Kap & J. Hood

9/11 8 AM: Tom Waddle

Hour 2: The guys played "Shot or No Shot" then took a trip "Around The NFL" and former Chicago Bears Wide Receiver and afternoon radio co-host on ESPN Chicago Tom Waddle joined Kap & J. Hood with the latest Bears news and updates on game 2 against the Texans.

Duration:: 45m
Broadcast on:: 11 Sep 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

[MUSIC] Good morning and welcome in to the Captain J. Good morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you, now time for Shutter No Shot on a Waddle Wednesday. Here's Norlin. Good morning Hood Kaplan, how are we feeling on a Waddle Wednesday? We're good, Norlin. Moore, how you doing, man? Good, baby. Good, baby. See, he's so cool. Baby. Baby. Do you know a cap like that? I do. Moore does. It is one of the most ridiculous things in social media. Folks, you can be able to Google it yourself. It's something else. It is unbelievable. It's something else. Waddle will join us coming up at 835 on a Waddle Wednesday. Sorry. What is happening? [LAUGHTER] Nothing, Norlin. Let's go. Listen, you can call me Shay or you can call me Snorboard. Don't call me Norlin. [LAUGHTER] Norlin. Norlin. [LAUGHTER] Five dollars, by the way. I don't have any cat. I do have cat. Buying to the audience again. That's five dollars. I mean, that's fine. Right in the coffers, please. Right there. Right for charity. You got it. We turn now to Shay Norlin with Shutter No Shot, Shay. Yeah, I'm going to start with the play calling disparity for the Bears on Sunday. I was looking at the snap count and 33 designed passes. Almost two thirds of their play calls were designed passes. I thought this would be more pass than run offensively over the full season. I didn't think we'd ever see a disparity that much. Granted, you're down 17 nothing. You kind of get put in known passing downs by the game script. However, the passes were not successful and they totally abandoned the run game. It felt like in the second half. So Shutter No Shot in Houston on Sunday night, you need to see the Bears remain committed to the running game. Well, that's a shot. But what we saw in the preseason, I think it's a microcosm. We got to see this season. How did Gino get better as a quarterback with Seattle under Shane Waldron? They threw the football. They did, but they ran it too with Kenneth Walker. They ran it, established it. Then they used Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf and Will Dislea and all these guys. There's going to be more. We saw this, not even with Caleb, saw it with the Beijing. The ball's out. They're trying to get the ball down the field and try to get yardage. They're trying to get penalties, get those PIs so they can get to keep the ball going down the field. I would like for them to run the football more. We already talked about it with the Medi Refluence on Monday. Like I know that they wanted to run the ball. But if it wasn't for the 20 yard run by Swift, it was still kind of pedestrian numbers-wise, in which I think the bear should have ran the football more. But early in the game, Swift ripped off six yards. Then he got one yard. Then he got six more and you went away from it. Like why? Offensive coordinators get bored. They do. They get cute. Now here's a difference, right? I'm not saying that this is who seeing Waldron is. I was just talking about the game plan that we saw on Sunday. Got bored with it. Caleb's got to roll out in the pocket. He's got to get it down the field. You know who's got bored with it? Detroit. They'll ram it down your throats to a victory against the Rams on Sunday. How about that overtime possession? We're steamroller-y. Get out of our way. Damn! Me and potato's football. Black and blue football. I love David Montgomery. They kept giving him the football cap. They kept feeding him. You know what? They're not stopping us with it. Four yards here. Six yards here. First down. Four yards here. Three yards here. Four yards there. They kept doing it. They did. Just like Tennessee did, they stayed wetted to the run. Old man Callahan said eventually we'll break through. Keep running the ball. They're trying to get out of Levis' hands. Keep running. It broke through for a while. They're like their coach. Brian Callahan is dad. I mean his son, he said we would have just punted every possession in the second half. We win the game. That's fine. We'll let a direct shot at Will Levis. That'd be like Danny Sane. We just wouldn't have turned the mics on and just had a hum going over the air. We'd have been better than you guys. What? Here's Shane Orley. Radio Losers. Oh, thank you. I want to stick with Shane Waldron just for a moment because the play calling people are mad about. I'm more confused by the personnel decisions, particularly a third and four where Travis Homer and Gerald Everett were on the field while Cole Comette and DJ Moore were on the sideline. I thought that was bizarre shot or no shot. The personnel decisions are more concerning than the play calling. That's a no shot. It's the first game. You try to figure out how you can win a football game. That's a no shot. If it becomes a theme, then that's a shot cap. Maybe players might be bell yaking like I should have had more touches. Hey, shit. Every player says that. However, again, we talked about it. Once again, he's a new offensive coordinator with a lot of new weapons. He has to learn, Cap. But don't disagree. That's all. But I'm good. You said no shot. I'm going to go shot. That H is Gerald Everett getting significantly more