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We got a lot to cover here on this Wednesday edition of the Cap and Jhood Morning Show. But first, we have got to talk about what we saw last night on HBO Max. The hard knocks for the Chicago Bears. ♪ Like the hard knock, high, hard knock ♪ The hard knock, live powered by combat energy efficiency program, partnering with your business to save money and energy, and also our friends at Dr. Pepper. So, Cap, we saw the second installment of hard knock Chicago Bears. Interesting. - Super interesting. I got home from coaching my 10 year old team and sat down to my wife and said, "I'm gonna stay up, I wanna watch this with you." And I didn't think it was as compelling as the first episode, a little too much of the Buffalo game. It's a preseason game, too long at the museum of ice cream downtown. Super cool, but then some of the interactions I loved, Caleb in the quarterback room with the guys and saying that he wants to play in the Olympics and flag football in four years. Super, super cool interaction there. The Ian Wheeler story, this backup running back with two TDs each other, has already been accepted to med school, and so I just wanna play football for as long as I can, and then I'm going to med school to be a psychiatrist. And that is a long journey, 'cause my daughter-in-law's just finishing her residency, and that is, I know what that grind is like. My brother's a doctor, my nephew's a doctor, my sister-in-law's a doctor. Pretty freaking cool, but to watch him and the coach gettin' after him. Get your pads lower! Yeah, it was super cool, man. Super cool. Coach is sayin', run through him. Right. When his back was turned, he's tellin' the other teammates, run through him. And then he did, he showed him, and he got tackled in the backfield, broke the tackle, gone, you're here. I don't know, it was DJ Morgan. That boy's fast! It was awesome. So I enjoyed some parts of it, but I got it 'cause I have cable like you do. Yes. The youngs like Shay, it wasn't there when they wanted to watch at eight o'clock for streaming. Get cables, Shay. Quit bein' a cord cutter. Yeah, it wasn't, it was a stop. It's not the pores this time, it's the youngs. The youngs. Yes, the youngs had a problem. So, not the olds. So Shay, you had a problem, 'cause eight o'clock, you know, Michelle's like, what time did they get? Eight o'clock. All right, I'll be there. Shut down the laptop, let's go, let's watch. Of course, she's interested in it because of some of the things like the Austin Reed story that running back you just talked about because she's rooting for them. Yeah. See, it's something for everybody on that show, but in particular, she likes those stories, but Shay, you were delayed in watching it, correct? Everybody who wanted to watch on Max, my entire Twitter timeline, Courtney Cronin was delayed in watching it. I feel like 90% of the hard knocks audience is pickin' this up on Max. They didn't put it up, put it until 9.15. Hmm. An hour and 15 minutes late, I had like 828, the Max Twitter account put out. Gonna be delayed on Max, it'll be up soon. 45 minutes later, the thing finally goes up. Wow. It was total 75 minute delayed than, as you said, when they finally dropped a message, it was 45 minutes. But yeah, I thought it was very, very, not as good as week one, but very, very interesting. Let me tell you what I've seen here for the first two episodes, Cap. This year's hard knocks could be shown on syndicated TV. Like when this series is over, you could sell this over to the CW or ABC Disney. That's how clean it is. That's how clean it is, because we've seen other hard knocks, the hard-nosed coach gettin' after the players. You know, customer ass out in practice or in the film room, all that kind of thing, right? This thing, Cap, could be right there on the shelf. Hey, if you wanna put this on your network, you can, 'cause that's how clean it is. I mean, it's supposed to be maybe not R, but this is not even PG-13, what we're seeing right here. The Bears did not wanna do this. They did not wanna do this. We heard George McCasky just recently. Is that something we wanted to do? But we decided to do it. Like, he didn't wanna do it either, even today. But here's what's happened, Cap. The Chicago Bears have taken all the film that hard knocks has done. All the hard work that HBO and NFL films has put together, and they went through it and they're like, you know what? Let's tell positive stories. And that's exactly what it is, because if you don't know the Chicago Bears, if you're not into it like Cap and I and the rest of Chicago, and you just kinda helicoptering in on what's going on, you would think, oh man, harmonious, there's no problems there. Everyone's happy, everyone's got their back. When you notice that reality, think about where you work. Does everybody have your back, where do you work? There might be some people that you don't like, but you work with them anyway. And I think that with the Chicago Bears, I'm not saying that there's knives in the back. What I'm saying is is that the Bears have painted a nice picture of like, you know what? We're moving forward, and we got some stories to tell. That's what's happened. That's as clean of a hard knocks, as I've seen in the series of hard knocks. - Yeah, so far through-- - That's what they're painting. - No question. - Yeah. - But I will tell you this, I think Ebert Flus is coming off great here. I told you, I've spent time with some of the players. Away from Hallis Hall. I was with two guys the other day. Okay, there's no camera on, there's no mic. Ebert Flus, they're like, love playing for that dude. He holds us accountable. Guys really respond to him. I know you guys in the media were blasting away at him. We love that dude. And I thought he's come off really well in the first two episodes of hard knocks. - Yes. - Really well. Paul's is absolutely in charge. The way he commands the room, they got all the scouts in there and he's talking whatever it is he's talking about. Really, really liked all of that. But the interesting perspective was, so my wife Mindy, I call her Nancy negative. I get all excited the other day about Kit. Relaxed, they scored 13 points. Mike Hunt, he was in there for one quarter, settled down. But she's always tempered the expectation. She stayed up last night. - Mm-hmm. - I'm watching the show with her. And she said, I can't believe I'm gonna say this 'cause she always thinks I'm way too optimistic. Way too. She said, there's something special about that team. She said, I don't ever say this. There's a vibe in that room and a vibe that's coming across from the key guys. She said, I'm telling you that I haven't seen a Chicago team in a long time. Have a vibe like that. She said, I think they're gonna have a really, really good