Kap & J. Hood
10/8 7 AM: The Bears Afterglow
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Cap, we got a lot to get to before we're done at 10 o'clock, but we're still in the afterglow of the Bears victory against the Carolina Panthers at Soldier Field. And so you and I, lock and step, are about one game at a time. Not because it's fashionable, not because it's cool, it's because you can only play one game at a time. You know, this has been something that coaches have set for a long time and you've heard players say it because where the players get it from? The coaches. Hey, we gotta take this game. We gotta take this thing one game at a time. We can't play the whole season in one game. We gotta take it in one game at a time. And so when it comes to the Chicago Bears team, it is about one game at a time because there's so many different things that's happening with this Bears team. It starts with hard knocks and it starts with Ryan Poles and him being able to put so much talent on this roster. But ultimately, even though you and I are excited about a possible postseason for this Bears team, again, incrementally, game by game, you're hoping for improvement so you can get to that goal of being in the postseason. That's the hope. Yeah, we've been like this lost child out in the forest reserve for so many years. Like, where is the kid? What's going on here? You know, like, just lost. Yeah. Eventually, we hope it'll turn up and every year it doesn't. Yeah. We're just struggling, struggling. And now we get the number one pick. Caleb Williams is looking like, uh oh, we may have found something here. And Ryan Poles gets Keenan Allen and DJ Moore and he's that great trade. And Roma Dune say, and they just keep him on to sweat. Just keep adding on. The question is, are we legit yet? Like, do you get in your car? You pour your first cup of coffee, whatever it is. Do you go, my team's a playoff team? Like, I feel like they could get there. But I, and I picked them to win the division at the start of the year. That's why I was, you know, hope I'm right. But if you asked me today, three and two, going to London, is that a playoff team? Well, the division's better than I thought it was. I did not expect Minnesota to be five and oh. Detroit is even better than I thought they were gonna be. And I picked them to be really good as well. A very Minnesota would not be what they are. And Green Bay's not as good as I thought they would be, but they're good. They're not bad. It's the best division in the NFL. It's not close. So, today, I need to see more. If I had to make the pick today. - So, Shay, tell us about the playoff predictor, because as you well know, the man over there behind you, with the numbers and the graphs and the stats, he's got the numbers. And he has a way to fast forward through the season to determine where the bears could be at season's end. So, Shay, from your research, what do the numbers say? - I just ran through it yesterday. There's a website, the playoff predictor. It allows you to pick every single game throughout the NFL season, and it builds the standings accordingly. And there is a world. I won't totally geek out on how I went through this. I'll just make the point, there is a world where all four of the teams in this division make the playoffs. If you handle your business outside of the divisional games and basically split the divisional games amongst each other, just round robin' each other, all four teams could get in. - I think that is possible. It is a possibility, Cap. - Wow, all four. Now, we already came, but this thought in October is what we thought about in August. So, I'm talking about how difficult this division would be. See, Cap, when we look at the three and two record, I know that we bang our head against the wall and saying, "Houseway, how did you lose that game against the Colts?" The bears should be four and one. What do you think about it? Look at the Colts' personnel, look at the bears. We should've beaten the Colts. - And should've lost to Tennessee, so it all works out. - It all works out, three and two is three and two, but we can't be surprised that the bears through five games are three and two, even with the rookie quarterback, even with Shane Waldron, even with what's happening with this team, we shouldn't be surprised. You know why? Because we looked at the schedule and said, "God, this lays out like a college football schedule. "All this non-conference before you go "into your division games, like college football." All right, we're gonna play this team here, Fresno, and then we're gonna play Massachusetts, and we're gonna play, all right, here we go. Here comes our division rivals, and here comes our, that's how the schedule's laid out. I hope that the bears can eat as much as possible, right up to the time that we play in the division. When as many games get as good as possible because iron sharpens iron. Cap, when you start taking on the green bays and the lions and the Vikings, it's go time now, but