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Chicago This is your morning routine. Listen to respect my name. Cap and G hood. That's right. That's right. We bad. Uh uh uh. 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. No, no, no, no. David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood. Good morning everyone. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Bring him out. Oh God. Welcome into the cap of J. Good morning Joe on ESPN 1000. And we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Put David Kaplan and Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Shane. We've got Jaymore and we've got you for a three hour ride here on this Wednesday morning with open full lines for you. Three one two three three two ESPN three three two three seven seven six is our telephone number and cap. I don't know if I know you don't have the greatest sense of smell. I know that I do not. This is not a it is not a joke about the pandemic or anything like that. It's that about COVID at all. It's just about cap doesn't have the greatest sense of smell. He's got to be really close up on something. He's got the greatest sense of smell when it comes to news and and and the latest reports around sports. But when it comes to taking a whiff cap, if you take a good whiff, you can hear the anxiety from or you can smell the anxiety from some bears fans here on the station, how it's written what people are talking about on the television about the bears. It is amazing. I know you said yesterday he goes, you told the caller say, Hey man, it's just one and one. It's just one and one. But here's where expectations come to play. We talked about them all summer about what we can expect from the bears and how they can go from three wins to seven wins to the playoffs. But there is for some, some anxiety about what we saw on Sunday night and whether or not that carries over. Yeah, it's amazing to talk to some of my friends to listen to some of the ideas people have out there. Oh my God, we saw we were this. I was talking to Kevin Bayard last night. He said, brother, we're one and one. We had the ball in our hands with a minute 30 to go to beat the Houston Texans in Houston. He said, and that is one of the better teams in the national football league. He said, if I just written that out on paper for you and said, that's the scenario. One and all had our offensive struggles, rookie quarterback, and we got the ball with a minute 30 to go. You thought, I'll sign up for that deal right now. But because it doesn't look the way we want it to look deep passes and Caleb throwing for 250 and two scores, everybody's concerned. Oh God, what if we lose to the Colts? And then we have to play a Rams team that's going to be really desperate because they've been banged up. Oh my God, what if we lose to them and then Carolina made a quarterback change and oh my God, if Carolina comes in and figures things out with Andy Doulton, he's a veteran and all the oh my God, we're one and four. Can we relax? Just take a sip of your coffee or your tea or your electrolyte water and just go, I can only be want to know this week. I understand. Go out and do what we can to find a way to win in Indy. You know what, Cap? I'll tell you this. We've been doing this a long time. Yep. And I think that a lot of that is good. Mm hmm. There's nothing like having expectations. Do we have 10 Bulls calls that come in the first quarter hour of our show when the Bulls are playing? No, about their expectations. Even when they're good, we don't got the same thing. What about the White Sox? No, okay, or the Blackhawks? No. Actually what we're going through, what we're hearing on a daily basis here on this station, what we're reading on a daily basis, what we're seeing on television on a daily basis is good because it puts pressure on the Chicago Bears front office. They already know. I know Paul's knows that he understands that there's pressure in the job one, but two, people are excited and maybe overly so about the Chicago Bears team that when they lose or when things don't go well, people want to comment on it. Correct. Imagine indifference. I have friends as you do across the country that do what we do in different markets. Mm hmm. I have friends in Phoenix that work for the Arizona sports radio station in Phoenix. You think they get 10 Cardinals calls in the first quarter hour about their team? Absolutely. It's not because you got so many transplants. It's not like the angst there. I have people that work at the Charlotte station, F and Z in Charlotte. You think that they have, you know, full lines filled about the short, what's going on with the Carolina Panthers? No, they do not. No, it's not an NFL market. It is, but it's not. My point is that because the Chicago Bears, we get reaction from across the country. We get reaction in the UK because people care. They do. As much as you and I can take the solace in. Hey, man, one game at a time, one step at a time. Fans want it yesterday because they want the team to succeed. I understand that feeling of, hey, man, I want us to be able to be a solid football team marching away to the playoffs because we haven't seen it. We only see it once in a decade. I'll be in the postseason. Correct. So I understand the excitement. However, you have to also take an account that it's a process to be able to get to where you want to be. We're not Kansas City with the Chicago Bears. Correct. And we haven't had sustained success. The last time we were in a playoffs was what? 20. Negi 18. Yeah. No, they went, they went twice with Maggie. They lost to the Eagles. I mean, it was a 20 or 21. I think it was no was not 21 because Justin was the quarterback. It was a 20. It was 19, I think. Yes. Mitch eight and eight lost at New Orleans. Remember, he hit. Who was the wide receiver? The long lanky wide receiver. And they ran that play that Sean Payton called Maggie. So can I borrow that play? Yeah. Yeah. Coven season 2020. 2020. And what was the name of that wide receiver? Who dropped like a 55 yarder that was a dime right in his hands in the end zone? I can't remember. Long lanky kid. We had high hopes for him too. He never panned out. So twice Fox he would his last year was three and 13. So they didn't go under trestment. They didn't go under Fox. They went twice under Nagy and we kicked him out to the curb. And now here we are. So all the Oh my God through two weeks are offensive line numbers. Have you looked at the grades from PFF? Okay, whatever. Whatever. Two weeks doesn't tell a story. However, we don't want to as you have coined it. Yeah, we don't want it to be a trend. No, that's whole you don't want it to be a trend. No, but I love the excitement though, Cap. I'd rather have excitement and people asking questions and wondering than indifference. I got friends across the country and markets in which it is indifference to the NFL team. The NFL is the biggest thing in sports. I could say that as a college football fan. I know that the NFL is the biggest is the king of sports. It's not even close. And think baseball used to be the king. Mm