Kap & J. Hood
6/26 Kap & J. Hood Shorts
(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 huh. - 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 ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ - Oh, welcome in to the Captain J. Good morning show on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Jay, we've got Jay Moore. We've got you for a three hour ride here on this Wednesday morning with open phone lines for you. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N, 3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number and cap. - Previously on Captain J. - We were trying to find out what was going on with your luggage. If for those of you just joining us here just parachuting in on the show, my friend here went on a terrific golf excursion in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Y'all rubbing elbows with the Muckity Mucks, former players, former greats and had a great time. Then it's time to come home. Cap, time to come home to Mindy, the dogs, family. And you do not have both of your bags, the bags that you had. You thought if you're gonna go to Toronto you should come back to Chicago with everything. Today is Wednesday. How's the luggage? Here's David Kaplan. - Still don't have it. - What do you mean you still don't have it? What do you mean? - I've called Air Canada 15 times. I log each call, 15 calls. And every time I call, I will add it to the record that you need your bag. Yeah, great, thanks. It really helps me a lot. I called Air Canada like I was trying to book a ticket so I could get a human. And a human that is in this country. And I got because they brought call centers all over the world. - I would prefer to talk to an American. - Oh my God. - I didn't mean it that way. - They'd go right ahead. - First of all, did you know that most of these reps work from home? I heard the baby crying in the background. (laughing) And the dog bark, I said, are you at home? - Yes, I'm at home. - Okay, tomorrow. - You say the baby crying? - Yes. - Okay. - Yes. - Tomorrow is my 20th wedding anniversary. - Yes. - To my beautiful wife. - Yes. - Yay. - I have one of her gifts. I bought in Canada. And it's in that bag. My flight was supposed for people that don't know. Saturday, I'm flying back. - Yeah. - I sit in the airport for six hours, flight gets canceled. They said they would send me an email within 30 minutes with new flight arrangements. That was Saturday. I don't have that email yet, but I'm sure it's coming. I ended up buying a ticket to get home. I bought the ticket. - Yes. - I call their canceled flight number they gave me. I said, I need to get home on Sunday. I have to work on Monday. I've got stuff to go. She said, we don't have any seats. I said, that's a lie. - Why? - Because I booked one. I'm holding it. - You are? - Yeah. I end up, I'll fight with them to get paid reimbursed. $700 to get home. Way better than the first one I booked that was 1,700. I canceled that one once I booked the 700. I think about that folks, 1,700 to 700. Just think about it. - Within three minutes. - You're in peril and you're just trying to get home. The first $1,700. - Economy, not first class now. Economy. - Wow. - Booked it, put it on my credit card. Weighted like three minutes went back on, oh, flight one hour later, 700. Huh, I'll take that one. And you get 24 hours, you can cancel a flight. That's the law. Cancel the 1,700 one. Got the 700 hour one. Now I want my luggage. It's in a secured area, sir. When you land in Chicago, go to the Air Canada baggage office and they'll file a report and you'll have it within 24 hours. That was Sunday morning. - Yes. - It's Wednesday now. They delivered my golf clubs. My luggage with all my other stuff in it. No go. We stand on guard for the, but not for your luggage. - Correct, yeah. - Now my question is they proudly say that they're a partner airline of United. - Uh oh. - And I am a United customer. I'm premier, I fly with them. Fix it, United. You're based in Chicago. Help us out. This is insanity. It's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And every time I make a call, I'm either told what you've called the ticketing office and we don't have access to the baggage claim or I filled out the same stupid form on their Air Canada website. It's insanity, insanity. And every other call you make to the delayed baggage number, you're rerouted to a foreign country a long way from here. - So you can tell by the baby crying and the rooster in the background that there's something going on. - Yes. - Here's Jay Moore. - What that means is they have you on call ID. - Can I say, that's David Kaplan. Transfer him anywhere. - Exactly. - Not this clown again. - Tell him he's never getting his effing bags. - Is this Kazakhstan? Very odd. I need to want to help me in America. Now that you have summoned United, maybe you can get help now. I'm hoping that there's somebody kind from United Airlines. I'm a loyal United customer. - Yes. - Please, I just want my bag back. That's all I ask. - You know, I'm starting to think about this last couple days. I feel like sometime, somewhere in your career, maybe as recently as last four or five years, you call on someone that's Canadian. And maybe this is their comeuppance. Did you call, did you diss somebody from Canada? - Never. - Love Canada. - Did you have something to say about match stairs? - No, I love match stairs. There's something that's going on here. - My intention is one of my dear friends. - Maybe that's the, maybe that's the connection. Maybe that's the plug. Reach out to Dimp. - It can help you. - He can help me. - Yeah. - There's gotta be somebody in the executive suite from United, listens to the show. I know they do. - You don't bash the hawks and there's Canadians and the hawks, they don't have a problem with you. - Correct. - Hmm. - Tough week for the Great White North though. Just the only cup drought gets extended and they're getting bashed on Chicago radio for not bringing campus bags. - And you know what the other funny thing is, like the comment he just made, that Canada wanted the cup back? - Yeah. - And I heard Edzo say this on the year to still be and Jesse. - Yeah. - And I completely agree 'cause when I was in Canada, I asked the question. Like, the Calgary fans that were at the golf tournament, they weren't rooting