season if they're healthy. - I think NFL films in HBO, not HBO, Hard Knocks, would probably prefer to be in Seattle with the fights all over the place. I think they'd like to film that. - No, not when they saw the ratings. Highest rated show in five years. - Yeah, you missed it. - What I'm saying is, is that you want drama, that's what it's for. - Oh. - The drama. - If you want the swinging of the helmets on people, that's what you want. - Right, if you want the drama, that's where you go. But highest rated Hard Knocks in five years is episode one from the Chicago Bears. So, super cool, man. - Super cool. - Yep. - It's the Hard Knocks. - Light, yeah, it's the Hard Knocks light. It's not the Hard Knocks lights. (laughing) All right, that's what it is. (laughing) Seriously, and by the way, it's not a complaint for me. I'm just telling you that compared to the other ones I watch every year, the Bears are saying, we're gonna show you the story of Ian Wheeler. We're gonna show you the story of Austin Reed and his parents again. We're gonna show you that the team is harmonious and everyone is together. Hey, if that equals a division championship or a playoff berth and things seem to work well, it's great. I like that Caleb Williams is a big part of this because you're learning even more about his personality, more so than the clips you see on social media or when he's at the podium, that he has been able to fit in to this team very quickly. And again, you're a rookie. Sometimes you have to be quiet and just watch. No, he's right in there. And the sideline demeanor he had with his teammates explaining to a Dunes A, what he wanted for that touchdown, that possible touchdown in the corner. Just really good. Really good inside, I thought. Yeah, they saw Mrs. Dunes A there with Austin Reed's parents. And then the whole DJ Moore thing, going to the ice cream museum. I didn't even know we had an ice cream museum, but oh, you did? Where is it? Not everybody, NBC Tower. It is. In that area, yeah. Oh, nice. So that was cool. Now I want to see. Well, the sidebar man approach on the ice cream. Brought to you by Aiken Law. Three went through six million for the great Howard Aiken. Summit Ball. Who in the F asked for hot dog flavored ice cream? Well, wait, was the ice cream hot dog flavored or just like a hot dog? No, it was hot. It was in a hot dog flavor. Hot dog flavor. Dog flavored with relish and mustard on it. And he didn't want to say it was nasty. But you can see the look on DJ Moore's face, that thing. Phew, you know that was gross. Yeah, just like no thanks. And cut, let's not show that. Why would I want that? Dairy plus hot dog or something. It's got to be one of the other. It's ice cream by itself or hot dog by itself. So I used to manage a hot dog stamp, big herms. Skokie. I want to try the hot dog. I haven't had like a super dog or a Michaels hot dog in a long time. I would like to go there just to try that. Okay. 'Cause like a true Chicago dog with mustard, onion, tomato, pickle, relish, little celery salt. I want to see what the ice cream is like. I really do. I think we should do it as a show. I think the four of us should go over to the ice cream museum and get the ice cream flavored or hot dog flavored ice cream. Come in. That's two Americas there. I'm not doing that. That's ridiculous. I mean, I mean, honest to God, man, you know, there's a, there is a separation of church and state, or in this case, the separation of ice cream and hot dog cap. Come on now. Both at the same time. If I eat that, I will have the same reaction as DJ Moore's daughter. Exactly. So I told you I bought the ninja creamy and I'm making these ice creams. I wonder if that's Diane from ABC. She's the one that's been helping me with the recipes. So if I took a cooked hot dog, put it in with the yogurt and almond milk and all that and mix it all up, froze it, and then turned it into ice cream through the ninja cream. Yeah, I wonder how that would be. I think you should try it. No, I'm not gonna mess with my machine. I'll just go over to the ice cream museum. I gotta look it up. I'm gonna go do that. Absolutely. Help me if it's a show outing, I'm in. At least I really do. It sounds like good is out. Sounds like good's not interested at all. Just go and try it. I'm not doing that. I'll go there because I haven't been inside before, but I'm not doing that. That's ridiculous. It's really, it's not even the hot dog flavoring of the ice cream that bothers me. It's the relish and mustard on ice cream where I really got a little schemed out. I'm good. D.J. Moore's daughter told me all I need to know. If she didn't like it, I definitely won't. That'll be all. Seriously. And by the way, you know you got it big when you can just take over the place. I'm sure there might have been customers outside. Like, yeah, let's just film this. So it's like, 'cause I'm sure there's a lot of people in tourists that go through there. D.J. Moore and his family can just have the whole lay of the land. Just land into all the candy and all that stuff. Pretty good. Super cool. Yeah, I like the bounce house. What do they call those things? Like the pit with all the-- All pit? Yeah. All pit. Which they say is just a bastion of germs. So please, D.J. stay healthy and the family. But yeah, you're right. They cleared it out. So yeah. All right, come on in. You know it also is cool. Amen. Jalen Johnson will have the biggest chip on his shoulder in the National Football League. They went, they rolled back to the time where Jalen Johnson was pissed that he was not chosen top 100 player among his peers. A couple of weeks ago. Brother. Jalen Johnson against Kean Allen. I'd pay money to see that. Because we saw some of it in practice last week. But Allen's like, I can't even get a catch against him. And Kean Allen's a six-time pro-boy. He's like, yeah, it was really, really cool. I mean, it's amazing. It's a place to jail and what did you learn about him going against him? I haven't had a catch on him. I know something always goes wrong. I'm going to get him, though, tomorrow, one-on-ones. [MUSIC PLAYING] We will be out. Ain't y'all part, though. There you go. That's nice. There you go. Head away, Jay. Go. Right? He cannot push me way down here, bro. Oh, yeah. Here, let's see if there's any nasty nasty nasty. Right. [MUSIC PLAYING] Right? [MUSIC PLAYING] Right? Oh, my goodness. Right? We like that. Right? [MUSIC PLAYING] That's a hit. [MUSIC PLAYING] Thank you. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] I ain't going to lie to you. Right? I've probably been my luckiest pick ever. I landed over here. I thought I-- [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Got it. [MUSIC PLAYING] Hey, bro. [LAUGHING] Super cool. Jeff, Jalen Johnson is going to be a monster. But what do they say about players? The true, really, franchise pieces are the guys that get paid and play better. They compete harder. They work. They don't go, I ain't got my money. I'm good. No, like he's-- he finds it like I'm not comparing Michael Jordan, but Michael always would find some way to say somebody slighted him, even if he had to make it up, like Le Bradford Smith. Yes. Le Bradford Smith, like I never said that, but he said-- I took it personally. I took it personally. I never said that. Well, I took it personally, and he got 55 on him. And Jalen Johnson-- oh, not in the top 100. I thought they were going to show the curse part when he goes. That's bullshit. And they didn't. They sanitized it. But he's ticked. He's on a mission, man. Yeah, this is an interesting hard knocks cap. I can't wait for this to be on some of the-- some of the religious channels. Right. [LAUGHTER] Yes. The 700 Club, followed by hard-knocked Chicago bears. Right here, on Jubilee. Like he just said, they sanitized. He said it in the presser. What are we censoring it for? But you know, good on the bears. They want to make sure that this was family friendly. It's on HBO. I know. People used to call this Skinnamax. I know. It's rated TVMA. Why are we sanitizing it? Why is this TVPG? Christmas with the Browns, followed by hard-knocked Chicago bears. On the last one to draw on. On Hallmark. That's what it is, man. Nice and clean. From 8 to 80, you can watch a cap without being offended. Seriously, this is what it's become. And by the way, that's where the bears want to control it, right? Teams can control it. Well, there you have it. That's what George wants. I want something in which Virginia can watch it without any problems. Mom, sit down. This is great. Here's the young man Wheeler. He's a pretty good smart kid. Going to Met School someday. How about that, Mom? Watch this. Da, da, da, da. [LAUGHTER] No, is there any sweat? No, Mom, no, it's clean. Nice and clean. The way you like it. That's the way it is, man. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-A-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Cap and I are talking to you about hard knocks, the second installment for the Chicago Bears that you watch. What did you think? As we continue to talk about, don't forget, still to come. Some thoughts about the Cubs and the Guardians last night as well. Oh, God. On Cap and J-hood. [MUSIC PLAYING] This is Roman Dunes A. You're listening to Cap and J-hood on the new home of the Chicago Bears, the SP in Chicago. It's a Cap and J-hood morning show on the SP in 1000 and streaming on the SP in Chicago app. As we talk about hard knocks, the second installment that took place yesterday, the second episode, as they take a look at the Chicago Bears, the insides. And now, just speaking of Chris Brown and T-Pain, Roman Dunes A, just like all the rookies have to be able to sing or do something, and he did that yesterday right in front of the team, and was pretty good. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] That was fantastic. Roman Dunes A killed it. He wasn't shy like Caleb in the first episode. Here's what John Legend. He stepped right in there, man. Felt it. And he got the crowd going. He did. I like when he goes siding bonus before Texas. 15 million. That's right. Gonna add that now. That was awesome. So we're talking about hard knocks for each one. As I mentioned, Cap, I thought, again, interesting. But also, it's not just for you and I and a lot of our audience that are just die hard football fans who wants to know the dirt. What's the dirt? They wouldn't know that. No, no. You're getting stories. Austin Reed, again. Don't even make the team. But he's got a lot of time here, right? Same thing, let's do it. That's good. Right. You wanted them to spill the tea is what the cool kids say. Some do. Some do. Like, it was really going-- it looks harmonious. And that's what the Bears want you to know. At least that's all they're going to tell you. The vibe looks, I told you. My wife said, you know me. I'm pretty much a cynic. It looks very harmonious. The vibe around that team looks great. I told you, Iberfluze comes off great. 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Iran is in Roselle on Cap and J-hood. Iran. Hey, great show, guys. Thanks, buddy. Last time, call your first time listener, right? Thanks. Love it, right? With Ryan Poeze, when he first hired me at Iberfluze, we were all like questioning that. He was like, it's my man. That's my man. Maybe he was right. We're going to find out he better win football games. That's the key. But you know what I mean? I was the same way when he said he was 11. Who's this guy? But maybe he saw something we didn't. Maybe this is the coach of the future. We're going to find out he may have the last laugh. I could just tell you I said this before. The players away from the mic that I have been spending some time with on some other projects, these guys are all telling me, dude, you have no idea how much he galvanizes our room, how much we like playing for him. Right. Right. So we'll see. Right. Right. We got to win. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Thanks, Iberfluze. Thanks, guys. Right. Thanks, man. Appreciate you. Thank you. First time listener, a long time caller. Isn't that what he said? Right. Love it. Suck up. So maybe, Cap, just maybe the NFC North has opened up a little bit more for the Chicago Bears. Our projection, by the way, because we know we have new listeners and new viewers coming in all the time because the Bears are not just a local story, but it's a national story. Be on hard knocks. They're on the get up and all these talk shows. It's a topic at least once a day, sometimes twice a day by the Chicago Bears. But our projection is that the Bears are going to make the playoffs this year from where they were with three wins to seven wins to the playoffs. Maybe it's opened up a little bit more now that the Vikings are going to be down a quarterback with their youngster, JJ McCarthy. He's going to need surgery with his knee. Yeah, he's going to need meniscus surgery. And until they get in there, they don't know if it's a six, eight week injury or a season ender. Remember, Derek Rose had to have the meniscus completely repaired and it cost him a year. And the surgeries obviously advanced in the 15 years since Derek got hurt or 12 years, whatever it was. But they still are saying, if you go in and have to fully repair the meniscus, he will be done for the season. If you can just clean it up, they use a machine that just shaves it down, then he will be four, six, eight weeks somewhere in that range. We're going to find out. I actually think, again, minor surgery is something that happens to you, not me. But I think it's a blessing in disguise that they will be able to settle the