Kap & J. Hood

7/18 7 AM: 5 Burning Questions

Hour 1: The Chicago Bears training camp for the 2024 season is 2 days away, also the filming of Hard Knocks will start. J Hood has 5 Burning Questions: ahead of Bears Training Camp. ABC-7 Chicago's Dionne Miller says put some "respect" on her name, Caleb Williams finally signed his rookie contracts and is expected to be in camp. ABC-7 Chicago's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.

Duration:: 46m
Broadcast on:: 18 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

(crunching) - Chicago. - This is your morning routine. - Listen to respect my name. - Cap and 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. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. - Good morning, everyone. - Bring 'em out, bring 'em out. - Woo! ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ - Oh! Welcome in to the Captain Jay Good Morning Show on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with the on Miller. Jay Good with you. - Leon is in for a cap, we've got Shay, we've got Jay Moore, we've got you for a three hour ride on this deal breakers Thursday with open full lines for you. 3-1-2-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. Leon, thanks so much for being with us. How are you? - Thank you for saying my name correctly. And also are already pointing out that it's deal breakers Thursday, which I knew as soon as I committed to this particular day of filling in, I was like, crap, it's deal breakers. - I mean, so it's a rib on you because you said, oh, work with Jay Hood? Okay, that's great. - Yes. - But then you lost. - And I was like, oh my gosh. - But it's on a Thursday. - I made that decision on my own. - That's exactly right. - So choices were made and here we are. - You know why? You made that choice? - Oh, tell me. - You're a mess. - I'm a hot mess. - You're a hot mess. - You're a hot mess. - You're a hot mess. Here I am, the fact that I know it's Thursday is also kind of a miracle, but that's okay. Here we are. - That's fine. I mean, because I know if it was your choice, if you would have given a little bit more, you're like, now I'll do Friday. - Right. - 'Cause I know deal breakers is, if you don't have candles lit before this and some prayer, deal breakers are not gonna go well for you, 'cause I know you need those candles lit, but now you have no candles lit and now you gotta go right into deal breakers at 835. - I'm gonna have to have a little time with Jesus on here. Oh, it's okay. It's all right. (laughing) - This is great. - But good morning, I am excited to be here. It's been a minute. - It is. - So it's nice to see you. - I'd like to ask you about this name of yours, this first name of yours. - Holly, yes. - Well, I'd like to talk about this, because I've heard this through the grapevine, that we have been mispronouncing your name for a long time. - Yeah. It's okay. - But, but, so. - Okay, I'm not like mad. I don't even notice. - Well, it's fine, but I mean, we should be able to call, I mean, when did you go from Leroy Butler to Leroy Butler, because that's exactly what this sounds like to me, with this Dion Miller. - It's always been Dion. It's always been Dion. - But I just, people say Dion, probably 'cause it's easier. - Yes. - All right, whatever. I mean, that's fine. Or just shorten it to D. I get a lot of D. - Yes. - Which is also fine. Oh, that was terrible. - That'll be on the board for a very long time. - It's 703. - That one's gonna be a mainstay. - Well, I mean, I mean, really. - Can I go home? Can we start again? Can we retract it? Can we, I mean, what is happening? - I mean, listen. - Oh my gosh. - You too. - I mean, listen. Dion, these are things that you say. - I know, it's my fault. It's all, I know I did. - And? - And I didn't hear it until I heard J. More laughing in the background. - Yes. - And then I was like, oh gosh. - And my other statement to that is, wow, Braggart. (laughing) - Hold the meat. - Save some for the rest of us. (laughing) - Oh my gosh, you guys, I can't. Oh, I'm sweating. - Already? - Yes. - Three minutes in. You're already sweating. - My own fault. - Yes. - All right, let's start again. - Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. - Can we run the open again? Can we try again? - J. More, let's have the open again, please. Let's have that ready. - Chicago. - This is your morning routine. Listen to respect to my big cabin, G hood. - That's right. That's right. We're bad. Uh-uh. - Oh my gosh. - You want me to too. (laughing) - Glad my kids aren't up yet. - Yeah, exactly right. I want to talk to you about a beat that you know very well to Chicago Bears. - Yeah. - Right here on the home of the Bears, the ESPN 1000 because as I was telling Black yesterday, we could stop with the hue and cry and the sky is falling and the chicken little stuff about Caleb Williams and Roma Dunezay. The on, they are signed. And it's exactly what I thought was going to happen that they were going to sign. Was it the 11th hour? Yes. But as I've been saying the last couple of weeks, I really believe that this is, I mean, it's business but also performative in that I'm sure that the hard knocks cameras that are already filming are going to be able to film these two being able to be officially signed by the Chicago Bears. So yes, it was at the 11th hour, but I'm sure that that will be one of the first episodes of hard knocks to see these two put pen the paper. Yes, it will. And part of me wants to say shame on me on Tuesday that I didn't like see the Bears actually send out the release. They only sent out the release about a Dunezay. So clearly it wasn't totally official, but at the same time I was never concerned about this. I don't think there was any, since some of that narrative around Caleb before he got here was he doesn't really want to play for the Bears. And remember, there was a whole conversation, right? And I don't think having spoken with him in