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(crunching) - Chicago. - This is your morning routine. - Listen to respect my name. - Cap and G hood. - That's right, that's right, we're bad, huh? - Watch the show on Twitch. Follow ESPN 1000 Chicago. - Stream the show on the ESPN Chicago app. - And I'm in there. - 100.3 HD2 and a ESPN 1000 Chicago. Now, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. - Good morning, everyone. - 3-1. - This is Bales Victory Monday. - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. - Pick up Flowey Andre Carter, a yard deep in his own end zone, comes out five, 10 in seven, numbers 15, 20 up. Cap of the 25 to 30, hits the gas with a point. To the 45 to 50, into Tennessee territory. And knocked out of bounds. - To our left, the Andre Carter. - Fresh block, on the ground, picked up. To the 10, to the five, to the end zone. For the touchdown, on the black part by the Bears. - Jonathan Owens, welcome to Chicago. - Levis, swell it up, gets rid of it at the last second, and it is intercepted. Down the sidelines for the 20, then a 10, to the five, to the end zone. Tyreeks Stevenson, for the lead. - Snap is back, foreman, rush, pressure coming, and down goes Levis. Sac made out of play by Gervon Dexter Sr. And the Bears celebrate with the South End Zone fans here at Soldier Field. Here comes the ball, the ball. - It's a Bears Victory Monday, on the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show, on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Jay, we've got Jay Moore, and we've got you for a three hour ride here, on this Bears Victory Monday. As the Bears defeat the Titans by the score of 24-17, full lines open for you. The Bear fan, 3-1-2-3-3-2 ESPN, 3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. And Cap, the Bears defense provided the magic to help the team win yesterday. The strength of the Bears, the secondary, the defensive line. The Bears, down 17, found a way to win a football game, and that was the littlifter, on Sunday at the lakefront, 24-17 the final. - You find a way to win a football game. Was Caleb great? No, obviously he was not. Was the offensive line good enough? No, obviously they were not. In the end, you find a way to win a football game. No panic from that team. Second half, I did, you know, look at the film last night, or the replay, sat down and just watched and looked, and that Tennessee front four is top five in the national football league. They may not have the best quarterback. They got a good wide receiver room, but they're defensive front four. That kid, Devondre, Sweat, holy cheese. What's that guy weight, 360? The monster up front. But again, Coleman Shelton, you better be better. And I know that kid's 360, and I know they've got all Jeffrey Simmons and all these dudes that come to eat Harold Landry, those are good football players. But that's your job, and you better find a way to block better Sunday night when you go to Houston to take on a really good Texans team. But Titans did not cross midfield in the last two quarters. Didn't get past the 50. Bears defense pitched the shutout in the second half. Demarcus Walker, four quarterback hits, Billings, two hits, Dexter, two hits, Taylor, two sacks, a forced fumble, and the Bears find a way to win a football game, forcing three turnovers, the fumble and two picks in the fourth quarter. And despite a poor offensive performance, they win. Yeah, the strength of the Bears was a secondary. We talked about this all summer cap. We talked about how we couldn't wait to see what the Bears secondary would look like. And guess what? That first game yesterday, we saw Jalen Johnson and Tyree Stevenson make big plays. Right there, folks, if you're looking for the strength of the football team at this point in time, is what we've talked about leading into the game. It was in and showed up again with Stevenson and Johnson. And then in the trenches cap, the Demarcus Walker's and the Billings and the Dexter's and the Taylor's, TJ Edwards and Brisker. They all stood out. The defense more times than that was stout for this team. And because the offense was so anemic and so poor yesterday, it took the defense to be able to flip the field, to be able to score touchdowns. What we saw yesterday was the same football game that you and I and many of other Bears fans have seen for decades. Same game we saw yesterday we've seen for decades. The defense having to carry the load for the offense. Special teams played well enough to be able to help the Bears as well. But ultimately cap, it comes down to being able to score points. The defense did their job and also the offensive job. It's about time for the offense to carry the mail and do their job too. Once you have that balance, you have a really good football team. But right now, not yet. - Not yet. Again, was Caleb good? Nope, I'm not gonna come in here and tell you well. He was good enough. - No, he wasn't. And he would tell you that. I really was impressed with him on his post game interview where they would Christine a pink. And then when he talked at the podium. Hey man, all the love to the defense. They're the ones that got the job done. I've got to be better and I will be better. The post game stuff with Coach Eber Flus and Kevin Byard speaking to the team. Look, through a long season, there's gonna be a day where they score 35 points and bail out the defense. There's gonna be many days where the defense is gonna bail them and their rookie quarterback out. The