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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 on in there. - 100.3 HD2 and on ESPN 1000 Chicago. Now, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. - Good morning, everyone. Bring 'em out, bring 'em out. Woo! ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪ Woo! (whistle blows) - Oh, God, welcome in to the Cap and G hood morning show. On ESPN 1000 and we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you, we've got Shay. We've got Jay Moore. We've got you for a three hour ride here on this Tuesday morning. Went up in phone lines for you. 3-1-2, 3-3-2, ESPN, 3-3-2, 3-7-7-6, our phone number. Lot to get to within the framework of our three hours together, Cap, but. First and foremost, there's a lot of traffic around the Dan Ryan. I don't know if you noticed this or not. A lot of traffic already around the Dan Ryan because people cannot wait for 640 tonight because the Chicago White Sox will take on the Los Angeles Angels. Not just because it's just a game in the late September. It's because this could be a record breaker for the team that means the most to me at Chicago, the Chicago White Sox, limping in at 36 and 120. Cap, Cap! This could be it tonight. - That's it. - It was not tonight, you know, sometime in this series. But the point is though, is that this could be the worst team ever in Major League Baseball history. In the modern era, correct. I think there was a Cleveland spiders team in the 1800s. Other than that, have at it, hoodie. So I've got buddies that have been texting me. Dude, you want to go to the Sox game tonight? Nope, I got a football show I got a host. - Yes. - Dude, it's going to be history. You could say you were there, the night it happened. I'll pass. - Oh God. - Yeah, Shay's going, I think. Shay, you going? Undecided. I had a prior engagement. It's since been moved up to the middle of the day. So now I'm kind of like, you know what? I might go down there and see history tonight. I've had two separate friends independently text me and ask, are you going to the White Sox game to see history tomorrow? Now I think I have to. - Jaymore, are you going, kid? - Jaymore, you should go to the White Sox game tonight to see history. - I'm going Thursday. - Yes, like you, all of us, right? - Yes, it's not today. - He's not going to go to the dive, but he's going to go into the series. - Yeah, and understandably so. You see, when you're a White Sox fan and you are a relevant to many in Chicago, especially based on this 36 and 120 record gap. When you have something like this, if I'm Jerry Reins-Dorf, thank you, Jerry, for lowering the ticket prices, lowering the concessions. Thank you very much for that. But I think that everyone that comes to the ballpark today should have the hard ticket like it used to be back in the day. - Right. - Never mind about the scanning on the phone. Yeah, you can't do anything with that. Give me the hard ticket because I want to put this in the scrapbook and put it right there to show the ineptitude of this ball club. - How about framing it? - Put it right on the wall. - Absolutely, right there. 'Cause I just want to be able to show because it's a great icebreaker at parties. - It is. - You just bring it to put there on the wall and you just say, hey, you know what? I was there to see the crappiest White Sox team in the history of the sport. How about that? - Johnny, we're having people over this weekend. We are? Yeah, family's coming, I've invited, so we'll have about 30 people at the house. Make sure you get that ticket stub framed and put up on the wall. I want it to be a conversation piece when people show up at the Hollywood house. - Exactly right. I would love to have that. I can't put my phone on a case or put it in a frame. - There you go, there's a ticket stub right there. - Beak. - There he is right there. - Why is Johnny's phone frame? (laughing) 'Cause an MLB ballpark app. - Do you understand what nightmare this is for me? Do you understand that? Do you understand how bad this is for Dr. Brew? - Yeah, my brother. - And on all of White Sox fans that you know, this ain't funny. Stop laughing at it. (upbeat music) This is it. - Thanks, Kenny. (laughing) - Kenny Lottie. - This is it, man. (laughing) - Well, you got it, but there's humor in it. - Come on, you got a laugh. - Okay, well, there's humor in it. - Oh, really? That's because you guys don't feel like I feel. You think it's funny. - It actually is. - It actually is. - It's not funny. - It's so pathetic, it's funny. - No, no, no. - If you ever go into a funeral and because of your overcome with grief, you laugh. Some people laugh, but it doesn't mean they're finding it funny. - There's a guy, there's never been to a funeral in a Baptist church. No, it's not funny. - I actually have, I had to speak at once. - Yeah, yeah, when you're cracking up? - No, 'cause I thought I'd get the living age. - Exactly. - Yes, yes, no. - The late Mac Irvin, I had to speak at his funeral. - Yeah, so no, it's not funny. 36, thank you very much. That's perfect, right there, James Ward. Let's just sermonize this 36 and 120 ball club. 53 and a half games behind. - Say that record again. - 30, that, never mind. (laughing) It's sad, folks. I just want you to understand. Tonight, we could see history. Tonight, folks, we could see the very worst baseball team in Chicago sports history, let alone Major League Baseball history. - Damn. - Ladies and gentlemen, this is a ball club that has Andrew Ben-Intendy. Ah, that big salary of Ben-Intendy. There's a difference maker. Good job, Jerry. You've got a mass unit for a ball club. Mankada, somehow crept back onto the roster here in late September. Ah, guys like Aloy Jimenez. We will never forget Aloy. Ah, injured every other game. Not making a difference. Meanwhile, Dylan Sees and Chris Sale and others are thriving in other places. But Chicago, on the south side, we come one, come all, to see the very worst in Major League Baseball. The drizzling, you know what's the Chicago White Sox. Folks, it's a sad. It's sad that people that bring their families to the ballpark, they just want to see a good product. You know what's great, Cap, on the positive side of this? Great food, ah, great amenities. Where do you kiss the fundamentals? That's always great. The beer's cold, and there's always BS you can have with your friends. Go back and forth, tell some stories, Cap. But then, you actually have to watch the game. And that's the problem, Cap. Tailgate's great, food's great, beer's great. But then, there's the first pitch, and that'll be all from there. (upbeat music) So, we just ask you right now, put your hands on the radio for a prayer for the Chicago White Sox. Put your hand on the radio. They can get this thing over with. (audience applauding) Congratulations, Jerry. You and your TWA plane that you have the players on. Congratulations, Jerry. Your substandard product that you put on the field. You want for David Eckstein