expectations. I know he had a good first game. Let him almost have like a red shirt. So we'll see. Yeah, I think that I believe that our conventional wisdom before this injury was. Sam Darnell becomes the starter and they foster McCarthy along until maybe in the middle or the back end of the season or even the entire season. But the point is, though, is that without McCarthy, it's a Sam Darnell show. And then after that, it's Nick Mullins. So if the offense falters for the Vikings, they really don't have a strong backup plan, McCarthy would still be a rookie. But again, he's a winner. If nothing else, he's a winner. The NFL is different from college. But the point is, though, is that now you can't rely on McCarthy. One thing to note, though, is that when we talk to Albert Brere, and we should probably talk to him about this again before the season starts, about the Vikings. It was very optimistic about the Vikings. Tell them about their personnel. Well, because they're really good on both sides of the ball up front. Offensive lines really good with Darissa and Brad Bear. They're loaded up there. And they're loaded on the defensive line, even though they lost Daniel Hunter. They were able to bring in two replacements on their defensive line. He's optimistic about the Vikings, despite what's happening at the quarterback position. But with it now being JJ probably lost for-- he's going to be lost for significant time. We'll see how that shakes out. My analytics, I did a deep analytical dive at the division. Oh, did you? Yeah. OK. So I got the Bears winning the division. OK, you're just going to drop that in, huh, you just? Yeah, as I put together all the analytics in a proprietary program that I created. What's it called? It's called the Lions have injuries. I hate the Packers, and the Vikings are banged up. Have you on the line, by the way, in Lions? Go ahead. We're winning the division. Let's go. Wow. Let's go. On the board, Kaplan, right now on Market. August 14th, David Kaplan projects. Bears will win the division. Market. Put it down. Let's go. Let's freakin' go. Lions have lost. Jamir Gibbs, two of their starting defensive backs. Again, an injury can happen like that. All of us are day-to-day. Let's get it done. All right, now the mush has said that. Seven and nine for the Bears. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N, 3-3-2-6. No, I mean, I mean, if you put it out there, is this similar to the Sox win the World Series in year two of Larissa? I mean, again, chasing greatness. Maybe you should just give all of that chasing greatness geared to Africa. Why don't you just send out the whole box, the hats, everything else? Because that's not the slogan anymore for you. If Caleb Williams is going to throw for 4,000 yards and a million touchdowns, and the Bears are going to win the division, you're not chasing anything. You're already there. No, Super Bowl is greatness. I don't see the Bears winning the Super Bowl. I have to take it on him because it's cool, but-- No, no, no, no. You don't even want the chase. Clearly. Oh, no. I want the journey. That is the journey? Yes. No, it's not. The games have to be played. You are chasing greatness. And greatness doesn't come until you win a Super Bowl. And then when you win one, you want to be like the Chiefs and win multiple. You want to go, that's our guy right there for the next decade. And he's Patrick Mahomes like. You have forgotten what it is like to chase greatness. It is a staircase effect. Let me give you an example off the top of my head. Michael Jordan, let's start there. It's a staircase effect. You had to go through Milwaukee first, then Cleveland. Then be able to get past the Pistons. And then beat an old Laker team. And then be able to win the championship. But there was years where he had to go through the Celtics. The big game he had, the Garden. It's, again, a staircase effect to be able to get to where you want to be. You're skipping steps. Oh, I'm not. Because Mitch Trubisky and the Bears in '18, they got where-- what, P1? Whoa, 12 and 4 elite defense. Mitch actually played reasonably well. Not great, but reasonably well. Like, wow. And we know that the chase for greatness stopped right there. They went 8 and 8 the next two years. Negi got a bad year after that. Get out. You're gone. And it's been a train wreck ever since. The chase is still two-year sustained success where every year you're contending for championships. I just think they're going to have a really good year. I really do. I do too. But again, you were talking about rookies that have to be able to come through and give you everything that you thought that he could. I mean, just like, that means Caleb Williams and Roma Dunes. They're going to be the best one, two punch in the division. And that the defense will be swarming. There's still question marks on the team. What I'm telling you, Cap, is that you should get the person who stitched out all that stuff together, the chasing greatness. Just take off the chasing, because you already have them being great. No, absolutely not. I do not. I completely disagree with you. And I do not believe that he and Rome have to be the dynamic duel at the top of the division. Oh, they don't? No, because I got DJ Moore and Keenan Allen. Rome can work his way through. He doesn't have to be the number one receiver. DJ Moore is the number one receiver. Does Keenan Allen is the number two receiver? Does Caleb Williams have to be the number one quarterback for that to happen in the division? He has to play very, very good football. And I believe he can do that. Absolutely. Sounds like nine wins to me, very good. You've got to be stellar to be able to get to what you're talking about, stellar. To win two more games? Sure. It's not a very difficult national football league, don't you know? No question every week's difficult, but I believe they can get to 11 wins. I absolutely believe that. Absolutely believe it. And that's not greatness. 11 and 6 is not greatness. 