reps than Cole Comette. Then Cole Comette. You know the answer to that question. I don't even know why you asked. Yeah. Because this guy, he knows him. Okay. He's been with him. They were together in Seattle. Was Everett in Seattle? I know he was with the Chargers, but they have history together. I think with the Rams, it was with the Rams. They have history together. But guess what? Cole Comette makes $14 million a year. Gerald Everett was a signee this winter to a much smaller deal. The guys you're paying play your best guys. We know that. We know that. You think Waldron knows that? He just got here. That's why I don't put all the emphasis on one game. If we have this as a shot or no shot in week six, now we have a beef. It's his first game. Caleb's first game like Everett's first game. It's the first game cap. I don't use that as well. This is who he is. Just wait. I know he's asked the question today. Yeah. And I say it's a no shot because week one is not a trend. Week six doing the same things that trend. Here's darling. Fair. All right. The Bears held some tryouts at Hallis Hall this week. They worked out eight players, four of whom were wide receivers with kick return experience. This comes after Vailas Jones was relegated in the return game Sunday on a fumbled kickoff. Shot or no shot. Trying out receivers is a shot across the bow of Vailas Jones. That is a shot, but here's a thing, Cap. It's not personal. It's business. We know Ryan Polls would do whatever it takes to try to make the roster the best it can be. He's still tinkering looking at like I like our team, but still every day, every day and they also have to run guys through the building. That's what they do in their off day because heaven forbid, what if one of your they had a quarterback in yesterday, not because they want to replace somebody. What if one of your quarterbacks gets hurt? You don't want to have to bring someone in then to give him a try. You want to go, right? We already worked that guy out. We liked him. Sign him right now before someone else does you're running guys through the building? Will they run to a secretary? Some of your lawsuit. You're bringing guys through the building for a workout and meetings so you can evaluate them in case you need them in the future. They're going to wait room for that. Why work out there in the lobby? That makes no sense, Cap. Do you know what you're talking about? I don't understand. Look, hood. Come on, man. Hood. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. But he's always going to do his due diligence, Cap. Ryan Paul. That's what he's doing. Oh, yeah. And he keeps his big board of emergency go. God, who went down? All right, call that guy. Shay, would you have cut him before the season? I probably would have, yeah. I didn't buy, but they were selling on hard knocks, that he's super explosive, that he could be a game changer. You've never seen it. It's just funny when I look at this depth chart, Shay, you know, I look at this every morning, right? Just one of the tabs I have open. It is a laundry list. Look at this, Cap. I mean, we know the running backs are there, but I mean, it's the longest list on the roster of running backs all the way across there, Swift, Homer, Herbert, Jones, and Roshan Johnson. Yeah, and Johnson's all the way at the bottom because he's not healthy. He's banged up. That's the biggest, that's the biggest room in the building, the running back room. Is there enough seats in there? They have to get a bigger room. We use the conference room. We need running backs. Too many of them, holy cow, con car running backs. A lot of them. Woodvail is Jones in it as well. He's in that room as well. The depth chart, by the way, and I don't think it's correct, is he got Swift, Homer, Herbert, Homer, second, Noshan, Swift, Homer. They love Travis Homer. I understand. He ain't getting the second most snaps, though. That's got to be Herbert. No, Herbert didn't. I'm going to say I'm saying moving forward. I would think Homer's going to get him. I don't think they're all in on Khalil Herbert. I don't. So I guess there was a deal that they couldn't make then, right? If they were going, because if they're not all in, they would say we like Swift, Homer, and Roshan Johnson, right? If you, yeah, I would say they would go Swift, Roshan Johnson, Homer is the way they'd like it. But until Roshan's healthy, they're like, all right, whatever, we're good. That was not on hard knocks, by the way, about Khalil Herbert. Clearly, if there was a deal to be made, you'd think they would have dealt him. Yeah, nobody was offering anything. Yeah. And right. And what do you see on film? There's too many, like, it's like, permanent. Arm in York have always said the most overvalued thing could be the running back. But there's so many of them out there on the street that they're, all right, he's not available. I'll take that one. That's it. Shake. Netflix revealed they will be releasing an Aaron Rodgers documentary detailing his recovery during the Achilles injury. It has what I think is a wildly pretentious title. Aaron Rodgers, Colin Enigma, that will release in December on Netflix. The definition of Enigma is a person that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Does that sound like Aaron Rodgers shot or no shot? Aaron Rodgers is an Enigma. Tune in. Mysterious, puzzling, and what? Difficult to understand. That's why he's definitely mysterious. He's definitely to some people. Puzzling. I don't know if he's difficult to understand. I don't know if I put that