to be all over the diamond for the Chicago White Sox. Congratulations. You wanna be relevant in the newspapers, measuring the column inches over the years. How come you're in the White Sox? You're on page three. How come we're not in the back page? You're gonna get the back page now, pal. You've always want the attention to cubs over there. You're gonna get the attention to the column inches. You'll get it now, pal. You are an embarrassment. You, you're the face of the White Sox. So congratulations. You got egg all over your face. For cocktail. Wow, he's even dropping Yidditch. You and your for cocktail ball club. Congratulations. Oh, I love you. You're the greatest. (laughing) Enjoy. Enjoy, folks. Sox fans are getting their kids ready for school, getting, going to the plant, going to the job, shaking their head this morning at the windshield saying, this is just the worst. And it is the worst. A White Sox team is always saying, what about me? The Marsha, Marsha, Marsha of Chicago sports. What about me? It's always about Jan, Marsha, Marsha. Okay, you want attention? There he is, pal. There's your attention right there. Enjoy. Yep, right there on the platter. Play to piss right there every night. (laughing) That's it. Oh my God. Cannon on the mound tonight for the Chicago White Sox. We'll see what happens. Here's Shay Norley. I had to verify this. They are on the front page of the New York Times. That's what always, I've always wanted this. Right? This is what I've always wanted. Right below election coverage and horrible things happening in the Middle East. We have one more moment of misery, the Chicago White Sox. On the front page of the New York Times. So I bet a buddy of mine, every year we bet $5 a game Cubs versus Sox. He's a Sox fan. So over the years, it's been both teams stink. Oh, you won 72, we won 70. Okay, here's your 10 bucks. He canceled the bet this year on opening day. Hey, by the way, how are we all? Our team's horrible. We don't have enough pitching bets off. I'm like, oh, coward, we're not that good. He said, you'll finish 30 ahead of us. He was wrong. It's going to be about 50. 50. (laughing) That's right. And your team's not good. (laughing) I bet I had $250. He's a smart man. We called him at the time cap. They didn't know who was going to be the opening day starter. Toward the last week of spring training. Remember, they walked up to Gary Crochette. He said, you're a false it. You're starting opening day. I am me. What was your reaction? I was shocked. Me? Yeah, we got nobody else. We can't even fill out a rotation here. You take the ball. Go ahead. What? Didn't even know who's going to be the opening. And that's one of the things that excites us about baseball cap. Ah, opening day. We know we got our race going. Here we go. There was no, here we go. I mean, thank God Crochette's been really good. But that wasn't in the plan. But then you looked at the roster and you go, this team's going to lose 100 games. No shot cap. No, you were right. They're not going to lose 100 games. They're going to lose over 120. Remember, Jim Bowden was on with us a few months ago. He said, I looked at that team in spring training and said, minimum they lose is 110. 110. So all the media that's here at Chicago, get yourself a nice meal, enjoy the city, and sit down and watch what I've watched every night. Horrible baseball on the south side. By the way, I went back did a little research. Do you know what the line was if you'd have bet them at the all-star break? Plus 1,200 if you would have bet under 42 and 1/2 wins. Hmm. That was easy cash. What did we do? Well, how did we not bet that? Thought they would turn it. Wow. That gets a 43. They have to. Man, there you have it. What do they have? They got six left. The most they can win is 42, I believe. So there's your cash. Yeah, you won the bet already. You already won the bet. Yeah. 12 to 1. It's already-- How do we not throw a couple hundred dollars on it? Go, hey, hon, I paid for a week in Mexico. Here we go. I just don't know as a show. Well, we'll have next year. Don't worry, we'll do it next year. I was reading something. If you bet against them every single night, you'd be up over $3,000 on the season. And I'm like, why was I not doing this? All year I knew they were horrible. Well, during their streaks, we should have been able to bet against them every night. To his credit, Paulie from Palm Beach, he's a book. Remember, he called us in April. It said, bet $100 against the White Sox, lay the money line to win 100 every game. And you will have a nice vacation at the end of the season. How did we not do that? No, I'm kicking myself about it. I'm like, why wasn't I just doing this? Guys, don't worry about it. You'll be-- we'll go through this next year. You can do it next year. Yeah, but the market will have adjusted a little. They over-under's not going to be 63 and a half, 64 and a half. Can't? I mean, we-- We're 59. Captain GM of the team went on the broadcast and said we're not going to spend in free agency. We need these players. And he said, I don't like our team. What's the win total going to be next year, 55 and a half? I don't like our team. Be under that. Because it's like anything else, Cap. Before you put the bet down, you look at the roster and the talent. And you say, is that a 59 or 60 win ball club? And the answer this upcoming season will be no. That's not getting better. I've told you this. They're going to continue to get their ass kicked every single year. For a while now, that ain't getting turned. You can have guys in the minor league system that comes up and gives you good pitching. Because it's in my job range. You know, someone in a third baseman. It's short. Cap. But what about the rest of them? Wow. I mean, seriously, you can't win like that. What about Mankata? Got him back. Oh, wait. He'll be a free agent. Damn. We can bring him back for a song. Really? When the GM is quit already, the GM is quit already. Yeah, we're not going to do anything for you to see. Don't worry about season tickets, pal. We're not going to get any better. Stay home. What? This is like Major League 4. Look at how joke is this. Major League 4. Back to the minor league. Wait, seriously. This is a joke. So there you have it, folks. The question we would ask you is, are you going tonight? You want to go see the White Sox? Make history. We both have friends. Shane, Jaymore. We all got friends that are buying tickets because they want to see history. Yeah. So I get started $4, by the way. Oh, God. Just hey, it's just a fact. I'm just-- that is a fact. You can buy a ticket to the game for $4. Do you guys charge for soda in the locker room, too, to the players? Like, do they have to use money in the machine? Let me check the athletic.com. I'll get back to you. Wait. Jesse's article is dropping this week with Buster. Maybe that's his name. Maybe it goes deeper. Yeah. Well, maybe we'll see. And by the way, if it is a pot machine, it's old school 7-up. Ne-hi. Barks. Yeah. Ne-hi. Going