bottom line is you're wanna know. Somehow, some way, not the way you drew it up, find a way to win a football game. Nate Davis, you better look in the freaking mirror. You better look in the mirror. He played 18 snaps. He was so bad. Olin put out a tweet of a video clip and there's Nate Davis completely lost. Lost, not touching a guy. I know Caleb's got to get the ball out or take the sack earlier on the 19 yard sack, but holy cow, guys, can we stop somebody, slow somebody down? They were not great on the offensive line and that's got to get fixed now. It's not tomorrow, now. - Can of Williams giving credit to the Bears defense for the victory. - Keenan and all of us, we always say that we can't wait to watch these guys go out there 'cause we know how good they are. We can't wait to watch these guys go out here and do the thing and obviously it shows the brotherhood bond that they have. They've built all the past couple of years. The guys has been playing here and obviously a couple of new guys, Ryan and Ryan Polls and Coach and everybody's done a great job getting all these guys here, but the guys go out there and execute the way they do and the way they did, we couldn't wait and it shows you all their hard work that they put in. - So thoughts there from Caleb Williams. So, Cap, you and I both believe that the Bears could beat the Titans in our predictions on Friday. Now, again, down 17 to three at the half, you're looking at this game, you're saying, okay, how can the Bears get back in this game? And here's, let's talk about your game plan. You talked to me, brought this up on Thursday and Friday leading into the game. Hey guys, you gotta be able to run the football more and I agree with that wholeheartedly because it's a rookie quarterback. You gotta get him comfortable in his first game. He says he's not nervous, but the point is though is that it's your first game and you know the Titans defensive front and they sent four a lot. They were getting after Caleb Williams and hurrying him. - Big time. - So, my whole thing is is that here's the difference between the Bears of Tennessee. Callahan stayed wedded to the run. When he ran into a brick wall with Pollard, he's like, oh, three and out, three and out, three and out. And they kept running the football and they finally got through and got a touchdown for Pollard. They stayed wedded to the run. The Bears started off running the football and then they decided to go with the short passing game, which is the equivalent of running the football. I think that 22 carries is fine. I expected more, actually I expected more because that's what we talked about last week. - Completely agree with you, great point. I thought the Bears would stay more committed to DeAndre Swift running the football. But boy, oh boy. When you started watching the penetration and the trouble they were having blocking all those dudes, they said, okay, we're gonna have to try and use either a shorter passing game. Caleb wasn't great again. If he hit, if Allen doesn't drop the touchdown, I mean, that was a dime. - It was. - Right in his hands in the front left corner of the end zone and Vailus doesn't fumble a kick to give them three points. You feel better about what went on in the game, but Caleb can't miss a wide open Keenan Allen down the left sideline. He missed an open Tyler Scott, streaking down the field. You cannot miss on those throws. - Cap, so I'm watching this and the Keenan Allen thing bothered me even this morning when I woke up 'cause that was his first touchdown of his NFL career. - Correct. - It was and the short-handed Keenan Allen, who didn't drop anything, dropped that pass and I'm like, come on now. Listen, it's been a rough day at the office offensively. You have to be as close to perfect as possible. When you're having a rough day and you're that close, you gotta catch the football. - You just have to do it. I just, but you know, we talk about the offensive line. It's funny that we not play the soundbite last week of Tom Thayer, color analyst for the Chicago Bears, right here on the home of the Bears, ESPN-1000. I put his feet to the fire because he was non-committal early in camp. I said, what's the letter grade for the offensive line? Remember what he said? Incomplete. - Yeah. - I said, before this game now against Tennessee, Tom, what's the letter grade for the offensive line? C, and that's the best that he can do is a C. Guess what? It was even less than that on Sunday. So not only Caleb Williams, not comfortable enough to be able to get the ball down the field, not only the drop pass from Key and Allen, but the offensive line. It could have been a tsunami. Thank God it was just two sacks. It could have been a tsunami from that defensive line going after Caleb Williams. It was just two sacks, but I'm saying that that's gotta get better. But keep in mind coming in, it wasn't a unit that we were 100% confident in. They ever said C, that's not good enough with a rookie quarterback. - Completely agree. Not good enough, they were not good enough. Caleb was not good enough. Again, that is one of the best defensive front fours they're going to face. Not the best team, but that unit among the best in the National Football League. But guess what? You get paid too, man. You better do your freaking job. Coleman Shelton was terrible. And then he read a play where he went and they tripled a pass rusher 'cause they were having a tough time stopping him. And here comes a stunt. And there goes Harold Landry, I think it was, right through the unguarded center. Bam! You're like, oh God. Dude, you better make sure your responsibility is taken care of first and foremost before you go help somebody else. - So you gave the resume last week about Coleman Shelton and you talked about how, look at what he's paid versus other centers in the league, or even in the division. - You get what you pay for. - Yeah. - You buy a center that makes three million dollars on a one year deal and you go, okay, go get a big guy. Well, guess what? See the chief center? Creed Humphrey, what he just said for 70 million? What did Jason Kelsey make before he retired? 