category with him. Is he mysterious? He goes on McAfee the 17 times a year and tells you every thought that pops into his brain. Does anybody goes into a cave and just goes away for a while? That is strange. Yeah. Or when they go do ayahuasca or he talked about doing acid down in where Mexico or Costa Rica with his friends. Yeah. He's mysterious. He's just a person. Just the whole thing. Shay. I mean, you don't know anybody and I don't know anybody that just goes away on a retreat just for a while in a cave and it comes out and decides whether he's going to retire or not. I don't know if I tell anybody that, but he does. He's very open with that. Yeah. I'm going to watch this. I'll be all locked in on this. I can't wait to see it. Let me know how it goes because I have zero interest. It's Aaron Rodgers after all. It's the same. I'm not going to watch. Okay. Just give us a report on Aaron Rodgers. When does it drop? December 17th, I believe is the day. I'm marking the days off. Come on. Oh, shit. Yeah. Maybe I can get a preview copy as a member of the media. This is his college football 25. This is his video game. He's taking the day off to watch the three episodes. Yeah. Yeah. College football. What is it? The video game college football 25. Yeah. I way watch rather watch Aaron Rodgers documentary than that, but yeah, I'm going to watch. You're going to take off the 17th of December. Yeah. Daily, I need the day, but I'll do a book report for the class book report. It's a video. It's it's expression. Jay. Geez, norling. Kathleen, come on. You don't know him like that. I don't think you should call him. Yeah, he doesn't. Okay. Coming up, we will have around the NFL the power rankings for Shay Norling. And don't forget to waddle Wednesday. We talked to Tommy coming up at 835. Captain Jay Hood on ESPN 1000 and also on our YouTube channel. Follow Chicago's home for sports on Twitch at ESPN 1000 Chicago. Captain Jay Hood are back on Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. It both sucks. He sucks. I'm just a fan. I'm not a football. 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 is time to go around the NFL right here on the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show on a ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app like to remind you to go to youtube youtube.com. But for ESPN Chicago, hit that subscribe button as well as on Twitch, twitch.tv/ESP&1000Chicago. We go around the NFL. Here's Shane Orlin. Yeah, Wednesday. That means it's power rankings day and we have some movement, not in the top five, but in the other five slots in the 10 ranked teams dropping out of the power rankings is where I want to start. Four teams from last week tumbled their way right on out of the top 10. Green Bay in a loss falls out of the top 10, not really because they looked so bad, but because Jordan loves her. Can't rank you. Sorry. Brother. If he comes back and he's healthy, they'll make their way back in, but for now they're out. And who's this backup? Malik Willis, apparently is the starter. If Jordan Love can't get medically cleared, that will not go well. Love the brother next to you. All right. Yeah. Green Bay tumbles out Cincinnati tumbles out of the power rankings after a discussion. Disgusting loss to New England. The New York Jets. Okay. They tumble on out and the fourth team to fall out of the top 10. The Baltimore Ravens. Oh, that's so bad. Can I explain why? No, nor like that's bad. This was a difficult decision for me because they lost by a toenail, but here's a problem. If they're going to run Lamar 15, 16 times a game, he's not going to make it to week 10. That offense is not sustainable. Great. You lost weight and you're quick. He took a ton of hits. He carried the ball more than Derek Henry. Why'd you sign him? Like that worries me. That is not a sustainable model of offense. Bill Polian joins us on Captain Jehud. Bill, how are you? No, it's not even a shot. He's affected. He's running back. He can run the ball. I'm just making the point. If he's going to carry it 15 times, he's your starting quarterback. You can't let him take it. It's like that. The brother. Love the brother next to you. We understand, Che. Once again, Polian jumps, huh? What is the other Eber Fus cut that he plays back there all the time? Dragon Slayer. Dragon Slayer. That's it. Right? We got some good stuff for him. Love the brother next to you. We got to play some of that for Eber Fus, not after a loss. Oh, God. But when he comes on with this go coach, I know you're all about ball. But guess what? We have some fun with you, man. Let's not do that. I'm going to. I can't. I had the board. I'm going to move that machine over a gun in the middle of the night to be wired. Yeah. Then the studio will be broken for a week. Yeah. You put that out there. He'll be on at 3.15 next week. Wow. Here's Shane Arlay. All right. At number 10, moving up in the rankings from unranked last week, you're going to get mad at me. The Indianapolis Colts. Anthony Richardson. You know what? It's awesome in delivering deep balls. I believed in him in the soft season. I believed in the Colts. Narrow loss at home to Houston. But what they have looks good. Shane Steichen is the play caller. I think it only gets better from here. And frankly, it was tough going beyond 10 teams. A lot of good teams lost and a lot of bad teams just looked really bad. You're still giving the Colts so he's still keeping the light on for the Colts. Still believe Richardson will be a guy that we made the other day was for me the best