for Edmonton. I could promise you, the Maple Leaf fans, not rooting for Edmonton. It's not like the whole country came together and said we gotta win the cup. - No, the only time that you have like Civic Pride, American Pride is the Olympics or soccer. - Right. - No, we don't do that here. We're not going, well, I certainly hope the Panthers beat Edmonton 'cause it's America. - No, no, no. Advent Hoover's different than Calgary, Calgary's different from Winnipeg, Winnipeg's different from Edmonton, but Montreal's different than all of them. Toronto's different. - Yeah, so no, they're not gonna, no, they hate each other. - I watched the game on a big screen with all these Canadians. They were, they were not rooting for Edmonton. - No, no, different province. It's kind of like us that the Bears will make the Super Bowl, oh man, I'm pulling for Kansas. No, they're not from Chicago. - Correct. - So it's, I get it. I mean, they would love as a country to finally bring the cup home to the country, but haven't done since '93. - Correct. (laughing) - That says a lot. - So please United help, help a brother out here, please. - If you know, you're a partner airline, Star Alliance, they call it. - Uh-huh, yeah. - It's awfully dim star. - Can you help Cap? Can you help him get his bag? He just wants his bag. And think about the story he just laid out for everyone, folks. His anniversary's tomorrow. Well, the anniversary gives us in the bag and it's at Timmy Hose, folks, listen. We know that we have a lot of people from all around the country listening. Here's to the Cap and Jhood show. We just asked for a Cap and Jhood nation to come together to help Cap and bring his bag home. His bag needs to come home. So we ask you folks, just click on the QR code in the bottom of the screen, on YouTube. And be able to help Cap bring his bag home. We ask you to flood the lines, call United, call Air Canada, call and tell them David Kaplan needs his bag. His anniversary's tomorrow. How sad would Mindy Kaplan be if she doesn't have her gift? - 20 years, think about it. - They said it would last. - 20 years. But folks, that's love. And all Cap wants to do is to bring love home. That's in his bag. No matter if it's something with clothing or battery operated, it doesn't matter. He just needs to be able to have it all together. So folks, help out my partner. Please, call United, call Air Canada and say, "Where's David Kaplan's bag?" Call and help out my friend. Thank you. - Thank you, Charles, beautiful. - Where is this bag? Is it still outside the Tim Hortons and Toronto? - We just said it was outside the Timmy Holes. - He hasn't said this morning. Check the end tab, what are you, but I haven't heard. - Hold on, I'm gonna do it. - I'm gonna do it right. - I'm gonna know if it's still sitting in Toronto. - Yep, yep, there it is. It is 511 miles from right here. - What happened to the flight day we're gonna put it on last night? - That's what they told us yesterday. - Oh, it'll be on the 750 flight. We'll have it to your home. - Yeah, see, Cap. This is-- - And watch that crappy Cubs bullpen again. - I've told you this for years. The one thing that I'd want, right? People want millions and millions and millions of dollars. I told you what I want, right? Do you recall? The one thing that I'd want for us, our own jet. - Oh my God. (laughing) 'Cause you know what I would do, Cap? I would, to be able to have our own jet stream, I'd fly you into Toronto. You coming through the door, kicking the door open. All right, bitches, here we go. - Let's go. - All right. See this? The Timmy hose. Open up this door. My baggage is right there. I would fly you into Toronto, you see. And then you could handle it yourself and just air them out in person. - That would be awesome. - If you could just fly back in there, right? That's what you'd want out, jet stream. All right, I'll be on the plane, Cap. You go ahead, take care of it. Then when you bring your bag back, you get back on the plane back to Chicago. Let's watch the Cubs. - That's it, that's it. - That's how you do it. Glen Ellen, here's Tony on Cap of Jhood. Tony, good morning. - Hey guys, how are you? Great show, first time caller. - Thank you. How are you? - Good to see you. - Good, Cap, I have great news for you. - Yeah. - I work in sales, I've been doing it for a long time. I've access to a database that gets the all-executive from every company. When I get to work today, I'll give you the numbers of all-executive for Air Canada so you can talk to somebody high up and get your bag. - Oh, that'd be amazing. Yeah, it's so easy. Give me about 20 minutes. I'll send it to Jhood via tweet. - Yeah, yeah, put let me put J on hold and you could talk to Shay about that. Shay, take care of that. - Yes. - I want to make sure that it's in multiple hands. Tony, hold on, Shay will take care of this. See, that's access, you see what happens, Cap? - Thank you, Tony. Let me explain to you, kid, how we do this in the business. It's a call to action. You see what happened there? It wasn't me yelling and screaming. It was just me doing an appeal. You see that, J more? - Quietly. - That's what you learn from the church. You put on Channel 38, there's always an appeal, right? It was all free number at the bottom of the screen. People just give you money. In this situation, you just want to be able, have people to just help you out with your bag. Tony calls in and helps. You see? - Sitting right there next to Tim Hortons. - The Timmy Holes? - That's where the secure baggage area is. - But you see what that appeal does, Cap? - Yes. - No yelling and screaming, it was just me. - I don't yell and scream. Maybe once. - It was enough. 15 calls was enough. - Yeah, well, first of all, that's a lie that you don't yell and scream. You ever watch your recaps? I do. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. Are the Cubs dead? Next on Cap and J-hood. - Hi, this is Janet Yanks. - Mission 30, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. - This is Cap and J-hood on ESPN Chicago. (upbeat music) - As they continue to tour around the country. Yes, Nellie and Janet Jackson. Great concert, by the way, on Thursday. I think it was Thursday when I was there, Cap. Janet was, she still gets it done. Still getting it done. Looks great. Oh, wow, at the United Center. So loud, they were hanging from the Raptors. Cap and J-hood on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Don't forget to watch the show on YouTube as well, YouTube.com. Look for ESPN Chicago as well as on Twitch, Twitch.tv/ESP in 100 Chicago. - Concert tomorrow. The Stones can't wait. - So that'll be fun, soldier feel. Should be crowded. - You have good seats? - We do. - Okay. - We do. - What's the undercard? - There's no undercard. - Gotta have someone. - No, we opened through the stone. - Okay. - So you got four hours to spend with the Stones? - Oh, yeah. - Okay. - What about the show? You coming in the next day? - No, I'm off Friday. - That's what I thought. - Anniversary tomorrow. - That's what I thought. - No shot. - Yeah, that's what I thought. - No shot. - Tomorrow is gonna be 20 years I've been married. And I told her on the first date, I'll never get married again. - Yeah, I told Michelle the same thing. It's like, after all this, I'll never get married again. - But he's still with italics. - And five years later, I proposed, and here we are, 20 years later, rock and roll. She's the best decision I ever made. - Rolling Stones, huh? Speaking of dead teams, the Cubs, they lose to the Giants by the score of five to one. The Cubs now are 37 and 43. The Cubs, at this point in time, you could almost start to get the shovels ready and put the dirt over the top. This is not going well. - No. - These things, Cap, well, you know, they're just going through a little bit of a slump. Cap, here's the reason why that I'm saying that the beginning of the end is happening with this Cubs team. Back to back games against the Giants, these are just bullpen days. Cap, bullpen days for the Giants. - Correct. - And you're playing like this offensively? - Okay, so I wanna just read you something here. I did some research. One of our fine listeners actually gave me the idea. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a bunch of really, really good arms in their bullpen. - Oh, boy. Yes, they do. - Like Blake training. They just keep running guys out there that all throw hard. They're really good. The Yankees, same deal. Do you realize if you'd have kept David Ross and that signed Craig Council and taken the 40 million that you're giving him? - You could have either the Dodgers or Yankees bullpen. And you'd actually be in first place. You win the blow in 17 saves. Last night, the offense awful again, against a bullpen day for a lousy Giants club, but it's two to one. - All right. Back to back nights now. - Yeah. The blow the game Monday night, bullpen blows their 17th save. Last night, it's two to one. My wife's going upstairs. It's late. And I said, "Huh, two to one. "We're right in this thing." She said, "You're never gonna learn, are you?" Never. And of course, here's my other question. Sorry, I'm all over the road here, but Colton Brewer was the closer on Monday. - That's correct. - If they had the lead, he wasn't gonna close last night 'cause they brought him in in the eighth inning. And he got lit up again, gave up three runs, turned a two-one game into a five-one game. See you later. Thanks for coming. Good night, Mindy. - Take that. - Take that. - Mm-hmm. - I mean, just, why don't you take the 40 million you asked Tom to pay for the manager that you had to have and buy some flippin' bullpen help? Are you calling for a council this morning? You calling for a sad this morning? - No, I mean, I understand, listen. - He's whizzin' in the wind, he's got no chance. - Now, his fault, he just came here to it with the same amount of problems that Ross had last year. - Correct. And I truly believe, truly believe it. - That at some point, he lost his mind council. And he went, "Okay, is this what I signed up for?" Colton, you go close. Let me show up for management, just what we've been handed here. - Because the meeting afterwards, whether Zoom or whether Jed is in San Francisco, I don't know. But the meeting last night or this morning, so you went with Colton to close it out yesterday. - Yeah. - Yeah, he's in our bullpen. - Why? - Well, I mean, just like, well, I don't understand. What's the problem? I mean, he's part of our team, and I empowered him to be in a position to try to help us and kind of slow things down against his giant's offense, and he went through he runs. So now what? What do you wanna talk about, Jed? What do you wanna talk about? - You want me to use Narris again? - Yeah. - We've seen enough of that. - I've seen it all. So I'm not sure what the conversation's about. 'Cause I'm sure Jed's asking. I'm sure they talk every day. - Do you think he said to Jed, Jed, move away from the door there. Move your chair over. I don't want you to get hit. What do you mean? - Well, I'm sure there's reinforcements coming that you've traded for, and I don't want them to come busting in the door and hit you. No reinforcements. - Craig Council, here's the best 13 seconds of your day. - Well, it was quite nice. I mean, we didn't, you know, I think we had three advanced with runners in scoring position. You know, we didn't hit an extra base head, so it's not gonna have a big night offensively with numbers like that. - 11 strikeouts and three by the kid, Crow Armstrong, who is lost right now, lost. Three, and it's the same theme that we talk about every day, Cap. This is what happens when you're guessing wrong. The Cubs as offense are guessing wrong. How many strikeouts did you see where it's like, wow, you're gonna keep swinging at the slider on the outside corner. You're just gonna keep looking at strikes right down the pike. You're gonna keep doing that. I mean, that's Cubs baseball for you right now. - It is unbelievable to me how lost they look offensively, how awful they're bullpeners. I truly better heard Sophie say this yesterday and I had said this to my wife. He's exactly right. Worst bullpen of my lifetime. And Lord knows in my life, I have seen some awful Cub teams. This team has no fire, has no passion. And look, I'm more of a meathead than Craig Council, obviously, but at some point I wanna hear some passion. - Well, it was a quiet night. Couldn't get anything going with the pats. At some point I wanna hear him go Rockstar on the locker room. - Can't do that. You can't even have a losing manager say that a ball club's effing flat when it's