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This is your morning routine. Listen to respect my mean cap and G hood. That's right. That's right. We're bad, uh-uh. Watch the show on Twitch. Follow ESPN 1000 Chicago. Sweep the show on the ESPN Chicago app. And on in there. 100.3 HD2. And on ESPN 1000 Chicago. Now, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. Good morning, everyone. This is Bayers victory Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday. Here's Corners Rock Gordon Blitzing, which I don't see him at berries and in the chest. And down goes Woodside. Literally knocked his block off. Help it came off. Never saw a fool. Gonna throw it down the field. Shot down the field. Pass caught inside the tenon. A rookie in a rookie connection. Williams to a dood day. After David Lea. Dance in the moving in the pocket. Pressure escapes. Spins to his left. I'm a move again outside the numbers. Now he's gonna tuck it and go and turn it. Jenkins in front. He's in for the touchdown. A scramble of seven for number 18. Snaps to a white side. In trouble. And down he goes. You have nowhere to go. Snaps. There's perfect fishing for him. Bounce is left. Reversing field 30-35 to the 40. First down to the 45. Now to beach and with time. Gonna throw right corner of the end zone. Catch, catch, touchdown, Bayers. The home of the Bears ESPN 1000. And oh God. Welcome in to a Bears victory Monday on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Shay. We got Jay Moore. We got you. But phone lines open for you. Bears fans 3-1-2-3-2 ESPN. 3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number and cap. The Bears win at Soldier Field. 27-3 the third preseason game. And the offense and the defense. They shine brightly on the lakefront. The offense looked really, really good, Pedro. To sit there and watch Caleb struggle early, which he did. Then have that make a couple really good defensive plays. The Bengals, which they did. The pass break up on the slant. To DJ Moore, I thought was just outstanding coverage. Get a hand in there and knock it away. And then to see Caleb, the one to Roman Dune saying the back of the end zone, which I don't know why there's multiple lines back there. I've not seen that before at Soldier Field. But he ends up thinking one line is the end zone. Sorry, that's not the line you're out of bounds. He was too far deep. The throw was sensational. The evasiveness, sensational. But the throws to Tyler Scott passing her parents. And the throw to Roman Dune's day off of one leg was ridiculous. Ridiculous. I'm seeing this kid just continue to take steps. He's not there yet. That's what training camp is for. But again, we've got a real live quarterback. Anybody that watches him play and compares it to what has been here in the past several years cannot look at Caleb and go. I wish we would have stayed with one of the other guys. That's not a fact. Well, one of the things that was my takeaway from the Bears 27 and 3 victory against Cincinnati from Caleb Williams standpoint is that Caleb Williams showcased to me cap everything that we could see in his first season as a quarterback. And that is a mixed bag because many coaches around the NFL after the first couple of three and outs would have said, all right, that's all. But what happened is Matt, he refused said, you're against the twos. You're against the threes. And Caleb Williams, the offense stayed back out there. It reminded me a little bit of Russell Wilson with Denver and which the head coach said, yeah, you think you're going to put your ball cap on? That's not enough. Get back out there. I want more. I'm glad to kill Williams out there for the half because there was some unfinished business there early. What I'm telling you is that for all the great things that we saw from the nice tight window throw to Cole commit to the way he was able to spend out of the pocket to get down the field for him to run for a touchdown. All the things that we saw, what I would tell you is that what we saw is exactly where we're going to see him kill Williams. There's going to be some good and there's going to be some learning in there with Caleb Williams as well. Look, he's a guy that fair or not? It is 100% fair. And as you and I stood at practice last week, maybe was that two weeks ago already? Yeah, two weeks. We weren't there last week. As you stood on the sideline and you watched him go through all of his drills and make all of his throws, he's a highly competitive dude, man. And so I'm reading some people who obviously wanted to keep Justin so there's an agenda there. Well, do you see him hanging his head? Did you see him there as he missed that throw? He's never going to be 30 for 30 for 974 yards and 16 touchdowns. That's just not reality. He's a young kid. He's developing. But his skill set that he puts on display when you least expect it, whether it's the spin move and what I loved, loved was Kevin Jenkins getting off front waving his arm like, let's go. Come on. And he's waving and Caleb follows him. And nobody, especially in the preseason game, wants 320 pound, Kevin Jenkins running him over. And so he was able to navigate his way into the end zone with Caleb right behind him. But to watch Caleb, here comes a DN. He may be able to roll away and then hit a Dunes A in the back of the end zone. Yes, it didn't count because Rome was like a foot too far. That's fine. It's the throw. It's the evasiveness. It's the decisiveness. The throw to Tyler Scott with his past interference was a perfectly thrown ball. The throw to Roma Dunes A perfectly thrown ball. The slant I talked about earlier to DJ Moore perfectly thrown ball just well defended. So again, there are things he'll put the tape on ago. I missed a Dunes A deep early. I got to find him. But he had a read in mind. He had a decision to make and he did. This kid is such a massive upgrade. It's not even funny. And then I watched the Steelers game on Saturday night and I see the same old things that plagued Justin here plaguing him there. So this is a massive upgrade and people need to get on board with the ups and the downs. Wouldn't you agree? No, no. There's no question about that cap and the plays that you're talking about are back to back that pitch to Rome for the first down was wonderful and that big throw to Tyler Scott. Do you know what that does for Tyler Scott? I mean, this is not where it's not like Tyler Scott's on the precipice of being cut is just that he wants to be involved. We've talked so much about a Dunes A and Allen and the other wide receivers on this football team, DJ Moore, but Tyler Scott also wants to be able to