out of the Costco, see what they got for that off-brand soda for the guys. What is this? Hmm. That's strange. Burners. Hmm. Can's a little dusty. Fanta. It says expired 1991, but they've got a spatula on the grape and orange fanta. Hmm. Wipe off the top of it. A little dusty when it comes through the fifth machine, because it's old. Jose De Leon had it once upon a time. It's just cola. It just says cola on it. Cola. Yeah. Yeah, remember those blue cans? Yes. It's just a cola. White Sox baseball brought to you by cola. How about that, DJ? On the ESPN 1,000, Hard Rock Casino White Sox at work. [MUSIC PLAYING] You have the J-hood on the back? We are back, baby. We are back. We are back. Yeah. On Chicago's home for sports, ESPN Chicago. I don't like our team. I don't like our team. I don't like our team. I don't like our team. Cap and J-hood on the ESPN 1,000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's hoping that you're going to have a great Tuesday. We'll hear from Jesse Rogers coming up at 7.50. Shadow no shot coming away at 8 o'clock right here on Cap and J-hood at 312-332-ESP and as our phone number. Are you going to the White Sox game tonight? The Sox take on the Angels. And this could be the record breaker for a futility cap. It's already tied with the expansion Mets. So there's an opportunity for the Sox now to be able to just knock it down that record of being the worst team in the modern era. Snorling, is anybody still alive from the 62 Mets? I will do the research and let you know. I know Mercury Morris passed this weekend. Why, you think they're going to pop champagne like the dolphins? That's what I'm wondering. Will there be a group of 62 Mets as old as they might be? But if like that guy was, I don't know, 22, 23, he could be alive somebody. I know Casey Stango and Gil Hodges aren't, but yeah. Maybe they get together, smoke cigars and go, our long running nightmare is over. We're out. Jeez. And that was understandable at the time. Your expansion team, you just slapped together nonsense. You're just starting. Sox been in business for a long time. Long time. Do you realize that I know you do? But people out there, the 19, every single year, the 2021 White Sox, the 21 White Sox, 193 games. 93 games. What about now, Cap? They might get to 42 if they win out. Well, I don't want to make predictions, but in this division, with the core of talent that we have, I would hope that I expect that the next year will be a lot better than this year. You know, how much better? I don't know, but look at the core of this team. And if we can get them all on the field and one of the things that we're doing this year, it's a little different. Every year we send players home with a plan. This is what you've got to do. We're going to add this year is we're going to police these plans. I'm going to make sure that the players are following their plans. So when they come to spring training, they're ready. We're not going to take their word that they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. So given the division and given that we have a really good core of players, I would expect next year will be better. Oh, God. It's not, Jerry. You're an embarrassment. He is the six championships in eight years of the Bulls, the one championship. Thank God. I wish my dad was here to see the White Sox win the World Series in 2005. Thank God we got those championships. But you still run baseball like it's 1979. And this is what you get. You're just desserts. Is that how you want to go out? Is that what you want to go out with? I mean, after all the success that you've had, you want to go out like that, Jerry? That's a sad way to go out. Your organization's filled with cobwebs. It's dusty. It's horrendous. Right here in the home of the White Sox, ESPN 1000. 312332 ESPN is our phone number. Ari is in Norwood Park on Captain Jay Hood. Ari, good morning. Good morning, gentlemen. How are you? How are you doing? Going on. Well, my son and I are Cubs fans. And when he was 10 years old, we were lucky enough to go to game five of the World Series and see them win. And so when he came to me yesterday, now at 18 and said, we've got to go to this game because we could see the height of all of baseball and the lowest of all baseball. It was the best of times. It was the worst of the times. It was, you know, the tale of two cities. So we're going. Just wanted to share that with your show. That is awesome. Have fun with your son. Take pictures. And again, it may not be for the best reason for the Sox, but it's cool that you and your son will have experienced a Cubs World Series and this. Thanks, guys. Have a good day. Appreciate you. All right, thank you. That's super cool. Now to the Bears. And we'll get more of the baseball with Jesse Rogers 750. You know, one thing, Cap, that I'm never concerned with. I'm never concerned if you are back in the day when you were dating and you had someone that you really liked. And you say, you know what? She's the best man. Great conversation. Looks great. We seem to have a real bond. You weren't concerned about what it was perceived to be our nine or 10 that just came into the bar or the club that you were in. Correct. Because you're with who you're going to be with. Correct. The idea that people look at sports and say, oh, we love our guy. But then here comes this 10 coming through the bar. You're like, man, I know who I'm with is great. But my god, this one here is a smoke show, right? That's how some Bears fans felt yesterday watching my night football. Watching Jaden Daniels, the quarterback for the commanders. Yeah. It's one thing to say, we got the number one pick. We're going in the right direction. But if you look at social media, it was just like, it was just so completely smoldering with love for the Washington commanders. As if that's something we talk about every day. Correct. Daniels played well, and the commanders are now two and one. The Bears are one and two. But the conversation, it's on our Twitch and YouTube right now. Jaden Daniels, why can't the Bears have Jaden Daniels? Why can't the Bears-- you know why? Because you dance with who you brought, right? You dance with Caleb Williams. The idea that Jaden Daniels behind this offensive line, what do you think that would look like, Cap? Daniels with this Bears offensive line. He'd be a boob with a Bears cap on. Jaden Daniels gives back another boob with a Bears cap on. The idea-- you know why Jaden Daniels looked good? He had time. He was slinging that ball yesterday. I watched it just like you did. He did a really good job, Cap. But again, we talk all the time about infrastructure. You can love Jaden Daniels for what he did, and include Kingsbury as the offensive coordinator for Washington. But the idea that, well, I know I love Caleb, but this one here is so much hotter. So I'm going to kick Caleb to the curb, is nonsense. Are you a Bears fan? Or are you a Jaden Daniels fan? It's a fair, fair question that you bring up