play of the week. It was incredible. This, but again, those are just glimpses, glimpses. Okay. And shape, which sounds like you didn't see it with Florida. Like I did. I was out on it, but I was out on Justin Herbert at Oregon too. And I was wrong on that. I was wrong on Herbert. And by the way, Herbert is you can might as well just close the gate on Herbert. They're running the football. Keep your arm in your pocket. We're on the football. We're in a football first run the football second. That's how hard ball likes to do it. And you know what? That was vintage Michigan football because they did not run the ball successfully at all for three quarters, but they stuck with it and ended up punching Vegas in the face in the fourth. That's what that's what you have to see from a harbor all season. Because that's what he does. He likes the old school. That's the way he was raised. Why he drafted Joel, he's got book and tackles later and all. Let's go. Run left. Run right. That's the way he does it. Yep. Colts. And then nine. Nine Tampa Bay. They're dressed with their offense, Baker throwing four touchdowns, the wide receivers they have. They have a lot of talent up front, Tristan Worfs on that offensive line. They look really good. Number eight. Shake. Number eight is the Miami Dolphins who came back against Jacksonville, Tyree kill 80 yard touchdown. Mike McDaniel calling that offense among the best play callers in the league. I'm a little concerned with what went down in the first half, but coming back in the second half and pitching a shutout against Trevor Lawrence and the Jags. That was good. I'll take it for Miami. Amazing what happens when you have adversity hours before the game. Now, by the way, when I have my touchdown and I'm going to score a touchdown, a waddle. Arrest me in the end zone. Exactly. Like that's really calling your shot. Like, yeah, I'm going to get a touchdown. Don't forget the touchdown dance now. Our little thing we're going to do. You're getting. Oh, yeah. I'm scoring. You will. Oh, yeah. And when I score, I want you to put me in cuffs and call me by my last name. There's going to be something, Cap, that dolphins team. Can they win in the playoffs? I believe they could be a playoff team this year. What are they going to do when they get there because the talent's there they have talent. That's for sure. Colts Tampa dolphins and then it's seven moving up from unranked to the Dallas Cowboys. They'd be higher, but I was not really impressed with Dak Brandon Aubrey bailed them out of a lot of unsuccessful short fields. That could be a recipe for success this season. I don't know. I'm a little wary of banking on a team with a kicker to just kick field goals and win games. If the Browns had had any competency at all in their offense, that would have been closer. The Steelers like to have a word, by the way. God, speaking of which, I'm talking about just kicking field goals and that blew with the ball. And got it done. Let me tell you something. Dak is going to be one of the finalists for MVP. So relax in there. He's fine for you. Don't be better than he was on Sunday. It just hasn't aside. The Falcons are not in the top 10, but did you see the numbers on Kirk Cousins? I did. It was the least he's moved on dropbacks by over a full yard in his career. His average movement on dropbacks was like 3.7 yards, which basically means he's doing the five step drop and stopping perfect statue. He's uncomfortable. His Achilles is still bothering him. He can't move. That is an actual problem for Atlanta. This is going to be OK for Atlanta though, cap because they're going to be at the Eagles and I guess the Chiefs next. Yeah, it could be. It could be just fine. Enjoy. Oh, wow. Again, this show had him in the playoffs and it still could happen. I'm just saying this the start the stealer game they need the stealer game. They should have beat the Steelers at home at Mercedes Benz. That's ridiculous. Yeah, that's that's to lose. That's a joke, but you lost and now it's going to be at the Eagles against the Chiefs. So long, everybody. Thanks for coming. Have a good day. Three, all right, maybe they'll shock the world, honey. Maybe they'll shock the world, maybe Dallas seven, six, the Philadelphia Eagles move up three spots from nine last week to six impressive win the bizarre Friday night neutral site in Brazil. Jalen Hertz wasn't great for the majority of the game, but they found a way. I like the idea that football games are playing at football stadiums. That whole thing in Brazil, by the way, Shea, cap, J. Moore was nonsense. First of all, the Friday night game was almost like a rogue game. Like on it, like you're not supposed to be seeing it. It's on a Friday night. The video and audio wasn't great, it was a little grainy at times in Brazil. And this idea that you're going to have the best athletes in the world play on that surface is nonsense. It was just dumb, poorly contrived. Really was. And I would bet you that, in fact, I'm already hearing. The Players Association is going to say to Goodell, you want us to cooperate on certain things and help you with certain things. We want no substandard fields, period. No rugby game, no soccer game, five days before, we need a nice clean surface, a playable surface. So we're not ripping up our knees and stuff on this nonsense because you got us in this country in which we can't even go outside, can't even kick it in Brazil. That's correct. Ridiculous. You want to grow the game. You'll never be the NBA NFL. I know you want to be the global