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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. - Uh-uh. - Watch the show on Twitch. Follow ESPN 1000 Chicago. Stream the show on the ESPN Chicago app. And on Instagram. 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, woo, woo, woo, woo ♪ - Oh, god. Welcome in to the Cap and G hood morning show. On ESPN 1000 and we are streaming of the ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We got Shay, we got Jay Moore, we've got you. For three hour ride on this deal breakers Thursday with open phone lines for you at 312-332-3776. That is our telephone number. And cap, we had a marvelous two days at training camp at House Hall just to be able to hear the pads pop, to be able to see the players out there moving around, getting ready for practice, getting ready for the second game of the preseason. And you know, the buzz up there at House Hall, the buzz around the media, the buzz from the fans that we interacted with. The buzz cap is expectations. And what we expect this season to be. There's been a lot of anticipation over the years for you and I and the fans about the Bears. Here we come, here comes the season. Hit you right in the face, here we go. But there's a different vibe up there than we can recall. Is it not? Everybody's so excited, and back in the day when you and I were baby cub reporters, I don't mean Chicago Cubs, I mean, we were the baby cubs, every pass wasn't chronicled on social media. It was, you know what I mean? Yeah. (clears throat) It was, you didn't go. Well, he was 10 for 12 today and seven on seven, but only completed three of six and, no, nobody cared. Just get ready. Oh, they went through practice today. Yep, that was it. Now everything is chronicled and they tell you when you can use your phone and you can't use your phone and fans can do what they want, but like us in the media, we can't film practice on our iPhone. Cannot. Somebody said to me yesterday I was in a golf event, somebody said, do you have a lot of film that you take with your, like a camera or your phone? I said, no. Why not? Why don't you film that stuff? I can't. They'll take my credentials away and they'll cut my access. No, we're not allowed to do that. There are rules because. Okay, I'm calling it an audible. Do you see that? I didn't touch it. Okay, this is not. (laughing) I did not touch it. Dang, nothing. Jay Moore, is that not what happened to me on this day? Holy cow. Wow. Okay. That noise was the microphone falling off the stand again. Heck of a mic drop, cap. Thank you. Hold it up over your head, dude. Just like, get it on, get it on a boom. Hold it up over your head. Okay, when it falls again, I don't want to crack the screen in my phone. I mean, that is just-- You got that fluffy mic condom on it. It's not gonna crack anything. I wouldn't worry about that. Wow. Wait, come on, man. This is a yes, frickin' P.N., Chicago. This isn't like, you know-- Even more than that, it's good karma brands. This is like CSN South Dakota. What are we doing here? They're Mike's work and they stay erect and it's out to go to. Probably right. I mean, come on. It's K.K.C. I'm easy to manage. I just play hard every day. I don't complain. This is, boop. (laughing) How's that candy king? Our mike stayed up. We made sure 'cause we had wrenches to make sure they stay erect. (laughing) Oh, Kid of King College. Oh, it was fine, yeah. You want me to run across the street and get some gorilla tape or something? That were Willie Little was the head coach. He used to go into Kennedy King when he was ready. Yeah. Oh my god. I'm sorry, Kid, that's happened to you. But you know, again, in that chair, you got a bunch of rock stars that's holding onto the mike, you and Yurko and Waddle. Yeah, you know me. Once it's set, it's set. But everybody else-- But just so-- Got all the bears! Oh! Everyone's springsteen over there in that chair. Right, but did I touch it? You did not. It just fell off while you were talking about the bears. Correct. It's almost like I'm wondering, is it a rib now? Like, are they loosening it just to get to you? Right, like loosening the lug nuts so the wheel will come off when you pull away. Seriously? I mean, what? What? Yeah. Yeah, that's a thing. That's a heinous crime. Oh, it was-- That was in high school? That was fun back then. You pull out of the driveway and as you started going, the wheel would just come off. Yes, it was not fun. Yeah. But that was also one of the cars that as your late dad would say, an alley mechanic could put the wheel back on now. It's got sensors, everything else, no chance. Yes, exactly. All right, so back to what I was talking about with the bears for as long as my Michael stay erect. Sad. You go through practice and this-- A guy walks off to go talk to the trainer and 79 people are tweeting, uh-oh, you know, so-and-so just walked off at the trainer. He may have said, "Hey, man, I gotta go to the bathroom. "Do we have a porta potty close here?" But to everyone else, he may have just pulled his hamstring off the bone. Yeah. So I just, I look at practice differently. I wanna see them go through their work. I wanna see it look like each day they make a little bit of progress. And when there's a good day for the defense, that's a good thing. That's a good thing too. They're both on the same team. Yes, we just had an MC, a salesperson just walked by. "Hey, mate, you wanna get a deal with Radio Shack? "There's somebody that can help us with microphones. "How about right to the local Radio Shack? "Use the local guitars that are help cap out "for God's sakes. "Anyway, it is true, Kevin. "By the way, I got my hand slapped on Tuesday for filming. "You did? "Didn't know the rule." So it was just five seconds though, and the guy came over and was like, "Hey, we're in our corner right now." It wasn't mean, he was just like, "Hey, not right now." Oh, click right when I go into the formations and it's like a Lebanon 11. No filming. I understood. And I was trying to explain that to this guy, the golf course yesterday. And he said, "They really care." I said, "Yes, because the other 31 teams "follow all of us, every reporter. "They've got Twitter, and they're on every report." Oh, you think Adam Hogue or Mark Potash or you or me or whoever, they're following everybody, and they pour over that video. Oh, did you see that? Look at that formation that we saw. Oh yeah. Wow, you got about 17 or 18 potential Connor Stallions out there. Correct. You don't want to have that going on. Correct. Even though you're not trying to be all of a sudden there, hey, we got Stallions video here from a