Kap & J. Hood

7/17 7 AM: Chicago Bears Are Set For Training Camp

Hour 1: Chicago Bears fans can finally breath now that Caleb Williams & Rome Odunze both singed their rookie contracts and are expected to be in camp. MLB All-Star Game Recap: the good, bad and the ugly. Country Singer Ingrid Andress finally addressed the Homerun Derby performance mishap and 5 Burning Questions: ahead of Bears Training Camp. Chris Bleck was in for Kap.

Duration:: 44m
Broadcast on:: 17 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

(crunching) - Chicago. - This is your morning routine. - Listen to respect- - Me. - Cap and G hood. - That's right, that's right, we bad. - 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, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ - Ooh, God. Welcome in to the Cap and G hood morning show. On ESPN 1000, and we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with Chris Black in for Cap. I'm Jay Hood, we've got Jay Moore, we've got Jack, we've got you for a three hour ride on this Waddle Wednesday with up and fold line for you. 3-1-2, 3-3-2 ESPN, 3-3-2-3-7-7-6, is our telephone number. Chris, good to see you. - What's up, Jonathan? I'm always listening, and I love the Waddle Wednesday, so I can't wait to be a part of it. Looking forward to it. - It's a relaxed Waddle. It's a Waddle that has had a couple of scotches the night before. - Sure. - Kind of a low tone, relaxed hair all over the place. And he's sitting in his office just cackling and enjoying. - Love it. - The Cap and Jay Hood morning show. - Love it, can't wait. - Previously on Cap and Jay Hood. - We discussed that there was something going on at the All Star festivities in Arlington, Texas. It was the Home Run Derby. And we recall the young lady named Ingrid Andress. ♪ And the rocket's red glare ♪ ♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪ - Jay! ♪ Gave proof through the night ♪ - Jay! ♪ That our flag was still there ♪ - Jay! (crowd cheering) - Yes, if you missed it, that was Ingrid Andress, who sang the National Anthem before the Home Run Derby. Was she back for night too? She was not back for night too. She was busy, Chris, because at 12, 16, in the afternoon, after we were done. - Sure. - A tweet came out from Ingrid Andress on Twitter, on X. She says, "I'm not gonna BS y'all. "I was drunk last night. "I'm checking myself into a facility today "to get the help that I need. "That was not me last night." - Wasn't? - I apologize to Major League Baseball, all the fans, and this country. I love so much for that rendition. I'll let y'all know how rehab is. I hear it super fun. XO, Ingrid, here's Chris Black. - Well, we had a caller yesterday that called in and said that Carl Ravitch made a comment after the performance that the ESPN broadcast made a comment alluding to something being amiss with that situation. Interesting, hope she gets the help she needs. - That is the hope. - Yeah. - There's no question about that. However, however, she was drunk, she said. Admittedly, she was intoxicated. She's inebriated. And I'm just saying, yes, it's good that immediately she goes to get some help because she could see that her career was coming to a crash after that, because people had to wonder, like, wait, you actually have songs and you play the song for us that is actually familiar. - You have a pop-ish country song, pop-ish country, but it's not country, but it's pop. It's not pop-ish country. And it's a song I actually am familiar with. And then she does that. - Didn't know the name, but I've heard the song before. So you're right. I'm a little shy. If I'm shocked that she was drunk, that she sang the song, she got the words, right? - Mm-hmm. - Like, that's pretty good in that situation. In hindsight, you look at it. You see what I was saying? Yesterday, we were saying that's the worst we've ever heard. We compared it to Carl Lewis, we compared it to Fergie. - Yes. - Knowing the information we know now, she's going to seek help. - Mm-hmm. - She was drunk at the time. - Yes. - She actually, that wasn't too bad. - Well. - Don't think of thinking about it. If you're at karaoke. - Yeah. - You're with the family, you're with friends, you're at karaoke, it's 2 a.m. and you're up there singing your song of choice, which would be, what would that song of choice be? - Ah, let's, let's a little red Corvette Prince. - Yes. - Let's do that. - Would you sing it as well as she sang the National Anthem on Monday night? - I guess. - You see what I'm saying? - So, Jaymore, I would know the words. It wouldn't sound good, but I would know the words. - I don't know if I would know the words. - Well, I got a song she could probably sing. - All right. (upbeat music) - For next hit, the remix. - I'm just in hindsight, I'm kind of impressed. - Of course, you would spit it positive. - Well, yeah. - No, I mean, how's that? I mean, so, I mean, you could be drunk and still know the words. - Well, if we go back to 2020, Rob Manford, handing out the World Series MVP trophy, he sounded like there was something going on. There was slurring of words. It was all a mess. It's something I'm blacking up dollar a week, night's 6.30 day. We play it a lot on our show. Major League Baseball came out and said he was medically cleared. He was okay. It sounds as if he was not quite all there. That's what it sounded like. But she didn't, I don't think it sounds like, I mean, that's impressive to me. I'm more impressed today than I was yesterday. - Of course. And because of people like you, she'll have a big return, and she's gonna be number one in downloads. - For sure. - Once she's sober. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Because of people like you. That, they come back. - Yeah, they're American way. She was able to clean herself up. - Yes. - Clean herself up, and now look at her. - Of course. - I'm so proud. - Yes. Go get 'em, Ingrid. - Exactly. We'll see you at the next hotel casino. - Yes. (laughing) - The next American Music Country Awards, or whatever they call that stuff. - So what was interesting about the conversation that we had yesterday is because we go to note it, music aficionado, and expert, J-Moor. Because, we turned to J-Moor, we said, I said, J-Moor, what's the problem? J-Moor said, well, more than likely she was nervous, or there's something wrong there, because in the practice, I'm sure it went well. But when she's out there live, it didn't go well. So J-Moor, it wasn't just nerves. It was something else. - It's cocktails, man. - Yes, you're sitting back there, you're waiting on your time, you're like, man, what time am I going on? - Well, all the stars are there, you know, right? Like, there's a lot of people there, you know, Libby Duns there, you got all kinds of people coming together for all-star weekend. - That's right, one's right. - It's a party. - One drink goes two drinks, two drinks goes three drinks? - Yes, yes. - And now you lit. - Yes, yes. - Yes, yes. - But it's nice. - I think that's a country song too. (laughs) Gotta be there at three o'clock, and you got a four hour of weight. - What are you gonna do, sit around the suite, just go through your phone? Oh, I have a few drinks, Jack, that's how that works. They have a little something, just to loosen up the old vocal cords. That's what I do to get through every morning. (imitates vocalizing) Ah, that's good, scotch. Just to get through a three hour show with GAP. And you know what, it works. - You sound good, actually. (laughs) - It did work this much. - You sound great, I've listened every day. - Sounds fantastic. - You know Chris Black. - Yes. - Yesterday, you had a lot of choices. You could go and watch whatever's on your DVR, watch whatever's on Netflix or Hulu, or you could be able to watch some Summer League basketball or the All-Star game. I don't know what the numbers were because it's too early, maybe by the time we're almost out of here, we'll know the actual rating number for the All-Star game yesterday. Baseball tries so hard. Baseball tries so hard. There was a time in this country where number one was baseball. The number one sport was baseball where we talked about it at Nauseum. Like the off season, the hot stove, it was so relevant and it was something talked about on a regular basis. Football's taking that over. - Yeah. - Baseball's just trying to find their place in the sports landscape. They're trying. And I would just say that you can try, but you can't do it with those uniforms. You can try to be relevant, but you can't be relevant with those uniforms to have your players look like clowns. I mean, looking like the guy that's changing your oil, you can't do that. - No. And Jonathan, I watched the All-Star game last night. I enjoy the Midsummer Classic. I enjoy the fact that it's a celebration of baseball. You're right, the uniforms definitely threw me off. I wanna see the players in their team uniforms. I think it's cool. Did you notice during the game they kept showing highlights of previous All-Star games? - Yeah. - And I believe there was one towards the end of the game that they had, each hero was running around third base coming home and winning the winning run was scored and it showed each hero crossing home plate and then turning around and giving high fives to all of the other American League players in their own uniforms. That's a cool look to see a Mariner high fiving with a Yankee high fiving with an Oreo and seeing the uniforms all on the field together. That to me is cool, but I'll say this, bad jerseys, but it's the only All-Star game that matters in sports because it's the only All-Star game where players, for the most part, seem to care. And it's the only All-Star game where they're actually playing the actual game that they're paid to play with their teams. They're playing in the All-Star game. Those who were on the field at the end of the game were actually playing a baseball game. - Yes, of course. - Now, I know that starting pitchers are only going one inning and they're throwing Max Vilo 'cause they're only out there for 15 to 18 pitches. I understand that, that's not a real baseball game, but for the most part, fielders in the field are fielding. Runners on the bases are running, batters in the box are hitting and give a once again on a global stage, Shohei Otani shows up and proves why he's the best player in baseball. We saw in the World Baseball Classic, we've seen it throughout multiple seasons now in Major League Baseball. And then once again, in an All-Star game, Shohei shows up and goes yard. I think the Major League Baseball All-Star game is the best All-Star game in sports and it's due to the players giving a little effort. It's a Max effort, they're giving effort and they're playing the sport that they're paid to play and I enjoy it. - It's baseball, it's a sport in which you can't half-ass it. - No. - You actually can't. I mean, you could do that in football, which we saw when we saw the Pro