true. - Right. - Criticized for a Gruffall. Criticized for it. You can't say that. Why? What has he been given? It's the same situation cap in some ways. Gruffall was never gonna be the guy. He was an A to B manager. He'll be fired here. If he's not gonna be fired, his season will end and he will not be retained. Bottom line. He calls it out how he sees it. He says, "We're effing flat." (gasps) Can't say that. Now the ball club's gonna turn on you. But it's true. - Correct. - But Council, we just have to find a way to get some runs on the board. Never had any extra base hits. He just tells you how it is. But this is the team he's been given. What can he do to get this offense started? - Nothing, he's trying everything. Hey, how's your day at work today, Craig? That's great. You see my check? Got direct deposit today. The rest of it sucks. And guess what? My bosses do nothing about it. And I'll ask the question again. If this was the Yankees, would they tolerate this? - They would not. - If this was the Dodgers. And they had a team where they thought they could compete. - They would not. - They would not. - Would the Phillies? - They would not. - Would the Rangers? - They would not. - Okay, what about the Chicago freaking Cubs? - I've been over with no Vaseline. - They, they are the Settlers part two. - Oh well, we'll settle. We gotta have internal improvement. You know what? I'm sick and freaking tired of hearing. - Can't trade our prospects. - And I'm a prospect guy. - Yeah. - Your job, Jed, is to identify who in your system is an untouchable because we know that's the guy. And then take the other ones that are maybe overvalued by the prospect rankings and trade 'em before the rest of the sport figures out they aren't that good. 'Cause not every one of 'em is gonna make it. Whether that's Owen Casey or Cade Horton or Pete Crow Armstrong or Moistus Fiesteros. Like, they've got some highly rated guys. Figure out who isn't really as good as others think and deal 'em and go get me some freaking help. It's embarrassing. - You know what's interesting? What's going on in there? - Again with this damn window. - Oh, they shut it down on you. Okay, I was wondering why it was dark in there. - The, there's like a, - The shade. - An automatic shade that comes down and they can't control it. And it came down and kind of has them locked in there and it's dark. - Every time this happens, I feel like I'm putting a solitary confinement. - You know, could you see the memo? Air Canada is running this building now. - I was gonna turn to Shay about something about this series and all of a sudden I don't see anybody in there. It was dark. - Hey dude, I hate this window here, man. I really, when this shade comes down. - I was gonna say, Cap, it only takes five runs to beat the Cubs. You lost to the, to the Met five to two. You lost five to four and then five to one. It only takes five runs to beat the Cubs. That's how bad things are. That's what I was gonna say. - Last night it only took two. I get the bullpen's bad, but wouldn't the matter, you get reinforcements? Last night it wouldn't have mattered. - Let me just make sure this is very clear for everybody, Cap. The reason why that this season is upside down for the Cubs, it's very unusual. 'Cause you and I have seen plenty of baseball in this city growing up here. I've never seen a starting rotation that's solid enough to keep you in ball games, but an offense that's lousy and a bullpen that's lousy. Only one third of the equation works for the team. And that's starting pitching. That's very strange. Usually, okay, well, the whole pitching staff is underwater or like the White Sox, young, inexperienced. You throw them out there, flex in, throw us a bit, okay. But it's very unusual for the Cubs to have good enough starting pitching to keep you in games, but a bullpen that can't hold it and an offense that doesn't hit. Now, that's new. Unless you can come up with another year that was like that. That's new. - Totally new. And there are certain people, one of them named Shay. What a DFA, Kyle Hendricks. - Well. - And I remember arguing with him, let him try and fix what's going on here in the bullpen. - What happens when he does it work? - Guess what? I think he went seven innings, 102 pitches last night. - It was amazing. - He was outstanding. The previous start before that, he was outstanding. - Yeah, I was there when he had a no hitter into the sixth against the Giants. - Five and two thirds. - It's been great, you tip your cap, but I was doing radio on April or May, whatever, and he had a 12 and a half ERA. My apologies. - Guess what? - Didn't have the crystal ball. - I'm not asking you to have a crystal ball. It's not ready, shoot, aim. You gotta think through things. - What? - Let's see if we can fix it. Not just DFA, those three letters, like that's like the average go-to on social media. DFA this guy, DFA that guy. Oh my God, stop. - I understand, but he turned the clock back last night. - He was great. - I can't guarantee you, you get a seven strong, you know, and give up two runs for the rest of the season, but when you need it, someone will say, I'll, I'll do it, I'll step it up. - Yeah, but-- - I'll help. Tim Lynch again was pitching last night, right? - You got one, two sides for them? He was, he was not there. - It's a fricking bullpen night. They just kept running guys out there, and our guys just feebly at the plate. Infinite. - It is, it is a scuffle, and I'll always talk about the scout cap. Are you paying attention to what they're saying? Like, I know that, 'cause I've actually been privy to this several times, cap. The guy comes through, the hitting coach goes through, okay, this guy throws this, and this guy throws that. All right, get ready, this guy throws this. I've seen this. Here's the, here's the film. It's gonna be running on a loop. Just watch these guys, and they're just flailing, and they're just missing. They have no idea what's coming. - Yeah, and again, do I think council has been perfect? No, no manager is. This isn't his fault. This is the fault of his bosses who gave him a lousy bullpen that short-circuited a really good start, and now the wheels have come off. - All right, we'll take your phone calls coming up. You've heard our thoughts. What about your thoughts on the Cubs? - We stayed up, so that way you wouldn't have to. The Cubs lose again, and a series I thought they could win against the Giants. Now the best they could do is split. And by the way, the starter for the Cubs, tonight was Nesky. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-1-3-3-2-3-7-7-7-6. It's our telephone number. - Well, Homer Parlay, you might get rich. - Are you giving up hope on the Cubs season? I believe you can start cranking the box down, the old wooden box cap. You can start cranking it down into the ground. - Let's go. - The casket is lowering on the Cubs. - That's it. - Would anybody like to sprinkle dirt? - Seriously. - Come up and get the shovel. - Starting to happen, let's get your thoughts on it on. 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How 'bout that? Let Cap, Cap, he's got it. We've got people on the case. Don't worry about it. - We've got this. The great people at Apt Electronics. - Yes. - My friend, Eric, just texted me. Do you have the tag number? I have a friend that's worked there in baggage forever. She's gonna try and get your bag for you. - Look at all these people showing out for you. I wonder if we can get a listener to drive to Toronto and pick up your bag. - Well, here's the thing. Once again, it's not about the sledgehammer. It's about being kind, the feather. Me, with the clarion call to the people in the first hour. The QR code at the bottom of the screen, that's what would work, Shay. You don't demand anything. What I did is a nice appeal. You see that, J-Moor? An appeal. That's what I did. - I'm right there with you. We should just get a partner and see if we can just get a bus. We just drive to go get the bag, man. - We'll give out tickets so people can sit on the bus for us as we go pick up Cap's bag. We need to send you a limo. Take us up there, one of their little buses. - Sam, you're asking for a partner now. (laughing) - Wow. (laughing) - You didn't just worry about fixing your buck. (laughing) - Oh man, Shay, I was gonna say, out of everybody in sports, if someone comes in the town, like, for instance, like a messif in soccer, Otani the same way. Otani, clearly the pied piper to be able to bring people to the ballpark for the White Sox yesterday, if I give you Messi and Otani, can you give me a third in which people say, I'm coming to the ballpark to see this one individual. - I can't link Clark. Let's move on. (laughing) - In baseball. (laughing) - Messi doesn't play baseball. - I was gonna say, just like in, I'm talking about anyone else in the sport. - In the sport of baseball? - Yeah. - No. - Damn. (laughing) - Okay, go ahead. - There are rumors developing that the Chicago Bears are potentially looking and deciding free agent center Connor Williams. The Williams was regarded as one of the best centers in the NFL before a knee injury ended his season in 2023. Injury concerns seem to kind of be the only thing that would hold the Bears back from this. We know in the past, Ryan Polls has been, I'll say, reticent to sign guys with an injury history. But if the Bears bring in Connor Williams and he is healthy, shot or no shot, this is a division winning signing. - That's a shot. Connor Williams was going to be the prize on the offensive line this off season until early December when the Scott Hanson report. We just learned that Connor Williams is torn as ACL on the red zone. - Yeah. - And everyone went, oh my God. The Bears were gonna be in a bidding war. There were a lot of teams that were after that dude. And all of a sudden, blowing ACL later, he's still on sign and he just had a medical check that I was reading about where he said, I think I'll be ready to go opening game. Opening game took Derek Rose two years to come back from that. This guy's gonna play offensive line. It's like nine months. - Well, that technology is something else, isn't it? - It's amazing how long, how it's changed. And we learned that Derek had a lot more issues that he was dealing with physically. It's not a shot at Derek. It's praised for the medical industry. This guy torn it in December and he's gonna be ready to play O line in September. - Good for him, man. Bring him in if he can play. - Yeah, I would say that that is a shot. When you think about it from a wins above replacement standpoint, I don't know if it goes that far, but it just solidifies a spot that is sorely needed on this football team. So I would say that that would solidify and lock in a spot that way you don't have to worry about it. 'Cause that guy could be solid for an anchor in that spot. - Well, then you could move Ryan Bates to the right guard spot and use Nate Davis as a swing guy until you can get enough money off the books to eat his contract and get him out of here. - I was gonna ask follow-up, shot or no shot, signing collar with Connor Williams would end Nate Davis' time in Chicago. - But what's his dead cap right now? 'Cause that's all you have to look at. Nate Davis' contract, I'll tell you what his dead cap number is. - I'm very bottom line with the cap and I just think that if you have a question about your roster, you wanna remove as many questions as possible. That signing would remove that question mark. - His dead cap hit right now is still $12.7 million. - If you post June 1st, you actually save money cutting him. - Post June, post June 1? - Post June 1 designation, you save about 600,000 cutting him. 10 million on the dead cap and there's a $600,000 savings on it. - If they sign Connor Williams, I think he's gone. - Maybe, but they do need some depth pieces. Like he at least gives you depth. I'm not sure they release him. I think they, he doesn't have his starting spot just handed to him. All of a sudden you go Connor Williams, Ryan Bates, Kevin Jenkins, Darnell Wright, Braxton Jones and then you got Coleman Shelton who you signed and a kid, Kiran Amagagji who you drafted out of Yale. So all of a sudden now you got some different pieces in there. Larry Borms still around. Like you got some depth in there. I don't know if they release him, but maybe. - Che. - All right, the New York Knicks made a pretty surprising trade yesterday. They shipped Bo-Yam Bogdanovich along with count 'em. One, two, three, four, five. First round picks from Michael Bridges from the Nets. Bridges is a good player, but probably not a top 40 guy that would have you rushing to cash