reporter. And they do know they do film or watch every press conference of every coach. So, even if this goes to the podium and says something, "Hey, someone's got a bulky hamstring. "We can attack him on this in this way." That's why they don't say anything. Because everyone, it's not like the coach of the Colts isn't aware or somebody there, aware of what's going on in Chicago if they're going to play the Bears. Yeah. But it was great to be up there. The vibe is good. Just feels different. So, when we talk about expectations, we talk about a ball club that has Ryan Polls come to the Chicago Bears as a young general manager and says to, I'm sure the Bears and definitely George Bakaski, "Hey, you know, this team has potential, "but I'd like to be able to reimagine the Bears "by being able to do some do-overs. "There's some veterans here that make a lot of money. "You're not winning with these veterans, "so we're going to start over." And again, look through the history of the Chicago Bears. We had to find a pro personnel person or a general manager that said, "Yes, we're starting over. "We're going to start from scratch." These had some bad teams around here, Cap. But as far as starting over, no. So, it happened and he had three wins. And then from there, seven wins. And now, the expectation for me is for the Bears to make the playoffs. I think as a show here every morning, we're thinking that the Bears are going to get to the playoffs. But the question is, is there a world where the Bears season is a success without a playoff berth? Now, football's different from baseball in this regard, Cap. And I'll give you the example. The Chicago White Sox will just start there. You know that the Sox made the playoffs in 2000, lost to the Seattle Mariners. Yep. When you take a look at the history of Jerry Manuel as the manager of the White Sox, not too shabby. A lot of seasons in which they were over 500, but they could not get to the playoffs. And then, as again, takes over. And then a year after, into his tenure, 2005, the White Sox win the World Series. So, there are some times in baseball where you and I and baseball fans have the patience to say, all right, it's not our year, but next year. It's our year, but next year, because it's a long season. Football, I feel like it's different. Because of how this has been built so far, three wins to seven wins to the playoffs. So, for me, it is a failure for the Chicago Bears if they can't get there, especially if they're blessed with good health. Listen, there's always things that happen in football. Hey, we couldn't get to where we wanted to be because our quarterback's out or our key Y receivers out or we're missing defensive players. But the expectation with a fully healthy roster is the Bears should make the playoffs this year. That's the expectation. Completely agree with you. 1,000% that that team should be able to make the playoffs if they get solid health. I just think that that's the difference between baseball and football. Football, cap, you go through the draft and free agency you add on and then you move forward. And football gives you all these opportunities with these extra wildcards. Baseball's getting like that as well. We're talking about a third wildcard that the Cubs are trying to get to at this point in time, right? Just trying to hold on for some post-season baseball in October. Well, to me, I think that because it's football, because the NFL, because it's only 18 games, I believe that it's not successful if the Bears will make the playoffs this year. I completely agree. Now, I would say this to you when we were discussing this earlier this morning. If you told me at the end of the year that they had an unfortunate run of injuries, but, oh man, Caleb is rookie of the year and wow, that offense, like we could bank on that offense going forward, but unfortunately they had five starters on defense knocked out and they had, you know, whoever else on offense knocked out, but they've been one eight games, nine games, and that's the guy right there at quarterback. I could accept it. If you tell me they go six and 11 and Caleb threw for 2,400 yards and 27 picks and the offense looked inept, yeah, no, I can't handle that. - Yeah, that's the thing, I'll use the Cubs for an example, same thing, right? Panella, back to back years of the playoffs with the Cubs. - Yep, correct? - And didn't win a game. - Did not win a game. You get to a six year drought, 2015 you lost in the NLCS and you knocked it down in 2016 with the World Series Championship. Now, again, with baseball it is different. However, the expectation was, once you get a taste of the playoffs in 2015, you expect to go further or to be able to get to the World Series and win it and it happened just like that. So what I would say is because it's the Bears and because they built it on purpose this way, they made sure that, hey, we're gonna knock this down to the studs as much as possible and build this thing as he said the right way. My expectation, your expectation is the same expectation for Ryan Polls. Polls will tell you, okay, well, I think we're in a position where we can get there. It's not even wait and see any more cap with the Bears. It's not wait and see, it's gotta happen at this particular time. Again, there's no magic to it. It's just effort. The effort is is that all the work you put in the off season, everything you had to do to get that number one pick, everything where Adunze fell into his lap in the first round. Okay, so it's go time. So to me, just taking another step, three wins, seven wins, eight wins, eight, nine is not gonna get you to the playoffs. You gotta solidify yourself. - Agreed. - Totally agree. Totally agree, but it is a different vibe out there. People are so excited, so excited. So we're gonna see how this whole thing plays out. And again, it's a sport where one major injury can destroy you. - That's true. More times than that, look through the NFL. - Yeah, well, I mean, look through the NFL. Once the quarterback is down, that'll be all. - More times than not. - Look at Cincinnati, Joe Burrell. Ingers his hand, done. That team was done and no chance. Cleveland, they made the playoffs, but they went through four quarterbacks last year. - Yeah. - So a strong team around those quarterbacks, but not enough to be able to knock it down to get to the Super Bowl. But it has to happen now, Cap. It has to happen because of all the work they put in, all the hours that they put in. I'm not saying other teams don't do that, but look at the Bears off season versus anyone else in the North. We'll just put it in the North. I mean, it's