eat as well. And he can in this offense. Hell, I like that he was able to get involved because that was a big time catch for Tyler Scott on that pass interference. And by the way, Caleb Williams already knows this I think from college, but I think he'll know this even more so on the pros. And then take your shots down the field because more times than not, the referees are going to be on your side. It's an offensively cap as much as we love both sides of the football. It's an offensive league. Caleb Williams, if he has the time to throw a rainbow to one of his receivers, it can be passed interference. You can get some big time yardage that way. And so what we saw is I thought some football instincts. Again, guys, I know it's against the twos and the threes against the Cincinnati Bengals. But here's the thing that we have to take solace in. Cap, Caleb doesn't know if it's the one to two's or the threes. Is this first time in the National Football League? So it's not like, well, he struggled to cap. They're all NFL players or want to be NFL players. So I'm only bringing it up because we know it because we know the depth charts of Cincinnati, but for Caleb Williams, as you just laid out, there's going to be some growing pain. And there's going to be some positives. And the things that he did positively really was able to shine brightly. And then the things like, you know, taking a sack or, you know, first and 15, he's got to let the ball go, Captain. Some of those fields instincts that we saw Saturday, we saw with Caleb Williams, but he has to understand. Hey, man, this ain't college where you get at five or six seconds to throw two and a half seconds or less. Get that ball out. He'll learn or he'll perish. He'll learn and I guarantee you, Shane Waldron, Kerry Joseph, Ryan Griffin, all the guys in that quarterback room are going to sit him down and go, okay, put the tape on. Do we got to be better here? Love what you did there. You can't hold it here, but the interesting thing is his evasiveness. Like we knew Justin could run the football. This dude is, he may not be the great athlete that Justin is, but man oh man, is he evasive out there? Okay. Now, now, Cap, let's get to week one against Tennessee. Again, we see what we see here in the preseason. I like his ability to slip away from the pass rush and to be able to throw on the run. That's good. Again, you have very limited time with some of the best defensive players in the league. And the question is, and we're going to have it answered. How does Caleb handle that pressure? How does he handle it? He was slippery against the bingles, sure, but how does he handle that? And those are things that we're going to have to find out. The throwing ability, the escape ability, you know, the instincts are there, but we have to find out as he goes through his first year in the league, how will he be able to handle a heavy pass rush from many teams in the league? That, and they're going to face teams that can get after you in a big way. Jeffrey Simmons is coming to eat now on the 8th of September. It sold your fee. Oh, yeah. He's already talked about it about getting after Caleb. He better understand every week. I don't care how bad you are as a team. Every team has some guy or multiple that are coming to inflict as much pain on you as they can. So, I think he's ready for it. I think he's going to be a hell of a football player. Abdullah made a great point when he was in for you on Friday, and I think he's right. I don't think they're going to play the starters on Thursday, and I'm not advocating that the starters are out there playing a whole half like we saw the other day, which, by the way, shot out Matt Eberfloos because Ryan Polls even said on the interview on TV, hey, that was not the plan. We were done at the end of one quarter and hats off to our head coach who said, "I don't like what I've seen so far. We need more work." And he kept him out there. I loved it. But Abdullah made a really good point. Thursday, it's not Sunday to Thursday, but it's close. It's Saturday to Thursday. Have him go through the warm-up like he's starting. Have him go through everything, go out there, start the game and hand it off three times. Just so you understand what a quick turnaround is in the National Football League because later this year, his rookie season, the Bears play on Sunday night or Sunday day game, Thursday night football, I believe, is a Thanksgiving game. And I think just prior to that is a Monday. I think it goes Monday, Sunday, Thursday. They play like three games in 10 or 11 days. So let him understand what that feels like. He may not play the whole game, but just have him hand it off and then see you later, baseball hat. And rightfully so. I'm glad he was out there. There's so many coaches, Captain, that would have said, "Ah, it's just not working out. We'll just look at the film." And Matty Riffle said, "No, I want him to go away with a good enough experience. More positive than negatives." And he's a rookie quarterback, Cap. You cannot -- I don't know what it is about this league. We just put diapers and a pacifier in all these players because you're so concerned about injury, co-so concerned. I understand that injury is part of it, Cap, but you can get injured just walking off the field. Anything can happen. It was good for Caleb Williams and some of the ones to be out there just to get the rhythm, just to have the feeling. It was not good early. It wasn't Boo Birds, but there was some moans and groans from the Soldier Field Faithful, the Bear Faithful out there, because the offense wasn't moving. It was in neutral. And then it started cooking with the running game, and finally they got into the end zone. But that's a good feeling. I think Caleb has a lot more good takeaways than bad after that game on Saturday. Now, here's the question. Did Khalil Herbert, who ran a ball really well, did he increase his trade value? Did he solidify his spot on the roster? Because we didn't see Swift. We haven't seen Rocha on Johnson. He's been banged up. Those guys are making a football team. So, is Herbert your two? Is he your three? He's certainly not your one. When you and I talked to Ryan Polls up at Hallis, he said, "Yeah, one of my pleasant surprises, and I knew how good he was when we signed him, is DeAndre Swift." So, he's locked in as RB1. What do you do with Herbert? Is a big question of what happens with the rest of the roster. Does Vailus Jones make it? As a running back, he runs hard. Iber Flusus said, "You know, it's a process. He just got handed this new responsibility, but he's talented. He's fast as all get