Kap & J. Hood

8/7 7 AM: My Kind of Town Chicago Is!

Hour 1: Chicago sports was featured on a number of national television platforms yesterday with the debut of HBO's Hard Knocks featuring the Chicago Bears and the White Sox going for the MLB all time losing record. Can Caleb Williams be as big as Michael Jordan in Chicago? Ryan Poles talked to Kap & J Hood and Snoop is getting paid by the Olympics.

Duration:: 46m
Broadcast on:: 07 Aug 2024
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(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, 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. - No, 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 ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ - Oh God, welcome in to the Cap and G hood morning show. On ESPN 1000, and we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you, as we broadcast live from House All in Lake Forest, we got Shay, we got Jay Moore. It's Sean back there and you on a Waddle Wednesday. We open full lines for you. Three, one, two, three, two, ESPN, three, two, three, seven, seven, six is our telephone number. And cap, the National Nightmare is over. As heard right here on ESPN 1000, the Chicago White Sox find a way to win a ball game. Got their cup of coffee, and they found a way for the first time, and God knows how long, to win a ball game over the A's. They match the longest losing streak since the 88 Orioles, but they won yesterday, five to one. So, let's talk about hard enough. The nightmare is finally over. Yeah, they got a five-one win. Jonathan Cannon was really good. They came up with big hits and big spots, comfortably beat, a lousy A's team. But if the A's are lousy, one of the White Sox. So, now we can move on. I would fully expect Pedro Grafault can get fired at any time now, now that they've got a win under their ball. That's the report that we keep hearing that at any time Pedro could be fired. But, you know, if you just listen to your partner, you could have been able to cash in, as I did yesterday. He did, he sends me, I stayed up, did my recap, and went to bed. Didn't check my phone again once I filed. I'm out, gone, I wake up at whatever, for something to let the dog out and get ready for work. And, good night, Mindy. Every time he has a winning ticket, that's all he texts me, is the ticket and good night, Mindy. Bam! There it is. But he had two bats on the White Sox last night, cashed them both. At some point, you get tired of having your schminzer kicked in, right? At some point, you get tired of it. You get tired of having your face put into the dirt, and that's exactly what happened. Jonathan Cannon's on the mound. It's a sleepy environment in front of, what was it, 5,000 people at the game yesterday? I mean, it's a joke. 5,000 people got going out there. It reported 5,867 fans. But Shripping the other day on the broadcast was talking about how flights to the West goes. You couldn't get a seat. There were so many White Sox fans going out to Oakland to watch the team. There were a decent number of Sox fans which shocked me. Our guys from Barstool, they had two Barstool reporters out there. It was unbelievable. I'm like, oh, look at these guys. I'll decked out in Sox gear. Out there, supporting. Here's how it sounded right here on the home of the White Sox. Eos can 1,000. Well, Lynn Kasper and Darren Jackson. And he swings. It's a towering pop fly shallow left, and it'll be Ben and Tendi to make the catch. And it's finally over. The White Sox 21 game losing streak is history. Yeah, he's beliggered. He's tired. I mean, he took a knee during that last call. You could tell. Took a knee. He did. It's just finally over Christ. What do they call it? Is it called the novina? Yeah, novina. Please let him get there. You can hear right there. It's not even released. He just tired. You can understand, man. You call a loss every night. And then finally, he could even drum up the enthusiasm to say, hey, we broke it. Just tired. I can understand. It is a brutal time for the White Sox and the White Sox organization. So Sox will have that final game today at 237. You hear it right here on ESPN 1,000. Can I tell you? Ross Drippling is my mortal enemy. We're on the doorstep. It's 24. With the bid is it's right and high. We're right there. And Ross Drippling serving up room service fastballs to Andrew Ben and Tendi of all people. 91 middle middle. Goodbye. That was the moment I knew we were dead. It was over time. Well, that's win. It was like plus 185 last night to bat him. It's no surprise this veteran observer of the betting scene. Again, when you take the emotion out of it and you take a look at Jonathan Cannon on the mound, that's when you click White Sox. I know that after a while. That's enough. Hood Crow getting the winner. But how about yesterday, man? Yesterday HBO Max, the city was on full display, wasn't it? I'll be very honest with you. If people out there haven't watched it, you're going to know whatever, you know, all the money you might take. I don't care about twins. My friend Dave, stop. Don't be stupid. Don't be that guy. You're better than that. This was a display yesterday when I sat down. I had the Cubs on one TV and muted and the hard knock show. And I'm literally-- I got up. I got out of my seat. The dogs are locked in on the couch with me. And I'm looking at-- there it is. Here we go. Like, oh my god, that's my favorite team. That's my city. I grew up here, like you. Holy cow. Look at this. And it was just football porn for an hour. It was incredible. It just was a great display for the city. To be able to see, first of all, the cityscape, watching Cole commit throughout the first pitch