Bowl where no one's blocking and you're just catching the football. - Sure. - In basketball, you know what that is, that's just open highlights just for Instagram and TikTok, that's all that is. But at baseball, it's hard for you to be like, you know, I know I throw 100 but I'm just gonna throw 89 just because. They don't do that because baseball players are what they are. I think that the hockey All-Star game is like that as well where it's hard for you to just give half effort. You can't do that. And so I would just say that, yes, the uniforms, and I'm not usually that guy, Chris. I just, it was a bad look. - But I like to go with the flow. - I'm gonna go with the flow guy as you want. I'm gonna go with the flow. It's like, okay, why are they doing this? I like to look at it at it from that standpoint, but that didn't look great. But the game was fine. It was the quickest game since the 1988 All-Star game. - Wow. - Because in that shows you how quickly the game moves, that whole thing where you're trying to speed up the game, those guys, they weren't trying to be out there for three plus hours. It was just enough runs, eight runs. You got your highlight from Otani, you're good. - Yeah. - It's exactly what it is. And so everyone, I think everybody jacked it. Everybody get in, did someone get, I'm looking through this here. I'm trying to figure out if anyone got a short shrift. I think everyone got a chance to play. And so I think that's great. - 11 pitchers on the National League side. And I believe what we have about nine or 10 pitchers on the American League side. Like, yeah, I mean, I have no complaints about the actual game. And I know that a lot of talking points, I'm sure today in Sports Talk Radio will be how to change, how to fix, how to do this with the all-star game. I know Jack mentioned to us earlier, is it time to go back to playing for home-field advantage? I don't think home-field advantage would have added any extra value to last night's game. And then the fact that like, I also think it's impressive. I don't know if it means anything, but the American League now has won 10 of 11 all-star games. That's pretty impressive because the National League this season has the best player in baseball, Shohei Otani, they have the best team in baseball, the Phillies, right? Like they have teams that are in players and stars Paul Skeens was your starter who everyone raves about right now in Major League Baseball. And then the American League shows up and they just beat the National League each and every time they have an all-star game. I enjoy it. I don't think it's something you need to tinker with. And I, the only complaint I would say would be the visual of the actual jerseys. But jerseys are terrible. And actually, I know this is in the phone of a lot of talk show hosts when you get to this time of the year in July in which you say, well, this is the week we try to fix baseball. In this situation, I think that some hosts that do what we do for a living would be at a loss. Because this is like commonplace. I produced it. I've hosted it before. We've got to fix baseball. What's wrong with baseball? I mean, outside of saying that you want fewer games, baseball is as good as it's ever been. Because people said they don't want to have three-hour games. You're not having three-hour games anymore. Actually, the game is as quick as it's ever been. It moves. You've got young stars. You've got veteran stars. Also, it's still a crapshoot of who can win the World Series. I asked Jesse every now and then, like, who do you like? Philly or the field? Do you like the Yankees or the field? And he says, it's always wide open. So the game is solid. So for those that have said, this is the show where we're going to fix baseball. What's the problem? Actually, there are no real problems with baseball as far as star power, accessibility, and everything else that comes along with it. Yeah, it's never going to win that battle with NFL football. It's just not. And that's where we're at today. I would say the other things that I enjoy, like the one thing the All-Star game does really well is they have the stand up for cancer moment, right? Where everyone in the stadium gets to stand up, salute someone that they know, a family member, whatever. That's really cool. And David Ortiz, in the dugouts interviewing players, is fantastic. I usually can't stand the newly retired pro athlete who now is in the media, who's just like there for a show. David Ortiz is awesome. And those conversations he was having with the players, you could tell all of the players, no matter where they're from, respect and want to talk to David Ortiz. And they know he's the dude. It's like that was cool. That's cool. Like a Barkley-like figure. Absolutely. Not a ways for Major League Baseball. More polished, actually, because, you know, Barkley, at that stage, I don't think you could send him down to the All-Star bench and have those polished conversations, the way that Ortiz is just going from one person to the next. Every conversation was funny. And I enjoy how he's like, you know how we're in a day and age, you can't really-- you can't offend anyone, right? Exactly, right. He was just going in on Yankee players. Yeah. You're like, all right, he's just talking to a Noriel. He's talking to a Blue Jay. OK, go get the Yankees. Like, I love that. That's awesome. Yeah, and again, it adds personality to the game. Yes. Yes, it's a long season, but there's