hmm. Now. While people go and it's their summer pass. The football is not another. It's in another solar system. It's insane. But yeah, I like the idea that fans care. Yeah. I mean, and overly so, especially in this city. Okay, but we're in a town where we have not had a all pro quarterback since let me say that slowly. So people hear me 1950 Johnny Loujack Johnny Loujack in 1950 was the last all pro quarterback the Bears had. So that is what 74 years ago yet. We'll get the calls if they lose to Indy and Kayla doesn't look good to get boss. He sucks. First take society is horrible. No, the whole first take thing drives me insane. It does not mean he's not a player. How many people rode off Baker Mayfield? Now all of a sudden. Oh, wow. He developed. How about Sam Darnold sitting there two and out? Mm hmm. Oh, wow. I thought he was a bust. Now maybe he needed some time. But if you don't do it, Peyton Manning today, he looked through 28 interceptions his rookie year. Mm hmm. They were two and 14. They would have written him off bust. He stinks. He's one of the three greatest of all time. Yeah. So I just please. Can we just relax fix what we can fix? Work on your run game. Make your quarterback comfortable. And let's see how it develops cap is hard to tell a fan base to relax when we have not seen a team that stack like this in a long, long time if ever with the Chicago Bears in our lifetime. It's just it's hard to say it. I can't say it from this side of the desk because I understand what people go through all summer cannot wait to see bearish football and they want to see success. And so far it's been 50 50 because that that's really the height of one and one. It's just been 50 50. And the one thing that we question is what is going on with the offensive line? It was going on with the quarterback because again, you want to be able to see a quarterback to be able to lead this team not just for this upcoming week, but for a decade plus to be able to be the guy, someone that's not named Jay Cutler. You're looking for someone that can be the guy that can elevate the team to be able to get to the Super Bowl. Because there's a there's a lot of our listeners are younger and the viewers on YouTube that didn't know what it was like to see the Bears when they when they were in the Super Bowl. Right. The lovey Smith Super Bowl with against Indianapolis is one thing. I'm talking about 85. How we just galvanize the city where the streets are shut down and everyone is in front of a TV because they want to see the Bears when the Super Bowl ever they had the helmets on the lions outside the Art Institute. Every lion had a Bears helmet like the city was alive. Oh my goodness. That's what people crave now, Cap. I mean, we I can't tell the audience, hey, just take it one game at a time because you know why because they want it now because they are really hungry for it because a lot of times, Cap, as we've talked about this before out of all the teams in the city, this galvanizes the city big time, the Chicago Bears. That's one thing. But then think about their lives. You're a fan and you're working and you're trying to make ends of meat and you got family and you got issues. You just want three, three and a half hours on the Sunday just to be able to enjoy your favorite football team. That's what you want, right? And you don't want to have that to also be terrible also, right? Like, um, the stuff that's going on in my life and all man, what's going on with family and all the bills piling up. And then my football team stinks too. Becomes a country song after a while. Yeah, you're right. My old lady doesn't like me. The bill is stacking up. The dog is barking at me and my football team sucks. Yeah, like one of our my friend, Chuck, who just tweeted at us. Yeah, it's not the record. It's the lack of progress. Chuck, could you please get a Xanax or just take some decaf, whatever it is. It's two games. I literally despise the unwillingness to let things develop. I despise it. If we don't see it right now, he sucks. Oh my God. We're not seeing any progress. We got to do this. We got to do this. Oh my God. Lucas Patrick's highest rated guard. How did we screw that up? Maybe it's coaching here. It's two games. Please, please. Can we stop? If you told me after 17 games, that dude's going to the pro ball and the bears are three and four. I'll have, as Waddle said yesterday to Sylvie. I'll, what did he say? Lead the, uh, is the lead the charge or leave a march to do something? Yeah, lead the march or the charge. Something like that. Yeah, for change. Yeah. Not yet. It's two games. I can't, I can't live like that. I can't. Isn't it a little fair though? Like, and I'm not saying I'm at that level of panic or at that level of worry, but people are. And it's easy to say it's two games, bad offensive line play. It's really two and a half years of bad offensive line play with the same offensive line staff. And I think that's where a lot of the worry comes from. They were, didn't they lead the league in rushing last year? Yeah, but the past blocking spent a disaster. Yeah. I mean, you have a right as a fan to look at that and say, do we have the same problems as we had last year with the offensive line? Absolutely. Cause we've already addressed it this season, where I like three of the guys, the offensive line and, you know, hats off to Ryan polls, we're trying to add speed to the team and make sure that the defense is solid. However, again, the protection of the quarterback, especially a rookie quarterback is paramount. I know that that is a blanket statement for every quarterback in the NFL cap, but I'm talking about the number one pick. I don't know. I can't look Williams. Like he can't be the guy that's the maestro that's running all over the yard like he did at USC and think that you make plays the offensive line. And here's the thing. It's not just me saying it as an opinion or you saying it as an opinion. Eber Flus agrees. He agrees. We talked to about it just the other day about how paramount it is for them to run the football. But again, that comes from the offensive line. They have to open up the holes. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. You know, the numbers that we're used to, we've had big numbers here run on the football. And it's important that, you know, this is the 20, 24 pairs. And this identity for us is going to be, you know, unique and different than the other teams. But we got to make sure that we establish the run game. You know, that's that's the paramount. And that's that's in any any football team is going to say that. But we got to get that done because you're exactly right when you say that that's going to be something that we can lean on as a football team to be able to run the ball. I've always said, you know, hey, you run the you run the ball, you know, to win the game, right? You pass the score points, but you got to run the ball at some point, right? Early in the game, you know, dominate the front, right? And then late in the game to win it. Yeah, you know, he said that in the meetings. No question about it. And last year in the 2023 season, the 49ers led the NFL in rushing. The second team was the Chicago Bears. Then it was the Bengals, the Bills, the Broncos, the Browns, the Bucks. So the Bears were second in the NFL. That's some decent offensive line play. Now, past blocking, different story, a she said, different story. And they've had some bad luck this year. Certainly Ryan Bates goes on IR, Larry Borham's hurt. So the rotations aren't where they want him to be. That might be impacting the run game. But they also had a quarterback last year that held the ball along. I think the second or longest, anyone in the NFL. And to the point of rushing, they also had a quarterback last year was a freak athlete and could disguise some of the issues on the offensive line with his rushing ability. So they both things are true. Yeah, you can walk and chew gum at the same time a little bit. I just think it look, it's fair to be concerned. Yes. And the Lucas Patrick part of it is funny more than anything that a guy leaves here and spends two weeks as the top rated guard at PFF. Like, of course, that happens. It's not a real like, Oh, my God, there's reason for panic. But it is. If you're a fan and you see that, you go, what the hell? We didn't have that much turnover on our offensive line. And we paid $8 million a year for a new running back. We can't run the ball. We can't pass pass block. What's going on? Let's be able to just test the the audience as far as their anxiety about the Chicago Bears team expectations are huge cap. We definitely know that. We just want to I think that ultimately, based on my social media, people just don't want to see a quarterback that they believe in get killed because the offensive line isn't holding up their end of the bargain. Right. That's all. And they don't want it to be a trend. So if you're on hold, you will be on the air. 312-332-ESBN-3323776, our phone number. Let me just say this to you because we got this tweet as well. Bears fans. This is from John. Bears fans are like a hand shy dog that's been abused in the past. If you raise your hand to it, it flinches. It's not our fault cap. It's an ingrained reflex. Fair. So that we have to get trained as fans just like Caleb has to get trained as a quarterback. Got to change it. We'll get your phone calls in here. Also, Cap, we got five burning questions on the Bears. I love those. That's coming up at 735. Right here on the home of the Bears, Cap and Jay Hood. [MUSIC] This is Cap and Jay Hood. They beat in the traffic commute, so you don't have to. [MUSIC] On ESPN Chicago. [MUSIC] It's the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show. On ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's hoping that you're going to have a great Wednesday. We got five burning questions about the Bears coming up in our next segment, but first one, kind of just test where you are as a Bears fan. I love expectations, Cap. I love when fans are passionate, just like me and just like you. And it's hard to tell from my standpoint, a fan to say, "Hey, man, take it one give it a time, just take it one play at a time." I know as athletes and coaches, we're used to hearing that and also saying it. But Cap, there's so much hype and emphasis on this football team. This team was on hard knocks. This team's been talked about a lot. They got the number one pick. So not just locally, but nationally, everyone's wondering about the Chicago Bears. And so when they see Caleb Williams, and I think many have turned the page on Justin Fields and say, "Okay, this is Caleb Williams' time," they just don't want him to be hurt. They don't want the team to under-achieve because Ryan Paul didn't do enough to put enough into the offensive line. And that's only fair. It's only fair. I understand the fan standpoint like, "Hey, I want us to win." And rightfully so, big market. Yeah, big market. Again, they were second in the NFL in rushing last year. And people are like, "Well, why can't we run the ball?" What has changed? It's not because Lucas Patrick isn't the center that doesn't make Coleman Shelton a good center either. All things can be true. They just got to get back to work. It's a similar system to what they ran under Getzi. It's a different coordinator with a different way he calls a game, and people are already out on Shane Waldron after two games. That's unfair. Totally. That's unfair. Totally. When you're trying to fire guys after two games, that's just not fair. Yeah. You just want it to be able to work out like, "Okay." And I warned of this early saying as much as I admire what Shane Waldron did to turn around Geno Smith's career, he has to learn the personnel. And from game one, we said, "Wait a minute now. I know you're new here, but you know that Cole commits on the football team. Come on now. You got to put your best guys out there." He's learning to be able to do the right things for the offense. It's not going to happen. It should happen in game one, but it's not happening in game one. How about this game against the Colts, where it gets better, and you move forward and you move forward, you get better and better moving forward throughout the season? That's the hope. Go out and establish the run. Let your defense harass Anthony Richardson. That's what I want to see. Cause a couple turn away through three picks against Green Bay the other day, and Green Bay ran a ball down their throat. Let's go. By the way, Waddle texted. His turn was storm the castle. Storm the castle. That's it. Thank you, Tommy. Always be there with you, Tommy, to storm the castle. But after two weeks, now is not the time. Okay. One, two, three, three, two, ESPN, three, two, three, seven, seven, six, our phone number. Let's go to Van Wert, Ohio, listening on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's Jason on cap and Jhood. Jason, good morning. Morning guys. Cap, put it. You guys are my favorite. I listen to you every morning at work. Appreciate you. Start my day. Cap, I'm glad you're on the board with the Buckeyes. I think I might send you like a t-shirt or something. Sounds good. So I live over here. He really is the Ric Flair of college football because if it's going to be Ohio State this year, next year, it'll be somebody else. No, it's always Ohio State. Oh, from moving forward forever. Yeah. My college coach was trestle. Yes, I've always been. My brother was first in our family, Ohio State. I followed him in that way because I went to division three. I didn't have a school. I see. You've been a Georgia guy as long as I've known you. And that's 25 years. 84. Yeah. So. So what about so Clemson, that part of that or? I love Dabo. I've always been a Dabo guy. I'm a fan. And the Husky. The Husky I coached basketball at. So I'll always root for the Husky, especially when they beat Notre Dame. But my number one team, the Buckeyes. How about that, Jason? Yeah, that's all right. Captain kind of like a cornucopia of college football teams. But hey, if you if you got the Buckeyes at the top of the list and that'll work for now. But so I live over here in in cult country. And even though I followed the Buckeyes, I'm not part of the Justin Fields cult. So after two weeks, all my buddies, they're not bears fans like I am. But they're like, oh, should I kept Justin Fields? And I'm like, guys, just need to chill. This. This kid is already as good as Justin Fields. Imagine when he gets a full seat and then there's bell. So hey, have a great guy. Great day, guys. You too, man. Jason very much. Thank you very much for the phone call. Now he leaves line open. 