game. That's basketball. You know why it works? It's indoors, correct. Weather isn't a factor. The courts are all the same. Number five, Shay. Number five, the Buffalo Bills, no movement. Four total touchdowns for Josh Allen, asking them to cover a touchdown against Arizona was always going to be difficult in the opening week. They managed to win that game. It was a backdoor cover for Arizona that could have won by multiple scores. It doesn't bother me. Buffalo stays at five. Johnny, were you sweating that out a little bit? Arizona was a good lead early, and then Josh Allen just took the game over. Nah, it was good. You don't understand what that looked like early, though. That was not good. Early, it was... No one... No one has history. We always got a shot. Bears fan, Josh Allen fan. That's right. You got to love it. That's it. Allen said, "You know what? I don't need digs. It's a helicopter my way into the end zone." I will do it myself. Yeah, that was what was so impressive about that game to me, though. They got down early, and a lot of times we've seen the Bills get down like that and fooled. And Josh Allen, a kind of different version of himself, said, "I'm doing this myself. I'm going back to what I do well. I'm running the football. James Cook, you want touchdown? Sorry. I'm running them in." Now, we talk about prime-time football. Camp with a good matchup on Amazon, Buffalo, Miami, Thursday. Can't wait. Very good. Very good game. It tells a great story. They'll be all banged up and everything because the NFL doesn't care about safety and all that. They do care about money. But the point is, though, that Buffalo, Miami on the surface, that should be a fantastic game for Al Michaels to call. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that game. What do we have Friday, Norling? No Friday game. I know. Sad. Yeah, it was a Friday game every week now. Oh, I take it in a second. I think that the NFL did some funky there, where it's like we can stream the games on Fridays. But I don't think the networks wanted to have a Friday night game. So the law-- Is that the law? Yeah, well, Congress has a law to protect high school and college football on Fridays. After, I think it's the 8th of September. It's the second Saturday or something. They can't do it. So that's the reason. Right. So they're out now. They can't do it. What did you say, Tony? What did you say, Pakistan? What's that? Pakistan. Oh, Pakistan. I don't know. I was just making up a country. I was just saying that Friday. It was Pakistan. What channel is that on, Tommy? Oh, that's something you can pay $15 a game for, for sure. Yeah, for sure. Okay. It's on 2B. Yeah. Raven's Raiders in Belarus. Yes. There you go. That's right. Somehow, some way, Waddle will get himself in to do the post game for that. The Bears and the Packers will meet in Belarus at 1 AM and it only is going to cost you $49.99 to watch. And guess what? Love it. And guess what, Tommy? That draws a 40 share. I'd be there. I'd be there. A 40 share, Tommy. No question. So Bill's 5 and then 4. 4 is the used in Texans. No change from last week. They won a tight one divisional game in Indianapolis. Impressive win. Bears on Sunday night. Next one. Detroit at 3. Again. No change. It's time win. Punching the Rams in the face, living on their offensive line. Impressive. Stay at 3. 2. San Francisco. No change. They stay right at 2 after beating the breaks off the Jets. And at 1 where they will be until they give me a reason not to do it is the Kansas City Chiefs. Oh, they're amazing. Good job, Bears. Oh, bigger part. Kansas City. Yeah. They're incredible. How about just the team, Tommy, that will just stay wedded to the run. Detroit says, you know, and I have been zone cap, they might not be the best running back in the NFL, but he gives a damn. Well, you know what, Jonathan as well, like, I was a great decision by their offense coordinator, Ben Johnson, because at that point, look, I don't think starters are capable of playing 60 minutes in week one to begin with. But when you go into overtime as well, you have to understand that the other team is probably a little gassed. You may be as well. But if you're dictating policy, yeah, I thought it. It was a really what was it eight plays and seven of them were runs. Oh, my God. It was a beauty. It was a thing of beauty. If you like, smash. A beauty. Yeah. Man, especially if you had a same game parley and all you needed was David Montgomery in the end. Don't pollute the beauty of the greatest game on the planet. Oh, if they didn't have gambling, the ratings would be in half. I didn't say that cap. I'm saying in this particular moment, you tied it to gambling and it didn't need the tide of gambling for all of us to just felt like, you know, a good glass of wine going down. In the hood cave, you know, I'm going to start doing Tommy is just take the HD out of the TV when I watch the Chargers in the lions and just take me back to a good day when it just a little bit of dirt on your TV screen. Just a standard death. Ah, and I know cap you hate Jim Harbaugh's approach to things. I get it. runs a football. You hold on. I don't like the word hate. We take that out. Is that the cardinal model you don't know him well enough to say hates anything. Yeah, that's weird. Yeah, that's weird too. I don't have enough energy. Thanks. I'm just saying like, I respect Jim. I just didn't like how he comported himself all the nonsense last year. Every time you think that he's not going to win, he wins. Yeah, like would they have one first