at Wrigley Field, just kind of what they did, I thought in the first episode of Hard Knocks in HBO. And again, the replays are endless. You will be able to catch it at any point, anytime. The idea cap is that they're just showing the vibe of the city first. Before you get delved into the football, let's talk about the vibe of the city. And then, of course, the anticipation of training camp to be at Iber Flus' home and having players there and kids there, just to get a feeling of the characters that are involved on the Chicago Bears staff. Yeah, and to see Matt Iber Flus in a really good light, talking with Nick Saban. I thought one of the cool lines was when Nick Saban said, look, there are certain guys, there are not many of them. And whenever, however, he described like these stars, like he said, Peyton Manning through 28 interceptions as a rookie. First take Shay would have already called him a bust. He ends up getting a bust in the Hall of Fame. He bounces back, he goes, it didn't matter. It's about development. But everybody in this society, got to happen right now. Today, he's a bust, he stinks, he's this, he's that. He said your word is development. And then he goes on to say, there's very few players that can handle that and then have that quality. You were one of them, Matt. I'm like, he was. Yes, because he was unbelievable. He was a boulder as a defensive player. They showed number 90, right? We saw the old clips of him. He was a massive man. I mean, the pads were just immense too, by the way. The pads were like five feet long. But the point is, though, that guy was a hard hitter. Iber Flus. No question. And then they go from that to, he's in his backyard of his house. That was not a country club. A couple of buddies, and I go, what country club are they at? That's Iber Flus's house. I think he lives near Shore Acres, which is a very, very, very good course. It's one of the top 100 in the country in Lake Bluff. And they show it. And he's like, yeah, they shoot the fireworks off at the country club. And they got the pool going. And then that big backyard where all the kids were playing football. And the best part was him talking through the offense and going through all this. I thought, he's going to have the last laugh. And good for him, man. Because if he does, it means we're winning. We're talking about hard knocks taking place yesterday on HBO, where the Chicago Bears are featured. Let's go back in time. And here from Nick Saban, the old Alabama coach, of course, retired now. But remember, Flus played for Nick Saban. There's some salient advice coming from Nick Saban as they had this conversation at "House Hall." Here's my theory on why NFL quarterbacks fail at such a dramatic rate. To me, expectations are a killer. This kid you got, this kid's got so much media, so much hype, so much expectation on doing well. And he has to develop so quickly to meet the expectations that everybody has for him. It's almost impossible. The expectations are a killer. But yet, to use your word, development is the key for him. You know, like Peyton Manning, the 28 interceptions when he was at rookie. It was most of the history of all of it. A man looks to throw, tipped at, intercepted. It's unbelievable. Put the nail on it. But it didn't affect him. It was like the scoreboard. Scoreboard don't mean anything until the game's up. So the thoughts there from Nick Saban. Here's where I want you, Cap, and everybody else listening. That follows the barriers. I want you to hear closely what Nick Saban said. Development is the key for a rookie, not people's expectations. I'm paraphrasing, but that's exactly what he said. Because we can put a number on Caleb Williams and say, that guy should be throwing for 4,000 yards. And that guy should be having 40 touchdowns at it. Again, it's a rookie. It's a rookie. Your phrase of chasing greatness. Remember the key phrase in that? It's chasing. You're trying to get to greatness. See, the great thing about being a fan is, is the chase. Because if we are fans and not like all of our teams won championships automatically, that would be awful. What's great is the chase. When Theo Epstein first came to the Chicago Cubs, I said, the mood's going to change, guys. He's going to win the World Series. And so he said, there's no way. I go, the mood's going to change. That guy's going to win a championship. But it was the chase to get there. It was the chase to get there. When the Chicago Bears in '85 were getting to the championship cap, the key was, it's like, you know that they were coming. You know, the defense was good. You know, Walter was great. But it was the chase to finally beat the Patriots to get there. Chasing, meaning the development is key for a rookie, not people's expectations. He'll get there. But the development has to happen first. We saw it in hard knocks. Bad throws by Caleb. Bad reads. But that's part of the development. He may not get there in year one. But damn it, year two, year three. Oh my god. Yeah, Iberfluice even said, year one, we get to year two. Year three, then you could see like a finished product or what he's going to be. But there was a play yesterday at camp. Listen to me. We're watching practice yesterday. Caleb takes the snap in the gun. He looks right. He looks middle. He looks left. He looks back right. And then he fires a shot left to DJ Moore. Four reads. I went, whoa, Mitch couldn't do that. Justin couldn't do that. Cutler couldn't do that. Holy cow. That kid has a chance to be super special. There's glimpses. But again, it's not all going to happen in the game against the Titans or in season one. If it does, that's great. And if it does, he's going