a complete change when you look at this roster. I open up as you well know this depth chart every morning. And I think it is gonna ever change. I'm just looking at it because I'm just enamored by what polls have been able to do compared to where it was. - Come on, man. - Oh, man. You and I, I think we both picked them the first year. I know I don't wanna speak for you. I know I said five trending down. - Yes. - They went three. - And it was going to be a non-playoff team. - Correct. - And then there were people who should know better. They can win 10 ball games. What? - There was no world where they could win 10 ball games. None. And they weren't trying to win 10 ball games. - You have friends and I have friends of mine as well that are waiting to see Bears fans or we've seen it all before. And that's just out of ignorance, the last part of that. Like we've seen it all before. It's not, it's not this. You've seen off seasons before, but you haven't seen the flurry of activity in the off season like we saw this past off season. You haven't seen it. You haven't. This is not just like nine or 10 draft picks. You just plug and play into a, into a depth chart. It's not just, well, we got the number one pick and then you move forward. Now, he did, Ryan Polls did a lot to try to get this team into position to be a playoff team. - I agree. - That's the goal. That's the bar right there is the playoffs. I know Detroit's tough. I know Green Bay's tough. Minnesota will have something to say, but the Bears have to be there. Even with a rookie quarterback cap, it's just like everything around him, the support system around him, says that the Bears have to be able to get there. And by the way, it's just not my opinion. It's the opinion of Ryan Polls. - I agree. - So, 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. Do the Bears need to make the playoffs for the season to be a success? You heard Cap and I talk about it and we want to get your reaction as well. You know where the Bears have been the last couple of seasons. So, where's the bar? When you take a look at this Bears team and everything they've done, is it a season of success if the Bears make the playoffs? But if they don't though, Cap, if they don't, is it a success as well? - The Pe-- - nuance, baby. - Yeah, it is nuance. Well, get your thoughts on that. Also, still to come, money, money. Bears got money. What are they going to do with it? We talk about it as we move forward here on Deal Breakers Thursday on Cap and Jhood. (upbeat music) This is Cap and Jhood. They beat in the traffic commute, so you don't have to-- (upbeat music) (screaming) (screaming) - On ESPN Chicago. (upbeat music) - Don't forget to check out the ESPN Chicago YouTube channel, youtube.com, look for ESPN Chicago, hit that subscribe button. It's not just the shows, it's also special clips and special features as well. Go to ESPN at Chicago on YouTube and subscribe. Well, with you till 10 o'clock, then my Greenberg comes in at 10 o'clock followed by Carmine Yurko at 12. Waddle and Sylvie, 2.30 to 6.30 into Bears weekly with Jeff and Tom, then Black Emdala at 7.30 right here. On your home for the Bears and the White Sox, ESPN 1000. If you're just joining us, we're talking about the Chicago Bears, of course, because the preseason game number two will take place on Saturday. And we're talking about the Bears as far as expectations. Do the Bears need to make the playoffs for the season to be a success? Cap and baseball when there was no wild card. And yes, we're old enough to remember when there was no wild card. You could be 20 games or 500. Ah, but you're not in first place and you're not in the playoffs. That sucked. And it didn't happen to us very often in this town. But if a team was second best, but would great, if you weren't in the playoff, if you weren't number one, you weren't getting in. Oh, six White Sox 92 and 70, right? Good enough. Oh, I remember that. I don't know. I knew they had a good record 92 and 70. And they didn't get in. Jim Tomi came over after the World Series. Just didn't get there. But yeah, it's no fun to finish second. Last year's Cubs. I'm not telling you to win the World Series, but they were one game out of the playoffs. Yeah, sucked. The expectation starts from the top when it comes to Chicago Bears, because this is how they built it. Again, for those are pessimistic, Cap. I know you're going after some of your friends, because they're like, ah, Cap, we've seen it before. I've seen it before. Well, you haven't seen it before. You haven't. Correct. Because we had we're armed with the knowledge of what the ebb and flow of this organization has been for years, for decades. And when you have the general manager in place in Ryan Polls, it says, yeah, our expectations is to take to another step. Then that's my expectation. My expectation is the expectation of the general manager. Lot of times, Cap, you let the ownership or the general manager lead your opinion. When Jerry Reinsorff says, well, we think we're going to be good in a year. And then you have the general manager of the Chicago White Sox, Chris Getz, says, I don't like our team. Oh, he doesn't like the team. I don't like it either. Because he sees something I don't see. Correct. But I appreciated Getz's honesty. When Jed Hoyer tells us in opening day, it's like, yeah, we're good. We're just not there yet. OK, better believe him. Better believe him. That's what he said to us. Opening day in Wrigley Field. We're at the Braves. Right, he said, the Braves, the Phillies, the Dodgers. They're at a different level than us. Sometimes you listen to what they have to say. I'm glad it's more honesty now, Cap, than it was, say, even 10 years ago, talking to people on and off the record about the organization, or any organization. They would lie to your face. Can't lie anymore, because people have the knowledge. They have the numbers. They know what talent is. Correct. And what stars are. Correct. But back in the day, they just lie to your face. Well, Mark Hatley, Phil Emery, Jonathan, please come on over. Please. If things are great around here, sit in my golf cart. Let's take a look right around the corner. Oh, God. I heard you on the radio say that we're not very good. Let me explain to you. You're an average ball club. And guess what? They're an average ball club. Eight and eight. They used to think they could tell us anything, and we'd buy it. I still remember. I remember Mark prior. Yeah, he was wearing flip-flops, and he strained his foot. No, he actually has an elbow injury. Remember? Lying. Yeah, lying. Just out, not lying. There's too much information out there now, Cap. Can't lie to the audience. It's not about us previewing the information. It's the general fan base. Can't lie to Chicago. We know, because we've seen it. Correct. So do the Bears need to make the playoffs for the season to be a success? 