definitely go time in the division, 'cause that tells the great story. - So, I'm gonna tell you that the Vikings who are on the buy this week. - Yes. - We'll lose their next two football games. - Hot take? - I don't think it's hot take, I think it's legit. I think it's a good take. - All right. - They play at home against the Detroit Lions, I think they're gonna lose that game. - All right, we'll see, won't we? - A little bit of a let down, and then they gotta fly to LA for Thursday night football short week. They're gonna lose there. - Okay. - Because they're gonna get Cooper cut back, they're gonna get a little healthier. I love that quarterback, and I love Sean McVey, so I think they're gonna upset the Vikings, who will be in a little bit of a flat spot after their first loss. Then the question is, what the Vikings do from there? Their home with the Indianapolis Colts should beat them. - Should beat them. - Should, then they get three straight on the road. At Jacksonville, at Tennessee. - When, slow down, when? - And then at Chicago. - Lost. - I'm gonna tell you that the Vikings are going to lose of their next, let's see, Detroit, LA, Indy, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Chicago, of their next six, they're gonna lose at least three. - And I can go along with that, because it's the NFL. I have no metrics for that, Shay. I've got no, you know, reels and all that. I'm just saying it's the NFL, anything could happen. - Isn't there a little bit of the Vikings, the last two games where they won, looked like they were coming back down to Earth, just a bit, especially against the Jets. - Yeah, Sam Darnold. - Like I'm listening to that on Sportsman like this morning. Love the people on the show, great people. They got Sam Darnold like he freaking Tom Brady. Oh, Darnold, we have an outstanding year. Hold on a second now. Look at his numbers the other day. They were not that good. - Yeah, Cap, but it's a win. - Okay. - But you don't like it. - But Caleb Williams, he's nowhere in their stratosphere. His numbers ride popping. - Yeah, I understand. But you know how this works though? Like when you win and you come out of nowhere, you become a darling. That's how it works in sports. You know that. People had Sam Darnold off to the side of the road and dead from Minnesota. Like this guy's, his career is over before he's even 30. He's done, okay, but he's part of a winning formula. He's part of a winning. We think that the head coach is pretty smart. O'Connell. - I love Kevin O'Connell. - Okay, so I mean, yeah, I mean, once again, I will measure the Vikings or any other team like I measure the Bears. It doesn't matter if you're gonna be in the top five of the National College football playoff. It doesn't matter. Are you winning or are you losing? Man, sometimes it's hard to win in this league. And if you don't think Sam Darnold's great, that's fine. He's winning with the program though, Cap. He's got the ball in his hands, line of share at the time. It may not always look great, but they're winning. - Aaron Jones, the solid back. - Give him credit. - They're receivers, Jordan Addison, and the best, Justin Jefferson. They're getting Hockinson back. They got talent. What's Albert, who will be with us today at 835? Albert Breer from Amazon, Thursday at that football and money morning quarterback at SI.com. He told us in August, don't sleep on the Vikings. - They got a good team. - He did. - Everyone went. - What? - Yes. - All the predictions were five and 12, six and 11. - We were strikes. - That's an intense. - We were feeling good until that hit. - Yeah, we're like. - We're feeling good. Like, are the bears gonna make the playoffs? Ah, Detroit's tough. Green Bay's always a rock in your shoe. Ah, Minnesota. Look out now, watch for the Vikings. And you know, guess what? He was right. - Right, we're like, what? - He talking about. - We were stretching like Ric Flair coming down the ring. - I watched that yesterday. - And then that was all. - The Ric Flair 30 for 30. I watched some of it. - Again. - Not all of it, but some of it yesterday. So good. But, that's why the bears, this is a game the bears have to find a way to win. Brisker probably isn't gonna play. He's banged up with the concussion, did not fly with the team. - Next man up. - Yeah, that's got Jonathan Owens. - Yeah, that's fine. - Let's go. Let's get it done. - Can I tell you how I break this question down regarding the bears in a possible playoff scenario? Can I break it down to you this way? - Break it down for me. - Cap, I think that the Chicago Bears have a playoff worthy defense. I don't think anyone can argue with that. - 100%. - And by the way, it's still emerging. - 100%. - Because we're finding new names every week that's coming to the forefront, that's helping the bears defense in a defensive line. - Dexter has got five sacks already. He stepped up, Andrew Billings just looking better and better each week. Brisker was playing great. Caller Gordon playing great. Bired with