the idiocy. If you told me that-- oh, God. Caleb Williams threw for 76 yards and four interceptions, and we got blown out. He threw for 363 yards, 363. Well, did you see what Justin did there three of them? They scored three offensive touchdowns all season. The Steelers. Their defense has given up eight points a game. Justin had a good day the other day. He did fair 245 yards. They've scored three offensive touchdowns, one rushing, and he threw two passes. That's stealer football right there. That's it. So it's not as though Tom Brady landed out there in Pittsburgh. Maybe it's coming. We'll see. We don't know. Jaden Daniels was excellent last night. That throwed a cinch the game as he got drilled. He laid it right in the hands of Terry MacLaurin on a deep ball down the right sideline into the end zone. Sensational throw. Sensational throw. I'll stick with our guy. Maybe we're going to have these two guys battle their whole career. That would be super cool for two franchises that have been tortured, Chicago and Washington. But stop with the panting at the bar when you're sitting there with your girl going poo. Did you see that one? J. Moore, you've seen this before. You go into what you think is a dying piece, right? You go in like, yeah, I'll bring my ace to this party. And all of a sudden, there's other women that come into the party and you're just like, now you want to kick the one that you came to the party with to the curb just because someone else is better. It looks better in your eyes. You've seen this before. All the time. But that's not how that works as a Bears fan. Nah. I'm a Bears fan first. I mean, Caleb Williams and this offensive line and the coaching staff have a lot to work on if they want to win this game on Sunday against the Rams. But I love the idea, Captain. Everyone looks through the not hold offense something else rather than what's in their own backyard. I love that. And here's the thing about Justin Fields for our new listeners and viewers. I'm rooting for Justin Fields. I'm rooting for him. He's a good guy. Yes, I'm rooting for Justin Fields. Hoodie, you and I ran him out of town. We had that kind of power. Well, let me tell you something. If that is your take out there, and many of you on social media, all these lunatics coming at me, then why didn't I go get myself a left tackle? 'Cause I wanted one. Well, here's what I would tell you. 'Cause the one thing I will take away, and I'm not gonna cop whether Jaden Daniels have better career than Caleb Williams yet, but what did Washington do in free agency? They signed a high profile center in Tyler Biotis and they signed a left tackle. And last night, Jaden Daniels was never pressured, ever. Always had time. Ever. So like we talk a lot about rookie quarterback, there's gonna be growing pains. Did he not get sacked at all? He got sacked a couple of times, but-- I'd try Hendrickson got him. The pressure at the very end of the game, try Hendrickson got his first sack, but the pressure rate was nothing. And when he wasn't blitzed, 15 of his 23 past attempts he wasn't blitzed on. He was pressured four times. He was 15 and 15 for over 200 yards. When not blitzed. So you look at that and go, why didn't we get a center? Why isn't Tyler Biotis a bear? - Well, again-- - Fair? - Like there's talent spread across the league, Shay. There's talent everywhere. But what it comes down to is from Ryan Polestan point, which talent are you going to get? What is best for the Chicago Bears? And right now, the offensive line is a big story once again. It's actually too often around here about the offensive line and not giving the quarterback time. Why is Justin a Pittsburgh Steelers? That's one of the reasons why is because he did not have time in front of the offensive line in front of them. What I'm saying is this, is that my hope is, is that moving forward, that the offensive line gets better, that Caleb Williams can connect to receivers, not overshoot them by 15 yards. What I'm looking forward to is just symmetry. And it's a surprise to people in Los Angeles who I talked to yesterday, Cap, that covered him at USC. They say, "My God, what's happening over there?" Like this guy used to roll out of the pocket and go down the field. He used to be, I said, "He's a rookie learning the NFL way." Some of this stuff is not transferable right away. You go from college to pro, are you supposed to be the same guy you were in college? He was a better junior than he was a senior. Caleb Williams. - I was talking with my brother last night about this, about something Eberflu said to us yesterday. When I asked him a direct question at your urging, 'cause I asked it last year, and he said, "Oh, absolutely Justin can audible." He has that ability here. We allow that. Do you allow Caleb Williams to audible out of a play if he sees the front isn't going to work? And remember what he said? We just have to have better execution. He would not commit that he would allow him to change the play. So Caleb yesterday spoke and said, or Sunday spoke and said, "Here's what happened on that play." We broke the huddle, there was under 10 seconds left. I couldn't make a change because the play clock was running down. Then why didn't you take a time out? You looked at the front, it was not the front you guys thought you were going to get because of what they ran in a previous game when they were victimized by that play. They have digital recording too in Indianapolis. I don't know if people up there are aware of that. - Yes. - But when you watch tape at Lake Forest and you go, "Wow, we got to put this play in." You see what it did to them? They saw the same thing too and said, "In case they saw that, we got to fix this." And that's exactly what they did. And then our offensive line, have you seen the photo? We got four guys laying on the ground. - Yeah. - And I heard, I think it was waddle yesterday, it was Sylvie, said it would not have mattered if Barry Sanders, the most elusive runner of all time, was in the backfield. Barry Sanders, DeAndre Swift are you. It wouldn't have mattered. Caleb's about to get crushed. He tosses the ball to Swift. Oh God, there's state of Indiana coming. - Minus 12. - 12 yard loss. I just would like to know why on first down, it drives me insane. I went back and watched again. I posted the play on third down, but I went back and watched again. So it's fourth and inches at the five. - Yup. - You hand the ball to Roshawn Johnson. He gets it. - All right, Roshawn, come on out. Now the yards are the toughest to pick up. We go to our slightest back, Herbert, out of a wildcat. Idiacy. - Yeah, and that falls at the feet now. People wonder about coaching, that's coaching. It's execution, but it's coaching. I know this is what the buzzword is up there how it's all about execution, execution. Okay, great. How about play calling? Do you ever point the finger at yourself and say we could have been better in that situation? Even Flus did say there was a sit down he had with Waldron about a number of things. That's gotta get better. 