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 7 6 0 4 number. Lewis and Lyle on Captain Jay Hood. Lewis, good morning. Good morning, guys. You know, I think I speak for a lot of bears fans. When I say like, I'm not anxious. I mean, you you heard me when I called in during the three season and I made that promise to roast Eddie every day after a win. Yes. I'm excited. Like, I'm still excited. I'm just concerned that our line like Arnold Wright seems to have regressed a little bit. I'm concerned that our line can't seem to set up a good run block. I mean, hack it against the Texans. And I know that they were going with the silent count. They were so the tackles were so slow getting off of or getting off the line. If I didn't know any better, I would think that the Texans were jumping off sides. I mean, they were getting beat so badly. I want this. I believe that this is a good team. I believe they have plenty of talent. I'm just concerned that this line is going to be the reason that that talent gets stunted. Caleb Williams is probably the best quarterback we've had. I will say he is more talented than Cutler. I'll say that I think he will be better than Cutler. I just want him to see his maximum potential. And again, I'd said concerned a lot, but I'm just concerned. I'm not anxious. I'm concerned. That's that's fair. You want to have him out there healthy for every game, Lewis, and you want the offensive line to be able to block for him and the running game to work. So I totally understand it. You are are concerned because you want him to be healthy and for the bears to win. And I mean, he has all he has all the time on the world and we saw what he can do when he's not pressured. We saw that first drive. He was what was he at 12 or 11 for 12. That first half when he wasn't getting pressured, Texans realized they can't they can't block for him. He's he got killed. I mean, he nearly got killed behind that line. It's almost as bad as watching Cutler again in that it was almost like watching Cutler in that Giants game and he got sacked nine times in the first half and walked off with a concussion. And when I say walked off, I mean, walked towards a giant sideline. He was so out of it. Recall. Yeah. Yeah. I hope it gets better. Yeah. Well, you know what? Look, and cap. Yeah. Seven sacks is concerning for any fan. Yeah. But the hope is, is that there's not something that we see on a daily basis or a weekly basis. I don't think we will. Right. But if Shane Waldron's any good, he's going to have already put the tape on and gone. All right. We got to clean this up. We got to try this. Yeah. That's how that stuff has to get fixed. But you don't know it has to get fixed until it fails in another area. So let's go. That's a good thought by you. And by the way, that's because my partner was a coach. It's about adjustments from one game to the other, right? Correct. Like you put the film on like, we can do that a lot better. Correct. Like I'm not. And I think most people agree with you, not me. I'm in the minority. But I don't think half time adjustment. Yeah, there's tweaks and things you could. But it's between games where you earn your pay as a coach. Okay. We saw what they did to us there. And if I'm the Indianapolis Colts, I'm running the same exact aggressive schemes that I ran that the Texans ran. Sure. Until you proved to me, you could stop it. Why wouldn't I? Yeah. Absolutely. So this week is a big week for whether it's Shane Waldron or Chris Morgan or Ebert Flus or Eric Washington or name any of them. They got to all be ready to adjust. You know, it made me happy going back and watching the game cap yesterday. It just made me happy looking at that defense in the way he stopped the run. Oh, come on, man. Great. Three points in the second half to CJ Stroud. Pretty damn good. They shut the water off on the Texans as far as their running game is concerned. I enjoyed the hell out of that. Just watching the defense where they're stacking like seven, eight, the linebackers. We got Jack Sanborn had plays in a sack. That's why you know that is working. I will tell you the guy, the most impressive guy. I think you love him. I know I do. But I think he's your guy. Maybe because you guys are built similarly. That's a compliment. Yeah. Andrew Billy. Yeah. Yeah. Did you see him push the center driving back towards the quarterback and then ends up knocking a football free? Yeah. Beast. Yeah. Beast. That is a really good football player. The number seven on a PFF, by the way, for what he did, that's pretty good. In the top 10 for based on how good he was against the Texans. I enjoyed that because that means that they're right on schedule, cab. Yep. That's right on schedule. Yeah, they got cash early, but see what happened in the second half. That's why it sucks because the Bears kind of won that game. Just a semblance of offense, man. Just getting it into the end zone, put it in a couple of times. The Bears kind of won that game. Shows you how close the Bears are, right? But yet far away because they lost the game. No question. Oh, man. But that's the NFL every week you just never know. Now, the hope is, is that next time around, like Indianapolis, that the defense, again, can be stout, stopping the run, chasing Richardson all over the yard, making them uncomfortable, and the offense can percolate on their end too. There's going to be a number of Bears fans there, as you well know, because it's Indianapolis. They're going to be loud. There's Bears fans at the Texans game. You can hear it. Anytime the Bears did anything well, you heard the cheers. I just think that the Bears have a good shot here on Sunday. They do. I truly believe that. And they've got to get, you know, really good pressure on Anthony Richardson, and then you've got to run the football. Let's go cap. We've got five burning questions about the Bears. I love these. So we'll get to that coming up next. And if you're on hold, you will be on the air. We're talking about the Bears on the home of the Bears. ESPN 1000. Checkmate. One six, and he has some pressure on target. That's why I see him in my shot shot or no shot with Captain Jay Hood on ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago. That's why I see him in my shot. Good morning and welcome in to the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. But David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you, now time for a shot or no shot right here on Captain Jay Hood. Here's Shay Norlin, Shay. Good morning, boys. On a Wednesday, how we feeling? Doing really great. Feeling good, man. Yeah, I feel great. Good. I just the doom and gloom club that's on social media. They