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2 ESPN. It's our telephone numbers. We talk Bears with Shane and Niles on Cap and Jhood. Shane, good morning. What's up, Shane? Good morning, guys. How are you? I'm good, man. How are you? Good. Thanks. Love the show. Thanks for taking my call. We appreciate you. Good night, Colin. Is talk about expectations, and if we need to make the playoffs this year. And I'm all in. I'm just like you guys. I'm all in. I love the team, love what they're doing. But the thing I want to talk about is it realistic to think that Caleb Williams is going to be what CJ Shroud was. More realistically, it's what rookie quarterbacks do. I mean, look at Josh Allen, Peyton Manning. I mean, a 20 TD 20 pick season is relatively normal for a rookie quarterback. And then year two, year three, we see the giant leap. Is that more realistic to expect that? Or are we just hoping that we'll be getting what we had in CJ Shroud last year? OK, from my seat, hoodie may disagree. I think you make a valid point that it might be more realistic to temper expectation. But the game is also played differently today than when Aceman and Manning, like guys put up big time numbers. Justin Herbert, Andrew Locks, CJ Shroud. So while he may not be a finished product in January, where we go, man, wish he wouldn't throw the editor's exception. I wish he'd have protected the ball better, not got it stripped out by some maniac coming to sack him. I do think his numbers will be better than the average rookie quarterback factoring in that he's super talented. Does that make sense? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. But if the Bears do go 9 and 8, and he has an average rookie season, which not average, but just what typically happens, are fans or people going to be like, oh, I can't believe this is isn't what we thought expecting us to be 13 and four this year. But I think year two and year three is when we could see the giant leap where we're real contenders. I think that's fair. But Shane, what I would say to you and all the other Bears fans is this, is that the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's based on how you feel, right? And how I feel individually as fans. Like I've told Cap, I've tried to hold Cap back because Cap has got these, again, these big numbers, these eye-popping numbers for Caleb Williams, 4,000 yards and the certain amount of touchdowns and interceptions. I said that I'm just going by what I've seen in the National Football League all my life. And that is, there are very few times where a rookie quarterback had these big eye-popping numbers and these difference-making numbers. Andrew Luck is one. Justin Herbert is another. There's very few that you could say, oh, my God, in year one. But year two, year three, with some seasoning? Absolutely. Who do you have? Who do you have some audio that's on his board? And I want Shane and everybody to listen to this. This is Nick Saban talking to Matt Eberfluis about why quarterbacks fail in the National Football League. 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 threw 28 interceptions when he was a rookie. It wasn't most in the history of all of it. Man, he looks to throw tipped at Anderson. It's unbelievable. Put the nail on it. But it didn't affect him. He was like the scoreboard. The scoreboard don't mean anything until the game blew. The thoughts from Nick Saban, what Matt Eberfluis on HBO. But as he-- like, he's the goat. And as he says-- and he went on to talk about how he watches quarterbacks. He stands behind the quarterback. He said, and then I ask him, what did you see there? Tell me what you saw, why you made that decision, as he tries to guide him through. And then the other thing that was super interesting was, Nick Saban will never call out his quarterback in front of the team. He said, I do the quarterback different. I do it privately. We come in. We put the tape on. OK, tell me why you did that. We had this play call on with this protection. Tell me why you did that. Because that's not what I want. Here's what I want. And we saw the development of Jaylen Milro, who at the start of the year, he was a running back trying to play quarterback and couldn't do it. And then at the end of the year, I got a pretty damn good football player. Now, having said all that, and I know I don't have the rings and the resume of Nick Saban, I'm just a college football fan, would you just-- would you agree that when you take a look at Caleb Williams, the expectations and the numbers he put on him is a great goal, but if he doesn't reach it, it's OK. My expectations for Caleb and the Bears are different. Because I said that when it comes to the Bears, I expect the Bears to be the playoffs based on everything else that Ryan Paul's has done. There's this feeling-- I can already feel a cap of we're hoping that Caleb Williams will be able to blast past the numbers of Justin Fields. And I don't think that that's the measuring stick. It's not. Just win games, you know what Paul said? That's what I told you. That's what I've been telling you, is that all that matters is that the Bears win more games they did last year and get to the playoffs. And the development of Caleb Williams, because I think he's that good, will happen. But it's not going to happen as a step of a finger. There's going to be interceptions and mistakes he's going to make. We're going to come in here on Monday and get pissed because we're like, hey, the game was in the balance and this kid screwed up. But we know that the development's going to get better. You're one for year two, you're two to year three. Because that's how the NFL works. Correct. Just because that Caleb Williams, the number one pick, does not necessarily mean that Bears get to the Super Bowl. And it doesn't work that way. Don't disagree. While everyone else in a different learning curve, what he's got all these veterans and second year players, here's Caleb Williams. As we even saw in Hard Knocks, yep, gotta get better with that. Gotta be able to get the ball out quicker than that. It's going to take a little bit. I'm not saying five years, but I know he's smart, but not so smart that all of a sudden, he's just going to set the whole world on fire in year one. I don't expect that. If it happens, it's great. But that's not what usually happens in the NFL. No, it's going to take time. I understand that. I just believe the way they want to play and the weaponry that they have, you're going to see numbers we haven't seen from a Bears quarterback. That's what I believe. If he's healthy. I think that is fair. And also a low bar. I mean, basically all the other quarterbacks we've seen come in here. Yeah, I mean, we haven't had been blessed with great quarterback play, obviously. But I just, I look at this kid and he's different. And then I ask guys who are on that roster. I've asked him. Tell me about him. No microphone around, no camera around. Dude, he's different. He's different. If you're on hold, you will be on the air. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Do the Bears need to make the playoffs for the season to be a success? Is it yes, is it no? Is there a nuance to that? Well, I'll talk to you about that. Also money available for the Bears. As far as cap space, we'll give you that as well. So we move forward here on the home of the Bears. ESPN 1000. Checkmate 1-6, land here, suppression on target. That's why I see him in my shot. Shot. Or no shot. With cap and G hood on ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago app. That's why I see him in my shot. Good morning and welcome in to the cap and G hood morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. But David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you here on the Deal Breakers Thursday. Now time for a shot of no shot. Here's Shay Norley. Good morning, boys. How we feeling on a Thursday, Deal Breakers Thursday? Well, depends if you did your job. It came through with a really good Deal Breakers segment. I guess we'll have to wait and see. We'll have to find out. We'll have to let it play out as you like to say. As I get to work with Johnny, I'm in a good spot, man. I feel good. And the reason why I feel good is because we had two shows that were out of the studio. I would like to put on our next deal from June through the end of August for us to be able to do two shows a week outside in the sun. Wouldn't it great? Oh, God. So awesome. This is what we're missing in here. When people are out there walking to work or going wherever they're going, they're able to enjoy the good weather of the morning. And we were able to do that last couple of days. Awesome. Awesome. I can't wait. Great. I'm playing golf again today. I can't wait. I think that's a good idea. I think we've got to be able to negotiate that being outside. Yes. We have to talk to content guru Dan Zetterman. Here's Shay Norley. All right. Yesterday from Halis Hall, Carmen and Yurko had the Marcus Walker on the show from training camp. And he was kind of chippy. If you missed it, the SP in Chicago app, the entire interview, they had the dump, a curse word that Demarcus Walker loved. He came in talking about how much he was loving to hit guys. They put the pads on. He had a sack. He was winning on the edge in practice and in drills. Just sounded like a guy who has a chip on his shoulder and made us kind of think. And all the talk about Austin Booker and unique and gock way. And who's going to play that edge opposite of Montez sweat? Shot or no shot. We all kind of forgot about Demarcus Walker. Shot that we forgot's the wrong word, but overlooked, underestimated, took for granted. He was just beige. You know what I mean? He just blended in. That's good and bad, actually. If we're not talking about him in a negative light or just wondering about what he's not doing, that's pretty good, Cap. That means he's stable at the position. When we take a look at the offensive line, our question is about Jervon Dexter, who they like a defensive tackle and his development. Is Zack picking the guy? Is Dominic Robinson a one off or can he actually be able to make multiple plays? Austin Booker, the rookie. So when we talk about the defensive line, it's sweat. We put him in his own category, sackmaster over here. But Demarcus Walker, we don't talk about him because we figure that he's going to establish the other end of that defensive line. Yep, we've got to get Andrew Belling's healthy. He's a big, big part of what they do on the interior. And then Jervon Dexter's got to have a good year. Let's go. Jack Sanborn is in the mix, is he not? Linebacker. Yeah. Did you see 57 out there? Did you see anything in particular? I did not. He kind of blended in with everybody else. Beige. Yeah. Yeah, I wasn't really locked in on the Linebackers. I was watching Caleb and I was watching Keenan Allen run routes. I mean, it's-- Yeah. Like I saw the best route runner I ever saw. His name was Gregory Thomas Waddle. But that dude knew how to run the route tree. Waddle, that ball was anywhere around him. He was going to catch it because his dad once told him, Tommy, you're going to get hit anyway. You may as well catch the football. But man, you watch Keenan Allen. That dude's like, what, six, five? Holy cow. I'm like, this guy is just an artist to watch. See the difference between Cap and I? See, I'm over there with the offensive lineman watching the trenches, watching the gaggola offensive lineman, trying to figure it out. I'm about sizzle, I'm watching. You're about to stay. And I'm about to stick. He brings the car to me and I throw the seasoning out of it. That's what I said about sizzle. I was watching the big guys, like, all right, which one of you guys are going to make a difference? I don't want to say Ryan Bates. Big guy. He's a big dude, but he's mobile. Yes. Man, he's mobile. Yeah, and intimidating. Yes. Shay. Another forgotten bear. Maybe that is a little too harsh, but it kind of feels like what it is. People are starting to talk about, again, with a lot of people saying, Dominique Robinson has been a consistent presence in the offensive backfield, getting through the offensive line, causing pressure, wreaking a little havoc. Obviously, Dominique Robinson had a great game against San Francisco as a rookie in his debut. And since then, no disrespect, it's just kind of what it is. He's been basically invisible. So shot or no shot, we're hearing about him again. This preseason, this training camp is Dominique Robinson's last stand for a roster spot. That's a shot. This is year three, right? Yes. And Booker is on his way. Austin Booker, the rookie. Austin Booker is 2024 for Dominique Robinson. They went around the same spot. Yeah, it could be one fifth round of replacing another. First take, Shea had Dominique Robinson in the Hall of Fame after he got 2 and 1/2 sacks his first career game. Actually, you've got already been-- Shot or no shot was the greatest pass rusher in bears history. I think that-- he's