minimal moments that we did, there was no indication that he wasn't happy being with the Bears or that he wasn't into it. For crying out loud, he created and he didn't create, but he's the claw and the whole go Bears every time. I think he's embracing it. And when he says I'm letting my lawyers handle it and all that stuff, I don't know that he's necessarily in the room for all of these things and saying, "No, I want this or I want that." But I'm not mad at him for asking for everything. I'm not mad at him for that. - No. - Are you? - No, I'm not and here's why. And this comes from Mike Florio from profootballtalk.com. He says that the process we're told includes some creativity by Williams Camp regarding tax issues. For example, multiple sources told Pro Football Talk that there was an attempt to get Williams paid as an LLC. The collective bargaining agreement doesn't seem on the surface to foreclose that approach. However, the league decided that it does. The Bears were told by the NFL that the player's money can't go to a business entity other than the player. Of course. Now, it's an outside the box idea, but it wasn't going to be a deal breaker in which, well, if I don't get the kind of money structured that I want, then I'm not coming to camp. - Right. - So that was never gonna be the case. - And we knew, I mean, the numbers are the numbers, that's fixed, like there was no negotiating going on there. So we knew it was nuanced in language and what he wanted it to say. None of this, none of that is a surprise to me. He does want to, I think, recreate some things surrounding being the number one pick and being a quarterback in the NFL and I think he wants to put his own stamp on that stuff. This is just trying to do that. All right, well, swing and miss on the first one. I think in five years or whatever, he's renegotiating his next deal. Maybe he'll ask for something else, right? Like he's learning too and not having a traditional agent makes me nervous for him. - Yeah, I mean, listen, this is his first car around with an NFL contract and who knows what the second deal or the third deal for him looks like and what the representation looks like. Here's me as a fan and call me a simpleton, that's fine. My concern about Caleb Williams or Roma Dunes are any rookie that's on his football team is, can they perform and can they help the Bears win? - Yes. - That's what it comes down to. There's so much of this Midwestern feel of whether or not I like Caleb Williams and whether or not I think he's a diva or whether or not he should paint his nails or whether or not he should be emotional, should he or should he not be emotional on the football field? All that stuff doesn't matter to me. You fan how you want a fan. I'm just saying that for me, Dion, the whole issue is how quickly can he get it as a rookie? - Yeah. - How quickly can he help the Bears win? The ebbs and flows of a rookie and whether or not he's gonna be good, some of the drawing pains, how fast can the Bears be able to win? That's all, I mean, he has a team that is as well equipped as any in the NFL to be able to help him win. That's about results. All I care about is the results. - Yes, same. When, please get to a second deal. Let us get to, we haven't had that for a rookie quarterback in a very long time. Get to that point where they want to pay you. You're earning the money because you're the reason that they're winning. How, what he does on that other stuff, that's fine with me, be yourself. The one thing that impresses me, well, not the one thing, but several things impress me about Caleb Williams, but something that has blown me away is just how young he is and how self-aware he is. And just like, okay, that's fine. You don't like what I'm doing? All right, I'm not gonna change it, this is who I am. I love that about him. There aren't a lot of young men and women who are that self-confident in themselves, like that aware of who they are and owning it. I think that's, we're gonna see results of that because he's gonna push through those growing pains and not let it impact how he performs on the field. - Deanna, if he was from small town football, you, that would be one thing 'cause he could be overwhelmed by all of it, right? - Yes. - But because he was at USC, USC is close to a pro football team is anything in Los Angeles. - Yes. - As no shot at the Rams and the Chargers, but USC is the football team in Orange County in Los Angeles. And because of the media scrutiny and the spotlight and the way it's covered in LA, Caleb Williams had to deal with all the slings and arrows from the media and all the conjecture on sports radio out there because USC means a lot. It's the Lakers, it's the Dodgers, but USC is number one when it comes to football. And so he's not overwhelmed. I don't think by any of this because he's used to that big spotlight. And because of the program he played for. - But he was already a celebrity, a multi-millionaire celebrity. This is not new. None of this is new. I think he's just adjusting to what he can ask for, what he can get and learning the league, learning the professional side of the league. But he was already a celebrity already in the spotlight. None of that makes him nervous, which is why I think he handles himself so well. I don't all this little don't think he's afraid of being questioned. I don't think that it will bother him if we, when we ask him, did you want this? Or what was the whole, like, I don't think he's afraid of being asked those questions. Also on pro football talk, another approach emerged from the concept of a forgivable loan, which would have resulted in Williams getting the money tax-free until the loan was forgiven as many as 10 years into the future. The bears, through the NFL, also nixed that possibility. The outside of the box ideas aren't crazy. Caleb's father has worked in commercial real estate for years. The ideas that he brought to the table were