just drive me insane. They do. They drive me insane. That sounds like a good, a good t-shirt, doom and gloom club. Yeah, I think that'd be great. I got a new hoodie yesterday. I wore it last night from Joe Johnson at Avia shirts. It says build your own line exclamation point. That's the key. Yeah. And you're going to have three picks in the top, I don't know, top 50? Two in the top 33 probably. We have our one. Caroline is two. Our two. That's three elite level players. I would like two of them to be offensive, where I'm in one a center. That would be awesome. Awesome. That'd be awesome. There's three guys I like on the offensive line. There's two I do not or two that I think are underachieving big time. And I don't think that's going to get better. So it's something that Ryan pulls us to address. But the doom and gloom, doom and gloom club. I can't do it. I just can't. It drives me nuts. All of a sudden, oh my god, Minnesota's two and oh, Green Bay one with Malik Willis and the lions are loaded with that. Like we're fourth. We suck. It's two games, people. Please can we just, whoo. Exhale. You know, they say that you can't get participation trophies in the NFL. But actually you can if you're the Pittsburgh Steelers. As Russell Wilson, the quarterback who went back to Denver, back to the belly of the beast, he did not start. It was just in fields. However, the Steelers gave a trophy or a war to Russell Wilson because, quote, he got a raw deal in Denver. Justin said that, right? Yes. Or was that Tom? It was just it was Justin. But that was the feeling of the organization or the team that Russell had a raw deal in Denver. Of course, the press would ask Mike Tomlin, like, why would you give Russell Wilson a trophy or an award even though he didn't start? And Mike Tomlin says, well, I can't give you all the ingredients to the hot dog. You may not like it. Shay, what are the ingredients to the hot dog? What's in it? For Russell Wilson? No, no, for the hot dog. Oh, what's in the hot dog? What's one of the ingredients of the hot dog? I don't ask. Because Mike Tomlin says you might not like it. So he said, I think it's just pork, right? Or beef? One or the other. Cap is running a hot dog stand. Did you ever ask what's in these hot dogs? I did. All beef. We were a Vienna stand. Vienna beef hot dogs. 100% all beef. How come you wouldn't give the ingredients if it's just all beef? I don't know. Tomlin said he wouldn't give the all the ingredients of the hot dog. You say you might not like it. I think he made a mistake. It's usually the sausage. You don't want to know all the ingredients. Like, what kind of what do we got here? Is this the tail or is this like a pork chop? Yes. Not a pork chop the other night. That was amazing. The best pork chop I've ever had. Really? Yes. Damn. Yes. Buy a mile up at Perry's and it was like, you know, just the there's no bone. It was just phenomenal. But the sausage, you don't know what part of the pig you're getting. That's correct. It's a little frightening. Are those the lips? And which lips are we talking about? Or, isn't there something about the acceptable? It does how tight it is. Okay. What is that from? That's you. When did I say that? I told you it was on last Friday. I told you that was going to live on the board for a very long time. Wow. Things you say, I'm just standing here listening. Something about is she hot or something along those lines and then you went on and then that came out. No, no, no. What's that? It was no way I put those two together. Hot and tight. No way. It was about the cut of the day. How much transitions to the cut of the day. That's where that came from. It's tight. Oh, it was from when I said AI jacket. It was so loose. You could drive a pace box through it. Jaymore? He's tight. Okay. All right. That'll be all. Let's get started with Danny G and B. Let's get started with shot or no shot. You know how tight it is. Okay. Thank you. Adam. Adam Hogue yesterday. Talked with Diana Rossini about Nate Davis. And Hogue said he believes the bears do not want Nate Davis playing. Ryan Bates out snapped Davis in the opener but then went on IR and is out for at least four weeks. The bears, according to Adam Hogue, are unhappy that Nate Davis doesn't like to practice and has been missing practices. They would prefer he ride the bench. Shot or no shot. If it's really this bad, the bears should just put Matt Pryor in over Nate Davis. That's a shot. That's a shot because he's on the roster. But if they haven't already made that move, that how bad is Matt Pryor? Maybe Mark Pryor should be at guard. I mean, Dodgers pitching coach, right? He would check it in at left tackle. I mean, if he's if they haven't already made that move, now maybe they have internally. They go back to practice today. Yes. So the cool thing will be to find out if the microphone and pad club up there report. Wow. Matt Pryor was with the ones today. That'd be great. Yeah. Because I can tell you, if I was coaching up there, Nate Davis, I would do everything I possibly could to motivate that kid through the through fear, embarrassment, whatever. Whoa, this is the big dude on the sideline that's in street clothes. A guy who doesn't want to practice. Yeah. That's why I asked you in five burning questions about Nate Davis and whether or not you would. Again, as I put the question, not that you would make him inactive, but he wouldn't start. Well, you I said to you if I could make him inactive. Yeah. But who else do I have? That's the problem. You got a numbers game problem. Larry Blorms on injured reserve. Ryan Bates is on injured reserve. So I got Matt Pryor. Who else do I have on that offensive line? I got a rookie in here. You cut Jeteri Carter. And my guy J is not healthy. No, he's coming back, but he's not ready. So. Bill Murray and Doug Kramer, that's it. Yeah. Well, why can't Doug Kramer get a shot? We talked about this. He has not started a game. Bill Murray's not shooting a movie right now. Get him in there. Sure. So I think that that's a shot, Shay. What else do we have? A lot of blame going around for who is most at fault for the bears offensive line. Mark Schlerith of Fox Sports. He weighed in saying Shane Waldron has relied too much in the past on a veteran quarterback to overcome protection issues. This when he was in Seattle, a lot of flux in Seattle's offensive line injuries never really was an issue because according to Schlerith, Gino Smith was able to overcome. He said that Shane Waldron is not doing a good enough job to bring along a rookie quarterback with a rough offensive line. Shot or no shot, the blame for the O line lies with Waldron. That's a shot partially partial shot part of it. Yes, because these are highly compensated gentlemen. I mean, they pay a lot of money to Nate Davis. He's making $10 million a year. Now he may not be the highest paid guard in the league, but $10 million shows some pride, man. I don't care if they're paying you a buck. If you're going to do the job, either live, live, fall in or get out. Why are we wasting everybody's time? Darnell Wright was the 10th pick in the first