never had a sack since. That might have been first take cap, actually. No, that was not. You were singing his praises after the San Francisco. That is not true. It's not? That is not true. No shot. That Dominique Robinson, hoodie boy. We might have found something. That true? Saying you might have found something is one thing. First take, Shea would have had him in kitten. Shot or no shot. He's the greatest pass rusher we've ever had. No, that'd be Richard Dent. But thanks for trying. So, Shea, to answer your question-- Damn. To answer your question, that is a shot. Dominique Robinson-- and a lot of these backups, by the way, as Mattie Refloos would tell you, and also Ryan Pulse would tell you, it's very difficult to make this roster. They're going to be able to take a really deep dive on who can play and who can't. I think Robinson, his number could be up. If Austin Booker-- and we were able to see the film of Austin Booker, Cap, we saw all of his plays, and we were watching it together. I mean, it's mixed back for his first time against Houston. That's fine. Bull Rush some. Got double team here, there. Got a sack. It has a little bit of a motor. But he comes from a college that doesn't even play D1. I can't stop saying that. That's not true. Sorry, J-Hawk. I mean, the guy only is the director of content. I mean, you want to sports me like for four hours, or do you want to get along with Danny's out of it? Yeah, Cap, we've assigned you to Beaver Dam for the next year. Sal, here's Shea Norlick. All right, along with that side side side side side side side. I mean, what do you want? But don't you want the show to last? You just keep picking out him about Kansas. You know he gets very sensitive about that. He does. Don't make the J-Hawk mad, please. I can't say-- He'd gotten into Illinois. He would never have gone to Kansas. Matt, I'm going to get in Cap's corner. I clicked a button yesterday, hoodie. You know, I'm often clicking the wind total buttons. Kansas under eight. I was going to save that for Saturday. But in this moment, I'm going to back my guy cap here. You go in Kansas under eight on the wind total. It's like I clicked the button yesterday. I made a bunch of money. The first year Lance Leipold took that job. I think their over-under was like 2 and 1/2. I'm like, that guy's a great coach from Whitewater, to Buffalo, to KU. OK, I'm in. I bet it. They won like six-- yeah, it was easy. This year, I think it might be a bit inflated. Jay Moore, you know that imaging that Danny had you make for the hoodie and Courtney show? Have that ready. Oh, wow. Here's Shane Orling. Wow. And with Jack, by the way. Yeah, it's a whole imaging. That's it for me. It's hoodie and Courtney with Jack, it says. I dove on the sword. Yep, so there you go. But keep following Cap's thing on Kansas, though. Keep doing that. It's a good career move. Here's Shane Orling. Well, I wanted to get in his corner because hoodie you and I need to help this man. You and I need to help our friend, Kaplan, came in this morning, all fired up. First thing out of his mouth. He walks in and sets his stuff down on the desk. Cap's five back. We're in it. We're in it, baby. Shot or no shot. This guy's just setting himself up for heartbreak again. He's just gaslighting himself. You know, usually can gaslight people. He gaslights himself. He sets himself on fire. Yeah, yeah. He's just setting himself up. Again, you can't be, you know, in Wisconsin saying, it's over, sell, sell, sell, get rid of everybody. I did not say sell, sell, sell. I just said it was over. I said, you don't have anything to sell. So let's just write it out. Do you want me to get the band audio? Because I could get that. There's no band audio. I don't ban audio anymore. I did not say sell, sell, sell. I said, that's personal growth. I said, you don't have, it is. I said, you don't have anything really to sell. Just don't go out and trade your top prospects. You're done. We're back. You can't do that. No. Again, well, I mean, it's typical of symbol cap, though, to be able to just tell you, we're done. We're back. Take that. Don't take that. Mindy, waddle. Anyway, enjoy the day off today. Dr. Bruce, then tomorrow, get up, grab a cup of coffee, drive over to guarantee rate. Find a way to win a damn baseball game. You're done for the season. Because when you keep spinning back, you're not putting the pressure on a daily basis. You're not. When you keep, when you are saying, the Cubs are done, they didn't do enough. And then you circle back and go, you know what? There's light. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. There's schedules horrible the rest of the way. And so are the Cubs. Shane Orley. Wow. Well, tell me I'm wrong. Oh, my heart. Well, cap. They're in it. They're in it, baby. Sound back. You know that they've let you down over there. We just left you down. They have. OK. No question. That falls at the feet of one man, Jen. But they took three of four from the Cardinal. They took two of three from the twin. Now you get the white sock. Let's go to work. Well, they have to go to work. They're paid for it. I don't understand. What do you mean? Go to work. Win. I mean, they find a way. I mean, they have to clog. They have to hit the clock. It's like a lady in Rocky. Tell you Shire when she wakes up from the coma. I want you to do one thing for me. What's that? Come here. Win. What are we waiting for? Let's go. Yes. And as she goes over and tells the Cubs, I just need you to win. You know, the Cubs say in response? [PHONE RINGING] So long, everybody. Dead. D-O-A. Not yet. You mean not yet. Still alive. You said no. You said they were gone and dead. You can't go back and forth. A week ago, I said shot or no shot. They're dead. And you said, yeah, shot. Shot. That's a shot. And then we got hot. Oh, boy. You want me to tell you? Are they dead or not? I mean, the Guardians just got swept by the Arizona Diamando backs. And guess what? That's where we go on Monday. Well, they're terrible. I mean, they're starting pitching is actually dead. And then the Jays come to Chicago? I mean, let's go. Many of us celebrate resurrections in April, not in August. And then the Tiger comes here. And then we go to the Marlin, to the Pirate, to the National. Then the Pirate here, let's go. The Pirate is better than you. And that's what's sure about that. Did their head of you in the standings? They've beaten you all year. They have skeins. They're better than you. As my friend Coach Saban said, I don't want to hear about the scoreboard until the game is over. How are you doing now? Now just making up friends, imaginary friends. My