potentially revolutionary. Unfortunately, never got off the ground. And here's the thing, it's okay to be able to ask for more or to be able to do something different. Of course, the NFL is what the NFL is, and so it's gonna be hard to be able to have a complete sea change on what you wanna do financially, because the contract is what it is. He wasn't gonna make a dime more at the enemy. The rookie contract is what it is. - Is what it is. And you can also hear the counter-argument of like, okay, well, let's see what he can do first before you start asking for the moon here. - Sure. - And that's the automatic response. And that's what we, okay, then show it. He's shown nothing at this point that makes me worry that he's not gonna be able to handle all of this on the field, but I wanna see it. I wanna see the winds. I wanna see the bears feeling like we can't move forward without him as our quarterback. Then start asking for things like this. - I will relate what Caleb Williams is going through to all of us in that, in the job that you're in right now, of course you feel like you should make more, because there is unlimited, right? - That's a good person. - That's no question. - I mean, there's no one that's listing it right now that says, you know what, when I'm making it right now, it's just fine. - It's fair. - If it's capped, if that's all I'm ever gonna make in my life, that's fine. Well, ultimately you work because you want to be able to make more. - Oh, yes. - You wanna retire early. You wanna be able to have money in the bank for the future. The same thing with an athlete. The athlete is gonna ask for the moon and the stars. - Absolutely. Even though the NFL will have a cap on, it's like, nope, you're rookie, this is what it is. But it's okay to ask. - Of course. - It's okay to ask. - I'm not offended by him asking. I don't think the bears are offended by him asking, but they're also gonna say no, which is what they did. - As long as that does not interfere for what he does on the field, or if it was a sit-in or him sitting out, I'm glad that's not happening. - I'm glad that's not happening too. I think there was some drama to it because of the timing and hard knocks, but also, they've got plenty of time. Like I was thinking about it today, we're almost like two months until the regular season began. Thank you for plenty of time. - No, no question about it. - It's fine. We knew it was gonna get done. It's done now, and we'll all see how that happened in episode one. - Coming up next, our friend here, Shay Norling, was unfairly attacked by one of our teammates here at ESPN Chicago. Unfairly attacked. He's back after a couple of days off, and rightfully so. He had time, poor guy, looked at his ADP. He was like, "Oh, I got this much time. "I better take it before they take it away from me." So, we're gonna talk about Shay Norling being unfairly attacked. That is coming up next, right here on "Cap and Jhood." - "Cap and Jhood" are back. - I appreciate your show. I'm an Uber driver, and from 7 to 10 every day, I've got you locked in. - Chicago's home for sports, ESPN Chicago. - With Dion Miller, Jonathan Hood with you here on the "Cap and Jhood" Morning Show, on the ESPN 1000, and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app, still to come, we have five burning questions for Dion Miller, five burning questions because the gates are opening, and like, of course. It's starting. - It's starting. - Here we go. - It's starting. - But it's fun, it's different. - It's fun, it is different. - Yeah. - I'm really looking forward to it, because I know that the NFL knows no off season, but it feels like we've had these conversations that have been just filler. I'm ready to talk about something real. I'm ready to see it on the field. I'm ready to see them actually tangibly putting things together, put Caleb Williams in full uniform. Let me see what this looks like. - When you have two bad baseball teams, it becomes a longer summer. - Oh. - That's what it is. - I know, I know. I can't believe that the comes of the exact same record as they did a year ago. I feel so differently about how they got to this point than a year ago. (laughs) - Says a lot, doesn't it? - It does. - Says a lot. - It does. - When you don't do a lot of movement, you get what you deserve. - I know. - Open is the same and you're still holding out hope that Bellinger can carry you. This is the same thing last year. - I'm still waiting for the Craig Council effect to kick in. - Oh, it's there. - Is it? - Yeah, it's trip to fan. - I know, I know. It's just sleepy. - Great sound bites you. By the way, I would say for your cast, stop putting Council on there. You're trying to keep listening to viewers, aren't you? - I feel like he's aging like a president. Like, he's really aging really fast. - How did you tell from that suspiciously dark hair? - I just feel like he looked older and tired and we're only, well, I guess we're 100 demons, whatever. - I'm just saying, Dion, you're trying to keep viewers. Stop putting Council up there. - With my enthusiasm filling in. (laughing) - Just kidding. - Shay Norlin was treated unfairly. We're going to get to that in just a moment. But we've been talking about the bears. And again, this comes from Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk saying that Caleb Williams pursued some creative tax strategies, but to no avail. - The point is, though, is that he signed, and there was some out there with the rumor and innuendo and the conjecture and thinking that, oh, well, Caleb Williams is not going to sign. He's going to try to buck the system and all that. Caleb Williams is signed. Roma doomsday is signed. And that's all I cared about. Now what I care about is what's the next step? What does he look like? How are these rookies and these veterans? How do they work together? - I want to see that what they challenged him to do when he left from OTAs is that he did