out. So, we're going to find out just how this roster shakes out after Thursday." It's the Bears Victory Monday here on the Cap & Jhood Morning Show. 3-1-2-3-3-2 ESPN, 3-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. If you're at Soldier Field, if you had a chance to watch or listen to the game right here on the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000, Cap & I want to get your phone calls in, we'll address that running back situation as well as here from the head coach, Matt Iber Flus. It's all part of the mix on the Cap & Jhood Morning Show. If you missed something, get the podcast on the ESPN Chicago app. Cap & Jhood are back on Chicago's Home for Sports, ESPN Chicago. It's the Cap & Jhood Morning Show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Don't forget, Matt Iber Flus, the head coach for the Bears is going to be on with comedy Yerko today at 12-30 as Carmen Yerko will be at House Hall. Cap, speaking of Matt Iber Flus, his thoughts about how Caleb Williams had a professional day. So, to start the game with the offense, I thought what I thought Caleb did today was really well was he had a nice professional day at quarterbacking. So, it's not always going to be rosy, you know, you're not going to make all your completions and make these big chunk plays just start out. And so, I saw operation that was good before the snap, in and out of the huddle, really good communicating, cadence was good. I thought his flow of the game was really nice. I also thought that, you know, his disposition when he had a little adversity on the sideline was excellent. He had been working with the players, you know, body language demeanor never changed. He was always in there just, you know, working to the next one. And then, finally we got the reverse to Rome. We got a big pass and those things got the DPI and the one red zone kind of stalled out there from a self-inflicted wounds there in that one. But, you know, we did get it down there, we ended up scoring and it was good. But overall, I thought it was a good day, a lot of learning. We'll look at the tape and we'll get better from this. We got a short week coming up, you know, so it was good to get those guys in there for those amount of plays. Thoughts there for Matt Iberflus. Yeah, he, again, I got to give him a lot of credit because when Matt Negi was here, Mitch is fine, we're going through there. He's not going to play in the preseason. And then he, I thought, when this is Negi, I'm talking, when the, when COVID hit, he had said, "Yeah, we'll play our guys in the preseason." Because he knew with COVID there was probably not going to be a preseason. And now Iberflus, he watched last year and they did not use their guys to the degree they should have. And this year he said, "No, don't like what I see." And you're the guy who has the great sources in Denver who said, he said to Russell Wilson, "What are you doing putting a baseball hat on?" Get back out there, I don't like what I'm seeing. This was not Peyton and Russell Wilson, this is Iberflus and Caleb who have this great bond and he said, "Caleb, let's go. Let's get more work in." And I loved it all the way to the end of the second quarter. Loved it. You asked the question about the running back situation because along with some of the great plays from Caleb Williams and how he was able to have, you could put a sundial on how much time he had to get into the end zone thanks to Jenkins being able to lead the way usher him into the end zone. But the Colle Herbert story is compelling to me, Cap, because we know DeAndre Swift is RB1 on the depth chart. And Roshawn Johnson, I think, could have a bright future here. But what Colle Herbert, that 21-yarder he had, is he too valuable to cut? Could he be showcased to go someplace else? All I know is that in this preseason, Cap, he's been no wallflower. And I'm just telling you like, as much as I think that Roshawn Johnson has a bright future, Colle Herbert's running the ball hard when he gets the opportunity. He is, and again, I don't know as you put it, is he running that way? Because that's who he is. He's running incredibly harder, harder, because, oh man, I see my football mortality in Chicago and I want to be part of what's going on here. I don't know the answer to that. He's always been a very talented cat. He's always been a guy that could get the ball down the field and has the breakaway speed. He's just not a great pass blocker. But DeAndre Swift as Shea has pointed out. His metrics as a pass blocker weren't great in Detroit and Philadelphia, but he can run. He can catch. He's talented. He comes from an elite college program at Georgia. So I got to think there's a role for Colle Herbert here. Here's Herbert fishing for him. Bounces left. Reversing field 30-35 to the 40. First down to the 45 and out of bounds right in front of the Bengal bench. Good decision by number 24. Scoot to the outside left and picks up 21 yards and a bear's first down. They're on the move now to the 48-yard line. In Los Angeles, California, listening on the ESPN Chicago app is Coe with us here on a Bears Victory Monday on Cap and Jhood. Coe good morning. Hey, good morning, Cap. What are you guys doing, man? Awesome, man. How you doing, brother? Man, doing good, man. Listen, I've been waiting for a game like this, man. We needed to see how Caleb handles the adversity, shut up the flutes for not baiting him, throwing him out there and just feeling like, "Hey, and I knew after 3-3 and out." I was like, "Oh, you know, you started feeling that TPSB as a Bears fan, but, you know, flute sent him back out there. I knew I was like, "You're going to get the touch now? Stay down." And it was a great game, man. So I just want to voice my support for Caleb. I love seeing him grow. All right, my friend. We appreciate a telephone call. Yeah, after that 3-0 score for the Bears in that field goal, I would have loved to see a 6 in that spot, especially after that pass interference penalty. But, again, Cap, early, it did not look good, but then I'm thinking to myself as I'm watching the game, "Man, there's going to be ups and downs." It's what I told you, and I think that every Bears fan knows that this is going to rookie, and no matter what the hype is, whether it's written or if it's on one of these TV shows up here, get up or all these shows on Fox, the bottom line is that for any rookie, there's always going to be ups and downs. We saw some of the downs early, but the Bears were able to overcome to be able to get a score before halftime. Yeah, and I thought it was important. Look, the run getting into the end zone, we talked