3-1-2-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Turned to you about the Bears. Jesse Rogers at 750 on the Cubs and the White Sox. On cap and J-hood. - Tune in. - Checkmate 1-6, and he has suppression on target. - That's why I say him in my shot. - Shot. - Or no shot. - With cap and J-hood on ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago app. - That's why I say him in my shot. - Good morning and welcome in to the cap and J-hood morning show. On ESPN 1000, and we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We got Albert Breer coming away at 835, but first shot and no shot. Here's Shane Orling, Shane. - Good morning boys on a Tuesday. How are we feeling? - I like my Monday Night Football, a staggered double header, okay? I like the East Coast, West Coast double header. I prefer that cap. - We have double header again next week. - We do. Do you remember when the double headers first? This is a Harry Tynewitz idea from years and years ago. We always thought the Monday Night Football should be a double header out East and out West. - This was staggered a little bit. - I love it. - You watch the Jaguars and just like, okay, that'll be all 'cause the Bills were fantastic. But in Washington was the second game and Washington and the Bengals. I'd rather be the Bears at one and two trying to get better than be any 0-1-3 team 'cause usually that is the end. - That is awful. - Like the Bengals. - And the, what'd he call it? - The football. - No, the Jaguars. - They're a train wreck. - Train wreck. And they got their quarterback locked up for 260 million. - More on them in 20 minutes. - Wow. - I wanna news tease. - All right. (laughing) - What else do you think I'm with her? - What else do we have here on BBM? - Here's Shane Orling, Shane. - All right, hold on, that in 20 minutes. - All the vibes were great at training camp for the Chicago Bears, Woody. We had players telling us how good this team is, guy like Cole Comette. He's never seen anything like this in his time in Chicago. He was excited and he knew how short his window was. Cole Comette yesterday sounded like a guy who was becoming more aware by the moment. How short his window is? He talked about the urgency this offense has to have. They need to start finishing drives, punching the ball in and scoring points. And he added, quote, that is not a game that we should have lost about the Colts. You can add this commentary to other players like Coleman Shelton, who ostensibly are taking shots at the offensive coordinator and the coaching staff for some of the decision making, shot or no shot. This locker room is teetering on being lost. - That's a no shot. I do not see how they lose the locker room. Now you tell me they lose to the Rams and the Panthers. I'll revisit the conversation. - Lose the locker room? - No. There's too many good professionals in there. Coleman Shelton. - No option on, you know, obviously wasn't the greatest look to run that. To be honest, I was blocking so I didn't see what happened outside. Sometimes it's hard to look back at one play and get to say that's the play that did it, but honestly I couldn't tell you what really happened. We'll look at the film and we'll try to grow from it. - You know, obviously when you hear a play, you focus on what your responsibility is for a set play and you're not thinking of any other thing of, you know, you just go out there and try to do your job. So the play didn't work out and we'll get back to the drawing board and hopefully we have a better play next time or whatever it is. - My question is if I told you that Olin Crewts, Dermonti Dawson, the late Mike Webster, Creed Humphrey, like an elite Hall of Fame level center or one of the better ones on Jason Kelsey, if they were at center for us, does that front get identified better? Or did Coleman identify the front? But as Caleb said, play clock was running down, man. I just ran what they asked me to run and then Iberfus would not say to us, I asked him directly at your urging. Do you allow Caleb to audible? - We just have to execute better. Isn't that what he said? - He did, it's about execution. That's the whole buzzword up there. The answer is as a no shot as far as the fraying of the locker room. I don't think that that is the case. I would just say that moving forward if he keeps going in this direction, it's natural for a locker room to start pointing fingers. - Correct. - It's just common sense that when things are not going the right way, people start wondering. There's already like quotables from the cowboys after their loss on Sunday. Like three or four key guys having big bold opinions and quotes about their loss last Sunday. With the bears at one and two, I don't think that's the case. One thing about Iberfus and his locker room, they've been together through the thick and the thin, the three wins, they do the seven wins. - Correct. - If it keeps going in this direction, especially with all this talent and all this hype and conversation around the team and they underachieve, there will be conversation. - Well, if they end up not getting much better than this, then you look up and you're like, wow, six wins, five, whatever the number is. There will be a coaching change. - No question. - That's an automatic. - Shay? - All right, nobody so far, at least, is placing the blame on Kayla Williams. At least not player wise, we haven't heard that. An NFL executive is placing blame for Kayla Williams on the coaching staff. Speaking to Mike Sando of the Athletic in an article yesterday about how the Packers and Vikings coaches have made the NFC North the best division in football. An executive set of the Bears, the offensive line is the biggest problem, but Shane Waldron is clearly the fourth play caller in the division and Matt Eberfluis is clearly the fourth coach in the division. Shot or no shot, Matt Eberfluis is already failing Kayla Williams. - Shot, I mean, look at the play call and play designs inside the five-yard line. I already laid it out to you at our last segment, what? 35 minutes ago? - Yeah. - Broshan, pick up fourth and inches. All right, get out. We're going wildcat, wildcat. Speed option, you just heard the center say that wasn't the best play call. I mean, what are we doing it? - Time out, are we going for two or one? You got an assistant coach standing next to him. Go watch the tape 'cause I did. One, one, there's eight minutes left, you moron. You gotta get it to a three-point game. - Yes. - You gotta take a time out. We needed the time out. - Yes. - What a waste. - That's a calamity on the sidelines, that's for sure. - Terrible. - Now, when it comes to these play calls, Kat, we know what's happening. So make sure it's very clear. Shane Waldron is the head coach of the offense. - Correct. - Now there's a head coach of the team, of course, it's that Eberfluis. But one thing that Eberfluis cannot do is hold Waldron's hand for every play call. - He cannot. - He