down the first half or something crazy like that. They wanted a winning by 12 points and still running the football just it's the best. I mean, Justin Herbert ends up being like the Maytag repair man. Yeah. Well, that's what you're going to happen when you bring Greg Roman in to run a, you know, basically a running offense with a quarterback that has been paid 250 million of gyms. Like, I don't care. I don't care. I'm going to run the ball. It's the best. I enjoyed a lot. All right. It's a waddle Wednesday. We'll talk more with Tommy. Coming up next on Captain Jayhood. Ben Nard. Welcome back to Captain Jayhood. You're officially locked in. I'm Chicago's home for sports ESPN Chicago, Tom Waddell, Tom Waddell, former wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, guys amazing 1989 all Madden team and afternoon co-host on ESPN Chicago. I think he's going to start at least eight games in the national football league next year for a team that's going to give him a chance. It's Waddell Wednesday with Tom Waddell. Listen, I got a pedicure in an hour, but I get back here and the wheel's better be spinning. All right. On Captain Jayhood. ESPN Chicago. It's the Captain Jayhood morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. And Tommy's on the hotline. The current. Tyrant. And on the hotline. Rattle, rattle, thunder, batter, boom, boom, boom, boom. Every guy can draw. Don't worry about the current. Good morning, Tommy. How are you? Good. How are you? Good after the Jets lost. John. How are you the Giants? You Giants. Here's the thing. When you're in New York, you know, it all sucks, okay? It's all underwhelming. The Giants wearing Montreal, Canadian uniforms, okay, it didn't help them, okay? The ball loses weight, but does it lose the opportunity to lose, you know, win games? It's horrible. Okay. The Jets. Go to San Francisco, Tommy. Okay. Go to San Francisco. They can't win the game. Okay. You know, to help you, but again, solar, okay? Robert's solar. Well, I heard you rippin' him yesterday. Well, he looks the pod. Okay. He looks the pod. I mean, look around the national football league. Okay. Look around the league. Okay. Can you find a guy that looks more like a head coach than Sala? He looks the pod, but it's like a date, okay? You take out Robert Sala, okay, and the woman on the other side that says, "Just don't open your mouth. You look good." Okay. Don't speak. Every time you speak, you're dumbass, okay? But you look great at the date on the other side of the table. Okay. Other side of the table. You understand, Cap? Okay. Oh, and one on Ross across the board and people complain about the bears. Okay. Complain about the bears. And we're both the one-one Jetson Giants. By the way, back after this. Back after this. Back after this. Back after this. Back after this. I had the Giants as my best pick of the week. Why? Because I thought... I just... I thought your defense would be better. I thought that they would do enough. They were getting appointed home and they were like six in a row at home as an underdog covering the number. And I didn't expect Sam Dartel to come in there and start spinning it the way he did. Fat Jack's best play, black and a dollar's fat Jack. Best play of the week. Minnesota Viking. Yeah. Well, that he's a professional. I'm a slappy. That's so good. That's what you call yourself a slappy. Yeah. What was worse, Sunday, Caleb Williams' play or the offensive line? Oh, wow. I think that... Can I give them both the first prize? You're not on Marquise. You actually got to give one here at ESPN. I would say... I don't know what that means. I mean, because you put it right down the middle on TV, you can give both sides. No, I don't do that. I'll give you how I feel. Yep. I would probably say the offensive line. And that's a high bar to clear in terms of bad because I thought there was a lot of things that Caleb did wrong but when you're having to shuffle your right guard, this isn't high school where other guards used to run in the plays. That's how we used to bring in plays. You had a rotating guard system. I mean, this is 40 years ago. So I don't think that rotating guards ultimately is going to be what they want the kind of offense. They want to be a Coleman Shelton struggle. I was surprised, Evan Jenkins did not have a good game. I did not believe. I mean, in the run game, he was certainly better than the past game but you don't expect a guy his size to be knocked back the way he was. But look, the Titans probably are going to give the Bears the most difficult challenge on the interior of their offensive line all season long. It doesn't mean that it's going to be a cake walk from here on in but I just think... I think that this was a tough assignment for the offensive line. It was a tough assignment for Caleb as well. Think about it. Anybody who believes that what you see in pre-season and training camp correlates to what you see in the regular season, it's just a dope. You're not playing against twos and threes. You're playing against the defense first of all, you didn't have any film on. It's the first time play calling defense coordinator. It's the first time he's played against ones is the first time that a team has prepared for him. Maybe you had to think that the hurdle was going to be significantly higher than anything he had faced in the pre-season. But there are a bunch of guys on that offensive line that have played a bunch before. This was his first start. So I would say the offensive line for the reasons I gave you. Tommy, you and I were