earlier, you and I, about his evasiveness. The Jenkins waving his arm, it reminded me of Noah Jackson and Reeve Sorey, those guys for Walter Payton. Let's go, go to this way. It was super cool to watch, but the throw to Rome, not just the throw, and I know it wasn't a touchdown because he was standing. Excuse me. Oh, for heaven's sakes, Harry. Clear it out, Harry. Oh, my God. As he rolled right, here comes a Bengals defender, and now he has to give him a hesitation move, and then he takes off for the sideline and makes just a dime of a throw. Unfortunately, Rome was standing behind the line because he thought the other line was the touchdown. So that all happens. It's the act of the evasiveness, plant, throw. The other one to Roma Dunesé down the left sideline was just a phenomenal throw. I actually saw Bryce Young make that throw in a regular season game last year. These kids today, they're just so much more advanced than what we remember as kids when rookies came into league at that position. Gonna throw it down the field, shot down the field, pass caught inside the 10, a rookie in a rookie connection. Williams to a Dunesé. First and go over the Bears inside the 10, the magic on the move. On full display right there, giving this guy a shot, the deep ball accuracy, and a 45 yard strike to Roma Dunesé. For show. Yeah, that got it done, Cap. That got the crowd going. Yeah, I mean, that whole drive, first attempt, Chicago 26, a Dunesé, 16 yards on the end around. Then he goes deep to Tyler Scott. There's a defensive pass in her ferrets, 43 yards. That doesn't count in his passing total, by the way. Then you get a false start right away at the 15. That has to get cleaned up, Kevin Jenkins. And I like Kevin. I'm a big fan of how he is adapted over the years under Ryan Polls and Iber Flus. But the false start, now all of a sudden you're like, first and 15. Then Caleb gets sacked. Now we're second and 21. Then he goes to blast in game because everything else is covered. No gain. Third and 21, we pick up seven and kick the field goal. So you go into this. Boy, we feel good. Look at that. Rome with the run and then the big pass in her ferrets. And then you do nothing. Yeah. And that wasn't on Caleb as much as on the offense itself. We're going to get that, Cap. You know we're going to get that. And that's the adjustment that it has to be made by Caleb in the offense. Like, OK, didn't work this time. All right. We're going to be kicking our own ass on plays and yardage that we left on the field. But we got to come back and we got to come back for another down. We got to come back for another play and we got to stay in it. And so I mean, that's what it comes down to. Now here's the other thing. The drive that led to the touchdown that he ran it in before halftime. Yeah. So they take the ball first and 10 at their own 10. You got to go 90 yards, 452 to go in the second. You get six yards on a run play. You get Webster for 11 yards from Caleb. You get 21 yards where you played it from Khalil Herbert. You go incomplete trying to hit Gerald Everett. And then he hits the big play on second 10 to Roma Dunes. And all of a sudden now you've moved all the way down the field. You're at the two minute warning. And then you get a couple of completes and then you scramble into the end zone. Like that was finishing the drive. Whether that was going to be the pass to a Dunes A for the touchdown, which again, he was out of bounds. It happens. But to get it in the end zone, I thought was a good positive step for Caleb's psyche. If you're going to the office today, whether it's at home or actually going to the office and I know that you got a lot of work to do, just open up a tab and just have that off platform into the bucket throw. From Caleb Williams to Roma Dunes. It'll make your day so much better. I mean, you might have a whole bunch of paperwork and spreadsheets and everything else cap, but just have that just to have us put a smile on your face on a Monday. I think that's a lesson for everybody today. Just put that play on the grant criticism. The great result. I think that makes everyone happy. Yeah. My brother has said, can you believe this is our guy? Like, we go to work every day. We talk sports. We watch everything. We make our notes. You and I, I think, talked twice in two hours yesterday on the phone. It's just when you sit back and you step back from it and you're like, all right, forget this is what I do for a living. I love watching that team play. If I wasn't doing this for a living, I'd still be watching that team play and to sit there on a Saturday and go. Holy cow. We're just on the ground floor. This is our guy. We haven't even played a regular season game yet. This dude is going to be with us for a long, long time. Like, I cannot wait. So exciting. It's a Bears victory Monday. And if you don't hold, you will be on the air with some open phone lines for you as well. 3 1 2 3 3 2 ESPN 3 3 2 3 7 7 6 is our telephone number. Were you there at Soldier Field? Did you get a chance to watch us through the game? We want to hear from you also still to come. Caleb Williams with his thoughts. How does he assess that game against Cincinnati? That's next on Captain J. Hood. Checkmate one six lany of suppression on target. That's why I see him in my shot shot or no shot with Captain J. Hood on ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago app. That's why I see him in my shot. Good morning and welcome in to the Captain J. Good morning show on ESPN 1000 and we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan Jonathan Hood with you on a Bears victory Monday. We'll hear from Courtney Cronin to come in at 835. But right now it's time for shot or no shot. Here's Shayne Orling. Shayne. Good morning boys on a Bears victory Monday. Can I tell you both just off the top? I am drinking the Kool-Aid. Hmm. What flavor is it? Blue and orange. Ah, the mixture. It's always good. So do you put that like in a ninja creamy and throw a little yogurt there and make it a bear smoothie? Maybe I should. Maybe it should be a bear Sunday if you will. Jay Moore makes a Kool-Aid for his family. Picture after picture. He continues to make Kool-Aid for his family. Blue and orange. Jay Moore's family at the house. They went to dinner up at Carson's and then they came over to the house and I offered them something to drink. And Jay Moore said I will only take Bears Kool-Aid. If you don't have that, we're good. That true? Jay Moore? Yes. Like to confirm. Bears Kool-Aid. I'm drinking it all day. Well that, you know, actually when it comes to Jay Moore, win-loser draw, he's always drinking the Kool-Aid. But