17 million a year. You get what you pay for. You go buy a little Hugo or a smart car and you're like, hmm, it's not as quick as fast as some of the others out there. My Corvette. Well, guess what? You didn't buy a Corvette. That's my one issue with them up there. I don't think they put enough into their offensive line. Now, do I, I'm glad Roma Dunes is here. I am. - Mm-hmm. - Absolutely. Absolutely glad. But you better this off season, prioritize that group in front. - Again, what we saw on Sunday was like a lot of games that we've seen in our lives as Barris fans where the defense gets the job done. I will give the secondary credit. And it's fortunate that the Bears won the game. They earned it, but it's also fortunate because Will Levis throwing the football away like a three year old right into the hands of one of our secondary players for a touchdown. That also helped the cause. - Oh my good. - Will Levis, there's a semblance. You could kind of see it if you squint. That guy could be a pretty good football player, but just for him to throw the football away like that and just give the Bears seven points, that'll be all. - You put a little mayonnaise on it. - He did. - You put some dupes on it. - That's male. - Yeah. - Male in an unpeeled banana. Isn't that what Danny said? - Yeah. - I mean, thank goodness. - Hey goodness. - Right? Because I mean, either take the sack or throw it in the ground. He just flips it right to one of our guys. - I was like, Stephen said, I'm like what? - Yeah. - What are you doing, Levis? Like if I was the coach there, oh my God. Better air him out and he better understand ball security. So you had Darryl Taylor, that one paid dividends. - That was a great, I mean. - Two sacks, a strip sack, and the fumble recovery, I think by TJ Edwards, you had the pick by Jalen Johnson that sealed it at the end. And then the big play was the pick six by Tyreeks Stevenson that gave the Bears the 24-17 lead after they went for two and got it with DeAndre Swift. And then he had the block punt. Daniel Hardy, who some thought, I don't know if this dude's gonna make the roster. Glad he's there. Man, he just came up with a huge play and Jonathan Owens, scoop and score. - Yes. - And I'm, Simone Biles is tweeting about it. Like, there was a lot of cool stuff yesterday. And the coolest is, you wake up one and out. That's what good football teams do. Find a way, I don't care what happened, find a way. It's a team sport. - I just think that, you know, watching this game, again, the Bears win 24-17. And I'm sure as Matty Riflucin, we're gonna hear from Coach Riflucin coming up at 8-20, right here on ESPN-1000, here on cap and J-hood. I'm sure he will go through the tape. He looks at some of the mistakes, checks them off and says, man, we gotta get better. Like, we're happy to win the ball again, we gotta get better. Especially on special teams. Biles Jones was a bit of polarizing figure this summer. Who's polarizing? Should he be on the team? Should he not be on the team? What's his role? And I just know that there is no specific role for him. It's not special teams. It's not right in the football. It's not wide receiver. He's just a good athlete. But that dropped cap. Let me tell you, cap, for us, for me to come to the consensus, finally, and say, cap, he's a good enough athlete. If you cut him, how can you replace that speed? Again, there's nothing wrong with having that speed on the football team. But you've got to be able to capture the football in a big spot in the special teams. You gotta catch the football. He gave the Titans three points because of that play. And fortunately, it wasn't seven. So again, he ran a ball hard a couple carries. He caught a pass. He's a talented cat. But not that, though, cap. That cannot happen. It can't. You gave away three points. A friend of mine already made a mistake. No. No, no, no, no. That can't happen. Can you drop a pass? Yes. Get blown up on a run. That happens. A kick to you right to you? Well, it's not like it was driving rain or sleet and snow. It's a gorgeous day. And you handed them. Fortunately, it was only three. Let me quickly give you a stat. This is the-- sends an airborne end over end to the near side. Bayless Jones camping out over at the one. Drop the football and kick it forward inside. And it's covered by the Titans across the 20-yard line. Muffet kicked it right into the hands of the Tennessee Titans. Big turnover in the first quarter on his first touch in the kick return game. And it blows up. They are just worse. He wears hard asleep, don't they? He's the greatest, man. I love Tom Thayer. Let me give you a stat. Teams since the year 2000-- since the year 2000. Take this one to work with you today, folks. Teams that were down 17 points at the half and failed to score an offensive touchdown in the entire game were 2 and 306. They're now 