certain moments where you say, I like that. It was great. So I enjoyed it. Again, I had a lot of things that I was watching, but I kept my eye on the All-Star game because, after all, I grew up watching baseball. And I just think that the sports in a really good spot right now. Hey, let's talk about Caleb Williams and Roma Dunes. They signed their rookie contracts yesterday. Is there any concerns still for Williams? Let's talk about that. And also, still to come, we've got five burning questions regarding the Chicago Bears. We'll give you that coming up at 7.35. Along with Chris Black, Jonathan Hood with you, Captain J. Hood, weekday morning, 7 to 10. Captain J. Hood, our back. Glad to hear both of you guys back. Happy New Year to both of you. Watch Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. Happy New Year, buddy. Happy New Year to you. Captain J. Hood and very good news. On ESPN 1,000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago apps still to come, five burning questions regarding the Chicago Bears, a shot of no shot at 8 o'clock right here. On a waddle Wednesday, on an ESPN 1,000 Chris Black in for cap. I am J. Hood. So are we good now? Can you breathe now? You OK? Caleb Williams and Roma Dunes, they have signed a rookie contract. Yeah, we're good. You OK? Everything's ready to roll. Let's go. It's not me. I want to make sure you're OK. Yeah. Well, I said yesterday, I would be concerned if Roma Dunes and Caleb Williams were not signed yesterday. If this was going to be something that dragged on throughout the week, and we were heading into Saturday, which is the scheduled first practice for the team, I would be concerned. I no longer am concerned. It's all set. We're ready to roll. Let's go win 10 ball games. Caleb Williams signed a four-year deal worth $39.4 million with a $25.5 million signing bonus. The Bears announced that Dunes A signing earlier in the afternoon, a four-year deal worth $22.7 million, containing a $13.3 million signing bonus. If nothing else, without being in the room, I would say, Chris, that it could be one of these situations where Dunes A's people wanted to know what Caleb Williams is going to sign for, and the same thing with Caleb Williams and Roma Dunes A, seeing if there's any extra bell and whistle that they might be missing on. Because that's the art of negotiation. Hey, I'm a rookie. He's a rookie. What's he getting? OK. So what am I getting? That's all. But let me just make sure that I make this point. The point is, is that I know that there are some detractors of Caleb Williams before you can put some Bears uniform on and plays the first preseason game. There's already detractors. Stop trying to look for things that are negative about a young man before he even puts the uniform on. I think it's just-- it's insane to me. If you are a Justin Fields fan, then be a Stealer fan. That's fine. If you feel like Fields got screwed, well, nothing you can do about it. Nothing I can do about it. Because you know what happens in sports? You move on. You move on. There are no more Cal Ripkins and Tony Gwinds and the guy that we played for the Miami Heat for many years at the end of the bench. Don's Haslam. Is that you Don's Haslam's anymore in sports where guys are just on the bench or just one team forever? My point is, is that you have to move on. And if you don't move on, that's on you. But I'm just talking about me as a fan. And understanding that every time that Caleb Williams breathes, it's a problem. This guy's holding on. He's a divi. He's going to be a hold-in. I'm just telling you right, he signed. And so my point is, stop looking for stuff to pick at this young man about. You want to pick at him? We got plenty of time to talk about the things that he does and does not do on the football field once he plays. That's when you can start taking a look at him. Yeah, Courtney Cronin had some great reporting yesterday about the entire situation. And it goes back to the concern was with-- you mentioned Romadunze, his agent, then waiting to see or vice versa on Caleb's side, waiting to see what the other rookie would get. The problem is Caleb doesn't have an NFLPA agent. So his representation can't technically speak to the Chicago Bears. Even though Caleb is on the record saying that he's letting his people take care of it. There's something missing with how that went down. So that's where the concern would come from, is that because Caleb Williams doesn't have a traditional agent, he has people that, he has lawyers, he has people on his team. They're not certified by the NFL to be in negotiations with an NFL team. So theoretically, Caleb is the one communicating back and forth which that could get messy, perhaps. But like we kind of mentioned yesterday, the rookie scale contracts for all of these positions within the first round are slotted. So there's not a whole lot of wiggle room, but I think that's where the concern would come from, is that if there was miscommunication or something going on in that setting, because of the choice that Caleb has made for his representation instead of having a traditional agent, like say, Romadunze has. But the idea that he's a diva and was going to sit in is nonsense, because it's what you just said. The slot is the slot. There is no, we're gonna tack on a little bit of extra money in more years. It's just not... - Well, that's not the case, but I would say it was a thought to say, he's been on record saying he wants to break