cannot. He can just, he can see a tendency that's happening in the game, and as you told the story before, you know, if a head coach on his head said, like, wants that he used to do, just kind of say, "Hey man, we need to run the football here." He can be able to veto. - He can override. - Yeah, he could do that. You can say, "That's not what we're gonna do." - Correct. - But here's the thing. Waldron is the head coach of the offense. Eberfluis is standing on the sidelines. He's watching us like we're watching what's happening in the game. All he can do is make corrections Monday through Saturday to make sure that the Tennessee we saw the week before doesn't happen this week. That's all he can do. You can do the adjustment thing at the halftime and say, "Hey, what the hell are we doing here?" "Hey man, can we run the football more?" No, we have that in the game plan. Let's do that. But as far as like game, like, play to play, quarter to quarter, Eberfluis is standing on the sidelines like everybody else watching. - Is that fair? - That's fair. - I mean, I'm just telling you, like, he can't call the plays and be the head coach too, 'cause that's not what he does. - But if he's the DC of nothing else. - But if he did not have Waldron, Kerry, Joseph, Ryan, Griff, anybody that works on that offense, if he did not have them in his office yesterday at 7 a.m., get your coffee and get in here. Okay, I'm tired of being embarrassed by what we're doing offensively. Enough with the speed options and the wildcat and this cute bull you know what that we're running. I wanna hit people in the mouth and I wanna run downhill. And if we can't get four yards in four plays, I'll address that and we'll fix that problem. But I'm going to take the creativity somewhat out of your playback. You got it? Get out. - Yes. And it should be that sense of urgency because Eberfluis' job is on the line. It should be that way. It is. Waddle said yesterday and Tommy's listening right now and he just texted us this. He said on his show with Sylvie, fourth best line, fourth best D line, fourth best running back, fourth best head coach, fourth best play caller. Those are all fourth best. - And we're trying to overcome that by trying to get into the playoffs this year based on the talent that's been put on the team. - Correct. - If I said to you, hey, Kevin O'Connell, we can have him a trade for Eberfluis, would you take him? - Yes, okay. If I told you Dan Campbell, you could have Dan Campbell. - Of course. - Okay, I told you Matt LaFloor straight up. - Duh. - Okay. - Yes, and they would be the fourth best in all those categories as well with this offensive line. Here's Shane Norley. - Wow. - I'm just saying, we can fall in love with names, but again, it's about the infrastructure. That matters too. - Hold on a second, I'll push, no. 'Cause I'm going to push back at you. You cannot tell me coaching doesn't matter. - It does. - If you brought the right people in here, it would look better. 'Cause I'm looking around at different teams that have markedly better coaches. They're not taking time outs to figure out that we run for a two-point conversion or not. - The coaching could be better, but as far as the players that's on the field, like we question this offensive line, we have. - But what are we supposed to do when you get the ball back with a chance to win the game? And Caleb has no chance because for whatever reason, you've got Cole Comatt blocking his blind side, one-on-one against Layatu Latu. What are we supposed to do? That's never going to work. And if you're going to do it, at least have a running back in there to come up and chip or full support. - Coaching in talent goes hand to hand. - It does. - But great coaching puts you in a position to win. That's your job as a coach. That's why I was always taught. It's our job to put them in a position to win, but players are the ones that make the plays. Coaches could diagram all they want, but we're being failed by our coaching staff. - That's the point I'm making. Do we think Matlofluor would ever ask a tight end solo block the best pass rusher on an opposing team? - He would not. - Come on. - Who would you rather have? Malik Willis or Caleb Williams? - Caleb. - Okay. Matlofluor took Malik Willis. People in the league were laughing. - What are the Packers doing? Trading for Malik Willis? That guy's terrible. - Really? Because last I looked, he filled in for Jordan Love and looked really good and won both games. One on the road. - How about Malik Willis look behind this line? - He dealt with a B on his head. - He'd be killed. - And that's the whole point of it. That's the whole point of the conversation. From my side of the desk, that's the point of the conversation. We can love all these coaches because they are coaches that can tighten the screws and be better coach. Of course those are better coaches, Cap. Of course they are. But those coaches having the coach Coleman Shelton and Nate Davis, they have to say, well, how come we can't get to where we need to be? Because our quarterback has run all over the place where he's getting just drilled into the ground because the offensive line is not holding up their end of the bargain. Or because you have a rookie quarterback that can't get the ball out soon enough on occasion. So, I mean, it's all part of the, it's all encompassing of the conversation. Yes, we are fourth in all those things that Tommy talked about. And I think that yes, these coaches will be able to make those adjustments that Ibup Luz and his coaching staff isn't doing for the first three games. Yeah, and he said, I didn't mean D-line, I meant O-line. Yeah. But that all said, John, if you look at our team and you look at Ibup Luz having two unsuccessful challenges a week ago, I can excuse the pick six challenge 'cause it was late in game chain. But the other one, Ray Charles wouldn't have challenged that play. Good. That's horrible. And that's on the coaches. The communication sucks. Are we going for two? Well, coach, we're going for what? No, we're going for it. Take a time out. That's on the coaching staff. We don't look well coached. Put on the tape and watch some of these other teams. Dan Quince team looked really well coached last night. Really well coached. They're the joke. They're the commanders. Yeah, well, they commanded our ass. Let me tell you that right now. Speaking of commanding ass, here's Shane Orland. You're not kidding 'cause last night, the Washington commanders got an all-time performance from Maruki QB who completed 91% of his passes for over 200 yards and two touchdowns while adding a rushing touchdown in a 38-33 statement win prime time on the road over the Bengals. Shawn or no shot. Caleb Williams woke up this morning wishing he were a commander. That's a no shot. That's a no shot. 