talking with Olin last night. In terms of the run game, we saw less Cole Komet and more Gerald Everett, we saw less Mercedes Lewis, yet Olin's point was early in the game, DeAndre Swift, six yards, one yard, six yards. He said, this is him saying that Cole and Shelton able to get out and make a reach block. Why did they get away from the run game? And would that be the bedrock of your game plan this Sunday night? I think you've got to be more balanced. That's for sure. And Olin's right. Like they had success early on. I don't know that over the course of a 60-minute game that they were going to continue having success doing that. You know, I think in spurts, but over the course of time, I just don't know that you want to continue to bang your head against that wall, trying to run against sweat and against Jeffrey Simmons. I mean, if you're trying to get to the edge, that's more likely. But I don't know. I think every game plan is unique and different based on the defense you're facing. I can't sit here and tell you that because they got off to a quick start running the ball that that was going to translate for the entirety of the game, I mean, I would flip it around and ask you if that was the case, why did the Bears not have the same trouble with the Titans running game in the second half? You know what I'm saying? Because the adjustments are made. They didn't get cross to 50. No. First half, you know, everyone says like this was a great game for the defense. It was a great 30 minutes for the defense in the first half. They gave up 164 yards and 17 points at two drives of better than 73 yards for touchdowns. So I give them all the credit in the world. I give coach Ibra Flus credit as well for, you know, whatever the adjustments are. I know you guys, I think you guys had that argument the other day. They were a different football team in the second half on the defensive side of the ball than they were in the first half. And I would say to you that because they're so good in the trenches defensively, the Titans would have made sure that they were going to shore things up. And I just don't think banging your head against the wall was the right way. Now, when you face the Texans, different story, you know, I think that you do have to. I think the best way to attack the Texans is ball control. I mean, like that offense scored a bunch of points last year, but now they've added Stefan Diggs and now they've got, you know, Joe Mixon, who ran for 160 yards the best way. Someone asked the best way how you keep them off the field, keep them off the field. And that means you got to be better on third downs and go back to Sunday again. Like, I don't think your play made this point on the radio the other day. I don't think you're going to see the Bears play another half of football this year where they had more advantageous. I was just going to say you said that field position and makeable third downs. As you realize in the first half, they got the ball on their own 43, their own 48, their own 30 in the Tennessee 34. They had third down, these were their following third downs, third and three, third and three, third and fourth, third and one, third and five. They didn't convert a third down to a second half. So your average starting positions about your own 45 and you've got third and makeable. Like you do that, I'm going to swear, you do that stuff against the Texans. You're going to get beat by 21. So I would say, you know, the key on Sunday night offensively, you got to get more from this group and you can't just lean on defensive special teams against better teams with a competent quarterback. It's a Waddle Wednesday on the Captain J. Hood Morning Show. Welcome back, welcome, welcome back to Captain J. Hood on Chicago's Umbrasports, ESPN Chicago. It is a Waddle Wednesday on the Captain J. Hood Morning Show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Tommy, we get ready for the Bears and the Texans. Of course, our cover starts on Sunday right here on the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000. You mentioned about the Texans. What about from the offensive standpoint with CJ Stroud? They sonically were able to get the job done, getting to the playoffs, they came out of nowhere. What can the Bears defense do against a potent Texans offense? Well, I would start with controlling, trying to control the running game because that's an element that maybe they could run the ball last year, but not like they did in week one. And I think how they project a run the football, they are such a difficult challenge, Jonathan, because they're balanced now. I think it always has to start with stopping the run. I think you feel more confident. If you got to add an extra guy to pass coverage or stopping the run, I'm adding the extra guy to stopping the run because I think that they're so talented, they're not infallible, but you know, it's not impossible to get behind them, but they're pretty damn good. And if I'm going to leave anyone on an island, if I have to pick and choose, I'm going to help bolster the run game and leave the guys in the secondary, maybe a little bit on their own and hope that they, and that's a tough ask because it's tanked down. It's Nico Collins. Nico Collins is one of the better players in the league that I don't think many fans really know about. I think he had like a 13 or 1400 yard season last year. He's a big guy. He's got speed. Like he's a good, he's a hand catcher. Like he does a lot of good stuff and they add it's the fun dicks and you get Dallas Goddard as