those things, right? Like that he put in that work and he seems to understand nuances of the playbook or cadences or those things improving. That would be really encouraging to see right out of the gate because it felt like when he was here for OTAs that he really wanted to learn that stuff. You hear him reaching out to coaches late at night asking questions and they were like, dude, it's May, like calm down. But I like that. I like that he had that eagerness to get it right. And so I want to see that that's happening right away. - Brooklyn, New York, listening on the ESPN, Chicago App is Derek on. Captain J. Hood as we talk bears. Come on in Derek. - There you go. Good morning. Good morning, how y'all doing? - We're great. Two thoughts. First thought is as a bad fan, I don't feel it's my place to worry about the little intricacies of the contract. My thing is get on the practice field, learn the playbook, get on the field, execute, all that other stuff. That's for upper management. That's what his lawyers as a fan is just, yeah, you can have your fan, but it's not my place to worry about that stuff. My thing is play well. Second thought is I'm thinking, as far as Taylor Williams has added to him, he made a comment that he wants to be greater than Tom Brady, right? Correct? So he wants to have that TB12 effect, meaning he wants to be the trend setter. But you can be a trend setter as a quarterback coming in when you haven't done anything. So all these things about what you want in the contract or whether you actually wanted to get a percentage of ownership, you're not Tom Brady yet. Win a couple of Super Bowls, then maybe you can go that route and action for that type of stuff. That's basically all I want to say. Love the bears, go bears, love you guys, take it easy, let's go. Bear down. - All right, Dean, we appreciate your telephone call. So the last couple of days, Shay has been off the show. Hey man, it's all star week. And anytime that Shay wants to take off, I got no problem with it. Same thing with Jay Moore because, hey, we gotta get our time in. I mean, we got a vacation time, we gotta take it. - And also, home of the bears. Like once it starts, it doesn't stop you. So we get it. - That's correct. - Once the bears start, there's no taking time off. - There's no taking time off. - I totally understand that. But I think that as a show, we were excited that College Football 25 is here. And because it's been a while, was it chasing of last, we've been without it for 11 years, the College Football game? - Yeah, 2013 was the last time one of these released. - So, I mean, so it was this week. And as a College Football fan, I was excited but I have not played it yet, I'll play it this weekend. But I'm excited about it because it's so much fun, right? It's a video game. So, but it's not just a video game, it's College Football. And I remember playing it when it was out, you know, 12, 13 years ago, and now it's back. And so, there is Peggy Kuzinski in for Sylvie on the Waddland and Sylvie show. And Peggy thought that Shay was a massive loser for taking time off to play a video game. Peg, yes, go ahead. He's ranked on College Football. - I'm not gonna rant about it 'cause it's just so incredibly stupid that you are actually scheduling things around a video game that you can quite literally play any time during the day. - Day off, but it doesn't drop for another two minutes. - Well, what time does Shay get off work? - He left today, I'm assuming around 10, 30, probably, 11 o'clock. Peg wants to be in charge of Shay's calendar. - Why in the world would he need to take a day off of work? - Well, he has to play all the rest of the day today and all day long. - You gotta be kidding me. That is just for the record. - That's got massive loser written on those ricks. - Oh! - You'd like to present your, further present your take to our good friend, Shay Miller? - Hi, Shay. - Hi, Peggy. Peggy, I'm gonna throw you for a loop. Ready? I'm gonna really break the old brain on this one. Ready? Ready? I'm taking a mental health day. What do you want to say now? (laughing) - Well played! - Go ahead, snap on me. - Well played! - I'm not snapping on you, but we all know that that's not true, we know. - No, no, listen, but we know all the reasons to take a day off, maybe by kick gets sick. I don't have a kid. Maybe my old pair doesn't show up. I don't need an old pair, I don't have a kid. Oh, maybe my car breaks down. Ah, I live in the city, I don't drive to work. Think I'm good. I'm kind of just taking time off to enjoy something. I have been able to enjoy for old, less than effing years. And I don't understand why that makes me a quote unquote, massive loser. (laughing) What are we talking about? - For waddling someone. - Peggy had full mom voice when she was like, "Oh my, that was full mom voice." - Yeah, I didn't hear full mom voice at the end of that though. - No, not at the end. She crumbled real quick. - No, yeah, she got. - You really put her in her place. Matter of fact, Dionne, I have to tell you, I'm disappointed in your radio partner. - Okay, that she crumbled so quick? - Yeah, I wish she would have dug her heels and him fought with me a little bit, but she moved off of her ground very quickly. I got her to apologize to me by the end of that phone call. - Pretty spectacular, well done. - Is it well done? I'm disappointed. I wish Peggy dug in her heels. And she thought I was a massive loser, but I brought up her son, was tweeting that her actual son was tweeting about playing the game and putting his username out so people could join up with him and play against him if they wanted to. - Damn. - She never allowed to say that and she's gonna have mom voice for her actual son? - That I think that she probably did. She was like, "Wait, you're what? "You're taking a day off of work to play a video game. "I would say that to my child, who loves video games? "Loves it, he would do what you