round. He was horrible the other night. Too little to me like he's regressed. Yeah, that's all right. But that's just the game cap. Doesn't mean it's going to be like that for the Colts. Right. He turns it around. You get what you pay for. We talked about it yesterday. Coleman Shelton. Yeah. The Rams said we've seen enough. Get out. And he got a one year offer for three million bucks. Okay. That means he's not that good. Kevin Jenkins. I think he's really talented. He did not have a good game. But that can happen. Braxton Jones. I just don't know if he's good enough. We we we talk about this every year about Braxton Jones. The GM likes Braxton Jones because at for a fifth round pick, he's hung in there pretty well. However, there's going to be changes. They're going to have to be changes made because what you have here is not going to be good enough for with Caleb Williams. Not for the long haul. You hope that they can put it together with scotch tape and Elmer's glue and keep this thing together all season where it gets better as you move on. But as far as the talent, no, you're going to upgrade that in the off season. You're you're definitely are when they Davis was out during training camp. Who was in his place? Ryan Bates. But he's injured now. Yeah, he's injured. At least four week I are along with Larry Borham also out. So yeah, that's that was the issue. But again, it's not minutia. It's fact you want your quarterback to be protected. You it's it has to happen. But you're going to have to go double tight ends. You're going to have to have two tight ends in there. You're going to have to run the ball downhill instead of running the Andre Swift trying to get him out on the edge and you don't have elite tackle play going on right now. You're going to have to. Yeah, all hands on deck to be able to make positive plays offensively. Agree. All hands on deck. All hands has to happen. And one of the reasons why the cap talks about the two tight ends is because in this scenario, I still think the full back matters to be able to block and chip and do a few and some things out there. Blessing games are not 100% either. He's also hurt. He's banged up. Yeah, so correct. So that's an issue. All right. I know we got more. Go ahead. Yeah, I have a personal dilemma this weekend. I'm going to be off the next two days because I have unbelievably two weddings this weekend Friday and Saturday, both in Michigan. I'm heading back there tomorrow, which means hoodie Saturday night during my team's game against Boston College. Shout out Tom Waddle and during Tennessee, Oklahoma, I'm going to be stuck at a wedding reception shot or no shot. It is acceptable for me to bring multiple devices to stream games at the wedding reception. Wow. I mean, I can't go against you there. I'm the guy that we go to dinner with people and I got two phones going so I can do my recaps. I mean, and my wife supports it. So I'm good. So I can't tell you not to do that. Now, my question to you is, who are the two weddings? Friday night is my brother-in-law. And Thursday or Saturday night is a friend from high school. So this is Kinsey's sister marrying this dude? No, my my brother. Kinsey's brother is marrying his fiancee Friday night. Kinsey's brother is marrying his fiancee Friday night. Okay. And is Kinsey saying that you know you shouldn't do this? Well, Friday night, I'll probably avoid it because that one's frankly more important Saturday night. I think multiple devices are in play. I've got my school playing against Boston College. I got to beat Waddle's ass and I've got to watch Tennessee, Oklahoma. It's one of the most exciting games I've wanted to watch all season. I'm going to be stuck at a wedding reception here. I said that to hoodie and to you guys yesterday. Brett can't wait for that game. I would say it is a shot that both that you have phones in play for both. I will give credit to the Friday wedding because someone understands expenses cheaper that way on a Friday. No question. It's just Saturday. I think I got married on a Sunday morning. Yeah, shout out. He's like, "We're not paying for a Saturday night wedding. We paid for ours." Yeah, that's a shout out. That's a good, that's a heady play when you get it done on a Friday. But I think that, listen, when you're at the table, you just look around, sometimes you're stuck at a table. We don't know anyone. You could be friendly, but at the same time, it's okay, because everyone else is looking at their phone. So why can't you? They can look at it for text messages. You can look at it for college football, if you're Shay, right? Everyone's looking at their phone anyway. So I think it's in play. You could do both. Well, let me ask you a question. What time is the kickoff? The game is at seven, right? Yeah, for Tennessee and Oklahoma, seven. I think Michigan State's at six thirty. Okay, what time is the wedding? The ceremony is at five o'clock. Here's where things get very interesting. That's going to be during the fourth quarter of USC Michigan. If that game is close, and is it totally out of line? If I've got it down under the pew on my phone... Under the pew? Under the pew. Under the pew. Under the pew. Under the pew. Um, wow. I mean, you can't have the volume. That's for sure. You know, you just hear first down USC, and I'm like, "Yes!" in the middle of the ceremony. I'm all in with you, man. You got to be discreet about it. When I go to dinner and we're with another couple, and I got to watch the game, I don't set the phone right on the table with the volume on, and there's no zombie. Yeah, no. I'm discreet. I like the idea, Jay Moore, of having a request to be able to have the college football theme instead of just the usual organ. I like the idea of that being the wedding march. College football. There we go. Here they come. Here comes the bride. At my wedding, we had a... 85 inch big-screen app set up to watch Cubs White Sox. Yes! My wife's like, "We're watching that game." I'm like, "That's why I'm marrying you. Love you." And a shot of no shot right here on Captain Jay Hood, and coming up, we've got around the NFL, slash power rankings. That's coming up next, right here on Chicago's Home for Sports. Welcome back to Captain Jay Hood on Chicago's Home for Sports. ESPN Chicago. Knit both sucks. He sucks. I'm just a fan. I'm not a football about you. I love the Green Bay Packers. The guy is front, but there he goes. This is not Detroit, man. This is the Super Bowl. I love winning. He starts to come at a moment. 