to be able to create history. Because we haven't seen a rookie just from the rip. Oh my god, two are both champion and quite some time. So that's why I'm patient enough to watch. We said that Justin Fields isn't right for the job. I agree with that. Caleb Williams very well could be the right quarterback for the job. But again, there's going to be growing pains. Yes. But here's the great thing about it. Ryan Paul surrounded him with veteran talent to foster him along. We saw that in hard knocks. Just the idea like you're going to tap him on the helmet like, it's all right. And Caleb's like, I got to get better. And you will get better. But it's not all going to happen in pre-season game number two. It's not all going to happen all in one season. Even though it was simple, simple Simon, right? It was simple that Ebert Flus said. But he said it with profundity. He did. He said, winning habits make you a winner. Losing habits make you a loser, right? Right. That's what I mean. I know that that sounds simple. But for some football players, it's like, yeah, that does make sense. Winning habits makes you a winner. Losing habits make you a loser. Right. Just didn't he say it to start winning games does not make you a winner. Yeah. Losing games does not make you a loser. And then he gets into the thing you just talked about. It sounds simple, but I mean, some things you just need breadcrumbs just to follow. He just looks like a guy who-- He may not have a contract extension, but he's making more money than he ever thought he'd make in his life. He's coaching a really talented football team, albeit one that has to keep developing with a rookie quarterback. But there has to be moments where he's like, OK, how did I get here? How did we go from playing at Toledo, working for Coach Saban, getting a job in the NFL, to a DC, to losing 14 straight in the whole world, saying your horn will get fired? To here we are today. He looks amazing. He's carrying himself with just really, really interesting grace and humility. Amen, I'm just here doing a job. Let's go and to hear players that we've talked to. Tell me what they think of playing for this guy. It's like, wow, maybe we're all wrong. We'll see. He's got to prove it on the field. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. We can open the phone lines to you, the Bears fan, here on this Waddle Wednesday. If you had a chance to watch Hard Knocks, we'd love to get your favorite part of the episode one of Hard Knocks as they cover the Chicago Bears. Coming up, a really, really big-time parallel was made on Hard Knocks between a goat and a rookie. We talk about that coming up next. We're going to hear from Ryan Polls, the general manager of the Bears at 735, Captain J. Hood weekday morning, 7 to 10. [MUSIC PLAYING] Captain J. Hood live from Training Camp on ESPN Chicago. Live College of Training Camp is presented by Hard Rocasino Morgan, Indiana, and is brought to you in part by the Chicagoland at Northwest Indiana Chevy Bears. It's the Captain J. Hood morning show on ESPN 1,000. And we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. We're broadcasting live from Hal's Hall and Lake Forest. Thank you so much for being with us. We're hoping that you can have a great Wednesday, a Waddle Wednesday right here as we hear from Tommy coming up at 835 right here on ESPN 1,000. So, Cap, also part of Hard Knocks. The HBO show that features the Chicago Bears was Parallels. We talk about chasing greatness, right? Well, the greatest champion that we've ever known in our city is Michael Jordan. And what we saw yesterday was Parallels to Jordan's greatness. And even they brought out Ray Clay, my friend Ray Clay. He's so good. Did not expect to see him out there. Did he still the UIC voice? He's not. He's not used to be. Yes. After his time with the Bulls, he was doing the basketball for the UIC flames, doing the introductions, which, again, brings a lot of gravitas to the flames at that time. But, Cap, it was interesting that HBO made that leap of saying, well, here's Caleb Williams, a rookie. And this guy could be on the same plane as Michael Jordan. That's a tough statement. It's a really tough statement. Yes, that's the goal for, I think, every athlete. Young and old, you want to be able to attain that type of status. Six championships in eight years, the greatest warrior will you ever seen. But I just thought, in that spot, that's a tough stretch. It is. Yeah, he's walking through the weight room, and they're saying he could be the biggest thing since Michael Jordan. And I'm like, ah, OK, hang on a second now. Patrick Kane won the MVP. He won three Stanley Cups. Jonathan Tapes, part of three cups. He was the captain, like the leader of that team. Marion Hostess, the greatest, maybe, other than John Lester or a head of John Lester, free agent signing in the history of our city. Derek Rose won an MVP, like just let the kid, like Nick Saban said, the expectations are out of control. Well, listen, this is why we've heard from some Bears fans already talking about, I can't be part of this hype. I'm not sure. Because for some, it's a whirlwind. It's a furnace blast of too much hype. But for me, I can control it. The reason why is because I know he's a rookie, and I know he's got works. Before we even see him on the field cap, because he's a rookie, he's never been in the NFL before. So I'm not saying he's a bust, but I'm also not saying that he's great. What I'm saying is, is that when I watch him, I saw what I saw in college. I thought this guy is an opportunity to be really special, an opportunity. But when you, when I just said the hype, and you said the hype is out of