11 and 6 is, wow, significant progress. Greatness. Greatness comes when you're playing in Super Bowls. That's what true greatness is. But taking a step? Apps are freaking lutely. Let's go. That's just brutal. Because anything can happen. And what I'm expecting is definitely a step in the right direction toward the playoffs. But to win the division, take the North and never give it back. I didn't give them, never give it back thing. Hey, they're going to give it back next year then after then. I don't know. I don't know what the future holds. That's why it's a chase. Well, that's why it's sustained success. That's what it's about. It's being able to get to the playoffs. Find out what you can do there. And improve on what you have this year. This isn't a ready-made team yet. That's the chase. Till you get to the top of the mountain and you are perennially there. Like the Patriots-- OK, that is legendary stuff. The Bulls of the '90s. That's legendary stuff. But the Chiefs are getting to that position. They are. But I want to be one of those teams that every year-- hey, man, the Bears could win it. We've not had a team. Could win this Super Bowl? No, we have not had that yet. No. And we saw what happened in the '80s. The '80s, they got there one. And then did they win it? How many more playoff games? Two, rest of the decade? Yep. Not good. Don't stop believing, man. Yep. Never will. So Andy Reid and the Bears will continue on here and we'll find out what happens as the season progresses right here. On cap and J-hood. There's a lot of cheeseburgers there. Well, man. Checkmate 1-6, and Andy has a pressure on target. That's why I see him in my shot. Shot. Or no shot with cap and J-hood. Or ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago app. That's why I see him in my shot. Good morning, and welcome in to the cap and J-hood Morning Show on ESPN 1000. And streaming on the ESPN Chicago app, what's David Kaplan, John up in the hood with you? I'll remind you, it's a Waddle Wednesday. We'll hear from Tommy coming with 835. Shot and no shot. Here's Shay Norlin. Good morning, boys, on a Wednesday. How are we feeling? Awesome. Or Shay had to wait almost to a west coast speed to watch his hard knocks yesterday. The 9 o'clock hour. He's a young. He's not a poo-aw. He's not a poo-aw. He's a young. He's a young. Those of us that have cable, we've got it right only wanted. I was coaching, so I taped it, came home, and watched it with my wife. Just wait till somebody at NBC forgets to hit the button on the live stream of an NFL game. Boy, and you'll really see me hit the roof. And they'll be like, "So, give cable, kid." You can't. They're exclusive to Peacock. Oh, well. Don't you have any sympathy for Shay Norlin? You don't want none? Absolutely not. Guy tweets in a foreign language. Can't even understand 97% of his tweets. Damn. It's not my fault, you're uncultured. Jesus. I'm happy. I read your tweet to my wife. She's like, what does that even mean? Ooh, Paul would have been wherever he'd doin'. Yeah, OK. So that tweet. So should the tweets just be for everyone? All the tweets should be like in your lane, right? No, I'm not saying in my lane, but some of them at least. Some, should actually be in English. I see. Understood. We're like, most people could understand them. OK. Do you usually read Shay's tweets to your wife? No, but last night's was so stupid that I had to. OK. Damn. Here's Shay Norlin. Matt Eberfluze talked about the value of Montez Sweat on the Bears defensive line. Let's a little bit about what Montez Sweat brought to your team when you acquired him from the commanders. Yeah, I mean, he demands attention, right? So that helps free up the other rushers. And that's so important to be able to do that to have a guy like that. When you can have two, it's even better. And that's what we're searching to do here coming forward. But it's important that you don't want to cover as long the pressures there. And what's great about Taz is that he's a great run player, too. So he understands that stopping the run gets you favorable down at distances so we can rush the passer. And he's always done that well. If you missed it in there, Eberfluze to the Bears are searching for someone to be the Russia opposite Montez Sweat. Shot or no shot, Eberfluze slipped up and admitted the Bears are going to trade for a pass rusher. That's a shot. Absolute shot. That's a shot in which I hope that is the case. But he also could couch it by saying, we're searching for that person on the roster. But the hope is, is that what you said, is that you said that's what we're searching at. That's what Eberfluze said. We're searching to do that. Hopefully that will be the case. Right. And he might not even have slipped up. We're searching. Is that Matthew Judon? Is that Trey Hendrickson? Is that Hasan Reddick? Or is that Austin Booker, Demarcus, what? They're searching. You see that, Shea? There's nuggets everywhere. I'm going through the dial the other day, going through the channels. Oh, of all people, CBS Sportsnet's in town. Hmm, Channel 232. Let's take a look at, oh, they're at Hallows Hall. Oh, they're sitting down with Eberfluze. He said, what? He didn't get that anywhere. We're searching to do this. We're searching to try to find someone else on the other side of my test, when. How about that? Right. So you take that, Keith Williams. CBS Sports still matters. Oh, wow. Keith is from upstairs in the 7th floor. Yeah, the Grand Puba. The Grand Puba is going after Shea and our golf bottom, because Shea is studying for the show he's filling in for, going through some notes. He's going through CBS Sportsnet, right? He's just going through-- because that's what we do. We search everything. Nobody looks at CBS Sports, but-- We do. Who even goes to that website? I think was the question. Yes. Shea Norlin. So there's a nugget there from courtesy of CBS Sportsnet. Very good. Very good. Pretty good. And by the way, once again, Keith-- Take that, Keith. You know what that means, Cap? Once again, the bears are on the same wavelength as many of us. There's a hole on the roster. You're going to try to fill it. It's not our imagination. They can look at what we see and say, hm, we can upgrade here. No question. But they're wrong with that. And let's see. They've got Cap Room. Let's see. What is the price? What do I have to give up to get Matthew Jew down? Yeah. Shea Norlin. All right, something interesting in Hard Knocks last night, at least to me. The bears had a police lineup of NFL officials, mugshots, basically. Up on the projector, they were sitting down with Caleb Williams, going through each of them, name by name, who he's going to see, when he will see them, how often he will see them, kind of their mannerisms, what they like, what they don't like. Basically, giving Caleb the advice to get cozy with these guys as early as possible. You're going to have a long career. You're going to see them a lot. It's good to get in with them. They're going to be around, too. Last year, if you remember, the bears were not shy about their issues with officials never throwing flags on Justin Fields when he would get hit late. So my question, shot or no shot, the bears teaching this to Caleb is a result of the way fields was treated by officials. No shot. This just being smart. It is a no shot. And because Caleb's new to the league, he has to learn these officials' names. Yeah, like a Craig roll stat, isn't that who they had on the screen? Yeah. OK, here's what he likes. Here's what he doesn't like. It's funny that Shea asked that question, because Peacock was asking me, she goes, I don't understand. I