now, but this is new though because Shayne has taken a big leap for a big step forward in the program. Yeah, Tyler Aki texted Saturday after Kayla Williams made that throw to Roman Dunezay and then the rushing touchdown. And like just said, hype is out of control for this team. It's beyond. But he's buying in and I was thinking about it. And I'm like, I don't even know if the hype's getting out of control at this point. When I watch Kayla play and I look around this division, Packers get thumped yesterday, all the reports from Matt LaFloor. It's not just a Sean Clifford thing. The offense looks bad in joint practices. He's concerned. Lions are beyond banged up. Minnesota's banged up and probably sucks. I'm like, can they win this division? Yes they can. Who told you last week? Bears can win this division. What did I tell you guys last week? I told you guys, they're winning the division. Just the good Lord has to bless them with reasonable health. Well, I mean, the answer, you asked the question, can they? That's a shot they can. Will they is a different question? And the will day is no, they won't win the division. And the reason why is because I take a more tenure team that's been there and done that than the Bears. I just, you know, when it comes to the hype, I do want to address this whole thing with the hype. When fans or even Tyler is concerned about the hype, that is really the essence cap to me is fan how you want to fan. If someone feels like the Bears are going to win the NFC, if you don't feel that way, it doesn't mean that you got to feel that way. It is the equivalent of the young lady that you meet at the club that you say to her, man, you are sexy. You are hot. I really like the way you look. No, I don't. No, I got this problem. I got that problem. It's deflection, right? The same thing here. In this situation cap, if you look at the Bears and you feel like they're the best or they're going to win the conference, that's fine. But that should not stop you from feeling how you want to feel as a fan. That's my point. People are sometimes overwhelmed by the expectations or the over the top thoughts about the team. I thought it was like you feel how you want to feel. Yeah, I learned my lesson when I was trying to tell people how to fan. I got into it with Sylvie and I've learned my lesson. You fan how you want to fan. I'm just telling you, they're winning the division. Okay. All right. Let's go. And that doesn't stop me from believing that they'll be a playoff team. Some people are so overwhelmed by it. It's just way too much hype. I can't take it. The young ladies is way too much hype about me. I can't take it. Well, listen, let people feel how they want to feel. It's fine. I think they're a playoff team. I'll stand by that. I also like the hype is just Nick Wright saying they're going to the Super Bowl, which is Nick Wright doing what Nick Wright does. I don't I'm not pregrudging him. That's what he does. Every time I look up at ESPN on get up or first take or whatever, they're talking Steelers or Cowboys. And Caleb Williams maybe get some highlights in the C block, but I think the word hype has kind of like jumped beyond where we actually are. Cap and I were talking off the air last week. There are reports that the Bears win total is the most bet under by tickets and by handle. So a lot of people are like, let's fade the Bears hype train. I am very happy to be on the other side of that. Same here. I've already got my plays in. Let's go. Yeah, I got it. You can bet your Cowboys all you want. I'm. Oh, yeah. OK. All right. Well, I know my Cowboys. Here we go. Here's Shane Orley. All right. The Bears are still looking for some depth on their defensive line. They're looking to finalize that pass rush unit for 2024. Albert Breer over the weekend on YouTube said the Bears are still in contact with Janique and Gakuei after swinging and missing on a trade for Judon. So shot or no shot, the Bears will bring back Janique and Gakuei. I keep hearing the money is far too rich for what Ryan Polls wants to spend. He's got 21 million in cap space. And Gakuei got 10 and a half last year. He broke his leg. He's healthy. But how high do you want to go for this guy? He says he's wanting. I'm here and it's seven and a half, eight million dollars. That's money you could use for extensions for guys you want to keep like Kevin Jenkins, like maybe Keenan Allen. So look, the only they know internally what their projections are for what Austin Booker's capable of, for what Demarcus Walker is capable of at the other end opposite Montez Sweat. If they feel like it's not a massive upgrade, then don't do it. They feel like that's a problem. We got to get him in here, then do what you got to do. So as we talk about this today, obviously cap it's a no shot. But here's the part that we you and I have not talked about enough. And that is the reason why that we keep spinning our wheels on who else polls can get on the other side of Montez Sweat is because Demarcus Walker isn't an explosive enough player coming off the edge for some people. I think Demarcus Walker's fine, but I think that in passing situations or past rushing situations, he's just not as explosive as people would like and you want something better than that. But I would just say that if you're going to start the season with fifth round pick Austin Booker, if you're going to get Dominic Robinson who's bulked up, he looked bigger than I saw on the sidelines last year cap. Then we see what we see from Hardy here in the preseason. If that's the direction you're going to go, then you move forward with it. You just have to like what you have. You've got to develop what you have. If in got ways not available, if you can't find someone today, then you've got to be able to look at your roster and say, well, who can make a difference? And so I think you had to go that way. Ultimately, what we have not talked about is there's no one else that's sexy enough on that defensive line to say she was a Bears fan. Is that fair? That's fair. Okay. Again, in an Iber flu system, they've got to get a lot of push in the middle of that line at three technique. He's always talked about. That's the key to my defense, collapsing the pocket, pushing the pocket back. Unless York's coming out of retirement, and by the way, happy birthday, the good kid had a birthday this weekend, unless York's coming out of retirement, you're right. The Bears are more no name guys in the middle. Like Andrew Billings, a good football player. They extended him. He's not one of the, he's not Dexter Lawrence of the Giants or guys like that ilk. So we'll see where