the mold for quarterbacks in the NFL. Like that's something he has said in the past. And when you look at it, what's the wiggle room? Is it guaranteed money upfront? Is it signing bonus? Like what is actually in the contract that you're trying to negotiate when you don't have that typical agent to be the middleman between the two parties? - You break the mold by winning. And then from there, the game handsomely paid for the winning and the championships. Like at this point in time, sounds ridiculous, Chris, but this is where we are in the NFL today. When you take a look at the quarterback contracts, Patrick Mahomes is underpaid. - Yeah. - As crazy as that sounds, he's the best quarterback in the national football league. So I would say the best football player in the NFL. And look at what he's making versus the amount of money that's being doled out to other players and other quarterbacks. When he talks about breaking the mold, and I'm not speaking for Caleb Williams, I would imagine that he has this pie in the sky thought of man, I'm gonna be able to sonically break through and be able to not only help myself, but also help others in the NFL, as far as how much he's getting paid in the NFL. - Yeah. - That's, I mean, but it's not gonna be from the beginning. - Well, you know what the rumor was in the off season and at the end of the college football season was that he wanted part ownership. Wherever he goes, he wants part ownership. He wants to be the first guy that's getting paid and also is a partner. But like that, that theoretically at this moment is not true. That's something that was kind of said from his father that was in an interview that people then attributed to a direct quote from Caleb Williams. He's never actually said that. Here's something, here's something for you. Okay. Say for instance, that's exactly his mindset, the mindset of, you know what, I wanna have part ownership of the Bears or I won't play for the team. Then he actually does play for the team. Well, that stopped you from being a Bears fan? Like any demand that he has, but I understand the point is, Chris, is that no matter what the guy says, do you feel like, well, you know, I disagree with that. So I'm not gonna be a Bears fan. Of course you're not gonna stop being a Bears fan. We've had a lot of interesting characters and personalities and their duels and a lot of different type of people that have come through Alice Hall a lot over the years. Right? But has it stopped you from rooting for the Blue and Orange? - No. - Because you're a fan of the team. Yes, you wanna feel like you're close to the player that you root for. You feel like, hey, I can put his poster on my wall theoretically, but the point is, is that you're not gonna stop being a Bears fan. This whole thing of Caleb Williams and while he wants to break the mold and he's this and he's that, but you know, I don't wanna classify him as a winner and a Super Bowl champion. I don't care about the personalities much it is. How can he increase the chances of the Bears winning? - Yeah, and he's a player. He's a rookie, a number one draft pick that's entering the NFL in a situation that I don't think we've ever seen before. Not only is he already extremely famous because of couch football and winning the Heisman two years ago, he also is rich. - Yes, it's because of the NIL in college football and his status as a college football player for the last two seasons at USC has led to millions of dollars in his pocket, which is fantastic because it sets a different set of priorities for someone when they become professional because theoretically, if you wanna break the mold, wouldn't you at some point maybe not force the team to give you as much as possible so then you could spend it elsewhere? That's kinda what Patrick Mahomes is doing with his contract at this moment and you allow those around you to get some so then you can win because that's like, that's the one thing I keep pointing to with Caleb Williams. In his life so far, he's already rich, he's already famous. He was extremely famous last year, living in Hollywood, being a great college football player, everyone knows who he is. - Sure. - NIL deals, sponsorship deals. He's got all that made already. He's the new form of star as far as a Gen Z star athlete. He is bigger off the field than some aspects that he is on the field. The thing that's missing is winning. He did not win at USC. He didn't. That's what's missing. He needs to win now on the football field and like you kinda laid out, once you do that, everything else will be with them going forward. - Whatever else that he needs, whatever mold he wants, whatever sites he sets in National Football League, the winning comes first. - Yeah. - The winning comes first. Unless you're Deshawn Watson. (phone rings) - Hello. - Hello. - Who's this? - He's here, come on up, come on up. - Who's this? (laughing) - This is Chicago Bears, man. How you doing? - I'm good, I'm good. - Yes, and that's how the deal was signed yesterday. - I love how you point out in the past when you play that clip that he doesn't say. It's Ryan Paul's. - He's Chicago Bears. - He's a Chicago Bear. - He's a Chicago Bear. - I love that. - I always love that. - It's the Chicago Bears. - Who's this? - Chicago Bears. - Who's this? (laughing) - Chicago Bears call it. - Oh. - Who's this? - Who's this? (laughing) - I love that. - Who's this? - Hey. (phone rings) - 