had to pause it. I go, well, OK. And I explain it to her this way. You tell me if I explain it to her correctly. I said, when it comes to these officials, it's good for young players who will learn their names. When he comes down in the field for the first time, he asks Craig, it's Caleb saying, Craig, I'm Caleb Williams from Chicago Bears. Good to meet you. And Craig, the referee will say, welcome to the NFL. So now you've established rapport with that official. And then, of course, if you notice in that hard knocks, he went through, he coaches a Catholic league team, whatever they were saying, you bring that up in conversation, too, if you're Caleb. Hey, how's your team doing? Heard that you're a coach at Catholic league? Oh, pretty good. Thanks for asking. Now, there's a rapport. Does that mean you don't get calls? Who knows? But at least you come across as, hey, you're a good guy. I know something about you. Correct. And there are hot button things, like the word-- there are certain things that drive me nuts. I hate the term shut up. My kids don't use it. My wife doesn't use it. Hate it. It literally makes my blood boil. I can't stand it. There was a referee from Chicago, George Demos. George Demos working in the Mac, and he didn't get across half court one play. He's like standing like by half. I'm like, hey, Demos, get in the game, man. Bam, stops the game and airs me out. I'll take it from him, Coach McDougall. Not from this little blankety blank. Next word, he's teed. I get reprimanded. You've got to know who you're dealing with. Getting a game is his hot button. Anyone that says it to him drives him insane. You've got to know Craig Rose said he may not like that, or Ed Hocky Lee, Jr., isn't that his name? Might not like that. You've got to know who you're dealing with. You were right, how you told Peacock. Get the rapport. Just know their name. This little background. Hey, Craig. How are you doing? Kids good? Macy? Junior? How are they doing? Good? Sure. You know my kid's name. That's really cool. Yep. He talks there. That's a good thing. Yeah. Shane Orlett. All right. White Sox lost the Yankees 4-1 on the south side last night, and it was a pending free agent who was responsible for pretty much all of the Yankees' offense, Juan Soto. With three home runs in the Yankee victory, he has long been a pipe dream for Cubs fans with this free agency coming up. A lot of Cubs fans would love to see Juan Soto wear that jersey. Play at Wrigley Field. Some of the Cubs fans may have been at the rate last night, so on firsthand, hit three homers. Shot or no shot, Juan Soto will be a $500 million player. That's a shot. If Shohei got $700 million, but he's also a pitcher. He also brought the international flair to it, which brought incredible sponsorship opportunities. Yeah, he's going to get anywhere between $450 and $500 million shot. And it's deserved. He's a monster. He's a star. And if I'm Tom Ricketts, I call Jed and go, "Okay, here we go. We got $80 million coming off the books. How much is it going to cost us per year?" X. Done. There you go. Give him a portion of the team too. No. Cut him off a piece. You can't do that. Just offset the cost. Yeah. Can I just give you 1% of the club? Shane, in my career, I had 10 phone calls that kept coming in for hours and hours and hours. Gotta give Walter Payton a part of the team. Gotta cut him in. Huh? Did not happen. Owners can do whatever they want with their money. What I would tell you is that that is a shot. $500 million is amazing, but again, think about the player that he is. No doubt about it. Now, I guess, Shane, the question is, who? Who pays the money? Dodgers have their guy, but then who's next? It's the Yankees, right? Like they're just going to spend the money and keep him. I don't know. I don't know that. Hal Steinbrenner said the payroll they're at now is unsustainable. And maybe he doesn't like it in New York. I don't know. Greg Maddox said he would never, ever play for the Yankees, and he never did. They offered more money. He's like, "No interest. New York, I'm out." It's a real question, though, because the Dodgers have theirs. That's not George Steinbrenner. That's Hal. I mean, $500 million, I mean, for you and I know what the Yankees have been over the years. That seems like something they should pay for. But like, who's next? And they've already paid Judge 360. I mean, I don't know. Rangers have already put their chips in the middle of the table to win their championship. They bought themselves a World Series championship. I don't know. The Mets peeled back. They're not going forward with that kind of money. I think the Yankees will pay him and just figure out a way to stop paying Stanton, right? I don't know how they're going to stop paying Stanton. I don't either. No one's taking that deal. They can't. It's one thing to say our payroll is unsustainable. I don't think you can afford, it just purely in baseball terms, to not keep Juan Soto. I can give you 10 teams that won't pay Juan Soto. I took out all the centrals, national and American, so you don't need the Cubs wood at all. No, we've been through that road before you and I with with Otani. We've been through that. You and I have been through that before like like it would have been a nice idea, but the Cubs did not have the stomach for it. So not 700 million, so 500 million, no shot. So his Stanton this year is making 32 million. He gets 32 million next year, 29 million the year after, 25 million the year after and a 10 million dollar buyout of the last year, club option of 22 million the last year. So me, you're talking about a significant amount of money and no one's taking that money. Give him a Baniadil. He's not taken that case play for Oakland. Right. Can you squeeze in one more? Yes, news last week, mid a notice of allegations and punishments levied for recruiting violations. Michigan was going to have Jim Harbaugh on the field as an honorary captain for their season opener. Harbaugh yesterday said he opted out of doing this. He said he wants to keep his focus with the Chargers, not take anything away from Michigan and the team they have right now. He's just going to stay in LA. Sherone Moore said he wants to be in the fox hole real foxhole football guy. I would like to call BS. I do not believe that Harbaugh opted out. It's very uncharacteristic for him to not be in that position. I think somebody at Michigan got on the phone and said, dude, stay the F away right now. We do not need you here shot or no shot Harbaugh was told by Michigan not to come. I'm going to say no shot because I think he's a smart guy and I think he said, I do not need to be back in that hornet's nest right now with all that's going on the media. I don't need it. He caused. Correct. So I don't think they told him to stay away. I