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 Captain Jay Hood on ESPN 1000, and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. We're with you till 10 o'clock, then Mike Greenberg comes in at 10, followed by Carmen Yurco at 12. White Sox baseball is a tick on the Angels at 2.35. Black Nub Doll at 6.30. Around the NFL with Shay Norlek. All right. It's power rankings Wednesday, hoodie. I got to start with the three teams that were in the top 10 last week that are no longer in the top 10. Okay. Dallas. Goodbye. You can't get boat raced at home by New Orleans and think you're worthy of a spot in the top 10. Dak, two straight games of sub bar quarterback play. And what were they last week in your rankings? Seven, I think. Seven. No, Shay. Are you going to tell me that there are 10 teams in the NFL that are better than the Dallas Cowboys? Is that what you're going to tell us? Is that what you're saying? Because I know that that's not the case. I know it's your rankings. I'm just saying. Well, that's also like Dallas can the narrative rests with them. They have to put themselves back into the top 10. But you can't lose the way that they lost 44 to 19 at home fair to Derek Carr and the Saints. Dak put together so far this season to sub bar games and expect me to put them in the top 10. There will be controversy because there were two teams at 10. I'm almost forced to respect at 2 and 0. I don't respect either of them. I had to choose one. The other two teams falling out are Miami and Indy. Indy can't lose to Malik Willis and Miami. Sorry, your quarterback is on IR and you were getting blasted by the bills and a fencing issue with the quarterback. Yep. Yeah. Indeed. All right. So this is stuff. Okay. In the bearer of seven, what are they? Six or seven? Bear. Bear one. It's okay. Super Bears. Super Bowl, right? Laddle? Okay. So if the Dallas Cowboys are out cap, now I'm interested to see what else does he have in the 10. So no Cowboys. So what's number 10? And by the way, Dak did throw a big pick in that game, but he did throw for almost 300 yards. Well, yeah, he had to throw a bunch. His team was down three scores, 293 yards. When you down three scores, the yardage total is going to look a little inflated. Okay, no Cowboys. So now number 10. Number 10, unfortunately, two and oh, I, I still think it's a mirage, but two and oh is two and oh, it's the LA Chargers. Oh, LA Chargers. Okay. Pittsburgh was the other team fighting here. I just believe a little more that the Chargers might be able to sustain this than I do Pittsburgh can sustain field goals. Brother, they're just going to keep running the football. They could be looking at three and oh, I guess the Steelers coming up on Sunday. Yeah, I know it's at Pittsburgh. I'm just saying, that's a better matchup that I thought it was going to be now. You got two teams, they're going to run the football. Correct. The Chargers and the Steelers. Okay. So I've always been taught if you're going to have a game where you're like, I don't know who's going to win that one. Take the better quarterback and better offensive line. Who has the better combo? Chargers. Chargers. Yeah. Justin Herbert's better than Justin Fields and Joe Alt and Sean Slater. Yeah, I'll take that. I'll take the chart, the Los Angeles. The two top graded tackles in football right now, I believe. That's those guys? Yeah. There you go. That could be a hell of a game or a hell of a snoozer, depending on what you like in your football. It's going to be gross. It's going to be, yeah, it's going to set football back three decades. It could. And by the way, if that's the case, here's what I've already planned. Because it's the Chargers and the Steelers cap, I'm taking the HD out of the out of my TV. There you go. Take the score bug down, dead or deaf. That's just so loud. One on the screen because it's going to look like 1984 football. Show the score related ugly yellow font only on rejoins. Yeah, absolutely. So you got Chargers 10. And who's nine? Nine dropping three spots and officially in the danger zone is the Philadelphia Eagles. The roster looks great on paper, but you're getting no production from your highly selected defensive draft picks. Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith, he's invisible. That's got to change. Jalen Hertz looks like he's lost a lot of the explosiveness. They're really in the danger zone of falling out next week. Okay. He have the logs at New Orleans. He have the sequan Barkley dropping passes Eagles. That's who you're talking about? Correct. Okay. That happened. That's still I still in the burner map. People still can't believe that game. You have that game. Number eight, Jay. Number eight technically did not do enough to move out of the not top 10 last week, but they are in it this week because everybody else decided to vomit on themselves looking at you Baltimore. The Seattle Seahawks survived a sleepy early kickoff in New England, overtime win and Gino Smith. If you look at his clutch time stats the last few years, it's undeniable. Tight game late. Gino Smith's going to deliver. That's a Shane Waldron guy right there. It is. That's what you want. He created him because he was he was another bust when he left the Jets. Remember? Mm hmm. What a horrible fit. That guy's a bust. Oh, he designed for $75 million. Seattle, the feet of the Broncos and the Patriots. They play the Dolphins next. That could be through, you know, into their game against the Lions on the 30th. Seahawks. That's not what I expected early. Very good. You're good. Number seven, Shay. Number seven, falling five spots. The San Francisco 49ers traveled from west to east to go to Minnesota who apparently just has their number consistently beats San Francisco. They've used their Mulligan now, but they are entering the danger zone. We know how good they are, but McCaffrey's on IR. Debo's going to miss a few weeks. Purdy's weaponry now limited. We'll see what you're made of. You see, there's always an asterisk with his 49ers thought. Always. It always is because he wants Brock Perry to prove now that you don't have weapons. What kind of quarterback are I think he deep down once Brock, pretty fail. He's not a Brock, pretty guy. I think that's fair. I'm not rooting for him to fail. I just don't believe in him the way people believe in him. Like there were quarterback rankings that had him as the number two quarterback in football this offseason. Stop. No, I am very intrigued about the Rams game coming up. You basically treat him like you treat Ned Yoast. Or like I treat Ned Yoast like the Royals. Oh, they want us a World Series in spite of Ned Yoast. I've heard many people say it. Look, if you're the manager and you win the World Series, you get all the credit in the World Man. Don't you stands with Dave Roberts? Right. So what happens if Brock Perry wins a Super Bowl this year? But then I will change my opinion on him. I respect Dave Roberts for being a good locker room man. I don't respect Ned Yoast for bunting and sacrificing his way to a World Series Championship. That was an ugly World Series. Do you remember what Hamp called McMahon? A monkey driving a limo. Do you remember that? Yes, I do call that. Yes. He's a monkey driving a limo. It's like what? Let's keep our eyes on this one, Shay, in San Francisco against the Rams on the 22nd. Let's see what happens. See how San Francisco fairs now went on the road. They will. They should eviscerate the Rams. That's a home game for the Niners, by the way. Remember the playoff game? It was the NFC title. Niners and Rams. And the Rams were in a silent count in their own building because it was all Niners fans. Yeah. Yeah. 49ers is a seven and a half point favorite. All