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-V-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone. Number five, burning questions regarding the Chicago Bears. We'll give them to you coming up next with Chris Black, Jay Hood, on The Cappin' Jay Hood Morning Show. (beeping) - Here's to Daze Headline. Headline with Cappin' Jay Hood. - Major League Baseball, all-star game was last night. The All-Star team from the American League. They went at five to three. Jared Duran with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead five to three as the American League wins the game. The Chicago Sky last night, they beat the Las Vegas Aces 93-85. They are now 10-14 on this season. Eighth in the WNBA standings, which is the last playoff spot. Candy Carter had 34 points, four rebounds, and three steals in the game. And also last night, the Pistons beat the Bulls in Summer League, 85-77. Matis, Boozellas had 18 points and four blocks in the outing, and those are your headlines. ♪ All in the world ♪ Follow Chicago's Home for Sports on Twitter at ESPN1000. Capp and Jay Hood are back on ESPN Chicago, Chicago's Home for Sports. - The flame is lit, and the heat's on. - That's your question. - Hell, you got to ask me. - It's the fire. - Five, burning questions. I asked you a question. - Ask me when I talk. - On Cappin' Jay Hood. - ESPN Chicago. - Ah, the flames are hot. - And the reason why it is is because we got five burning bears questions here on the Cappin' Jay Hood Morning Show on ESPN1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With Chris Black, Jay Hood with you? - Well, I thought we were going to do, I thought that was a different broadcast intro that we were going to do there. The flames are hot. No. - Jonathan Hood and Chris Black here for UIC basketball. - Not a different kind of flames. - It's a couple years ago. - These flames are actually burning. - Yeah. - As we turn now to- - Oh, we're winning. - Chris, no. Now we turn now to Chris Black, with five burning bears questions. - No. 5. - If you've missed it the last couple of days here on Cappin' Jay Hood, check it out on the podcast on the ESPN Chicago app. We've had five burning questions each of the last couple of days. Here we go with today. Jonathan No. 5. How much playing time do you want to see from the first team offense during the preseason? How much playing time do you want to see throughout these games from the first team offense? - Well, there's three games. There's the tight, and the preseason games are the Texans, Bills, Bengals, and the Chiefs. Well, those first three games, I would like to see the first team out there for almost a quarter. And then you move on from there, only because everything is new and fresh. And when I say the offense, that means many of the offensive linemen, I would say definitely Caleb Williams needs more than just one series. I just think that it's about rhythm and timing. So if the Texans game, the Bills game, and definitely the Bengals game, I would like to see the first team offense out there, the Chiefs, which is the last game on August 22nd. That's a Tyson Beijing game for me, as much time as he wants. - Can I, is it fair to ask for a full game of action out of the four? Does that make sense either? You play two full halves, four full quarters, a full game of action for Caleb Williams, Roma Dunes, a DJ Moore, the starting offensive line all together. Is that possible a full game action within those four? - That is not possible. - You don't think so? - Four quarters? - Yeah, four quarters. - No, I don't think so. - Out of four games, four quarters? - Oh, you tell me I won a game. - Yeah, I mean, however you want to break it up. I think traditionally teams don't really play the starters in the Hall of Fame games, so I'm feeling that that might be a wash. That might be a Beijing game as well. But if you give me at Buffalo a half, the first half, which is the second preseason game, and then the third preseason game, if you give me another half, then I would be cool with it being a Beijing game for the final game against Kansas City as well. - I would say that the Kansas City game is a wash. That's usually how that works. That's really the end of your roster, just trying to scrape, to try to get that last spot on the roster. Usually special teams, players, or defensive linemen, I would say that I would not mind seeing him in the Texans game, talking about the offense. Texans, Bills, and Bengals for a quarter. Unless this is Denver, where you play until the head coach says, "Okay, I've seen enough." 'Cause that's what happened to Russ last year, Russell Wilson, where the head coach is like, "Oh, you think you're done?" - Yeah. - "Get back out there, I want to see some more." - That last game might be a Brett Ripon game. - It's fine. - That might not even be a Beijing game. - No, that's fine. That's usually you get the majority of your backups in there in that Chiefs games. So yeah, that's my answer to it. - Okay, number four. - Number four. - So I'm going to ask the question, but I think there needs to be also a follow-up question to number four. The question is, who starts at running back? But also, at the end of the season, who will have the most carries? Because sometimes the way this works is the name announced running out of the tunnel is different than the person who's carrying the rock the most. You get what I'm saying? Like they may because they signed someone in the off season, allow him to be the one that runs out of the tunnel, but