3 and 306. There you go. That's what they overcame yesterday. That's what good football teams did. Down 17, the Bears win 24-17. Watch our show on YouTube. YouTube.com, look for the ESPN and Chicago channel and hit that subscribe button. The same thing is on Twitch, twitch.tv/ESP1,000 Chicago. Coming up, you'll hear more from Caleb Williams, a quarterback for the Bears. And we'll get to your phone calls, Bears fans. 312-332-ESP-N, 3323-776, our phone number, Cap and J-Hud. On the home of the Bears, ESPN-1000. I don't like our team. [MUSIC PLAYING] Captain J-Hud on bat. Oh, Cap, J-Hud, big fan, man. [INAUDIBLE] Watch out, fellas. On Chicago's home for sports, ESPN-Chicago. No house, back deep to our left, the Andrei Carter. Press your block on the ground, picked up to the 10, to the 5, to the end zone, put the touchdown on the black puck by the Bears. Jonathan Owens, welcome to Chicago. Yeah, that's right. Hardy blocked a punt in the third quarter by powering through the block of linebacker Jack Gibbons to reach Stonehouse, the punter. Safety Jonathan Owens picked it up. The free ball to get to the end zone, a 21-yard touchdown. And the Bears go on to victory, defeating the Tennessee Titans. It's a Cap and J-Hud morning show on the ESPN-1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's hoping that you have a great Bears victory Monday. 312-332-3776, our phone number. Cap, again, it's a game that has two stories to it. The story is that the Bears won, thanks to the defense. But the other side of that story is that the offense was anemic. The offensive line, along with the quarterback, Caleb Williams. They were not in concert. As you mentioned earlier, just some throws that could have been a little bit more spot on from Caleb Williams. But again, I go back to what I've been saying all this time, leading into yesterday's game. There's going to be groin pains with the rookie quarterback. There's going to be groin pains. We heard from Tom Thayer said that the offensive line is just decent. It's just OK. It's just going to take time for it all to work. I saw on social media a lot of this. Well, the plate calling was poor. The plate calling-- no, no. We're not doing that today. We're not doing that today. Every time the Bears look bad offensively, it's always on the offensive coordinator. No, no, not today. You do that. There's going to be games where we can take a look at the offensive coordinator and say, yeah, maybe this, maybe that. Now, this wasn't a solid game plan. It just was not executed well, all the way around the offensive side. Correct. Caleb was not great. We just talked in the last segment. He missed a wide open Keenan Allen down the left sideline. Keenan dropped a dime. I mean, right in his hands for a touchdown. He had a fumbled kick off. I mean, there's a lot that has to be cleaned up. Go back and look at the snap counts. It was supposed to be a rotation of Davis and Bates. Nate Davis played 18 steps. Yeah. Get out. Well. And Bates played 38 or 37-- oh, it was 38. That's got to get fixed now. And Coleman Shelton, got to be better. I'm not expecting him to be Jason Kelsey. He's not. He's never going to be. But sweet mother. God, you've got to be better than that. Caleb Williams on the offensive performance. Obviously, we didn't perform how we wanted to. We want to be the most efficient team out there. Myself included. Didn't perform the way that I wanted to. I missed a few passes that I know I may don't miss. All of his other things. And so I think there's small things that always lead up to big things, make those moments and things like that a lot bigger. They make games a lot closer. Just the small things, whether it's a pass play that I had to DeAndre Swift and the flat, that I missed a little bit in front of them, whether it's missing DJ a little bit on that end round the backside a little bit right in front of them. All these small moments that happened throughout the game that felt like I was in the right place, the right time. And I would say I was seeing it well just missed and misfired and placed in a ball where I wanted to. You complete a few of those. Dre down the sideline on the left sideline. They end up going cover 0. Ended up missing him on a different page and things like that. So I think that was the name of the game for today for the offense. It's just not been the same page passing wise. And then run game. We'll be better. Obviously, it's great to get this first win. And we're all excited. We're into the locker room. Celebrate I sat down and enjoyed the moment. And just watching all the guys celebrate, I understand that I need to be better. I will be better. And then just take it in the first win. It's unbelievable. Jon and Sycamore are with us on the cap and J-hood morning show. Hey, Jon. Good morning, you guys. How are we doing? We're awesome. It's a victory Monday. Again, it wasn't how you draw it up. But guess what? It's like getting a five-card 21. You're like, oh my god. I got to keep hitting this. Oh, I got 21. I'm telling you, last year, I don't think we win that game. Agreed. Great teams find ways to win. And that's what we're trying to build. Byard kind of mentioned that post game in the locker room, the culture, that as a team, certain groups are going to carry the way towards that victory. And hey, I am still so pumped for what Caleb can bring. I could see-- you know, it looked like some rookie jitters. Those throws, the one he missed the Keenan. Like, that's a layup. I think nine out