think it may be mutual, but it was not like stay the F away. No. Was not. I know. I would say for someone who comes across so honest as he told the press in Los Angeles that, you know, never lot, not never lie, never cheat for Jim Harbaugh. I mean, you just won the national championship, man. You are Michigan. You can't show up. What's wrong? Yeah, you never lie. Never cheat. So stand on your loans, right? That's how America is in 2024 cap. If you're guilty, you'll still stand out there. What are you going to do? You can't hurt me. I'm going to speak to the press. I want to speak to the fan. Those are my people. That's what's happening today in our in our discourse that we see. So what is he running from? I'm going to stay over here with the chargers. Yeah, because you ran away from trouble that you caused. Yeah, he just like, I don't need that. I'm out. That's exactly what happened. Agreed. Does Pete Carroll come back to USC? Does he make a return back to the US for a warm welcome after that nonsense at USC? Not the year after, right? Like you just ran away with your tail between your legs. You don't come back for the season opener the year after. That's right. That's right. Time. Take a breather. The Harbaugh's literally banned from college athletics for four years. You can't put him on the field. Never lie. I never cheat. Around the NFL is coming up at Don't Forget Waddle Wednesday at 835. Cap and Jhood on ESPN 1000 and also on our YouTube channel. Well, that is if you missed something, get the podcast on the ESPN Chicago app. And Jhood are back on Chicago's Home for Sports, ESPN Chicago. It both sucks. He sucks. I'm just a fan. I'm not a football developer. 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 winter. He starts to come anymore. This is a really thickly built guy. I mean, what's it? So you're looking for all of these things here. Oh, boy. It's now time to go around the NFL. Right here on the Cap and Jhood morning show on ESPN 1000. Who's hoping that you're going to have a great Wednesday? It's a Waddle Wednesday here on Cap and Jhood as we keep your company until 10 o'clock. Then my Greenberg at 10 followed by Black and Yurco 12 to 3. Love it. Waddle and silly 236 theory into the White Sox and Yankees right here on the home of the White Sox, ESPN 1000. The Waddle Wednesday, one of my favorite things we do. Love talking with that, dude. Around the NFL. Here's Shane Orlin. Hoodie, a couple of weeks ago, I think Carmen was in for cap. I gave you wind totals volume one, my first mixtape. I have volume two prepared for today. To catch you up, if you missed volume one, I had the Titans over six and a half, commanders under six and a half, Ravens under 11, Bills over 10 and a half, Lions under 10 and a half and Chargers under eight and a half. I've added five more that I feel good about as we've gotten more news out of camp. All right. You ready for cap? Ring it on. And you can tell me if I'm crazy. Okay. I already know that. No. Okay. Good morning to you as well. I start with the Eagles under 10 and a half wins plus 125. What do you think under 10 and a half wins plus 125? You're getting plus money. I don't like anything that's been coming out of their camp. The flip at center really concerns me. You lose Jason Kelsey. The push push really hinged on Jason Kelsey's ability to snap the football. He does it differently than anyone else and be the low man and consistently win in that scheme. I don't think it's like some non-factor that he's gone. I don't like hearing that there's a quote unquote rift between Jalen Hertz and Nick Siriani and that Hertz was kind of freelancing in the offense last year. I don't like a second consecutive season with two new coordinators. I just find it hard to believe they're going to rip off 11 wins. Yeah. I'm going to actually cosign shade there. I like it. 10. 9 or 10. Mm-hmm. You get them. They get an injury. They got issues. Oh, do the Cowboys win that division, Shay? What do the Eagles win that division with 10 wins? I hate picking that division, hoodie. It's okay. I'll wait. Probably the Eagle. I want to say the Eagles just with 10 wins on the back of the fact that no team has won that division in consecutive season since 2004 and the Cowboys won last year. I wonder if there's a world where the Giants surprise people. Ah! What? What? Daniel Jones. I'm Jay Adams. I'm Jay Adams now. I'm not betting the Giants to win that division. I also wouldn't bet the commanders. I gave you commanders under six and a half. That's just... I look at the Eagles. I don't like what I'm seeing. I look at the Cowboys. I don't like what I'm seeing. Who were you supposed to pick in the East? And the ball with the weight loss. Okay. They won hard knocks in the summer. Okay. Pretty good. They said Daniel Jones, a quarterback, they're not very good. The under back after that. I mean, to me it comes out of the Eagles of the Cowboys. Even though it might be slippage with both, but I think it comes down to those two teams. Giants? No. All the complaints we have about the Bears over the years, the Giants, thank God for Eli Manning because they'd be in the same spot. They would. The maras and the tissues and terrible ownership. Not good. Could it be the NFC least again and we get a 9 and 8 division champion? I mean, who could be? Who knows? We just know, I think we're on the same page with Washington. Not there. Still building. All right. So that's one. Give us the next one. Steelers under eight and a half. I don't believe in anything. They have a quarterback. I don't believe in Russell Wilson as a starter. I know that it sounds like the Brandon Ayuk thing really might happen, but I don't buy Russell Wilson as a starter. Justin Fields looked like more of the same as the back of quarterback. Choosing Tomlin to go under the eight and a half mark is ballsy to say the least, but this just feels like the year where they don't get there. It all sucks. I actually am going to co-sign Shay again. Of course you will. I agree with them because they don't have what they need at quarterback. Two African-American quarterbacks. Is that what you're saying? Yes. Oh, God! It's all over everybody. That's a sportsman like next. They don't have enough. Can you listen to this? Did you hear what he's? I'm going to go with Shay. I'm going to play the under. The other thing with them too, last year, I think they were nine and three in one score games that never holds up ever. I told you that last year with Minnesota, Minnesota was a one score game miracle machine for a couple of seasons. You can't do it forever. I don't think Pittsburgh can have that favorable of a time in those types of situations this season. I don't think they win nine games. Okay. I will never underestimate Mike Tomlin. He's proven it every single year. This time last year? Coach