who's the one that carries the football the most for the Chicago Bears this season? - I believe that's going to be DeAndre Swift. And I think that this will tell a great story about Roshan Johnson as well. Because Roshan Johnson has an opportunity here to be able to be the backup running back and be able to get his share of carries as well. I'm not sure that Khalil Herbert makes the team. - Interesting. - I don't know that. Do you need three viable ones? What do you think of Travis Homer, who also is on this dev chart as well? I think that when, and the only reason why I'm not trying to push Herbert out the door, I'm just thinking about what Ryan Poll said, about trying to make this team is going to be very difficult. Making this roster will be very difficult. And so I'm just wondering how expendable is Herbert on this team. So that's why I think DeAndre Swift will have the lion's share of the carries. Roshan Johnson though, I think we'll take a major step this year. Reason why is because Swift has a lot of tread, okay? Not ball tires yet, Chris. But remember, I'm a Georgia fan. That's where some of his best stuff was in college. So Roshan Johnson has an opportunity to really break out. I think at the end of the day, I think it's going to be Swift. Last year, Herbert led the team in carries, 132. Foreman was second at 109. And Roshan Johnson only had 81 carries. So now you bring in Swift. Foreman is no longer here. So you're going with Swift. I think my answer is, I'm hoping it's Roshan Johnson. 'Cause I think he's really good. He needs to learn to keep his head up though, because if you're running back and you continuously lower your head, you're not going to be playing a lot of football. If you're battling concussion issues throughout seasons as a running back, you're not going to last long in the league. I would say that Swift will have the lion's share of the time and the carries. But Roshan Johnson will take a major step. I like this because it reminds me of what the Bears do with Ken Allen. Allen's there because he's a veteran presence. Don't expect him to be there at 17, 18 games, but I know he's a veteran presence. But so is DeAndre Swift. Swift can only help Johnson. Swift, it takes a series off or a couple of carries off. Here comes Roshan Johnson. My hope is, is that you get a thunder and lightning scenario with those two, right? Kind of a change of pace between the two, but not the same type of running. - Absolutely. - All right, we will continue five burning questions with Chris Black, Jay Hood with you. We're talking about the Bears on the home of the Bears. ESPN 1000. - Kick, kick, kick. - Captain Jay Hood, I'm back. - Yes, what I thought I was out. They pulled me back in. - On Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. - Caleb Williams and Roma Dunes, they are officially signed with the Chicago Bears. So that drama's over, but we're in the middle of five burning questions right here on the cap and Jay Hood morning show. What's next? - It's number three. - All right, Johnson, here we go. How good does Tori Taylor? - New punter for the Chicago Bears need to be as a rookie to justify the fourth round draft pick. - He has to be a damn near Hall of Famer. I'm telling you right now, he was the best player on Iowa last few years. Tori Taylor, to me, has to be damn near perfect. And here's the thing, I had no problem with the draft pick. And the reason why is because he's won the best on the board. You want to get the best at every position? He was the best punter in the world. So he better be getting people at the two and the one and the five, anything less than the five yard line. I'm going to raise a stink about it. - All pro year one. - Yeah, I think he's got to be pretty close to it. - No question. - And if you're an all pro as a rookie, that matches with what Jonathan said, damn near Hall of Famer, right? Like that's how you start a quote Hall of Fame career as a punter as if you immediately show up and are all pro from day one. They spent the fourth round pick on the guy. - He's got to be great. - I think he will be. - He's got to be great. If he's not great, what a mistake. - Here's what the mistake would have been. If he was an indoor kicker, if he was a dome kicker and you put him at soldier field, the swirling winds, but he is at Iowa. He's used to the cold weather, right? He's used to the swirling winds. He'll be fine, Chris. I'll have no problem with it. And if he's a bust, if he's terrible, if he's pinned off the side of his foot, off the side of his corns, you fire the general manager. - Oh no. (laughing) - He got the quarterback right, and he picked a terrible punter, so he's out. - Could you imagine if killable uses is the guy with the punter is just a complete joke? - Who's this? - Who's this? - Who's this? - You're fired. 