of 10 times, he hits that one. That out patterned the Keenan for the touchdown was on the money. And Keenan probably catches that, 99 out of 100 times. So I'm watching it with my pop. And we're going, we played about as bad as we could us at the beginning of the game. And for us to come back and win that game, that defense, just they stood up. We were getting after Levis. And we were thinking him. They were putting the key on him. So, I mean, that's a test event. I think Flus is really holding this team together. And if this offense catches up, everybody better look out. Because our guys come with swag. That defense knows it, too. And I'm pumped. And I got one more thing. You're talking O-line. Everybody kind of know, they didn't address it. It was a big concern. You can't address everything at the same time. But think back to this, when Mahomes and Casey had Tampa in that Super Bowl. And Mahomes was running for his life. They got a big boy there, too. Vida Vaz, like 350. And they were making his life just, you know what? What did they do the next year? They got your boy you just talked about. They drafted Creed Humphrey. And they drafted the guard, Trey Smith, out of Tennessee, I believe. So, I mean, that's-- and now look. Now it's one of the best units out there. Well, with our decent pieces, Kevin, played really well. Darnell, you missed a couple blocks. Braxton wasn't a problem. He wasn't exposed. All right, John, we got a run, man. But thank you very much for your phone call. 312332, ESPN 3323776 is our phone number. We want to make sure we get everybody's voice in here this morning, Cap, because the Bears win their first game by the score of 24 to 17. Jay and Lockport on Cap and Jay Hood. Jay, good morning. Jay, what's up, man? What's up, fellas? Bear down, baby. Bear down, baby. Bear down. Hey, look, you know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking, what if Paul's is a little bit O-line loyal? And that's why he don't want to get rid of these guys? It's obviously a problem, you know, and he's a great GM. So he sees it, you know, I'm something-- What do you mean by O-line loyal? You know, it's hard for him to let go of the O-line, guys, because he was O-line, you know, like, I know he'll do better. Like, there's my boy, you know, you know what I mean? You know, I don't think he had options. You know, when you-- and thanks for your call, Jay, when you used the ninth pick, you could have taken another offensive lineman there. You could have. You decided you had to have Roma doomsday. And I love that he's here. Sure. But guess what? When you make sacrifices at the O-line consistently on the interior, especially, they have not prioritized. Kevin Jenkins was here when he arrived. Nate Davis has turned out to be at this point. Maybe it'll get better. A signing he would not make again. He drafted Braxton Jones, albeit in the fifth round. Yeah. It's OK. Darnell writes a work in progress, drafted high, tenth pick overall. Great. Your center position leaves a lot to be desired. It did the last two years with Lucas Patrick. It does this year so far with Coleman Jones. Yeah. Jay, I would say just because polls was a former offensive lineman doesn't mean he's going to keep this unit around for 10 years just because he used to play the position. He'll do what's right for the Chicago Bears. You mentioned he's a great GM. That also is still to be determined. He's able to make some really good moves. And as for sure, I would not classify him as a great GM just as of yet. And guess what? Ryan Polls would say the same thing. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-2-- You got to win football games. 3-7-7-6-0, phone number. If you're unhold, you will be on the air, as we talk to you about the Bears. On the home of the Bears, cap and j-hut. cap and j-hut are back. I appreciate your show. I'm an older driver. And for 7-8 every day, I've got you locked in. Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. Third down at 6, snap is back. Pressure coming. Take it. Hits it from behind. Ball is out. On the ground, battle for it. Sweating company. Trying to get it. And the Bears got it at the very end. It is recovered by the Bears. That skin of the pigs for as can be. And TJ Edwards comes up for the football. The Chicago Bears, they defeat the Tennessee Titans of the late front. And we're talking about it here on the home of the Bears. ESPN 1,000, cap and j-hut. Week day morning, 7-10, right into Mike Greenberg, a 10, followed by Carmen Yurco, a 12. Waddling Sylvie, 2-3-6, into the White Sox and the Guardians. That starts at 6 right here. On the home of the White Sox, ESPN 1,000. That's 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6. Here's our telephone number 2 for 13 on third down. No touchdowns. Not good enough for Caleb Williams and the offense, cap. Not at all. 14 for 29. Good for 93 yards. Couple of sacks, quarterback rating under 30. Yeah, that's got to be able to improve. It's the first time that the Bears and the Bears team got 150 yards or less since Rex Grossman and won. That's been a long time. It did feel like Rex Grossman administration at times offensively. It did. It just somehow they found a way to win a game. Before the game, I had a same game parlay. I figured they'll score something. That died. I had made a play when the look-ahead lines came out months ago, like May, Bears Moneyline. That obviously cashed. There was points in that game I went, you got to be kidding me. You got to be freaking