a tight end and Joe mixins, a good receiver coming out of the backfield, but I would start. They don't have Dallas Goddard. He's on that. Dalt and Schultz. There you go. You're right. My bad. But they have, they have such a balanced attack. I would start with trying to defend the run. That's how I would do it. And they were the number one run defense in the league last year, right? So I just sounded like coach Everfluice, right? So it should be something that they're up, you know, up to the task. Okay, I've got an interesting question for the two of you. We'll see. We'll let us be the judge of that. If I told you I could drop CJ Stroud right now on to the Chicago Bears and he has the knowledge of the offensive. He's CJ Stroud or you got to give up everything you got, the Carolina trade, which included Caleb. What would you do? Because you'd be drafting CJ Stroud a year ago at number one. Well, it's not just it's it's Caleb. It's DJ Moore. That's what I said. Caleb, DJ Moore, Donald Wright, Tyree Stevenson, and the fifth round, the second round pick and the 33rd pick in the 2025 draft. Yeah. Listen, know that you got all the other stuff and I still feel really great about Caleb. I would I would keep what the Bears have if it was a straight up one for one, which is where I thought you were going. I don't know how you wouldn't go with CJ Stroud. You've already seen it. Yeah. No, no, it's everything that you got or you drafted him at number one. I like I like what the Bears have right now. Me too. I'm fine with what it is. I mean, CJ Stroud came out of nowhere. This is it and it's not just about CJ Stroud. The organization was going in the wrong direction, so laughing stock kept firing coaches after the first year and now looking with D'Amico Ryan's who I have as a coach of the year kind of ticket on him. I just think that that's that's a team is going in the right direction. Yeah. So let's let let's have Tommy weigh in on the bet that you and Shay have with the stake. So Shay was, you know, Shay gets both times and like two weeks ago, blackhocks. Shay said to me, yeah, you cubs are done. If they I said they're going to win 86 games. He said, if they win 86 games, I'll buy you the most expensive steak on the menu at Chicago Cut. Well, now he's getting nervous because they've taken the first two from the Dodgers and they've got the Rockies and the Nationals. There was, you know, David and Maddie will comp it. Jay. I mean, don't worry. No, they won't. And they don't know him like that. They don't know. She like that. They don't know Bernstein like that. Okay. So I said, okay, when I win, I'm going to get, you know, nice glass of wine. I'm going to get some Brussels sprouts. I'm going to have a salad. He said, no, no. I only said I'd buy you the steak. Just buy him the whole meal. Shay, isn't it implied when you take someone for a steak or buying them dinner? I don't know. But like, but Tommy, he's not making Tyler and Miller money. I see how he gambles. He's winning. He's got gambling money. Oh, I got gambling money. Um, listen, I, that's a good point. I would think in theory that it's just implied that it goes along with the meal. But hey, you're right. If you take out the, you want to bring out the calculator and add it all up, it's probably a sizable difference. So I think he got an argument there, Shay. I'm buying a hundred plus dollar steak for this man. If they win 86 games, that's going to happen. I think the fairest suggestion when we got on social media, Shay pays the steak portion of the bill, whatever the entree includes on the menu, side included, et cetera. If we get any apps, we split them. We each pay for our own drinks and desserts. That's simple. First of all, it's Chicago cut sides don't come with. It's not. I understand. Cracker barrel. Here's the deal. I get it. I get it. Like a good caramel apple, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. Very good. What the hell? I understand. But the point there is, Kaplan Bobby, I'll get you the steak. You don't know me well enough to call me. I'll get you the hundred dollar steak. I'll get you your Brussels sprouts or whatever, but I'm not paying for your salad and your dessert and your bottle of F and wine. We're getting a little crazy. We, yeah, the bottle of wine would double the cost. Exactly. Yeah. Cap, you and I swim in different pools. There's different rules. Yes. Come on cap. Double you with grace and dignity and understand, you know, what Shay's I don't have grace and dignity. You should. You should. It's never too late to acquire some grace and dignity. It just isn't. Tommy, I sent you cap spill. So it's on your phone. I'm going to owe him a hundred dollars anyway, because we had a, we had a bet too. I would get a game or a game and a half. Reds and Cubs. Right. My team sucks. Oh boy. And the Cubs will be playing the Reds here down the stretch. Yeah. But it won't matter at that point. I hope the game is out of the playoffs. No, I'm just, I don't care. I don't care. You're better than that. Show some grace. I'm not going to be there. Damn. To me. I'm not better than that. I'm not. You're telling me. You have grace and dignity. You're comporting yourself like a jackaloon. Yes, I am. And you know that. You know that I have that in me. It's part of my DNA. Okay. I love you. Jack alone. I love you too. I love you, man. Tommy, you're the best. All right, boys. Have a great time. Highlight of the week. How can the Bears fix the offense for week two? We talk about it in two minutes on the Captain J. Good morning show.