it goes. I have my brother and I were having this discussion. Here's our football fantasy that the Cowboys go, all right, we've got to get Dak resigned. We've got to get CDU and we say, we'll trade you Micah Parsons. They can't pay them all. I understand, but you got to love the Bears with what they are right now. There's going to be more additions coming before the end of the season cap, but if you move forward with this team, I think that you're fine. Someone else has to develop. And if they don't develop, that's on Ryan Polls. Just to be honest, like, I mean, Javan Dexter should be a guy. If not him, Pickens got to be a guy, Booker's got to be a guy. You just can't, you can pay only so much and you can only put as much spackle as you can on that defensive line. At some point, some of these young guys have to step up too, because that's supposed to be your future. Agree? Shae Norley. All right. One of the more ridiculous stories that was happening over the weekend from the Bears preseason game Simone Biles was on the sideline. It sold your field, the watcher husband and new bear, Jonathan Owens in the preseason game against Cincinnati. Of course, hoodie because it's 2024 and everyone is miserable. Some Bears fans were a cast that she would wear a jacket with her husband's photo on it and a Packers logo because news flash. He used to play for the Packers. People said she can't wear the jacket. She's got to get rid of it. She's got to get a Bears version. The Green Bay Packers logo jacket cannot be worn at Soldier Field. I thought it was absurd. It's literally her husband, but shot or no shot. It is fair game for Simone Biles to wear her Packers. Jonathan Owens jacket on the sideline at Soldier Field. Good girl. That's a shot. And the reason why it is a shot is because that's on the Bears to get her a better jacket. You know, she's coming through the door cap. And if you are PR or if you are, whoever is part of game ops. Hey, oh, that's your husband. Can I interest you in a in a Bears jacket? Well, put that one that you're wearing in a bag and you can just wear something with the Bears on it. Again, you're not offended by it, but you want to give her some Bears gear. Does she have any Bears gear? That's the question. Has she been given any Bears gear? First of all, the jacket was super cool. Yeah, it was. And it looks like it's one of those custom jackets. I don't know where she got it, but remember? Who's the girl that's made her husband plays in the NFL? Who am I thinking of? She Kyle Hughes, Jack's wife, Kristen. Kyle Hughes, Jack's wife makes the custom jackets and Taylor Swift was wearing one with Travis Kelsey's number and Kylie Kelsey, Jason Kelsey's wife got one from her. They're super cool. I don't know if she made this particular one, but she's some mobile. That's her husband. Who cares if it had a Packer logo? He plays for us. Yes. That's all that matters. I'm not concerned. And get him a custom jacket to give her. That's right. That's right. For me, it's the Bears should give her gear if she didn't have any by now, but she's just supporting her husband. That's the last thing that she has that supported her husband with his face all over it. And it's just happening. Packer's gear. Now, if it was just a regular like majestic or NFL shop.com jacket, I'd be like, go to the souvenir stand to the team store that's in soldier field. Danny and I were in arrows buying stuff for my kids. They got awesome stuff. Grab something for her, probably in an extra small and go here you go. We got you hooked up. But it's a custom jacket with her husband's face on it. Sure. Come on now. Yeah. She did have a video on the sidelines and Hey, Chicago, Go Bears. I think that made up for it. That one. The Jayhawks response to this discussion. Oh, no. Read the Jayhawks response because I completely disagree with the Jayhawk Daniel Zetterman horrible question. No shot. She should wear that jacket in Chicago. Totally tone death by the go. How about this? Danny, why don't you go down to the sidelines? You got to pass and tell her. That's not an anchor tie to your ass. You go down there. Get her a Jonathan Owens Bears jacket that says ESPN Chicago on the sleeve. We should get somebody who's a tailor. Danny should do this. Make a jacket. And it has Jonathan Owens. It has Simone on it. Go, whatever. With Bear staff and ESPN 1000 home of the Bears. Let's go commission a jacket and that Danny can present it to Simone with his sideline pass. How's that sound? Yeah. I mean, Danny talks about that's a horrible question. Something that was talked about all weekend, that jacket. It got a lot of reaction. So, I mean, if he's got a problem with, go down there. You're a representative. Danny forgot where he came from. He would have asked the same question if he was sitting at chase. Oh, he might have been a little angrier about it. He might have just said that she she can't wear that shot or no shot. Would have been Zetterman's way of doing it. Yes. By the way, I do think tomorrow night on hard knocks, we're going to end up with a Lee of Schreiber. Little, uh, Romo Dunes is roaming in the end zone. And Simone Biles is roaming the NFC North. Maybe get a new jacket, Simone. The features, Simone Biles, Green Bay Packers jacket. Watch how you say that now. She's roaming what? Yeah. The NFC North. Well, I mean, I listen, you went there. Not me. I was saying, I'm just calling it out. I'm just calling it out. I'm here to clean up things in a new city in the division. Okay, I don't like how you said that. I just want to clean up for you. Just trying to help you. All right. I just tell you, like last year, the cool thing. The cool thing was Taylor Swift last year is that most of the Chiefs games and they're always showing her and all of that. We got the goat, the freaking goat. So how about her and a Bears ESPN Chicago ESPN 1000 jacket. How about that? Well, ESPN 1000 over the jacket with the face of Jonathan Owens. How about that? That'd be, we'll get that idea. Yeah. Keith and Danny and Maggie, let's go. By the time that happens, he'll be with another ball club. Here's Shayne Orley. Wow. Good morning, everyone. Just a dumb story I saw over the weekend. Cowboys preseason game, their kicker, Brandon Aubrey drilled a 66 yard field goal. This ties the record for the longest NFL history. The only problem. It doesn't actually count because preseason stats aren't official and they aren't recorded, but like 66 yards and 66 yards. It doesn't matter where you get it. Shot or no shot. This should count as a tie for the longest field goal in NFL history. No shot. It's preseason. First of all, guys aren't