in your war chest of draft capital. The Knicks did. Made me wonder, shot or no shot. The Bulls will get a first round pick for Zach Levine. - That's a shot. That's a shot. - Now they're not getting a unprotected pick that's gonna end up in the top five? - No, but could they get some type of a pick? - Yes, but now we're here in K.C. Johnson, who I love. K.C. Johnson does not report things without doing his due diligence. He is not a ready shoot aim guy. You know that. K.C. is saying there's a path to a reconciliation between the Bulls and Zach Levine, where he would play the two guard spot or the wing alongside Josh Giddy. Because Zach, one thing he can do is shoot the ball. So if you're not playing him with Demar DeRosen, like I spoke to a current NBA head coach not named Dilly Bonovan. And this coach said to me, if you're gonna keep DeRosen then the trade for Giddy was stupid. If you're going to let DeRosen go and you're gonna let this guy have the ball in his hands and be a ball dominant lead guard, worth a shot to go from a 30 year old guy to a 22 year old guy. He was disappointed. You couldn't add some type of draft capital. You got the Nick's throwing 50 picks at somebody. You couldn't get Oklahoma City to give you one, nothing. Couple seconds, nothing. But he said it's worth a risk. But he said again, if you keep DeRosen with this kid you just got, dumb. - It's a shot that you can get a number one, a first round draft pick for Zach Levine. Yes, you could. Will the Bulls do that? I'm not sure that they will. So matter of fact, I could tell you that the doors are closing a lot around the NBA on Zach Levine being part of their team. A lot of doors that are closing that they don't want Zach on the team. It's not because of the amount of scoring that he can provide. It's also the injury risk. Where was he at the end of the season? He was hurt, correct? Correct. - So for the model? - It's surgery. - For the amount of money that he's been paid, we talked about a return on investment a lot on this show, right? - Correct. - Have the Bulls been able to really get that from Zach Levine on a regular basis? - And he's still on 120 mil on the deal. - There are teams that are blocking at even thinking about Zach Levine being on their team. - And he's a good person. Like he's not cancerous in the locker room. - No, it's about production. - Correct. - They're like, wait, we have to take back. How much money? - Right. - From the final year of his deal, I think you'd have a lot of suitors, 120 million. - I think there's a prevailing thought around the league that says that if Zach, if we have a good team and we add Zach Levine on it, he will be ball dominant and want to get his lion's share of the shots. But if you already have a ready-made team and if he's not willing to come off the bench, then what's his worth? Especially for the amount of money that he's making. That's a thought of from a number of teams in the league. Shay. - All right. - Tap, but he had a reaction yesterday to JJ Redick working blue in his introductory press conference with the Lakers dropping F-Bombs. Waddling Sylvie Show, Peggy and Sylvie yesterday, talk to Mike Wilbon, he weighed in on this. - You know JJ Redick, we don't. And we were surprised that this took on a bigger story than we were anticipating. His reaction, I don't know if you heard the press conference, I watch the whole thing. - Okay, so when he was asked about dispelling at, he was asked the question about the misconception about him and if there's anything you would like to dispatch. - He dropped the F-Bombs. - And he dropped the F-Bombs. There were people who I looked to who were turned off and were saying, "That's not a place to swear. "That's a press conference." We don't, okay, what did you say again? - Get a life, get a life. It's sports, locker rooms. That's what you do. - Everyone needs that word now, everyone does. - Well, but you know what Peggy, I have to get used to the fact that these things are on live television because I know and I'm having real conversation. Conversation, I'm not using the word interview which is the dumbest, most, you know, just misguidedly used word when it comes to these things. Interview, you're interviewing anybody. You're having conversations unless you are sitting with someone and you are appointed who have an interview. - Yes. - And we've all had many of those and we know it's different. So, when you're having a conversation, my language is gonna be whatever it is to put that person at ease with me and me be comfortable with that person. And with people in sports and particularly, yes, I'm gonna get majority here with men, it's gonna be salty. It's going to have four letter words. Mine would have that 90% of the time. So, get a life, people who think that what they think JJ Ritter's gonna walk into a locker room and not use that word all day and all night. - Right. - Get out of my life, I hate those people. - Shot or no shot, Wilbond's right, Reddit did nothing wrong. - No, well, he's completely wrong. Wilbond's completely wrong about it. So, it's commonplace for him to use four letter words. Do it with the cornheiser on PTI. Just use it because that's how we talk, right? It says we're casual in that conversation. Then do it on one of the greatest shows the ESPN's ever produced. Go ahead and use it. Why doesn't Wilbond do that? It's because he's on live television and he's a professional. So, you can't ask the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers to be a professional just for an hour to talk to the press. No, you can hate me Wilbond, I couldn't care less. You can hate me, I don't care. Since he trailed off and said that you hate those people. Okay, then why don't you use those words? Go ahead. The reason why is because it's about professionalism. You wanna do that in the locker room, that's where it belongs. But you have to represent not only the Lakers, but yourself, your brand, your JJ Redick. And so, you feel comfortable saying that probably on local TV at Los Angeles, definitely on ESPN loss, on ESPN LA. You wanna do that, go right ahead. But it looks bad for you when you do that. You mean you have, here's the thing, Cap, what do we always say about coaching? You wanna make sure your players have discipline. But if the tip of the spirit doesn't have discipline, then