control, when I say to you, I'll be disappointed. Maybe it doesn't get 4,000 yards. I'm part of that hype. But I do believe if that offense looks like it did yesterday and continues to develop, there's no reason if he's healthy, he doesn't throw for 4,000 yards. Oh my goodness. He's throwing deep ball here to Roman Dunezay. He throws one that I talked about earlier to DJ Moore. There's Keenan Allen over the middle. Oh, and Tyler Scott's going right down the middle of the field. And there's Cole, Comette, and Marsady's Lewis. Yeah, I like the weaponry. But Michael Jordan, though, that's what that's insane. I mean, they made that law. They couldn't even get it to Derek Rose. They gave it to Michael Jordan. But I said to you earlier in the year, when he's finished, if he achieves what we all believe he's capable of, a quarterback with the Bears, he leads them to a Super Bowl, he will go down behind only Michael Jordan, if, if he accomplishes all that. I mean, even in today's NFL, what we're seeing with the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes is special. There's no doubt that runs going to continue for a while because Patrick Mahomes has showed with Andy Reid and the weapons he's had, even when Patrick Mahomes has had less than as far as his weapons, he still finds a way to win. That's when you're great. Brady was great because he had the local mechanic and the guy that was doing your bushes as wide receivers and was able to win championships that way, because Belichick made it harder for him. You're not going to get all pros at the wide receiver spot Oh, no, no, no. We give you a good offensive line, a good running game. You can throw it to anybody. You can be great with anybody. Brady had to because that's the way the business was with the Patriots. He had Gronk. That was the only time time where he had. That's it. Yeah. So just think about that. So when I look at Caleb Williams, instead of just going over the top and we're going to hear from Ryan Pulse talking about this coming up at 735, the whole thing, Cap, is that we have to just watch. Watch the developments. Hey, it's ready made offensively. There's no doubt. Running game wide receivers tied in. Offensive line still is patchwork, but he has an opportunity to really succeed here. How far we're going to find out, because ultimately it's on his arm and his vision and also on Shane Waldron. And Mattie Refluse, as you saw the relationship between Mattie Refluse and Caleb Williams, that has to mature to that relationship, right? Where Mattie Refluse got to be able to get to Caleb Williams and tell him what's right and what's wrong. You'll notice he was right behind him. Because just whispering in his ear. Because Saban said, I like to stand behind my quarterback so I could see what he sees and then find out what he's looking at. That was great. Then there's Matt right behind him. Did you see that there? Did you see the safety here? That window is going to close a lot faster here than it did at USC. Mike, let's go. I was ready, man. I had chills when that started. And then YouTube goofs are texting me, no sprinklers. There's the sprinklers. I'm like, they're always in the cold open. They saved it for after the credits. It was super cool, man. We got to replay Caleb at the draft into the hard knocks open. It was great. And the funny thing, all these people, buddies of mine are texting me. Dude, they got a barber shop at Hallis Hall. That's one of the things Ryan Pace did for them. He designed that building with the architects. And while he may not have done a good enough job getting players here. Jalen Johnson, Cole Comette, Kevin Jenkins, notwithstanding. The rest of the roster belongs to Ryan Poles. Pace did a good job with the building. And the CEO who flew in there in the barber shop was amazing. Well, that's because he's a sexiest coach alive. Holy cow. And then who was it that was wearing the same outfit? Ryan Griffin? Yeah. Dad, Ryan Griffin's wearing basically the same outfit as you. Yeah, it was super cool. Right? Right. Cream color, right? You see how sexy he is. So here's when you know that hard knocks matters. Because Peacock was watching it with me yesterday. Long day after work. And she goes, what time's hard knocks? 8 o'clock. I'm going to make sure I'm in the room watching it with you. Close the laptop was watching. Not online watching. Because she had questions as she was watching. And I said, before the clip happened, I go, you know his wife really helped him out with the look for this-- she said, he did? It's like, yeah, the wife-- and then, of course, his wife pops up and explains the whole thing with the beard and the hair and everything. She said, that is so cool. Matt hadn't shaved for a couple of days and he wasn't going into the office. And I'm like, I like that. And then said pictures of Ryan Reynolds and somebody else. And I'm like, wow, look at him. From when he was like a little heavier clean shaven as the cult DC to this dude? Yeah. He's hot. He's hot. He's super cool. That haircut and that beard looks like about 10, 11 wins. I loved it. I absolutely loved it. 