right. Number six, Shay. Number six down three spots, the Detroit Lions. Oh, they had nearly 500 yards of offense. They ran double the number of plays that Tampa ran. They might have the defensive player of the year and eight in Hutchinson, who already has five and a half sacks. They dominated Tampa in the box score, but one for seven in the red zone and everybody in Detroit questioning Ben Johnson's red zone play calling and the decision to let Jared Goff rip the ball 55 times. Got to be better than that. They dropped to six outside the top five. Got to respect the Buccaneers, though. Got to respect him. I do. Yeah. So really good team and Todd Bowles. Good for him, man. Getting a second crack at being a head coach doing a really good job. Next one is for the Lions at the Cardinals and then it's a Seahawks. So keeping our eyes in the Lions now. I mean, there might be some slippage, but that's still a tremendous football team. I agree. There to me, they are the tip of the spear still in the NFC North. All right, Lions six. And what's number five? This is where things get spicy. The biggest riser of the week, the New Orleans Saints. You go to Dallas and you drop a bomb on Mike McCarthy and the Cowboys in a building where they never lose and you don't just win. You beat them 44 to 19. You have the fourth highest scoring offense through two weeks in NFL history. I don't know if they're going to stay up here. I don't know if it's a mirage or not, but it's undeniable right now. Yeah, I can't. What number do you have? I can't do they have the best offense in football through two weeks and the power rankings are fluid. It's I'm not this isn't like this is how they'll end. It's just right now. Everybody kept saying Cowboys laying six at home. They never lose. They're going to blow out the Saints. Saints are fake. Saints walk in there, punch them in the face and leave with their girlfriend. Like, yeah, I got to respect the Saints and what they did. Yeah, that's too high for that. Two weeks ago, you were the guy that said Dennis Allen's going to be the first guy fired two weeks later. You have a fifth in the NFL. I'm also the guy who says it's up to these people to rewrite the narrative on themselves and Dennis Allen through two weeks as you're the highest scoring offense in football fourth highest through two weeks in history. So what two weeks doesn't earn you the fifth spot on NFL. You play two weeks where you look like the 2013 Broncos. I don't think I'm going to over the the moon here respecting what they've done. If they announced that they're having Dallas and New Orleans have a rematch this week, Dallas has been their ass. And who's what's the point spread on that game? Dallas's favorite again. Dallas probably a three and a half four point favorite. Yes. Shay, could you look up something for me regarding the Saints? Could you look up some real quick? Was that a pay game for the Saints and the Cowboys? No, it wasn't. Okay. How much the Cowboys pay for that game for the Saints is the weight room better because the Dallas Cowboys paid the Saints with a million and a half billion. Was a buy game? No. All right. Number four, Shay. Number four, rising four spots from last week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You got dominated in a box score, but you survive in advance. You lock up in the red zone, you play good defense, limit Detroit one for seven on red zone possessions. Since 2020, they are the winningest team in the NFC, including playoffs. Start season two and oh, Baker looks great. Again, power rankings are fluid right now. Today, I got to respect them. You have to. Yes. Right. But there's a little difference between them and New Orleans. Like New Orleans two weeks ago, Dennis Allen's on the hot seat going to get fired. Yes. He'll be to quote him. Yes. You. He'll be fired into the sun is what you said. That's fine. Two weeks ago, two weeks ago, they weren't the highest scoring offense in the NFL. Two weeks ago, they hadn't scored on 16 to 20 possessions. Lock in the ears. At least we're coming off of winning a division and winning a playoff game. Yeah, but this is on the road. This is whole. This is this year. It's this year. It's two weeks. It's a fluid system. They're the highest scoring team in football. What am I supposed to do? It's not like they just went to Carolina and rocked them. They went into Dallas, a place where Dallas was undefeated last season and beat them. 44 to 19. What do you want me to do? I just want you to give us number three. Number three is the Houston Texans rising one spot. Again, survive in advance. But that pass rush is a problem. That's fair. And they will not be facing the defense that they saw on Sunday night, the rest of the season. Number two, Shay. Number two, up three spots, the Buffalo Bills. Everybody wrote them off. It didn't matter that Tua got concussed again. They were dropping a bomb on Miami before Tua left the game. And frankly, they probably could have scored more. But you take it easy on the team that just lost their quarterback. Buffalo's number two. They're awesome. Everybody wrote them off. I didn't. I had them over 10 and a half. They're fantastic. They are. Josh Allen. How about zero turnovers through two weeks for Josh Allen and cap this one. I did tell you preseason. The Bills are awesome. You did. And I've met them the last three years. Don't have a ticket on them this year. Yes, and please do not. Please do not. Just leave them alone. Surprise. Surprise. And so, okay, we've got number one, of course, Cincinnati. Check in on the cowboy. Cincinnati's number one on Shay's board. And that my friends is the power ranking. The Kansas City, right here on what? I'm sorry. The Kansas City Chiefs are number one. It's what? It's the Chiefs. That's Cincinnati. It's the Kansas City referees and defensive pass interference. That's number one on the power ranking. You do not agree with that call. Of course, it was the right call. I think everybody clutching their pearls about it's being ridiculous. But you know what? Yes, the Bengals lost. But damn it. I want to see that game again and again and again. Because they gave the Bengals gave the Chiefs their best shot. What has it been over the last seven games? Has it been for three Kansas City? Or has it been three three over the last six? It's a close game. How about that, Cap? Joe burrow knows how to win there. He does. It's a good game. It is doing those two get together. But when you lose your first game to who not? Oh, the Patriots at home. Yes. Like if you told me they lost like the Raven lost to they lost to the Raider. But if you told me that the Bengals had lost to like at a really elite team and then they battled Kansas, they could still be a team that you have high hopes and could be in his rankings. When you lose to the Patriots at home, no shot. All right. And that is the power rankings right here on Cap and Jhood coming up. It is still a waddle Wednesday. Waddle had a lot of things to say about the offensive line. You'll You'll hear from Tommy about the O-line next on Captain J-hood. "I don't like our team."