you can kinda find out what the Lakers are gonna be all about. If he doesn't have discipline in his own mouth to be able to represent himself and the Lakers, what do you think Lakers gonna be like? Yeah, I was actually stunned by Mike's response to Sylvia and Peggy stunned. Again, in the locker room and you're talking to your team, yeah, that's how people talk, that's pro sports, it is. No problem with it. You're standing around with a bunch of the reporters at a shoot around and you drop an F, but no problem. It's just part of the deal. A live press conference that's airing live on radio and TV around the country, streaming everywhere around the world. And it's on live on TV in LA and you're dropping F bombs. That is offensive and inappropriate. Do I use that word? Yes. - Yes. - I don't use it on the radio, I don't use it on TV. No, I thought Mike's response, and I love Mike, Mike's response was ridiculous. - And again, I'm no prude, but when it comes to this situation, you have to understand time and place. - Yeah. - Time and place. - Correct. - You want to be able to use that, use it anytime you want. But the point is those that, how come Wilbond doesn't use it then? Because he understands his job would be on the line if he did that. How come JJ Reagan do that on first take? He did it on the podcast 'cause it's just wide open. It's a podcast with LeBron or the old man in the three on that other podcast. You can do it on that particular platform. - Podcasts is different, they allow it. - But you're the, but you are the head coach of the Lakers. - Correct. - And I'm in place. - Agreed. - And by the way, when it fails, when it fails, you will look like a complete idiot. - Correct. - 'Cause I'm the big bad ass JJ retic. I'm walking in here like the sheriff, the new sheriff in town. And then you're using all that language. And again, I have no prude cap. I'm just saying that he can say what he wants to say, but you have to understand that you're representing the organization when you take that, Mike. He also had to deal with a controversy from a woman from Duke who said that he said something very off-sides to her when he was a player. Racially, he used an epithet toward her. She said, the only time that's ever been said to my face was by a Duke basketball player. And today he was named head coach at Los Angeles Lakers. What a world. And now his team immediately responded said, that's not true, it never happened. - Okay. - He said, she said situation. But right away, he's got two things he's already dealing with. People that are mad about him using the f-bomb in the setting that he did, and then what she tweeted. - Yeah, and just for the record, I'm not mad at JJ retic. I'm just, what I'm saying is that you have to understand who you are and who the Lakers are. And you have to be professional. There's professional settings, and then there's settings in which you want to be loose, you can be loose. Only makes sense to me. - So he's like almost like a man in the background. So you dropped the F word today with Jesse. See how long you last around here, or any of us. - Right, yeah, I thought it was very, very pathetic that JJ did that. And again, there are other settings. We've all stood around coaches where they. - Sure, that's why. - My F and team, that's different. Not where he was doing it. - You're an introduction press conference, and it's that? - On live TV. - Around the NFL is next on Captain Jay Hood. - If you missed something, get the podcast on the ESPN Chicago app. - Jack and Jay Hood are back. - On Chicago's home for sports, ESPN Chicago. - Nick Bolst sucks, he sucks. I'm just a fan, I'm not a football evaluator. I love the Green Bay Packers. - The guy is drunk, but there he goes. - This is not Detroit, man, this is the Super Bowl. - I love winning, he starts to come any more, man. - This is a really thickly built guy. - I mean, what's the answer you're looking for? These things here, huh? - Whoa, boy! - It's time to go around the NFL right here on Captain Jay Hood. Here on ESPN 1000, and also on YouTube, YouTube.com. Make sure you subscribe to the Captain Jay Hood YouTube channel. In case you missed anything from our show, check out our YouTube channel. It's Cap and Jay Hood on YouTube. Around the NFL, here's Shane Orling, Shane. - We are firmly entrenched in list season, hoodie. There is a new list every day. Something about the NFL teams today. We have the underrated and overrated teams in 2024 from the athletic. I just want to know if you agree with any of these on the list, and we'll start with underrated. The Atlanta Falcons. - Are they underrated or overrated? - This says underrated. - There's some hype out of there, is it not? From the off season? - You go silent for cousins? Yeah, you fix that coach. - And they say underrated. - You've got weapons, Kyle Pitts, Drake London, Beijon Robinson, Raheem Morris comes in as the coach. You got a new quarterback that was a, we've thought it was the only weakness they had last season. - I would say, I know that's not one of the categories. They're fairly rated as a team that should be on top the NFC South. They will be a playoff team this year. Wholesale changes that quarterback. They've got the weapons in place. Seven and 10 turns into a nine or 10 win ball club this season. 'Cause it's Kirk Cousins after all. Now I can't tell you what happens after the regular season. I can't tell you what happens in the playoffs, but they will get there. - Look, this Atlanta team has a lot of talent. They were under achieving under Arthur Smith. Everyone loves Raheem Morris, loves them, and feels like he deserved a second chance at being a head coach. And so now he's got this. They got, as you mentioned, Darno Mooney they have, and Kyle Pitts they have, and Drake London they have, and Beijon Robinson, and Tyler Algier, and then they go get Kirk Cousins. And now they got Michael Pennix who will be developed behind a veteran quarterback. Whether it was a smart pick or not, I heard Tannenbaum this morning saying, allocation of assets, you should have gotten somebody there that impacts your team now. But perhaps five years from now we're all gonna go bad. Wow, what a smart pick that was. Pennix turned into a superstar. I don't know. That team is loaded with skill players. They've got good talented lines. Yeah, that team should win that division, and they are underrated. Yeah, I would say, Shay, that, and then Carolina's not gonna do anything. Saints will be who they are. Tampa might stay the same or take a step back, but I see the Falcons because of the auditions to be fairly rated. A team that should be on the run, on the calm, brother. What's the next team? I'm gonna go with the first overrated team here. Baltimore Ravens, I agree firmly. Very strongly that they are overrated this season. I will be on their under. They lost their defensive coordinator, Mike McDonald. They lost three starters on their offensive line. They added Derek Henry, who at some point just has to show his age. Like the running back is not quarterback. At his age, he's basically Tom Brady at 45 years old. At some point it will catch up to him. And I just don't believe that they can stay as healthy and as impactful as they were on defense last year. I would agree. 