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, ESPN, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6, our phone number. You take away some hard knocks. If you watch, want to hear your favorite parts of hard knocks. As we go to Elgin, here's Jay with us here on Captain Jayhood. Jay, good morning. Good morning, Captain Hoodie. How you guys doing? We're good, man. How are you? Good, good. First time caller, long time listener, man. Appreciate it. My company actually supplied the Hall of Fame plaques at Halles Hall. And so I just wanted to-- yeah, I just wanted to shout that out. But hard knocks. What I took away was Nick Saban and Eber Flus talk. I thought that was awesome. Just him giving him his input. And I'm the team. I'm the quarterback. I thought that was super cool. You know, it was cool, too, with Saban walked in. There's Nick Saban with Caleb. Caleb's shaking his head like, OK. You know what? We got-- he's the goat of college football coach. Holy cow. Absolutely. Saban here, and he's telling Eber Flus what a good player he was in. Development of-- Oh, man, I would just love to be a fly on the wall there. Just him-- he probably coached up Caleb. I'm sure there was conversation off camera. And, man, to me, I think that's going to make a huge difference. Jay, we appreciate a telephone call. And here's the reason why that matters. Is because you can go to an old sage, like Nick Saban, who's seen it all, right, in the NFL and in college football. And it's a resource he could tap. Look, he's not going to be Nick Saban in Matt Eber Flus. But there are certain things. The way the home spun way, the way Nick Saban speaks, Cap-- the way he speaks, it's very plain. It's right down the middle. It's very direct. It's not complicated. It's not exes and o's. It's just-- it's about mental. It's also about just trying to figure out how to be able to get the best out of your players. One key that's underrated about that conversation is I never confront my quarterback in front of the team. Oh, no. Oh, I love that. I can't do that. Because you know how Saban gets after his players. Yeah, I don't confront the court. I talk to him privately. Think about it. Loved it. Now, you would think it'd be across the board as Saban when he gets upset. He hears everyone's ass out. Oh, no, no, no. He understands the quarterback is different. I mean, Milro, the quarterback he had, I didn't think he was any good at the beginning. Because he turned the ball over. All he was was a running quarterback. But he got better week in and week out to the point where it helped Alabama in a big way. But Milro at the beginning, you didn't see Saban go after him. But you could tell that there was a talk, a conversation, to say, I've got the film here, young man. Let's take a look at some of your positives and negatives. Right, like, what are you looking at here? Yeah. There's a way-- I mean, so that's why for emo flutes, that's great. You can see emo flutes kind of leaning in, listening to coach as they were having a conversation over the table. It's great. Oh, I thought it was spectacular. Great resource. Spectacular. And then when he said, Peyton Manning through 28 interceptions as a rookie, they went 2 and 14. And if there was first take, first take Shay would have called them the biggest bust, right? You know you would-- oh, stop yourself. If there's one thing I famously give rookie QBs three years unless they're truly abhorrent, like Bryce Young, who just has, I think, frankly, biological issues in terms of his height and size. It's famous, by the way. Everyone knows it. It's famously, he says that. On this show, I've always said rookie quarterbacks get three years from me. You're welcome for us making you famous. Yeah. Exactly. Thank you. And so downtown Dean is with us here on Cap and Jhood. Dean, good morning. Hey, good morning, guys. Loved watching that last night. I wanted to say a couple of things. I want to preface this by saying, I know every one of these players was the best on their high school and college teams pretty much. But you watch that clip with Nick Saban that you guys played and that they show on HBO or on Mac.com. But what do you say to ask the words? Some people bring out the worst in you. And some people bring out the best. And there are remarkably rare ones, guys, who bring out the most of everything. You don't even know that you have. This guy said, it's human nature to be average, not to win championships. It's not to be the best you can be. And as coaches, we think that's all athletes want. But that's not what they want. And every now and then, you get a guy who's got all that stuff and a great leader. But you got to make guys like that. You got to make them that way. And that's the difference between guys like Nick Saban and guys like that Huggie. What's the guy's name down in Dallas? McCarthy. McCarthy, yes. That's the difference between guys like that. Take that. Take that, Dean. Take that. Thank you, Dean. We appreciate the telephone call. Coming up, the general manager for the Chicago Bears, Ryan Polls. As we broadcast live from Hal song Lake Forest, Captain Jay Hood, weekday morning 7 to 10. Captain Jay Hood, live from training camp on ESPN Chicago. Live coverage of training camp is presented by Hard Rock to see no Northern Indiana. And it's brought to you in part by the Chicago land and Northwest Indiana Chevy dealers. It's a Captain Jay Hood morning show on ESPN with 1,000 as we broadcast live from Hal's Hall and Lake Forest. You got a chance to talk to Ryan Polls, the general manager for the Chicago Bears. Don't forget it's a waddle Wednesday. We'll hear from Tommy come up an hour from now. But now it's here from Ryan Polls. His thoughts about the Bears here at training camp. Please be joined by the general manager of the Chicago Bears Ryan Polls. He joins us here on Captain Jay Hood. Ryan, good to see you again. How are you? I'm doing great and doing great. How you guys doing? Good. How's life? Life is good. We're in the middle of the camp. Had the early start with the Hall of Fame game, which has been really big for our team in terms of preparation. But especially for a rookie quarterback to get extra snaps, extra few weeks. So it's been good. In terms