kidding me. I'm playing in the Survivor contest. I'm only like three of them with my brother. We had the Bengals in the big one in Vegas. I flew to Vegas, Bengals. See you later, one week out. If you had told me the Bengals and the Bears were both going to lose at home as solid favorites, never would have believed it. Somehow, the Bears rescued the day. If you listen to the guys here left who's been saying a lot this summer that I believe in Joe Burrow and not the Bengals, because I've said that a lot. But again, when you fall in love with your own voice, you don't hear who's on the other side. I heard you and nothing to do with my voice. Yeah, so I mean, well, and it'll do with me and my advice to tell you that. Well, they're eight and a half point favorites. So unless you had a ticket on the Patriots, the win the game on the Moneyline, I did not see a scenario. I thought they won't cover. Didn't bet them on the line. Just win the game. We scored 10 points against that crappy New England team. Terrible. How about the bear? I had the bear right there. Bear was right there. Bear. I know you didn't want to take them too early, but. We took them. I had the Seahawks and another one and they won. So the big contest gone one week. See you later. R1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 7, 7, 6, our phone number. We'll hear from Mattie Rifflous. They had code for the Bears coming up at 8.20. We go to Biloxi, Mississippi, listening on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's Jay on Captain Jay Hood. Jay, good morning. Good morning, brothers. What's up, my guy? Brothers, brothers. What's happening? Always positive starting a Monday with a W. Always. That. I thought the guy we got from Seattle played solid, man. But our center spent more times on his back staring on the horizon than the dude that invented the telescope. That's for sure. I think with cap space, we're going to have to make some trades. Whoever decided to put Davis Jones back there, don't ever listen to that dude again. He does not need to make play calls. Wow. We got to love you. Yeah. But the offense wasn't pretty. It's going to get better. You know, all I can say, bear down, we got the W. There you go. The brother next to you. That's right. That's it. Love the brother next to you. That's it. This kid, Tavondre Sweat from Texas, he went the second round. Tavondre Sweat, 6, 4 and 1/2, 366. He's a monster, an absolute monster. But guess what? Figure out a way, then. Figure out a way. And they did. Lewis is on the road on cap and J-hood. Lewis, good morning. Hey, good morning, guys. Always a pleasure to listen in, especially after a bear's win. Got to just say, man, that was a whole team effort. I mean, it was kind of-- it was refreshing to see feeling like we were watching Lovey Smith's Bears again, except with actual talent on offense. Caleb, I mean, yeah, he missed some throws, deep. He missed the wide open keynote now and throw. But you know what? If he hits two or three of those, we're having a completely different conversation about today. I feel like this entire team has put together. It is a complete team. It's a well-coached team. Any other team might have given up. But you know what? We didn't, because we are a team. And you know what? I am happy as a clam, because I finally get to start my promise of shedding a message to Eddie on the north side. This team is here. This team is here. This team is real. And I've got one finger raised for you, buddy. And that is? Oh, I'm not allowed to say it. I'm pretty sure that if I say that, I could get bad. A middle finger, is that-- Oh, we all know what it means. It's a middle finger, correct? Oh, yeah, 100%. OK, that's what I thought. You had to raise something. So it's the middle finger, Eddie, from the north side. It's a battle, by the way. Lewis and Eddie, it's a battle. It is. He's taking a shot at him every call now. Every call. Because Eddie used to love Chicago sports in the '80s, and now everything sucks for him. Correct. So he's about 30, 40 years behind. Correct. You wake up in your Eddie on the north side, and it's a gorgeous day. And you find some reason to think it's not going to be-- [LAUGHTER] We go to Chris and Old Town on Captain J. Hood, as we talk about the Bears and their victory against the Titans. All right, Chris, good morning. Morning, guys. Good morning. Well, I could agree with you about the feeling like Rex Grossman era, which is not bad. They did go to the Super Bowl. Sure. Question. What would you-- what letter grade wise you give the offense, the defense, the special teams? Me personally, I feel like I would do like C minus for the offense, B for defense, and then maybe plus for those special teams. But the big question would be, do you guys feel like this team could still be a playoff team? How are you guys so confident prior to this game that they can make the playoff? Yes. And also, the receivers seem a bit a little wobbly with these foot little nuisance injuries, which could be very lingering. Is this concerning? No. No. Strong that offense could be. No. Well, I'm not concerned. Well, Chris, I can't go back on my opinion that I had on Friday that the Bears are going to be a 9 and 8 football team, and the team's going to make the playoffs. I can't go back on that. If they supersede the nine wins, obviously, we're all happy. But that was my prediction going into this season. 