'Cause that's not what it's about. He's a Chicago bear. He's a number one pick in the draft. And so he wanted to be a Chicago bear. That's what he is. He's going to make something out of his time with Chicago. The hope is is that it'll be a Super Bowl at some point in his career. This whole thing is now we're regressing in conversation when we talk about this. Are we gonna also talk about how his dad wanted to have a piece of the bears? Okay, we do talk about that. Can we talk about Caleb? Because he's from Washington, DC. He pines to be in the District of Columbia. Let's not do that. Correct. Let's not regressing the conversation. Correct. We're trying to move past it. Yeah, I was kidding with you guys. He said, "Shot, he wants to go back there." Yeah, he wants to play behind that line and not get hit as many times as he is. He loves being a bear. People who I know who are tight with him. Dude, he loves it here. He loves the vibe. He loves everything about this. He just wants to win, man. Shout out no shot with him. Rather have Cliff Kingsbury as an OC. Possibly. Maybe. Yeah, they can go with that. I just say that Shane has not worked with a rookie before to this magnitude. He's got to figure it out. It doesn't mean that this is what it is, Cap. I'm saying that they got to work on it. Everyone's got to work on it to get better. If it doesn't look markedly different this week against a banged up Rams club, then I'm going to question not just Shane, what in the hell is his boss doing? Right? If you can't get control of him and say, okay, I'm done being cute. I'm done being fancy. We're going to smash them in the mouth. We're going to hit the ball going downhill, make plays in the passing game. And I want the creativity side of things to quote you. Yeah. In the freakin' garbage. Because right now, through three weeks, you're the worst offensive coordinator in football. I would say it. That's for sure. The shaking hands of Shane Waldron. Get out. All right, we've got around the NFL. Don't be surprised if the addition of around the NFL, that's next Albert Breyer at 835 on Captain J. Hood. Captain J. Hood are back. And you know this, man. Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. It both sucks. These sucks. I'm just a fan and I'm not a football about here. I love the Green Bay Packers. The guy is drunk, but there he goes. This is not Detroit, man. This is the Super Bowl. I love winning. He starts the comedy call. 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 J. Hood Morning Show. On ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Around the NFL with Shane Orling. It's Tuesday hoodie, so it's don't be surprised if they. And I could say this was the most difficult addition left. Yet, because we're living in NFL bizarro land. I got an email this morning. One of my survivor pools ended yesterday, ended. Yeah, I'm Guy Peter. Ended survivor pool over in week three. They're trying to restart it for week four. Yeah, my brother and I got knocked out week one. We had the Bengals to beat the freaking Patriots in Cincinnati. I just think that's amazing that it's like, yes, week four, let's start this thing again. That's how wild the NFL is. And that is the wet dream of Roger Goodell to have the unpredictability of the NFL. And it has been through the first three weeks. Unbelievable. So what knocked everybody out? Was that Cincinnati? He losing last night. I saw Cincinnati at like 30% of circus survivor last night. So Cincinnati took out 40% of the circus survivor the first week. And now they took 30% of them last night. I mean, the first read on that is like, Cincinnati is always a slow starter, but my God, I want three. That's a really slow start. That Taylor could get fired. He's a good coach. All right, Shay, don't be surprised if. Justin Fields is the starter all year in Pittsburgh. He has yet to truly win them a game, but more importantly, he has yet to be the reason they lose a game. And until he is, I don't think Mike Tomlin will even risk upsetting the room by putting that whack job Russell Wilson in. Can I ask you something? Yes. Have you ever seen a player who is inactive? Be on the sideline in shoulder pads. I've seen from time to time, but not in his position. No, what is he doing every week? He's on the sideline holding this helmet with shoulder pads on fully dressed. You're an active. Yeah. Well, as far as I don't be surprised if with Justin Fields, I hope that he plays every game and he stays healthy. I hope he does because the way the Steelers do things every time, every year, people want to knock out Mike Tomlin. This is the year he's not going to make the playoffs. This is the year that man finds a way, threatens players. He does. Scares him. He does. It's a scared straight program. That's what the Pittsburgh Steelers are. Three and all cap with Justin Fields. And Justin, as pedestrian as he usually is, gives you a touchdown, makes them spectacular plays, splash plays here or there. But the defense gets the job done every year for the Steelers. 100%. They've only had three offensive touchdowns all season long. But you're right. He has not lost them a game and he's played well. Give him credit to steady. So what happens if Russell Wilson walks in today? All right, I'm good. I Justin Fields, the starter, I think. But what you think? What does Tomlin think? How can you upset the room? How can you make the change when you're three and all with a quarterback who hasn't made mistakes, who's not losing you games? Let me see. Hey, Russell, our doctor said that you're good. Yeah, I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go, man. Go Steelers, I'm ready to go. What's your strongest hand? Yeah, it's my right hand. I'll put those six weeks. What's the backup? That's how that works, yeah. He's backing up Justin. You get the old hammer out and then that would be all for Russell. Is this casino in the back room? Yes, Kyle Allen. Kyle Allen. Got it. So that's what that's what Tom will do. Another six, seven weeks. Smash his hand like a casino. You think you still doing lunges on the team plane? But that's annoying. Dude, you're inactive. Sit down. Yes. Eat the inflate meal. Stop. I think Justin feels like Derek Rose of the All-Star game just looks at Russell and just like, what are you doing? Everyone, the other guys are dancing. They'll brine all those guys and poo's over on the side, just like, I don't dance, bro. And I think that's how Justin looks at Russell Wilson. Like, you're doing lunges, bro. Good night. Oh, I've never seen anything like it. He's fully dressed on the sideline. He's inactive. And if a meteor hits the stadium, stadium's on fire. And Russell Wilson's the only player left who can get in the game. He can't get in the game. He's inactive. I don't. Why is he dressed? He is the ultimate. Look at me. He's been that way for a long time. Is he dressed? Because he's been doing workout pregame workouts? He's going through all of it. The whole thing. He's throwing passes. Like a starter. Yeah. All of it. He's inactive. All of him are Russell Wilson. Wow. Here's Shay Norley. Don't be surprised if I'm moving up the timeline on somebody. Doug Peterson doesn't make it