did, Shay." - However, however, it wasn't just for the video game. Like, would you take the time off, Shay? Do you take it a few days ago? - No. I mean, you had the schedule to correct? - Well, strategically. I hadn't scheduled when I saw the release date of the game. - Okay, yeah. - But yeah, it's been in there for probably a month. - Okay. But you have the right to take that time off and actually-- - A thousand days. - It's your days, yes. - What do you wanna do on your day? - Yes, agreed. - And so, that's why I just thought that that whole conversation was weird because my thought was, while it's his day off, what would you like for him to do instead? - Thank you. - You spend your day off, however you wanna spend your day off. - The whole question for me is, is there anything that is actually unacceptable for a use of your time off? - Jaymore? You got some thoughts from Peggy? - Hang on, I'm getting cooked. (laughing) Oh my gosh, oh, it's awesome. - But she's talking about using personal time 'cause your kid gets sick, and I'm like, this is that personal time? That's a sick day. - It is. - If something happens, if my car breaks down and I have no other way to come to work, I'm not using a vacation day. That's sick time. I got a sick day. That's a different deal. I'm not saving vacation days for an emergency. What planet is she on? - I'm just saying, from my standpoint, you are not a massive loser. To A, take time off, and B, do what you wanna do with your time off. - Right. - That doesn't make someone a massive loser. - It doesn't. Especially-- - There's a stigma around video games that people think, oh, what a waste of time. I don't agree, I don't agree. But it took me a long time to get there. - Well, Deanna's-- - It's entertainment, it's play, it's fun. - Especially if you can make money from it because we've seen that now. - Yes. - And esports thing's pretty hot. - If my child gets a scholarship to play esports in college, guess who's excited? Me. I'm excited. Then all this Fortnite will pay off, and Chell and all the things he plays. I can't follow along. Makes me nauseous. He's moving so quickly. - Yeah. But you know, again, the young mind, they're in their own adventure. - They are. - Let them be in their own adventure. - It's entertainment. - Yeah. Now, again, work on that scholarship though. - So, yes, immediately work on that scholarship. - Have you seen coverage of this on ESPN and other places where they're selling out basketball stadiums? - To watch them play video games. - We're talking about 12 to 18,000 people will watch to see them play video games, which is amazing. - It's an actual thing. I know. - There's basketball teams in the league that can't sell out that much. Right. Are you exactly right? - Can you imagine? - No. No, I can't. But if it's there for the taking, like why not take advantage of it? - Imagine your child in front of 18,000 people wowing people, winning a championship. - Oh, he'd be so excited. I mean, I hated how much he was playing Fortnite. And then that guy that won the Fortnite tournament won like three, four million dollars. He's like, "Mom, look, look what I could win." - Wow. - Like, "Wow, well, not quite there, my son." - But that's okay. - Yeah, but like, you can't, it would be great, but you can't win it. - I know, it's, can't. - I'm no dream killer. Wow, the Fortnite Champion Series awarded over 7.6 million dollars across the events in 2024. - Yeah. - But it's the same thing. Like, oh, I could be an NFL quarterback. Yeah, anything could happen, but you're not gonna be an NFL quarterback. - Where's your determination, Shay? - You gotta keep the realities in check. - Oh, wow. - Look, if you wanna work for it and try for it, great. But the odds are stacked against you. - Look, if you wanna take, you wanna take a day off and play video games, do it. If you wanna take a day off and work to try to be a quarterback in the NFL, also do that. - Yeah, no, of course. If you're a competitor, you just keep trying. - You just keep trying. - You keep pushing until you can get there. - Yes. - I'm no dream killer, you just keep going. Now, you can't stop yourself, but you know what could stop you? Taxes, that could stop you. Is this the thing being played in California? - It'd be very difficult. - Can I read you something I got from a listener who may be crossed the line in the acceptability of taking time to play a video game? - Okay. - This guy listens to our show and wrote me saying, am I a bleephole for thinking that the universe is sending me good karma in a situation. He did something for his wife during Super Bowl weekend to placate her, and he's saying that she has to travel to Florida last minute this week to deal with some unpleasant family business. It left him to leverage his unlimited PTO policy with childcare support this week, so his parents are coming in to look after the kids, and he's taking time off to play college football 25. His wife is out of town dealing with unpleasant family business. - Sure. - He's shoveling the kids off on his parents, and he's gonna spend a couple days playing college football 25. Is that acceptable? - That is a deal breaker. - I was just gonna say, is this deal breakers? Have we gotten there already? - Because there's a difference between taking time off to play video games and shuffling your kids to some place so you can have time to play college football. - But I will say, at least you have family taking care of them. They're not in the other room solo while you're absorbed into your video game. That's far different. - This really is a deal breaker. If you're the grandparents, and your kid is like, hey, wife's out of town, this video game drops this week, can you take the kids for a couple days? - No. - Shove it, dude. - No. - Figure out the way to take care of your kids and play the game. - See, there's levels to this, Dion. There's levels to that. That's a level that's too far. - Yes. - Take