of the old line being a little banged up, you've had some guys. Is that a concern at all? Do you look outside? You're building to see what's out there. How do you address that? Yeah, you always-- I mean, you want your guys healthy all the time. I've learned early in just front office work that having guys pop in and out, it's not the worst thing sometimes just because you get to work the different combinations. Because during the season you're going to have those things pop up and guys are going to have to be ready to come in. So you can really get to see what your depth looks like. But obviously you would love the front five to be there all the time to continue to build that chemistry. But we've been able to work some different combinations through that, which again should help us as we go through. Is that a concern then for Saturday? Or Caleb's going to be out there, and he's going to have to adjust? Yeah, there's probably going to have to be some adjustments. But I think there's a strong chance that we've got a pretty healthy alarm when we get to this weekend. Brian, how unique or different could the offense look with Coach Waldron at the helm? Yeah. The one thing I really appreciate about Coach Waldron is this is communication skills. He is a true teacher and educator of football. And you can see that everyone knows we're very, very fast too. Everyone knows where to line up. And then the beautiful thing about him, and we knew this to the interview process too, the ability to adapt and adjust based on the players that he has. Together information and say, OK, he might be struggling with this right now. Let's make sure he's playing fast and boil it down to doing this because he does it really, really well. So I love his mind and how he educates and adapts to his players. You had told me a great story that Caleb is like-- he's ball, man. Like, the narrative that came from that narrative so didn't exist. And so I was reading and hearing. He's on his iPad, he's going through it. He's texting your quarterback coach, Gary Joseph, like at 11.30 at night, he's like, dude, go to bed. Please, I'm in bed already. We'll talk about this tomorrow. How do you bring that out, but also, dude, you've got to clear your mind as a long season? Yeah. And Shane and Flus have done a really good job having those conversations with him and creating. When you want to be a lead at something, there's no such thing as balance. But taking some time to rest and recover, give your mind some clarity so you can come back stronger than when you started, especially in those off days too. But they've been doing a good job. He's a grinder. He's in early all the time. He's in late, takes care of his body, does extra work. And he wants more, more and more information all the time. And that's a challenge, too. I think that's where Shane's done a good job. Like, all right, I know you want more. But let's just slow it down a little bit and make sure we know this stuff really, really well. Cap and Jay Hood with Ryan Polls right here on the home of the Bears. Looking at 1,000 and also on our YouTube channel. My partner and I have been battling back and forth by Caleb Williams in expectations for year number one. Cap says that he'd be disappointed if Caleb doesn't have 4,000 or more yards. How do you react to that? I just want to win. Yeah, so-- My answer. Yeah, I've actually thought about that a lot recently. And expectations are expectations. And this kid's not going to back down from any of that. He's going to give it everything he's got. But I think it's really important for us to get off the stat thing and really start thinking about winning football games around here. And I do believe all of that will come because I know how talented he is and the talent that he has around him. So we'll see what the numbers look like at the end. But to me, the number I'm worried about is the win. So you can hand in your Bears jersey if it's 3, 9, 9, 9. That'll be all. Correct. That'll be all for me. That'll be all for me. In terms of hard docs-- and I know George's position because we've had him on, I don't want to eat. I felt like the rest of the league needs to know. Blank's being done differently in Chicago. Like guys are going to watch tonight on other teams and go, whoa, the facilities, the this, the culture. Like last week, I was told by somebody on your team, he said, we have champagne. DJ Moore's getting an extension. He said, you can't imagine the vibe in that room. That's what you've built. Is it where you thought it would be this quickly? It's faster, I think, when you're putting your plan together of how to build a team. Cultures talked about it a lot. You find out really, really quickly cultures people. And if you just keep loading up on the right type of people, all of that happens probably faster than what you think it would. So I think we've done a really good job bringing the right type of people. You can feel the connection. I got to give Flus a lot of credit to. He's been very intentional with the bonding that we do. And you can tell the guys love hanging out with each other. They share its stories, life stories with each other. And through that, there's that connection. I think that's what's going to allow us to be a very resilient team and a successful team and a team that has chemistry through the ups and downs. What do you remember when you play as far as locker room vibe? What do you remember about that time? This is a brotherhood. The guys that you trust to have your back, that you spend time-- you spend so much time together. You got to really love the locker to your right and to your left because the amount of time that you have. And