9 and 8, because, again, you're working with a rookie quarterback, an offensive coordinator that's working with a rookie quarterback, and then the offensive line. The defense, it was never a problem for me. We talked about this the entire time, about how the offensive line is still going to be working in progress. But that defense and that secondary is the strength of the team, followed by the linebackers and the defensive line, the wide receiver room. But, again, the offensive line is yet another story, where Caleb Williams was not great. But also, the offensive line wasn't great either. Again, it's very fortunate, Captain. It's just two sacks registered against Caleb. - Very fortunate. - Very fortunate. The one that is the 19-yarder-- I know the offensive line was horrible. He's got to find a way to eat that. Just get down. You can't take a 19-yard loss. And then, I think Adam Amin said, "Yeah, it's second in Villa Park." - Yeah, it was. - It's a great line. - Yeah, and again, Cap. What do we talk about? When you're in trouble, what do you do? You revert to what you're used to. - It was. - This just means sports. Every human being, in times of stress, revert to individual tendencies. It's easy to be what we call our basketball players. A peacock. Oh, we're up 31 to seven. Let me spread my feathers. We're rolling. What about when you're 17 in the hole and you look horrible? What do you do? You turtle? Do you just go in your shell? Oh, God, we're gonna lose. - And I can't wait to talk to GoTuber Flooce at 8.20, 'cause I want to know what went on in that locker room at halftime. And that's what I want to know, because he talked on the post-game where he said, "There was no panic in there." We'll fix this. He said a year ago, I'm not sure we win that football game. - Going back to Caleb Williams, which was the, we were talking about just moments ago, Caleb Williams in college, that would have been not a first down, but he would have able to get yardage because the offensive line would have gave him time to be able to roam for you, run around and try to run for some yardage. - Yeah, you texted me that. You're right. - That's true. - Like a game under the lights in Los Angeles, he would have got 10 yards out of it. Now in the National Football League, you're doing loopy loops like, oh, if I evade this one guy, I can get, oh no, there's someone else coming. Now it's minus 19. That's not the National Football League. - They're a lot bigger, stronger, and faster. And Caleb even said yesterday after the game to somebody, yeah, it reminded me of my game at Notre Dame last year. By the way, how did the Irish do this weekend? 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6. - All right, when we come back, we'll take more of your phone calls. Don't forget, we got shot or no shot eight o'clock, but Matty Reflues at 8-20. All part of the mix on ESPN 1,000 and also on our YouTube channel. (upbeat music) - This is Romo Dunezay, this is The Andre Swift. This is Coddle Gordy. You're listening to Captain J. Hood on ESPN Chicago, the new home of the Chicago Bears. Livus, swallow it up, gets rid of it at the next second. And it is intercepted down the sidelines for the 20, then a 10 to the five to the end zone. Tyreech Stevenson for the lead in the fourth quarter. - The Bears win over the Titan 24-17, and we're talking about it here on the home of the Bears. ESPN 1,000, 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our telephone number. We'll have shot or no shot coming away at 8 o'clock. And as we go back to the phone lines and talk to you, we will say hello to Tito on the south side. He's with us on Captain J. Hood, Tito, good morning. Tito, Tito's not there for Nando on the southwest side on ESPN 1,000 for Nando. - Hey, good morning, gentlemen. Great to be with you. - Great to be with you. - Victory Monday. Hey, I like to take this time out, cap it on some good points. It's an agility, regarding the full line. Some depth we got, right? If we could just back up here, it's like night and day with clueless flus. How does number 18 go to the podium, take full responsibility, puts it all on his back. And then you got the opposite with clueless flus. I like to take this time out and talk about the lack thereof of the preparation leading up to this game. - Gentlemen, that defense, I mean, I'd say enough, that special team's mind is Jones. Okay, I don't know who put him out there. - Who's in charge of the defense? Come on, come on for Nando. - Who calls the defense at plays? - Damn. - Coolest flus. - He's not clueless. His players play for him. They did not quit at halftime doubt 17 looking horrible. And guess what? His defense, his team won the football game. Stop with the clueless stuff. That's just dumb. - Let's back up. How are you gonna not, how are you not gonna talk about his hit principles in his defense in my 1990s crap? 18 didn't look comfortable from the beginning. - He's a rookie quarterback against a really good front for A, B, Matt's defense was flying around. Matt's not the guy out there blocking on the offensive line. I guarantee you, Chris Morgan comes in this morning and he's gonna air his guys out. They gotta get that blank cleaned up. - I doubt it. - Okay. - You know what, then why are you a Bears fan? All you wanna do is crap on everything. Have at it, my man. - I'm calling out. - You're saying how you want a fan. - You need yourself that needs to be. I'm a fan just like you. I put my trousers just like you, Kat. - Okay, but what you're calling out makes no sense. - Oh, it's accountability. What do you mean it's no