care of your kids. - 1,000% take care of your kids. - Yes. - Yes. - Or if they're sleeping or if they're doing something else, you can play incrementally. Was he trying to play 24 hours a day all the way through? - I don't know. - No, that's not now there. That's when the lines crossed right there. We've got, I've got five burning questions for you. - I'm ready to be on the hot seat. - Doesn't sound like it, but we're gonna get you there. Coming up next with Dion Miller and for Cap, I'm Jay Hood on The Cap and Jay Hood Morning Show. - Here's to day's headlines, headlines with Cap and Jay Hood. - We turn now to Dion Miller as we get ready for the headlines right here on The Cap and Jay Hood Morning Show. Right here on ESPN 1000, the home of the White Sox and the Bears. - I don't have any headlines. - We turn now to Dion Miller now. Dion, what's going on in sports? - Brainiacs. - Well, nothing, it's the all-star break. (laughing) Let's see. - It's like, am I supposed to just ad lib, are you like throwing me into the fire, right? - You want me to help you out? - No, I'll start with one, let's see. - Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu, not in the WNBA three-point shooting contest, despite the fact that Caitlin Clark, doesn't she lead the league in three points? Or is she up there anyway? Last night, she did set the WNBA record with 19 assists in the game, the last one, before their all-star break. 400 points, 200 assists in her first 26 games. That is a WNBA record. - Yeah, it sounds like your channel seven, Cass. - The fire won last night. One nil on the road, no one cares, but that did happen. - No, I mean, some people care. We did put that on TV, their second straight shutout. - No, no one cares. - I would just say that. - Big lower third. (laughing) - Fire won, no one cares. - Tonner, but our turn 19 yesterday. - All right. - Let me go through what else did I talk about. - I don't care. - Caitlin Williams is officially a bear. Thank you. - WNBA is a $200 million TV deal. - Yes, they do. - How about that? - Don't mess it up. - In other headlines, that's a fine shade that you did not print out the headlines for. - No, nothing, but I have $5. - Can I? - $5. - Let's just say I didn't print too bad. That's not too bad. I gave him something. - No, but he's supposed to give you the headlines. - I'm aware, that's why I panicked. When you said I was doing headlines, I was like, no one told me this. - It sounds like you're channel 7 cast, same way, 'cause ad lived. - Never just throw in something. (laughing) - To me tonight, five, six a day. - Let me just be the news anchor that just gives you the wayward toss, you know. Oh, there's no baseball, Deion. - I know, it's that my favorite is, here's Deion, we're talking football. And you're like, yep. - Yep, but first the sky. (laughing) One day you gotta do that. One day they give you the tosses like, oh, we're talking football. - Listen, I love my colleagues, I love them all. They're wonderful. - Yes, Ravi, but first we're talking about the sky. How about that? - Yeah, but I could also toss back and be like so unaware of the news or what they're doing, so it's okay. - It goes both ways. - All right, Jay Moore. - The flame is lit, and the heat's on. - That's your question. - Hell, you got to ask me? - It's five, five, perting questions. - I asked you a question. - Answer me when I talk. - On Captain J. Hood. - ESPN True Card. - Here's hoping you're gonna have a great Thursday. It's a deal breakers Thursday here on the Captain J. Hood Morning Show with Deion Miller, Jay Hood with you. 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6 is our telephone number. The gates are swaying open, and like for us, the cameras are there for hard knocks, and we cannot wait for bear's football. But I have five burning questions. Let's start here. - Okay. - Number five. Deion, who should get the next contract extension? Here are four choices. Keenan Allen, TJ Edwards, Tevin Jenkins, or DJ Moore. Now, some of these questions come from theathleg.com, written by Kevin Fishbane, a great job going through a survey for Chicago Bear's questions. Again, theathleg.com. Who should get the next contract extension? - I'm caught between TJ Edwards and DJ Moore. - Okay. - DJ because he is their best player, and he's their best leader, and he's never misses practice, and he's there all the time, and he wants to be there all the time, not to mention the fact that if he is able to do, put up numbers with Caleb Williams, like he does with every other quarterback that he works with, he is so essential to what they want to do success-wise. Now, TJ Edwards has been so dominant, and has fit in seamlessly, and it has that connection to the team, and that they love. They love to celebrate that, right? And so, I'm gonna actually pick Elaine. I'm gonna say DJ Moore. - Yeah, 73% of people on theathleg.com said, DJ Moore should get the next contract extension. If you're the Bears sooner than later? - Yes. - Don't let DJ Moore ball out, which he I think he will, and then he's gonna be asking for the moon. - Well, that wide receiver market was reset anyway, so, I mean, he is gonna be asking for the moon, and have every right to do so, especially if he continues to put up the numbers like he did last year. So, yes, agreed sooner rather than later. - Kevin Jenkins got 10% of the vote, and again, blessed with good health, he could be an anchor for the next decade for the Bears. - Yeah, but that asterisked over blessed with good health. When has that happened? - Hopefully, hopefully now, it does. I mean, I just remember last year watching him, and I was like, wow, when he's good, he is dominant up front. So, stay healthy, dude. - We continue on with five burning questions for the Bears. - Number four. - Which position concerns you most, Dion? Is it running back, quarterback, defensive tackle, defensive end, offensive line? - Offensive line. - Offensive