Tomlin. At this time last year, same thing. Don't they can get it done? They had a scraping claw to get there, but they got the job done. You guys just don't get it when it comes to Mike Tomlin. You guys just don't get it. He's trying to underestimate the brother, but he will find a way. He may not come down to Wilson in fields. He'll find somebody. He wants those nine wins. He wants to be over 500. He does. He'll find somebody. Tommy Maddox, he'll find somebody. Tommy Maddox, what's the next one? Next one's going to be the San Francisco 49ers. Under. Again, 11 and a half. It's a crazy number. You're asking me to fade a team that's lined to win 12 games. And just with the stuff that they have going on, the likelihood now that it feels like they're going to trade Brandon Ayuk, Christian McCaffrey already dealing with an injury. He will miss camp. I'm sorry. I don't think that this is a team that's capable of just ripping off 12 wins again. It feels like this is the year where they come back down to earth. Not telling you they're going to be bad. They can be 11 and 6, and I win my bet. Do the 49ers win the division, Shay? Probably. There's a threat there. I'll tell you who it is in a moment, but I think, yeah, the answer is yes. It's just 11 and 6 is enough to win you the division. It's also enough for me to go under on 11 and a half. I'm actually going to co-sign Shay for the third consecutive pick. Yes, I agree with you because they have to win 12 ball games. That's exceptionally hard. You got to stay healthy. I think they have a good quarterback. I don't think they have like, "Oh my God, Patrick, my home's there." So yeah, I'm with you, Shay. You better go the other way, Shay. The cooler is coming. Yeah, I'm getting a little scared. Camp liking him this much. Mr. Mosch over here. I'm in trouble. All right. What's the next one? Seahawks over seven and a half minus 165. I love Mike McDonald. I think he can elevate that defense offensively concerns definitely without Shane Waldron, but they still have quality wide receivers, Jackson Smith and Jigba, DK Metcalf. They kept him there. I think that's important. There were questions about whether or not he was happy in Seattle. He's still there right now. So I kind of like Seattle as a potential threat in that division, actually. Yeah, I'll take a pass on that one. I love the lead singer of the Doobie Brothers. Mike McDonald. You know, when I was thinking about Tommy, I was thinking about Yamo B there. I was thinking about that. I was thinking about that being the theme when the Seahawks come out. Little James Ingram, a little Michael McDonald or what do fools believe, man? Yeah. What do fools believe? And then they just start fighting. That's exactly how they play under Michael McDonald out there, apparently in Seattle. They just fight. Yeah. I will not co-sign Shay on that one. I think they went like seven games. Shay, are you hating on the 49ers again? Did I hear you say that? No, I said they go 11 and six and win the division. I still win the bet. Good. That's true. He just said they're over under's 11 and a half. He's going under. That is. That is. Yeah. It's like I'm fading them winning 12 games. They might trade Brandon Ioop, Trent Williams has in practice, Christopher McCaffrey's hurt. You got to get blinded by all those rings that Shanny's won. Oh, stop the cap, you know. You know, I've given him cronies, a hell of a coach, but at some point, climb the freaking mountain or quiet now. He doesn't say anything. Oh, my God. Heavenly Father. You're doing this for him. It was the last time you heard Kyle Shanahan say anything where you said, wow, that's really arrogant. At what point? He just comes off with that. I was kind of sad. You're a previous post not to like him. Like you lap up anything that Matt Eberfluis would burp up, but Kyle Shanahan says something and it's all about evil. You're better than that. You're better than that. No, I'm not. Stop saying that because I'm not like that's just categorically false. I'm not better than that. Like not. Like, I'm not the world biggest Eberfluis fan. I just tell you what I hear from players. But Kenny, at some point, climb the freaking mountain. Don't you think you're not going to be in noise in a good room. Don't you think that the players? I don't know. I don't talk to 49ers players. Well, then don't close your mind to it. Not being the same case out there. I'm not saying that. I said, at some point, though, you got to win. Somebody's getting on my roof right now. What? Yeah. Literally. Is it Santa? No, it's I think that has some roof work being done, but I didn't realize it was starting now. Oh, man. That can't be good for the hangover. I don't have a hangover. Your Tom Waddle, you do. Oh, no. You get to get Tom Waddle. I don't get them. No, that's a joke. Well, there's something. I did have you. I don't know how you have this sixth sense, Jonathan, because I did have a scotch and a half last night. There's nothing wrong with that. No, no. No. How do you think I get through the mornings? I got you and a half for Waddles. Is that a eight finger pour? Pretty close. Probably six. Braggart. All right. Let's move on now to the next. Let's go to the last one. What else do you have? I have a final team out. You can tell me if I'm a scumbag for popping this one in yesterday. Yes. The McCarthy news came across Vikings under six and a half plus 135. No, that's fair. If they're going 17 games to Sam Darnold, they are not winning seven games. That's fair. Someone's got to be in the basement of the north. Why not the Vikings? They're going to be there. Mm-hmm. Nothing wrong with that. It's not going to be the bear. Got the bear at the top. Mm-hmm. I know how crazy is that, right? I love it. I love it. Listen, you play a couple of episodes of hard knocks with the bears involved in the sick of fans. It's catnip for them. I mean, I love it. I think it's great. It sounds a little vibe. Let's go. He just rolls that out. He just kind of rolls it out at 728. They're going to win the division. Take that. What? Just rolls it out. No. I mean, no, like, you know, pyro in Ballyhoo, no coming up next. Cap's got a big prediction. None of that. They're going to win a division. Take that. What? He doesn't even tell us pre-show. Oh. Like, we could build a topic out of the opinion. Instead, we've got Kaplan at the end of a segment burping out that the bears are going to win the division. I mean, YouTube-worthy. Waddle. I mean, it's just rolls it out off the top of the... You know how I was thinking, I went to division. Take that. Goodnight, Mindy. Can't help myself. What? What the f? What's doing radio here? Guess not. All right. Michael McDonald will join us coming up next as we have a Waddle Wednesday. Yes. What do fools believe on WMBP Chicago? [MUSIC PLAYING]