13 and four last year take a little bit of a back seat. The Bengals will be better this year. That could be a win or two more than they had last year again, even with the ups and downs. Still nine and eight in a very tough AFC North, but I would say the Ravens take a little bit of a step back. Maybe overrated. But still could be a playoff team. Could be. That whole division could be. Could be. I wouldn't be shocked if you said, oh my goodness, they had a couple of more injuries and the Ravens finished with eight wins because of the division and the AFC and the schedule and all that. I also wouldn't be shocked that they won 12 ball games, but I do think they're a little overrated. And I do expect a slight regression. How about that about Mike McDonald, man? I mean, being a defensive coordinator, now going back on the road to do the tours again. McDonald's always been great over the years. Okay. Next overrated team I have for you, or underrated team rather. What'd I say wrong? What are you talking about Mike McDonald? The head coach of the Seahawks. Do we, brother? Stop there. Okay. Go ahead. Mike McDonald. The next underrated team on this list. Unfortunately, I agree with this one as well as the Green Bay Packers. I think all the shine in the division going to the Lions, who I expect to take a slight step back, still be good. Has let the Packers fly under the radar a little bit? Jordan Love proved to me at the end of last season that he is a superstar in root. I'll say, I don't think he is yet. But again, what'd you say? I do. Again, I tipped my cap when I proved wrong. And Jordan loved it that. How about tipping your cap here when I said pretty good kid in August? Yeah, well, when you were saying that he was throwing interceptions like it was his job. Yeah, and my job used to be to look at players and go, I could see what that guy can become. Didn't mean I was always right, but wrong plenty. I was right on that one. You did a great job. And on the back. Well done, cap. Thank you. One on the inside. We got about 50 on the lost side. I still Mitch still has time. [LAUGHTER] Packers add Josh Jacobs, Xavier McKinney, Jordan Morgan at the tackle position, linebacker Edger and Cooper. They've got the best coach in the division, I would say. This is a team I think is going to win the NFC North, unfortunately. I hate them. I don't want it to be true. What do you think? Do you think they-- will you put your money down and take the Packers? What was the matter? He's got Michael McDonald from Steely Dan on his screen. It's wrong, Michael McDonald. What do you mean? The one coach in the Seahawks is not the guy for Steely Dan. It's not? No. I just laid out what happened. He was coaching now back on the road. Right, Jay Moore, tell him. [SINGING] Come on. You can hear that every eight minutes on Yacht Rock radio. He was there, cap. Don't you think that's great? He says, you know what, enough in this coaching. I love singing. Back on the road. Back out. Yeah. Let's go do it. Will you put your money down on the Packers to win the division? No, absolutely not. Shea believes that they can win the division. Oh, I didn't say they can, but I won't put my money down on it. My money's on the cowboy. Oh, God. Come on. And stop. No, don't even-- have you placed that bet? You are not allowed. I don't know how many times do we have to tell you this. I have not bet it yet. You are not allowed. What do you mean yet? We asked you not to. I've got to see how things progress here. Anyway. Just hand the money to me or Shea. In terms of the packer, I think the packer are good. I think you're over rating them a bit. They're good. They're not great. He's a really good quarterback. I think they're underrated. They're underrated. So how many wins do you have for him? Oh, I don't know yet. It's just June. I'm not sure yet. I think they're underrated. Yeah, I don't think they're underrated. They're wide receiver room. Yeah. Very pedestrian. Oh, respect Jaden Reed, Michigan state legend. I like our quarterback. Respect Jaden Reed. Like our quarterback, but they've got some holes there. They do. Imagine if it comes down to the Packers and Bears again for the top spot in the North. That very well could be the case. By the way, back to the hour he's a free agent, right? He's still sitting on the market. Yes. Probably a little bit of a forced retirement there. Yes, no. He just spoke. He said, I want to play multiple years. I'm healthier than I've been in a long time. I didn't say he wants to retire. I said it might be a little bit of a forced retirement. I believe that we need to go get-- Let's get Bakhtiari and Connor Williams. I'm good. He's closer to being an ESPN Milwaukee analyst than a player. Dude, I'm good. Like Bakhtiari can say what his want, his knees speak for themselves. I'm good. Just saying a big name, Cap. But as far as ability, I don't think it's there anymore. But he'll be great on the ESPN Milwaukee as a third man on one of these shows up there. I'm just saying. Jen, Gabe, Chewy, and Bakhtiariari. Yes? Seriously. There you go. Seriously. There you go. And that's our look around the NFL right here on Cap and J-hood. Still to come, our breakdown of Josh Giddy. What are the Bulls getting in Josh Giddy? And we have a special guest coming up at 9 o'clock. Fran Fershilla is going to be with us. Talk about the NBA draft. That's all part of the mix on Cap and J-hood.