God, it's unbelievable this guy. Again, we're going to make it even though we don't have any stars. Look at us. Take that. You were dead. Keep them dead. Wait until next year. You're not going anywhere. Back and forth. You said Adam, it was already clipped. If it's on the ESPN Chicago and it's Twitter and YouTube, you know it's over, right? Once it's clipped there and aggregated, it's all over. It lives forever. Even stuff you don't want up there. Once it's on YouTube, Cap, that's over. Do you want Eric to be able to, a side by side of you, in Wisconsin with the headset on? They're dead. And then smash it over here. No, I don't care. Come in and work on the microphones. Well, that's not his job. But there's nobody else. He's got to do it. That's a union job. Why don't you get Officer Strawley, who's shaving his beard in the bathroom here, and let him go work on my-- I'm good. I'm actually good. We don't need him to work on-- That dude was in the bathroom today. All I wanted to do was take a nice peaceful pre-show poop. And I walk into the bathroom, and this guy's picking away at his hair. He's shaving his beard. He's got some toiletry bag, a fully loaded toiletry bag. Spray and stuff on himself. He's playing soul music off of his phone, having a good time like he's in his bathroom at home. I just wanted to take a peaceful pre-show poop. And this guy is in there bathing himself. The brother. Yeah, pretty strong on that soul music. Can't you get more? He was taken aback by the soul music. But he was playing. The soul's probably not the right word. He was black. You were looking for black. It must have been right. He was playing that black music. Hey, he was playing that black music. I was offended. Soft R&B. No, it wasn't offended. But the music was good. Just like-- No, no. We never mentioned it though. No, here we go. Here's your dog whistles. You ready? Pit. All right, so you know that the guy's black. He had his pick. And then he's playing his soul music in there. See, Cap? There you have it. [LAUGHTER] Brother. America, turn down your soul music. Brother, I thought-- I went in there yesterday. I'm not kidding. There was blood on the floor because he was shaving. I'm like, OK. Probably was using some magic shave. Somebody call idler's office. He's like the grand poo-ba of the building. Come on, John. Get Officer Strawly in charge. I found out his name to the guy. The man, he's-- you know what? He's trying to live his life. Listen, I think his name's Archie. I don't think you should say that. Who do you-- I didn't give the last name. All I'll tell you is-- Young. Sometimes when I-- the pre-show poop can be cautious territory. Sometimes you walk in there, you get a little shy. Other people are in there taking care of their business. That guy's going to treat it like his home. I treated it like my home as well. I let it fly in that room with him in there. I had enough. Well, you have to. You really don't need to hear that. Ah. She let it look-- We're treating everything like home here, apparently. She let it fly while Smokey Robinson was playing in the bathroom. That poor bastard with his soul music. It's the only recourse that I have. This guy's shaving his beard over the sink. Ah. There we go. Ah. There we go. There we go. There we have it. Ah. This is silly Robinson. Oh, surprise, surprise. But anyway-- Happy shit, dude. That pretty much was the bathroom this morning. That's the only recourse I have on this cat. He's spraying it. It's absurd. It offers a strongy with tears of a clown while Shay is in the bathroom, clearly. Tears of a-- Around the NFL is right around the corner on The Captain J. Hood Morning Show. Welcome back to Captain J. Hood. You're officially locked in on Chicago's Home for Sports. ESPN, Chicago. It both sucks. He sucks. I'm just a fan. I'm not a football about you. I love the Green Bay Packers. The guy is wrong, but there he goes. This is not Detroit, man. This is the Super Bowl. I love winning. He starts to come at a home. This is a really thickly built guy. I mean, what's the answer you're looking for on these things here, huh? All right, time to go around the National Football League. We do it every morning after shot or no shot. We have fun with it. Football's back, maybe. Here's Shay. Northern. All right, I want to start with the Philadelphia Eagles, a report yesterday that I found very interesting. And if the NFC East weren't as bad as it is, and I could more convincingly sell the Giants, as champions, I think I'd add the Eagles to the list of teams I expect to miss the playoffs after the report yesterday that there's a fracture in the relationship between Jalen Hurts and Nick Siriani. The report included some players saying that last year, they didn't know what play calls were. They didn't know what routes they were supposed to run. They didn't know what the protections were on the offensive line. Reason being, Jalen Hurts wanted a lot more say in the offense. And Nick Siriani said, everything's going good. Why fix what's not broken? Let's run it back. The result, Jalen Hurts is freelancing Aaron Rodgers style at the line of scrimmage. Nobody knows what's going on. This is just disaster written all over it, right? Yeah, I'm just wondering how this gets better. Again, they took a step back. And I thought they'd do a take-- try to take two steps forward, this upcoming season cap. But I don't know. Like, it's either make or break for Siriani and the Eagles at this point in time. Oh, I completely agree with you. I think you're right. It is make or break. They have got to take a step here. Jeffrey Lurie will probably pull the plug. And it's in a city where they are as intolerant of their Eagles failing. Like, they hold their teams accountable. Like, there are people here that think, we're tough on players and coaches. This town? This town is Sherman compared to Philly, Boston, and New York. We're good. We're not at their level. In terms of media being vicious, vicious. They're brutal. So yeah, Siriani, you better figure this out. You're gone. All right, Shay, what else do we have for around the NFL? Also, more issues with the 49ers. The fractured relationship with Brandon Ayuk. Christian McCaffrey now sounds like he's going to miss the entirety of the preseason and training camp with a calf strain. Always scary when you have a guy who's going to carry the football a lot, has a calf strain. That, obviously, can turn into an Achilles injury, which nobody would like to see for Christian McCaffrey. But I look at these two teams, the Eagles and the Niners, both loaded with problems. Two teams that were the favorites in the NFC last