going as hard. They're the ones that are scrapping to make the roster maybe, but come on. They're not selling out to try and block it like they would in an NFL game regular season. No, no, no. Shot. Yes. That's a shot. It should be an asterisk to be able to tell the story like anything else. Tell the story. Now, again, Cap, it doesn't count for the real record, but it should be noteworthy that he was able to accomplish that. Anything you do on that gridiron, man, if it's a good thing, if it's a record record, it should be noted. If nothing else, note it. 66 yards and 66 yards. It's not like he was on a T kicking this before the game. Kick the 66 yard field goal. Doesn't matter. Pre-season stats, Doka. Are we going to add nine home runs to Chris Bryant's total because he hit nine of them in spring training as a rookie? No. Well, you certainly wouldn't. They hit you guy with him. All right. Coming up, Chris. Just because he likes street clothes better than a uniform. Well, his dad's online too, Cap. Hey, Mike, how you doing, man? How street clothes Chris doing? I think you offended him. By the way, Danny has weighed in again. He wants a gold strip from Simone Biles for wearing the jacket. She loses a gold medal. Yeah. Well, I'm sure that she'd give him a gold strip. All right. Yeah. Something one he deserves. There's a gold medal for you. Bam. Those things are heavy. She'll give him a strip. All right. All right. Coming up, we get around the NFL, Courtney Cronin with the latest on the Bears at 835. Cap and Jay Hood. On the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000. Welcome back to Captain Jay Hood. You're officially locked in. On Chicago's home for sports, ESPN Chicago, hit 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 front, but there he goes. This is not Detroit, man. This is the Super Bowl. I love winning. He starts the comedy. This is a really thickly built guy. I mean, what's the answer you're looking for on these things here? It's time to go around the NFL right here on the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show on ESPN 1000. Here's hoping you can have a great Monday and a great week. We're with you till 10 o'clock. Then my Greenberg at 10, followed by Carmine Yerko from 12 to 3. They'll have Matt. Eber flew son at 1230 from Hallows Hall also while in Sylvia 230 Bears weekly with Jeff and Tom at 630. Blecken up dollar at 730 around the NFL with Shay Norley. All right. I want to start with the L.A. Raider or L.V. Las Vegas Raiders made their quarterback decision official. Gardner Minshu will be the starting quarterback in week one. They want to try to hit the ground running. Get off to a quicker start. That means former Purdue quarterback, Aidan O'Connell goes to the bench after last season when he could barely attempt a forward pass. Minshu did last year. Don't forget nearly lead the Colts to the playoffs after the Anthony Richardson injury. And this Raiders team is not talentless. The Devontae Adams Brock Bowers also got Max Crosby leading their defense. Are we sure this team is going to be awful? That's a tank season. That's a tank season. That's why they did that Shay is like. So if you don't think O'Connell should start and Minshu is a nice backup and in a pinch he'll help you through here and there. But that tells me they don't have the quarterback that they want for the future. And that's too bad, Cap, because Pierce is someone that the players believe in. But you look at that schedule and just think about what the Raiders have and then think about the schedule. We were taking on teams at the Oak of the Ravens and whatever you think of the Browns and the Chiefs and the Bengals, Dolphins. Pretty tough. So I would say that this is a non playoff team here the Raiders. Okay, so the Raiders 20-24 win total is six and a half. They were five and three under Antonio Pierce last year with two three point defeats and a thrashing of the eventual Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs where Andy Reed said that's a good football team and we really needed you to beat us to get us back to reality. Six and a half is an awfully low total, awfully low. Take the over, but they're not going to the playoffs. Probably not because in that division you have the Chiefs. The Chargers I think is an underplay at eight and a half. I don't like that team that much. I do think they will eventually get there with bookend tackles that Harbaugh now has. The Raiders six and a half, the Broncos always down at five and a half. But I think the Raiders are better than that, but you're probably right to get to the playoffs will be a long shot. Jay, what do you think? I think that that's you're right about their talent. I'm just looking at their schedule and I just don't think I think Minshew is okay, but that tells me you don't have a guy yet. Well, they got screwed in the draft too, don't forget because they picked 13th and what was it? Five quarterbacks might in the top 12. So they just never even had an opportunity to get a guy. Well, well, whoa, whoa, what do you mean they didn't have an opportunity? You ever heard of trading? It depends. It takes two to tango. Everybody who was in front of them and took a quarterback, I think, was married to taking a quarterback, no? I think you could have at least, I don't, maybe they did. I did not hear any reporting that said they were aggressively trying to move up. I know the Giants talked about trying to get up to get either Jayden Daniels or Drake. May, I did not hear any, now they did get a good football player, Brock Bowers. Oh, yeah, definitely. From my Georgia Bulldogs, man, it's a really good stop, just stop, just stop. Everything that I have, you can't have. I'm an Ohio State guy. We're winning the title this year. I think Clemson wants to have a word with you. You're a Clemson team. Aren't you a Clemson guy? I like, yeah, because I like Clemson. I like Dabel. They're 60 to one, 60. Big Bama fan too. No. Now that my coach Nick retired, no. His coach Nick, his coach Dabel, his Ohio State Buckeyes, Unreal. No, I'm actually just a tall Ohio State. Let me be clear. I'm not rooting for the others. Okay. So that's my thought on that. What's next done around the NFL? I mentioned I'm drinking the Kool-Aid on the Bears. I'm also drinking the Kool-Aid on Bonix. Pre-season game one was excellent. He was efficient. Pre-season game two was excellent. He was efficient again, displayed an ability to step up in the pocket, rip the ball into some tight windows. Got a touchdown on one of those throws. He's just played so much football. And he knows so much football because he's been in multiple systems