line for 100, Alex. The center position, is the offensive line solidified? Are they going to be able to keep Caleb clean? Will they work well together? I have so many questions about the offensive line. That scares me the most, because again, can Kevin Jenkins stay healthy? Well, darn, all right, take another step. Is Braxton Jones really the guy we want there? Is Nate Davis ready to participate? Brian Bates is our center? - Yep. - We're sure about that. As far, I mean, I see the step chart every day. - I know. - And it says Ryan Bates. - That's my greatest concern. - 35% of the people on the athletic.com written by Kevin Fishbane, which position concerns you most? Offensive line, 35%. Defensive end, 31%. Tight. - Tight, here's what I'll say. Don't you think? I feel like we're going to get a very motivated and loud to Marcus Walker. - Okay. - Because I think he recognizes that he needs to be impactful. - In a different way. So maybe that will help. I don't know. - I just think that if in Gawkway is available. - And he looks good on his home videos. - Just saying like-- - I mean, I don't know. - Just book ended with sweat and let's go. And by the way, this is not taking a shot at anyone else on the roster. If they feel like they have players that could take another step on the roster, then let's go. - Yeah. - But pass rush is essential for any team, but for this bear's team, we didn't see it early, but we saw it late under Uber flu. So the hope is is that they can get to the quarterback on a regular basis. - I think that we have to. There is great value in Montez sweat being there through the off season and starting the season with the bears. I think he will be dominant as always, but you have to have someone on the other side. - All right, we're going to continue five burning questions coming up next. And a question that you've never been asked over the last 365 days regarding the bear. - Wow, are you sure? - I'm pretty sure that you've not been asked this question. - Well, I'm not going anywhere. - Well, you're here until tab. - I know. - You can't get any of your schedule. The cap and J hood boarding show, five burning questions. - Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention? I've just been handed an urgent news story. - Cap and J hood are back. - Cannonball! - On ESPN Chicago. - It's five burning questions on cap and J hood. - Yes, in the integral. - And we're in the middle of our five burning questions for the bears with Dion Miller. J hood with you, Dion is in for cap. We've got shot or no shot. Kill me away at eight o'clock here on a deal breakers Thursday. All right, let's go to the next one, J Moore. - Number three. - Here's a question that you've not been asked. - Okay. - In 365 days, I'm sure. I'm sure of it because this guy. - I'm just a fan. I'm not a football evaluator. - Is the question, what letter grade would you give to Bears Chairman George McCasky for the past year? A, B, C, D, or F? Does anyone ask you that? - No. - You know why? Because we're so into like polls and Hebrew flus and how the team is being created and Caleb, no one asks about George, which actually is a good thing. - It is. - What do you think? - Well, I can't go A because they're not winning yet. They're not complete. But I would say B because he's put people in place that seem to be moving in the right direction in a different way, that have changed the vibe. From Kevin Warren to Ryan Polls, like he has put things, things are in place that have changed everything around Halis Hall and the team. So I would say B. - 44% of the people on theathleg.com written by Kevin Fishbane, this Bears Poll, 44% say B. 27% say C. And by the way, B or C is the right answer to me because you haven't proven anything yet. - Right. - You went from a three-win team to a seven-win team. It is on polls, it's about the organization, but it's about ownership as well. George is out of it. I mean, he's there, but it's not like Jerry Jones against the cold white wall telling you what he thinks. - It's polar opposite of Jerry Jones. - So I would say a B or C, I would probably lean towards C because again, it's a non-play-off team yet and they're building towards something. So you don't grade on a curve just because the news is better. - Right, no, you're right. That's a good point. - Is that fair? - Yeah, that's fair. - Because, I mean, the news is better, but again, never confuse activity with accomplishment. - Right. - Next one. - Number two. - Ready for number two? - Um, buckle up. - Oh gosh. - Okay. - This one is about Matt Ira Flus, the head coach for the Chicago Bears. - That would be me. - That's him. - That would be me. - That's him. - How confident are you in Matt Ira Flus as head coach on a scales of one to five? - Who? - Three. - Three. - Again, based on the accomplishments or lack thereof, improvement, yes. I think he's a great defensive coordinator. As head coach, I think he's, maybe the last couple seasons have been him figuring it out how to be a head coach and like what that looks like. I will say he has the attention in the room. They love to play for him, they all do. He's definitely connected with them, but I would say a three has confident as I am. Again, haven't done anything yet. So if they win, they come out of the gates flying and they're winning and he seems to be making good choices, then maybe that number improves, but I would say three. - Well, no one had five. - No one. - No one on this poll on thatlight.com said five. - We would question sanity if people were saying five. - 47% of those that voted said three. - Okay. - 25% of them said four. And I'm leaning more toward two. - Okay. - And that's 11% of the vote. And the reason why is because again, despite the bears going from three to seven wins, Dion, I still can't get out of my head some of the issues that Iber Flus had as a head coach, the timing, the timeouts. - Oh my words, yeah. - Some of the things like