you end up sharing life stories, too. So yeah, I mean, that's a very special place. That's what I'm so fortunate to do. What I do now, it's certainly not plain. But when we sit in the draft room and it has a locker room vibe to it, and those relationships are strong. So I really like where this group is at. I ask that question only because of your expertise being in the room, you looked at your time and said, I'd like to have that in the room for the Bears now. There's a correlation, right? Absolutely, yeah. Absolutely, yeah. And there's a lot of different personalities. People come from all over different places. And there's got to be a connection. And if you bring the right type of people, that connection can be really, really strong. One of the coolest pieces of video that I watched was draft night. The people here do such a good job of behind-the-scenes stuff. And there you are sitting there. The Giants are on the clock, and you turned-- I think it's Ian. You go, they're taking room. And he's like, 77% we're getting there. Where do those numbers come from? And what's going through your mind when the voice-- there was a lady's voice. New York takes neighbors. What's going through your mind? Yeah, you're going back to April on me. First of all, my mind works that way, because I always have to constantly worry about the alternative to what's planned B, C, and B. So if I just assume everything's going to go right, I'll be caught off guard. I don't like doing that. So I think the worst, and then I can react. If it's the perfect situation, I feel really good about it. But we have a really good analytics group. They've built an unbelievable simulator for us to prep for the draft. And I think I probably did the draft 115, 120 times before we actually got to the draft, which was cool. So there's some percentages. They kind of work on historical numbers, as well as what the numbers are for this year to kind of help us with the percentages. It really just makes you feel good at the end of the day, because if 77% is wrong, what does it really matter? It does it, yeah. So this is going to be our first time on HBO, right? Yeah. Have you looked at it from that standpoint? Because now, people have seen you in games, seen you in the press box. But people will be able to spot you now from being that guy from HBO. What's the oddest spot that someone approached you to talk about to you about the Chicago Bears? The oddest spot? Probably at a year and a leg at the airport. That's like a road. Give me a minute. But, no, and that's why I love Chicago. I mean, it's everywhere. And you can feel the passion and love for the team and everyone's excited. And it feels good that the things that you're doing and the direction that you're going is seen by the fan base. And they really like what's going on. So, yeah? Do you get-- hold on a second. Are you getting your spike leon by being able to talk about the things you want and don't want that directors cut? I mean, because you don't want it all out there. Yeah. No, that relationship's been really good. This is the first week we've gone through, but they've been patient with us. And it's coming together. I think it's going to be good. Jayla Johnson was ticked off at the podium the other day. This is bull. He's mad. There's no doubt he's a top 100 player. Is it because you've got to win more games? And then people will go, OK, we'll put him there. And is there someone in this camp that has surprised you? Yeah, so I love, you know, Jaylen's wiring. He's a competitor, so that stuff does piss him off. And that's great. And the beautiful thing about that-- and I love it as a GM. When you reward a guy, you pay him. You give him a pretty big extension. And then you show up for training camp. And he looks better in better shape. He looks faster. He practices harder. That's a big deal to me. So I love how Jaylen's approach camp surprises. You know, I can't give away all my secrets here. Swift, the under Swift, has been outstanding. Not only is the player on the practice field and what he can do and how dynamic he is as a runner, but also in the past game. Really good dude that has been awesome for our team. But you want to talk about what a worker this guy shows up and just grinds every day. How about Mercedes influence? Because I heard Tyson Beidrudel. He's the most important guy on our team. Yeah, yeah. No, he's a love Mercedes. And what he brings from a leadership standpoint, you know, when we get our run fits on, he still has it. I mean, he's moving people around. I'll even jump to Keenan Allen has been outstanding as well. Again, even some of the dirty work, you know, for a guy that's been so successful, cracked blocks. And I mean, the guy can move people. He's a big, big receiver. He's bigger than you think he is. But just the work that he's put into. So there's a bunch of guys, but those are the ones that kind of stand out. What are you listening to lately to get yourself ready for the season? Because you always have to have a theme, right? And so what you're listening to might be the theme for the team. So what are you driving on lately? Nothing, nothing specifically right now. So I'm thinking that maybe you've listened to some Kendrick lately. They're not like us. Maybe that could be the theme for the Chicago Bears. Send that upstairs by the way. That could be a little Taylor Swift, maybe. A little cruel summer, something like that. Yeah, I have to check that out. I mean, it's got to be more than football. I mean, in the weight room, are you there silently doing weight? Yeah. Yeah. I'm just a top 100 playlist guy. Just throw it on and keep it moving, so. Every team cap has to have a