year. Is it over? As the mantle of the NFC moved to a new team. And frankly, when you look at the NFC North with the Packers, the Lions, and the Bears, this is the best division in the NFC. And one of these teams is going to fight for the crown, right? What would you say? I believe the division clearly is the NFC North, the absolute best, the best, no doubt about it. But I still think the 49ers are a loaded roster, loaded. The talent level is insane. Dallas, Dallas has a lot of talent. Doesn't mean they're going to put it together all of a sudden, but they've got a lot of talent on their football team. So you can tell me all you want about issues, so they're going to get rid of I-Uke. They still have, I think, a really talented team. Shay, if you were to hazard a guess, if you had a choice between the NFC East and the NFC West, where will the Conference Championship come out of which division, the West or the East? Do I only get those two? So I can't choose the North. Because I would like to choose the North. I know you would. I guess the West, I just believe in it like if everything ends up being okay at San Francisco, I believe in them more than either Philly or Dallas in a playoff situation. I would say the West, but if I can only choose between those two, I genuinely believe the NFC Champion is in the NFC North. Well, the reason why I asked the question is because even with the 49ers it may not be the dynamic team that you think they should be, it might be good enough in the NFC. It might be only because of the tenured Shanahan as a head coach, what he can do as an offensive playmaker, but we don't want Brock Purdy. I mean, when everything is Brock Purdy, that offense hums. McCaffrey, big part of that. Even without I-Uke, this could be a scenario in which the 49ers find their way to the top of the West and have a deep playoff run. Even what they are right now, they're without I-Uke, they can get there. I think they can. I don't see it coming out of the East, that is for sure. Not the Dallas Cowboys, Giants OK, not very good. The Eagles maybe sideways, maybe taking a step, but not good enough to be able to take the NFC crown. Loser Jason Kelsey, I think, is a massive loss. I don't care how talented whoever their center is now. That dude set the tone. That dude ran the room. That is a huge leadership void. I think that we haven't gotten there yet, but I believe an emotional Mr. Norling, Shay's dad might be coming at the end of the playoff run. If you think that the NFC crown has got to go out of the North, Shay, look for that phone call. That phone call could be happening, right? I'm lower on them this year than a lot of people, but-- What did your dad say? Frankly, he's sailing in Europe right now. He's not locked in yet. He's enjoying himself. He's having a good time. He's ready for his lines. Seems that way. See? All right, let's go. That's what I mean. Let's go, man. Maybe an emotional call on the other end. So I can't believe we're here. I can hear it. They got a good football team. They just lost another defensive back yesterday to a torn pack, I believe. Emmanuel Mosley, right? Yeah. Right. So his injuries man in training camp. It's unbelievable, right? Who else is unbelievable is all the fighting going on in training camp? Yeah, who was swinging the helmet yesterday? Lions and Giants got in a huge fight. Malik neighbors was talking some smack. And the Lions had none of it. 500 grand in fines. Yeah, but what's interesting is there were a bunch of fights, five fights during Seahawks single practice. So the Seahawks start fighting each other. The NFL's fighting fines don't apply to single team practices, they only apply to joint practices. So Seahawks fighting each other, five fights at Seahawks camp among each other will not trigger a fine or any punishment. Yeah, DK Metcalf was the one who was Miles Garretting. Remember when Miles Garrett swung the helmet at-- Mason Rudolph. The Pittsburgh game. Yeah, so DK Metcalf swinging a helmet at cornerback Trey Brown. Chippiest training camp practice in recent memory is what ESPN reported. Yeah, I heard a little bit of this in Lake Forest as well. They're tired of taking on each other. It's hot, tired of seeing your face. You know what? Can we just play somebody else? Can we get a scrimmage? I'm tired of taking on you. And you low blocking me. You cheap shot me or talking crap. When our unit doesn't do well, I'm going to hit you in the face. I'm tired of this. Let's play somebody. That's what it is. You're tired of seeing the same guys when you wake-- when you come to the facility, you see in the weight room. You put your pads on. You put the helmet on. You're cheap shot me. I'm tired of seeing you. I love you, but I'm tired of seeing you. Basketball is not physical like that. It's physical, but not like that. The Jayhawk shaking his head at Mason walks by. Told you. Under eight. I'm just trying to help him make money for his family. Play under eight on Kansas. But in basketball, we would go through practices. Well, the whole team is 15 guys. They all know the plays. There are offense. And it would drive our head coach insane when somebody would play the play. OK, the ball's going here. We got to make sure the defense is-- and he'd go in and bat a pass with him. Quit playing the play. You know what it is. Yes, yes. That's what you want to play. Exhibition. And just play somebody else. Shay, that's-- has a lovely Smith's camp. The defense is just ferocious. From brutally. Chest. Who's that quarterback? Jay. Who's Jay was, Jay, yeah. Jiminy Christmas. Let the ball go through. Guys, Jiminy Christmas. All right, coach. Bloody, bloody. We're good. We're good. Hot, hot. The balls. He takes the eight step drop, seven step drop. Bam. Batter down at the line. Jiminy Christmas, guys. And let the ball go through. Yes, coach. Do it again. Knock it down again. It just gets so frustrating. Beepheads are so ahead of the offense, just like they just kept betting the ball down. Well, we talked to the great Tom Thayer. I want to ask him, like, when you are practicing, you know you've got a hell of a football team. And you're going up against Hamp and Mongo and Dent and Perry and Hartenstein. Like, did you go all out and how beat up were you? Because I don't remember that team having injuries and training camp to the degree we hear around the league now. The great Tom Thayer will join us at 9 o'clock at every Thursday, right here on the cap and Jhood Morning Show, Super Bowl champion and color analysts for the Chicago Bears. But first, deal breakers. It's right around the corner on the cap and Jhood Morning Show. Excuse me.