'Cause you've got a bit butter on the fourth round. I have no problem with it, man. I mean, I remember when Janikowski was drafted in the first round by the Raiders. - Yeah. - They thought that was the best kicker available. And I don't know if Janikowski is all a favor. Put that in shot or no shot. - He's pretty close. - He's pretty close. - I mean, he's pretty close. - I mean, I thought it was ridiculous at the time, but he ended up being like a big difference maker from distance, but Tory Taylor has to be able to hit it within the five every time. - Well, every time. - You look at the other end of that, and Roberto Aguillo was taken in the second round by the Bucks like 10 years ago, and he completely busted. - Horrible. - That's because kickers are not real people, guys. - All right. What else we have here on Carbon New York? - Number two. - I subscribed to the thoughts there. It's true. - That's nonsense. - They're not football players. - Okay. - Number two. - Will the Bears, no, no, I know this, that the Pro Bowl doesn't matter anymore. I get that. - Yep. - But let's go with that level of a player. Will the Bears have two Pro Bowl level players in their secondary this season. - Jalen Johnson? Jalen Johnson will be a Pro Bowl level player. Will they have a second Pro Bowl level player in the secondary? - Man, you're telling, if that's the case, I think there's two choices where it can blend. - I'm just saying like Jalen Johnson's one. Let me just tell you, if Jalen Johnson and Tyreeks Stevenson are both on that list, then no one's scoring. I'm just telling you like that's shut down on both sides if they're going to both be Pro Bowlers. So why can't it be Jekwan Brisker? - I think Brisker could have a chance. Stay out there. He's missed a lot of games so far early in his career, but he has a knack for finding the football, creating game-changing turnovers and that stuff, especially, because I think Brisker had that big interception against the Patriots on national TV. One of the, it was the Iber Fluce mini-buy game that everyone loved, that win that they had two years ago. But I would say he has the ability in national TV spots to come up big, which then helps with the national perspective on how good someone is. - Yeah. - But I would vote for Tyreeks Stevenson. He's one of the players that I'm most excited to see here in training camp because he was really good at the end of last year. He hits, he covers, he's got a little edge to him. I want to see year two what Stevenson brings to the table. - You know how good this team would be. - That would be awesome. - I mean, because if you feel like you can't throw toward Jalen Johnson's area, he's like, okay, well, maybe you got a chance against Stevenson or Gordon or Bayard and it's like, if Stevenson's locked down too, Chris. - Yeah, that'd be great. - Huh. So you have a line-backing core that you like, that's steady, right? Very solid. Sandbore takes another step this year. You already have TJ Edwards and Edmonds. I still want to have more pass rush from the line. And maybe in Gakwe comes here, maybe he doesn't, but we have Montez Wettier. If Stevenson and Johnson are locked down corners, holy smokes. - That'd be big time. - Both? - Yeah. - Your lift to God's ears, that would be amazing. 'Cause now you're talking about it. Difference making defense where you get three and outs and then all right, Caleb, we got you back on the field, let's go. That's pretty good, I'd love that. - What's next? - Number one. - Should the Bears address the backup quarterback position before the season starts? (dramatic music) - Do you have your eyes on Ryan Tannehill? - Some do, I think that's the name. I don't know, I think Tyson Beijing's good enough. I think Tyson Beijing is good enough to be your spot starter. If for some reason he needs to do what he did last year, start four games throughout the season, he's good enough to get you through that 50-50, right? To get you through two and two. We saw it last year, hopefully he improves a little bit more. And he's good enough as a backup that your season is not derailed if he has to come in for a month. - I have no problem with Beijing being the backup for this football team. I'd like to know who is your third stringer because I'd like to have some influence and some expertise in the room. That's two young quarterbacks in the room. It's Caleb Williams who's a neophyte in Tyson Beijing in his second year. - Yeah. I'd like to have somebody that is the third stringer that can provide that. I don't think that's Brett Ripon. I don't think that is. - No. - That's certainly not Austin Reed. So I would say that it's fine the way it is, but I think on the scrap heap, it'd be good to be able to pick up someone. - And I kind of say it where he's good enough to keep you afloat for a month because no matter who you are in the NFL, like the Joe Flacco thing last year with the Browns, that doesn't typically happen. Whoever you are, whichever team it is, if your starter goes down for the majority of a season, your season's basically ruined. That's how the league works. So do you have a backup that's good enough to keep you afloat for a month or so to keep you alive? - Pageant. - I think Pageant's good enough. - And we just saw that. Kept you had 500, I think it went two and two. - Yeah. He was sailing that ball. - Yeah. - It just looks almost like it was on a drone. - Looked great against the Raiders. Everything was schemed perfectly for him in that game. Looked terrible against the Chargers. - Yeah. - Against the Saints, airmailed a few, you know? So like he, yeah, I think he's good enough to be the backup. - I think he is too. I still like experiencing the room though. Not to say that at some point I'm gonna take over for Caleb or Tyson Pageant, but you know, you got an offense coordinator in Shane Waldron. You've got offensive minds in there, but nothing like experiencing the room. We'll see. All right, that's five burning questions right here on Captain J. Hood. Shout out, no shot. That's in two minutes right here on the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000.