theme, right? I'm going to have to find a musical theme to get this going. It can't just be NFL films are not correct. By the way, how was Yankee Stadium? You and I were texting. What was that? Yeah, so we went out there. Son was playing in Cooperstown. So we stopped in New York. Everybody that works for the Yankees got to meet Aaron Judge, my son's favorite player. It was really cool. In the history, looking at the monument park there, and then the outfield was incredible. Got the whole Beirut's bat, which I thought was really cool. So yeah, there's a lot of history there. Well, best of luck, man. We're rooting for you. Thank you so much. Appreciate your friendship. Absolutely. Captain Jay Hood, live from Training Camp on ESPN Chicago. Live coverage of Training Camp is presented by Hard Rock Casino, Northern Indiana, and is brought to you in part by the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Chevy dealers. [MUSIC PLAYING] It's a Captain Jay Hood morning show on ESPN 1,000, and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app will have. Shot or no shot coming away at 8 o'clock. We got around the NFL, and it's a Waddle Wednesday, so we'll hear from Tommy Waddle coming up at 8.35, as we broadcast live from House Hall here in Lake Forest. Captain, did you hear the rumor that's going around about Snoop Dogg? Have you heard about this? Have you seen this? Thought getting 500,000 a day to be the face of the Olympics and promote them? No, they smoke sweet. So, so, so, shock it. So Snoop Dogg being able to get $500,000 per day, along with expenses. Now, let me ask you a question. So that's-- he's in Paris and not leaving. He's had some play-- he did some color for some sports here and there. So how long are the Olympics? Three weeks? Yeah. Two weeks. Two weeks? No, they're longer than two weeks. It's about a fortnight. What? A fortnight? Two weeks. I didn't know Fortnite was two weeks. I speak normal. How many days, Shea, does is the Olympics? Because we-- so, 16. We have to do the math on that. 500 grand times 16. Eight million bucks plus expenses. Plus expenses? Cap. Really? That's a lot. That's a lot. Now, maybe Snoop Dogg and his representatives say, well, how much would you make like in a month or in two weeks or three weeks because of touring or because you're with Martha or whatever about 500 grand a day? OK, we'll do that. Is it worth it to NBC to do that? 500 grand? Is he the reason why that people are watching the Olympics that the ratings are through the roof? Outside of political talk, Olympics are right there. Olympics actually are surpassing the political talk lately because it's a must-see event. So do you think it's worth every time? I mean, I don't know how you quantify that on ROI, as my wife likes to tell me. Yeah. Return on investment. Yes. But you can't argue. It's like someone decides to do an advertising campaign. But it's expensive. Yeah. But they have record sales. All right, we're not going to spend that again on that appetite. Well, it worked. Yes. If it's working, why are you changing? Because you don't want to spend that much. So Jay Moore, if it's $500,000 a day for Snoop Dogg, what's Kelly Clarkson making? Because she's on there, too. It's got to be less than that, right? It can't be a half a million a day. No. For Kelly Clarkson, she's on the broadcast, too. She's probably getting around the same. You think? Oh, yeah. American Idol winner, TV show host. Yeah, of course. There's no waste. Kelly Clarkson's getting half a million a day. Is her TV show not on right now because the NBC has the Olympics because my question was correct. Instead of two weeks off, we're putting you in Paris. Your show's not on. Well, she's not going to go for free. No, but they would just pay her what they pay her to do her show. She's going to tell you no. Here's two weeks in Paris. I'm not blowing up the rest of my-- She doesn't need them to give her two weeks of expenses in Paris. They'd have to pay her extra. 100%. One thing, Jay Moore, for sure is that he's not chilling. He's doing work on some of these broadcasts, not just studio, but also just adding the flavor that he does when he does sports. Who, Snoop? Yeah. Yeah, he's hilarious, man. He was at the station. He was at the station and was the nicest guy in the world. He was there to do the old Windy City Live. Yes. And I think he went out with Carman York. Dude, he was so cool. Yeah. Awesome. I think he's pretty dope for these rappers doing this. Even like Flavor Flav sponsoring the team and paying rent for a few players out there. So I think that's pretty cool. It's a lot, man. That's a lot of money. I want to know what the expense sheet looks. What do you got to turn that in? What does the expense sheet look like? It's 500,000 plus expenses. What's on the expense sheet? Could you imagine what? Man, imagine what's on there? And I was in France last year to see a concert. We came from Amsterdam. And when I was in the coffee with a K shop in Amsterdam, their coffee shops sell wheat, because wheat is legal there. And you go in, you go, yeah, I'd like a cup of coffee and I'll take that pack of blunts right there. And they said, are you how long you stay in an Amsterdam? Will you be able to consume all that in Amsterdam? No. Where are you headed, France? Illegal. You're getting a lot of trouble. So how did they get his weed over there for Snoop? There's no way Snoop's going 16 days to France and not getting high high high high high high. Somehow, subway, right? He's high every day. In two minutes, we give you a shot of no shot. As we broadcast live from the house on Lake Forest on Chicago's home for sports. [MUSIC PLAYING] [SIGHS] (sighs)