sports game came out. Can we put this on hold? I'll get a rain check. Oh, no, I could pause the game. Listen. Listen. Listen. Wild stuff. He goes down here. Now, huh? Some believe. Oh my gosh. You will see a Notre Dame balls on the goal line. Honey, hang on a moment, please. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh my gosh. The balls are always on the goal line. Yeah. Right. Well done, Jay Moore. Yes. By the way. By the way, can you play the, uh, can you play the, um, 1988 Notre Dame Miami of Florida game on a game you have? No, what? You can't play old teams? No. Really? You can't go back in history. No, it's, that's kind of a bummer, but yeah, no, because I had dinner with Lonnie. My brother and I are dinner with wants that. And he was coaching. He's the decordinator of Miami when they played at Notre Dame in 88 Miami's number one in the country and Notre Dame's, I don't know, two or three. This is Catholics versus Con? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And Miami scores late and if they kick the extra point, they tie, but they would stay number one because they didn't lose and they'd win the national title it would have turned out. And one, he said, I'm on the headset with Jimmy and Jimmy's like, I'm going for two. He's like, don't do it, coach. Don't do it. If we, if we just kick the extra point, we tie and guess what, 31 all, we're going to win the national title. He goes, look at that smug son of a bitch across the way, Holt's F him. We're going for two and they missed and they missed. Yep. True story. Well, he can sleep good at night though. He went for it. Yeah. He hated him. So good. Should the offensive starters play in the Hall of Fame game? You want Caleb out there? You want the old line out there? What do you think? The receivers, all of them, 31, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6. Nick's in for hoodie. I'm Cap. You're right back. Welcome back to Captain Jay Hood. You're officially locked in on Chicago's home for sports, ESPN Chicago. Rolling on with my guy Nick Friedell, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6. With Captain Jay Hood, stream us and get us on YouTube, you can get us on Twitch, course on AM1000, 100.3 HD2, and we have a good time every morning. So should the offensive starters play in the Hall of Fame game? Let's go to Brooklyn, New York, our guy, Derek, D-Man, what's up? Yo, Capy, Nick, good morning. How you doing? We're good, man. How you doing? Excellent. I'm going to make this point with the Bears, and then Cap, I've got to tell you something very important after this, what I say about the Bears, real quick. I think the starters should play at least three series. Number one, okay, look to get adjusted to the rules and the different scenarios that can happen, and just getting the chemistry with the players he's going to be playing with on a regular basis, and the second thing I want to say real quick is that I'm in a ruba on vacation with my family, and Capy, guess who I met in the pool yesterday? Who? I met George from Glenview. You did? Let me tell you how it happened real quick, I don't want to take too much time. I'm in the pool with my wife and kids, I'm here in two gentlemen to talk about baseball. One guy is a Mets fan, I'm a Mets fan, and the other guy, I didn't know, so I'd turn around and say, "Hey, you guys are Mets fans?" So the one guy is like, "Oh, he's like, "Yeah, I am," but he said, "This guy, he's not such, I go to the guy's shakers, and I say, "I introduced myself, I say, "I'm Derek, how you doing?" He said, "Hey man, I'm George, man." I said, "Where you from?" I said, "I'm from Chicago." I said, "I was born in Chicago." So we're talking, he says, "Do you, do you, do you, he says, "Do you call, you just pin Chicago?" He says, "Yeah." I said, "You're Derek in Brooklyn?" I said, "Yeah." So he starts going crazy, he gives me a big hug, he tells me he loves my phone code, and we took a picture. He says he's going to send you the picture, I'm not on Twitter, so he says he's going to send you the picture and everything, but yeah, me and George, we exchange numbers, we in the same resort in Aruba right now, and I met him yesterday at the pool, man, but listen, bear down, love you guys, go bears, let's do it, talk to you later, people. Have a great time, Derek, be safe, okay? All right, thank you. See you, brother. How funny, how funny is that? That's why... How are you, Derek, for Brooklyn? That's why this place is the best. The greatest. Darrick O. is the ultimate unifier no matter where you are in the world. There's always somebody, there's always somebody that connects you back. How about that, Derek in Brooklyn? What the hell is the story, Derek? That is... You know the voice? Believable. It's it's Derek listening down there, let me give him a tip on a restaurant that I was given to by the late, great Jeff Tucker said. Oh, J.D. loved Aruba. He did. He loved Aruba. And so my wife and I were looking, should we go here, should we go there? J.D. was with me one morning and he goes, "Go to Aruba." I'm like, "I was there..." Always, that was always his answer. Like 15 years ago, he's like, "Go to Aruba." I'm like, "All right." So we booked the trip to Aruba and he goes, "Go eat at this restaurant, two fools and a bull." And it's like one seeding every night and they cooked the same meal for everybody and you said it's this big U table and it's like a chef's table. Dude, it was phenomenal. But you got to have a reservation, like eons in advance and it was like our trip was coming up. We made it and we're going to go. And I called, no, no, no tables, we put you on a waiting list and they called the hotel. We have room for two tonight if you want it in and it was awesome. Two fools got to love that place. He did. Miss you, J.D., love you, 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6. So should the offensive starters play in the Hall of Fame game? They have not gotten a lot of work yet. Training game, like two weeks, that's it. So you're going to have three more pre-seizing games, three more because they cut the thing down but we get the Hall of Fame game. So would I play Caleb? Maybe just so he can, the feel of taking the snap, like hand it off three times. See you later. Thanks for coming. Yeah. I mean, throw a couple of quick passes. Like you see the screen, see you later. That's it. But yeah, I'd run them out there for a drive. I mean, let them feel what it's like in the moment because no matter how well you played or where you played, the NFL game is different. Why not just let them get the feel for being under the lights and see how his teammates are doing? Can and prospect heights. Hey, Ken. Hey, good morning, guys. Well, you kind of stole my thunder there. You know, back when I was playing football, I mean, we practiced in pads. We hit each other. And I know these guys are NFL pros and everything, but I think he's got to play more than three snaps to get up to speed at NFL speed. I mean, it's just going to be, and I don't know that the other team is going to be going at it full gear as well, but I put them out there for, I don't know, half of the first quarter. Why not? Yeah, that's not going to happen. That is not going to happen. I know it's not going to happen, but we think we have a lot of injuries last year because we soften things up and we've been playing pads until like weeks before a game or a week before the game. I mean, I think that I don't know what's changed here. They were. They were. Where did this all start? I mean, we never used to have this before. Well, you have a lot more injury and we appreciate the call, Ken. Thank you. You have a lot more injuries and guys make a lot more money. And this is not two days in high school. This is the NFL and if Caleb Williams goes down because we had to get him up. It's over. Yeah. No. Ohio. Yeah. Exactly. Should the offensive starters play in the Hall of Fame? We'll get back to that topic, but we have the best segment on the show, baby. That's called shot with no shots. is in two minutes.