in college. What he learned under Dan Lanning last year, I think, was invaluable at Oregon. Now he's with Sean Payton, who loves a guy who can get the ball out quickly, will make the easy reads and make the easy accurate throws. Drew Brees. He's going to be QB1 for the Broncos. I think Sean Payton's going to love having him. He's a low floor guy or a high floor guy rather, kind of low ceiling to me. But I think you're one for all the rookies. I'm really in. He's going to be the second best behind Caleb. Well, you think Wayne Larry was thinking on that 27-2 beatdown by Denver? I don't know, Rock, what's going on? I don't think you'll be happy with that. Yeah, they do not look good the pack. But Bonix, a good football player, man. He really is, and he's got a great teacher to help guide him through the start of his career here in John Payton. I think you have the right coach to tutor you along. Think about this. Here's Sean Payton saying, "Yeah, I can do without Russell Wilson, but here's a young man I can mold and shape. And that's Oregon's Bonix." That works. That works with how far they can go. I don't know, but they're off to a good start. Everything I hear out of their cap is positive. It's fresh in the quarterback room now. Shane Orley. Let's go. Justin Fields just keeps looking like the same Justin Fields. Steelers preseason game one, he had the two fumbled snaps, preseason game two. Everybody's picked up on this ridiculous fourth and two. Steelers run an RPO, both the bubble screen on the left sideline, open. Hand off to the running back, lane wide open, first down either way. What does Justin do? Keep the football, get buried in the backfield. Decision making really remains a struggle, and Steelers beat writer Mark Caboli put out a belief, a conspiracy theory, if you will, that the Steelers were fabricating the severity of Russell Wilson's injury to get a longer evaluation of Justin Fields, and that with the preseason play, Fields might have blown his shot. Look, man, Cab, I'm looking at this completely different than most people. I'm rooting openly for Justin Fields, and you know why. Because you like Justin, and like me, we both want the Bears to get a fourth round pick, not a sixth round. That's exactly the reason why. Right there. I want that draft pick. I need him to be in 51% of those games. I need him to turn it around, turn the narrative around, Cab. That's what I want for Justin Fields. Whenever I'm with the Bears, it did not work. Whether it was fair and unfair, he's now in a new team. I need him to play. I need him to be better than this. So that's why we're broadcasting live from Steelers Camp in September, and we will figure this out together. We'll have Justin on, we'll have Mike Tomlin on, it's going to be great. They're coming in Studio Air. We will talk to Justin and get this turned around. I need that draft pick. Like a hobo needs a ham sandwich. I need that. Come on, brother. Come on, Justin. Oh, man. Like all these fans out here that think you still should be in a Bears uniform, I can't do anything about that. But while you're with the Steelers, you know, for yourself and for the Bears, prove everybody wrong. 51% of the snaps. Let's go. Game up. I know you guys don't do it, but you might need to root for a Russell Wilson injury at this point if you're open field to get 51% of the snaps. It just doesn't sound like it's going to go that way. Cap can't do that because he's very close to Ciara. Ciara's my friend, so can't root against Ciara. And by the way, as I was watching that game just with one eye, Cordell Patterson on that Pittsburgh team. Good luck. Take that. Wow. Well, I stick with quarterbacks. I saw a lot of people really praising Jayden Daniels for his work in the preseason 10 of 12 passing. Did everything that was asked of him. I'm not going to totally begrudge him here. I just want to make the point. The bar for evaluating a quarterback doing a good job has been lowered so much for people watching this game. This guy in shotgun, every snap ball is out in a second. There is value in that. But you're going against a preseason defense and everything is schemed immediately open. He was never asked to look beyond the first read. It was just catch the snap, throw the ball to the schemed open receiver. That can work a little bit in the NFL, but eventually you got to go through your progressions. The one time that he did was a four yard check down on third and 11. Before we just go out of our minds going, Jayden Daniels, 10 of 12, he was really accurate. Can we talk about what actually happened? He was asked to do almost nothing. It was pitch and catch to wide open guys. It was Beijing's debut. It literally was. That's what he was. And the one time he goes 20 yards deep, it's because he's locked on to his first read, doesn't look at the safety and air mails a ball to a fan. Like, can we just raise the bar for celebrating quarterback play, please? Can't please tell this young man at the minimum what coaches want. Please don't turn the ball over. If you got throw up from me to you, it's good enough. Just don't turn the ball over. Let's just fight another day. Just don't turn the ball over. Now, let me tell you something. If you take a good close look at this cap, Dolphins beat the commanders 13 to 6. All the Washington quarterbacks were efficient as hell. All of them were-- Just didn't do much. Didn't do anything though. They just said matriculate the ball down the field shake slowly. Just matriculate the ball. Don't turn it over. Let's just not forget that this is the same group, like, over at first take or get up. That had Justin Fields as the MVP last year going into the season. That's correct. Okay. That's correct. Jane Daniels. That's the bar, Shay. This is where we are. It's like-- Sorry. Look, I know Caleb's not perfect. I'd like to see better than 6 or 13. I know like Drake May wasn't perfect in the game for the Patriots, but at least these guys threw really good deep balls and flashed, like, their ability that we expected when we were watching them in college. Jane Daniels did none of that. For me to you. Just pitch and catch? Yep. He did nothing different than-- like, even Bonix was ripping bullets over the middle of the field. Everything Jane Daniels did was on the sideline. And the one time he went deep, he threw it to a fan and misreaded safety. I don't want to hear about how great he was. And that's a look around the NFL right here on Captain J. Hood. Coming up, we'll hear from Courtney Cronin with the latest on the Bears as the Bears. Beat the Cincinnati Bengals 27 to 3. It's a Bears Victory Monday on Captain J. Hood.