to Halloween. Jacksonville just committed a massive amount of money to their quarterback. Hoodie, it's easier to fire the coach than it is to fire the player, especially when you're paying him what they're paying Trevor Lawrence. But they're sitting at 0 and 3, and he looks horrible. OK, Tony Kahn and Sean Kahn are not firing Doug Peterson by Halloween. That's enough of that. The Kahn's are not doing that. Stop. Thanksgiving? Well, thank you. Very well, very, very quietly. Thanksgiving. Everyone's concerned about the other three games all of a sudden quietly, Peterson out. No, that's not happening, Cap. Cap. I don't know. Halloween? They've lost eight of nine games. No shot. No shot. Eight of their last nine games are losses. I wish I could say it's on Lawrence. But Peterson is the Office of Genius there. That thing is just not working. It is not. It is certainly somewhat on Lawrence. The turnovers are horrible. The overthrow yesterday that the Marhamlin intercepted was horrible. He's not without blame. But you can't fire the player. You fire the coach. By the way, I got to go back to something you said. My buddy Phil just texted me. Russell is designated as the emergency quarterback. He can come into the game if there's an injury. So he has to be draft. He's inactive. Right. But he can come in. If the first two go down, the inactive guy can come into the game. Maybe he's not heard at all. And Tomlin's just keeping him on the injury report like, now you're a lunatic. There you go. We're not going to play you. That's a good point, Chase. That's legit. Doug Peterson. If he can come in as the emergency guy, maybe he's not heard as bad as we thought. I'm telling you, on the injured report with insane. Oh, wow. He's got a toe. He's got an arm. He's got a shoulder. He's out with insane. Listed out. Everyone hates him. Right. We like our guys. We have the injury report. Someone's got an ankle. Someone's got a knee, right? And someone has got insane, right? I told you, he transferred from NC State to Wisconsin. They had an event for all the Varsity athletes. Boy, male and female. And a player on another sport who I friends with said, dude, we had to go to this event. This guy just transferred in. It's August. They're in training camp. And he said, 20 of us are around. He goes, who's the new dude from the football team? What a D-bag. He said, we met him for five minutes. The worst. Russell Wilson. Right? Yep. Don't be surprised if. The 49ers missed the playoffs. OK. That'll be all. Oh my god. Listen, they do not possess the depth to overcome the level of injury bug that they are being bitten with right now. Kittle did not play Sunday. McCaffrey, now on a plane to Germany to get his Achilles tendonitis looked at by some specialist he couldn't find in America. Yeah. It was a suggestion from Magliardonias, I believe. Never that worked. Because there's medicine here that are there that treatments that we don't allow. The FDA hasn't allowed it here. Hey, here's hoping it works from McCaffrey. Because Deebo Samuel also could miss multiple weeks and watch out. John Hargrave, who had a sack on Sunday, done for the year with a torn tricep. Oh, god. The injury nightmare in San Francisco might just be too much to overcome. But Brock Purdy will save the day. They play the Patriots coming up. What do you think? I thought it'd be a win. Where's that at? That's in San Francisco. OK. That'll be a win. First for the Patriots. If the Niner's lose to the Patriots, shut the lights off. They're done. Oh, wow. Patriots Cardinals Seahawks are the next ones for the 49ers. Patriots Cardinals Seahawks. They're going to go running through a sore back right now. Like everybody's hurt. What about Ricky Pearson? Got shot. Oh, sorry. That's right. He's out with a shot bullet. This guy hears out because he's insane. He's got a leg, pop. Ava. Russell Wilson out. Everyone hates him. Ricky Pearson out. Gun shot wound. Siobhan Hargrave, torn tricep. Done for the year. This is crazy injury bug that they're getting bitten with. And they invest so heavily in their starting lineup, they just don't have the depth. He's sneaking one more. Yeah, I want to double down on something. And the two of you can talk me out of it. Don't be surprised if the Giants make a comeback from their 0 and 2 start. They have found something with Malik neighbors, who is, I believe, the first receiver in history to have 20 catches in 200 yards in the first three weeks as a rookie. They can run the football with Devin Singletary. They've gone over 100 yards in consecutive games. They're getting Dallas on a short week in MetLife this week. What can't Dallas do, hoodie? Stop, stop the run. They can't do it. Devin Singletary's been good. The O-line's been better. And watch out, because Daniel Jones for two weeks has actually looked good. Surprise, surprise. All right, Caleb, I'm smoking. Sorry. That's ridiculous. Cap, did you hear what he said? I did. Giants back, OK? We're in the Bizarro NFL, where the Malik Willis Packers can dog walk the Titans on the road, and the Vikings are beating the Niners. That's ridiculous. But here's the thing. You want to take care of the Cowboys and put a bull in them? OK, the Giants beat the Cowboys. Oh my god. That's three in a row, but the Cowboys-- We are a giant schedule. Let's go through this real quick here. The Giants, as you would say. The Giants have-- What the Cowboys in a short week on Thursday? Home with Dallas at Seattle. Home with Cincinnati. Home with the Eagles at Pittsburgh. Home with Washington, home with Carolina. And home with Tampa. That's a pretty good run, man. They got a chance, eh? Uh-oh. I wanted you to talk me out of this game. Oh my god. Oh, the Bengals are dead. I think I'm going to bet it. Oh my god. No, the Giants are dead. OK. One win in their back. Think about it, Cap. One win, OK? And then you're back. They're back! OK. They're not back. Thank you, Francesa. I mean, they're not back, Cap. I'm going to look it up at the break. Cap, one win. And see what-- They're one and two. They're trending up. We've got-- we're in a league hoodie where teams that are getting six points or more as underdogs are like 10 and 6 straight up. I don't know what's going on. We are in the Bizarro NFL. Anything can happen. I can't host this show and the Giants be good. Do you imagine if the Giants won the division? Oh, god. That's good say. But you know what? Shay is right. You know why Shay is right? Because it is an upside-down world in the NFL. It is. Who knows what's going to happen? But the one thing that's true-- Kansas City is still alive. Still the team to beat. There. No matter what Buffalo's doing, I'll never bet against Kansas City again. Buffalo's good, man. Golden State Warriors and cleats. So they are, Cap. You just never know. Because of Patrick Mahomes? It may not look pretty. It never looks pretty every year. They find a way in the playoffs, don't they? All right, we will hear from Alba Breer. That's coming up next on Cap and Jay Hood.