sense? In the game? - In the game? - How about the time management? How about the challenge player that he should have went for? Or how about the call that the rev made? What are you talking about? - What are you talking about? What are you talking about? His defense is what won the football game. They got aggressive up front in the second half. They were all over Will Levis. I believe that was his defense harassing him into a pick six. I believe that was his defense that actually stripped sack the football. I believe that was his defense that picked them off to seal the game at the end. I believe that was his defense that allowed zero points in the second half. Oh, correct me if I'm wrong. Did they change coaches that allowed nothing past the 50 yard line the entire second half? Get out of here with that idiot out of crap. - All fat, but you failed to talk about the principles and no turnovers in the 1990s, how 18 looked under center. - Okay. - And who am I? - 18 did not play well. He did not. That's not match fault. He did not play well. - Fernando. - Fernando, you're better than that. - Fernando, as I was saying, you know, leading it to the season, if you expected 500 yards and four touchdowns in game one, you're not going to get that. Because he has to be able to learn just like any other rookie. Now again, what's fortunate is, is that the team was able to come through defensively and do their job and the job and the offense. And what I'll also say that the hope is, is that that gets better. He's a rookie quarterback. It's not going to be sonically, he turns into Patrick Holmes. I think that's only fair. - I concur. - We appreciate the phone call. Three on two. - No, he concur. - 3-3-2, ESB-3-2-3-7-7-7. - Stay off the roads. My wife's driving to work right now. Don't go anywhere near her car because I don't trust you. - Did Fernando turn the game off at halftime? I think the pair is one yesterday. - Like what accountability is he looking for? - I don't know. - I don't know what he's talking about. - He can, listen, he can have the standards that he wants as a fan, but ultimately you have to give the Bears credit for being able to win the ball game. Imagine this morning the Bears lose that game. We already down 17, nothing. And then you lose to a Titans team that's not very good. They're just not very good. Imagine at home, big spot, you lose. Okay, so now the conversation is completely different, but there's a mixed bag with this game. It's a mixed bag for any team that wins on week one, Cap. There's a lot to work on still. This offense and this offensive line was not going to be the 85 Bears in week one. It's a rookie quarterback. That's why I did the sliding scale with the losses because there's gonna be times where it's gonna be worse than this. - You're correct? - Hopefully better. I hope to be wrong about it, but I'm just going by what I've seen from rookie quarterbacks historically, where it's an up and down thing until they're able to get better or some never get better. Caleb Will. Agree, 312-332-3776 is our telephone number. Tim and Tinley Park on cap and J-hood. Hey Tim, good morning. - Good morning, gentlemen. - Hey Tim. - Happy victory Monday. - Happy victory Monday, man. - So when I talk about accountability, let's talk about some real accountability. Why are there was Jones Jr. still in this team? Didn't he, if I remember correctly, didn't he cost the Bears an actual game? Maybe I think it's two seasons ago against Washington? So he's still out there, fielding punt or fielding kick returns and still causing damage. We just happened to overcome it because of great defensive play and special teams play. But I can't figure this out. Why is he still in the team? I appreciate you with what you guys do. - Appreciate you. - They love his versatility, whether to run the football, be used as a fifth wide receiver and they were counting on him and special teams. Look, if you had told polls and eberfluce a week ago, but when they made their cuts or two weeks ago, when they make their cuts, two weeks ago. - Come a couple weeks ago, yeah. - If you had said that dude's not gonna be able to be used on special teams, they would have traded him for a fourth round pick. That's what they were offered. There are other teams in the league that value this dude. I would think he's on very thin ice. - I just said earlier that the reason why it's on his football team is because it's versatility in his speed. And there was nobody on the scrap heap that could be able to match his speed. That's why he's on the football team. You remember watching hard knocks? - Yep. - How that one coach just kept gushing about Valus Jones what he could do because I think the Bears were ready to part with him or if they didn't get a better draft pick for three, two, something like that, he'd be gone. He'd be off this football team, but the coaching staff was giving him all these flowers about all the things he could do, the versatility, and it convinced polls to keep him on the team. Let's see how long that lasts. But you can't make mistakes like that, Cap. - Agreed. I could tell you, Ryan, he really likes this kit. - It's fine. - But if you can't use him as a kick returner, then I don't know if he stays on the football team. So yes, 'cause now you're holding other running backs back from being active with him in that spot. We got you out of no shot, that's in two minutes. On the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000. - I kinda like him both ways.