that, right? Now, can it work its way out when you have better talent? Maybe, but I just think that his command as a head coach has to be better. He's better at the podium. - He is. - He's much better because this is what happens when you have assurances that you're gonna be around, at least for another year. He doesn't feel fired. He felt fired in the first year and a year and a half. - Year and a half. - Yeah. - 14 straight losses, hoodie. He felt fired. He felt like he was truly on the hot seat. I don't think he feels that at all. - So. - That glow up proves he doesn't feel it. - Oh, he's hot. - He's hot now. Let me tell you something right now, he is. One more handsome coaches in the NFL. Look at him. - Didn't people compare him to George Clooney? - He's hot. - No. - I mean, but it's great because if you have a glow up, you don't look like you did when you first got here. It's like a new person. Like a new coach. - Right, right, right. - He knows what he's doing. - He knows, no, she knows what he's doing. - She knows. She's like, okay, let's do something else. He's a hair a little bit. Screwing the hair. - Then you into 2024 here, my friend. - Yeah, he's pretty attractive right now. And so lastly, number one. - This is a Kevin Warren question, Deon Miller, for our five burning questions from netleg.com. They asked a question, how confident are you in Kevin Warren as president's CEO? How confident are you as-- - Is there like a quantifiers? Is it? - Is it one? - Super confident? Oh, and one to five. - Two, three, four, five. - How confident am I? Right at the current moment too. - Any from the north side, how confident are you as Kevin Warren as president of CEO? - Not too confident, honey. I believe if Kevin Warren wasn't hired, we would have broke ground in Arlington Heights for the new Chicago Bear Stadium already. I truly believe that. - What's your hurry? - I do. - Well, hey, you want Caleb Williams to play in the new stadium, right? You never know what's gonna happen after five years. You know what I mean? - Yeah. - And the other thing, I believe Jim Harbaugh should be the coach of the Chicago Bears also. This year. - Can we difficult this year, buddy? - I don't know if you want it than the guy still the coach of the Chicago Bears. 14 losses in a row. That makes me angry, it's, I hope we do good, but you know, it just drives me nuts. The political agenda with the mayor in Warrens just drives me nuts. 'Cause I think that's the whole thing about it. Mayor Lightfoot lost to Chicago Bears. That's why she lost the election. So you know what she went out and did? What am I gonna do? You know what I'm gonna bring NASCAR in Chicago and make it hard for people in the city of Chicago to get around, who does the whole downtown off? And that's another nightmare in itself, but that's over, but I don't know. I love you guys' show. Listen, every day, you guys have a great day and a great weekend. - I'm gonna turn Eddie's frown upside down. - Tune in. - We got you, Eddie. Thanks for listening. It's okay. But I do agree that, that we would have probably broken ground in early tonight's of Kevin Warren was in charge right now. Do you think so? - No, I don't think so. - But honey, let me say something. When the Bears purchased that property, Lori Lightfoot said, no, no, no. We can do this on the lakefront. We laughed at, in her fate, people were like, this is bananas. And now we're like, oh, Kevin Warren, thinks we can do it on the lake. We can do it on the lakefront. What? Like it just, I don't know. - Well, here's what I believe. First of all, I don't think that Mayor Lightfoot understood the strength of the NFL. - No, but... - That's one. That's one thing. And what I mean by that is, she didn't understand that if the NFL also behind the scenes like, yeah, if you want to move out of the smallest stadium in the NFL, I totally understand Arlington Heights. She didn't understand the politics of that. With Kevin Warren here, Kevin Warren also, he says he wants to be able to be on the lakefront. Kevin Warren did not understand the friends of the park or how City Hall works. - So there was misunderstanding on both sides of the city. - It was easier in Minneapolis, St. Paul to get that done. - Of course. - Than it is here. - Of course, everything seems to be... - What I'm saying is, Kevin did not understand how strong the park district is in this town, didn't understand it. - Right. - It's like, wait, so these people are stopping me from having a lakefront. So at least he tried. Yes, Mayor Johnson said, hey, I need to win here. Let's just do this dog and pony show and just make it seem like, hey, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen. But let's just provide some hope. - Yeah. - That's exactly what it was. Knowing that Arlington Heights is gonna be the site for the Chicago Bears, that'll be the new stadium. So whether the shovel's in the ground now, what happens a year from now, there's gonna be a new stadium. It's going, there is going to be a new stadium. So I mean, and by the way, that's still a process too. - I know. My enthusiasm is waning though. Like I'm tired of hearing it. Like Shane was saying to us off air earlier. Like I'm just tired of hearing about, oh, they have lunch with this person and they're trying to make this happen. Oh my gosh, do something. - Well, that's what politics are. - I know. - That's disgusting. - But it happens every day. This is why we play in the toy department, right? - Correct. - But we're talking about now we're dabbling into politics because politics is part of where the Bears are going to be because you're involving the governor and the mayor and Kevin Warren, that's all part of politics. It's the push and pull. There's gonna be a new stadium. - What are your feelings then one to five Kevin Warren as president of the Bears? What are your thoughts? - Well, my thoughts are is that we've got Shout-a-No-Shot in two minutes on Captain J. Hook.