an awesome interception the other day. Jalen's a all pro. Now what are the other guys gonna do? Tyreeks Stevenson, what are you gonna do? - He'll have his day. - Jonathan Owens, you may have to play for Brisker. What are you gonna do? - So I think that the-- - The Marcus Walker's been better. - I think the Bears have a playoff worthy defense. I think the Bears have playoff worthy wide receivers. - With DJ Moore, okay. - With Roma Dunesay, that's learning the job. I know he's a rookie, but he's gonna get his. And Keith and Allen has been a long time veteran in this league, great on third down, historically. I think you have playoff worthy wide receivers. I think you have a playoff worthy tight end room. - Yeah, 'cause you have guys who have clearly defined roles. Call commit's clearly your number one. - Because the litany of veterans that you have in the room, I think you have a playoff worthy locker room. - Yeah, 100%. Look at the leadership in there. The only question I have, and we can talk to Thayer about this on Thursday, he's made this point. Olin has echoed this point as well. Who's the alpha in there? - Correct. - There's going to be a moment where somebody has to take control in that locker room and, you know, shake somebody up and say, "Hey, we don't do things that way here." Who is that? He may be in there, I just don't know if he's revealed himself to us. - Right? - It's gotta be more than that. - Correct. - It's gotta be more than that. - Correct. - But here's the question, as far as the Bears in the playoffs, Cap. I gave you the defense, I gave you wide receivers. I think the locker room, because I think everyone has, I think everyone has each other's back, which is great. - I think it's a good culture in their good vibe. - Do you have a playoff worthy quarterback? - I don't know that yet. But when you say it's wait and see, that's wait and see. - Yeah, certainly trending in the right direction. Look at him against the blitz. Look at his numbers week by week and how much better he looks and more comfortable. - Do you have a playoff worthy head coach? - I don't know that answer either. - The answer's no, at this point. - Right, that could be answered. Like if we look up and go, "Wow." They've won 11 football games, giving him all the credit in the world. - Can I play a grind? - All I know is, and this, again, I'm just being honest here. We had a week with two bad challenges. We had a week where we took a timeout at the end instead of letting the play clock run down. And we fortunately didn't need the timeout. We had, what was the other one that he messed up on? Oh, take a timeout before a two point try. - Yes. - And then you don't have that timeout late in the game. Those are decisions that cannot be mistakes. - If you're going to be a playoff team. - Play-off worthy OC? - He's been OC in the playoffs, so I think he's playoff worthy. - Okay. - I thought he had a really good day the other day. - So like anything else that we break down in football, guys, we talk about ad nauseam, the quarterback and the OC and the head coach, the quarterback and the head coach. It's talked about across the board, locally, nationally, people want to know, who's your quarterback and who's your head coach? 'Cause that's the football conversation. It's dumb down to that. It's more than just that, but that's the main theme of football conversation. - Yep. - Is who's your quarterback and who's your head coach? And so that's the thing that can hold the Bears back from where they need to be. All the other stuff I think is good and emerging. But if your head coach isn't ready for that level, and if the quarterback's a rookie and he's not ready, then you have your answer. All the other stuff is worthy of the playoffs. - Agreed? Agreed. - So a lot. - Yeah. - I think those questions could potentially be answered. Like we knew at some point, ain't gonna work with Mitch. We knew at some point, ain't gonna work with Rex. Jay ran its course. Justin, we were still like, I don't know. Maybe I feel like we got the quarterback. You just gotta keep going. Just keep developing. - So Shay, you did the predictor. You said every team could make the playoffs based on your research in the NFC North. So let's ask this question. Let's open the phone lines this morning. 3-1-2-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6. If you didn't get a chance to call us yesterday for Bears Victory Monday, it's a great time in the overflow to talk about the Bears here this morning. At 3-2-3-2, do you believe that this is a playoff team? Is this the time? Again, I know you gotta take it one day at a time body Franklin, but the point is though, is that you wanna know, is this, we wanna know, is this it? 3-2, do you believe this team is a playoff team? 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6. That's our full number. Cap and Jhood, weekday mornings at 7 on ESPN 1000. - Right. (upbeat music) - You're listening to Cap and Jhood. Follow the show on Instagram @thecappman and @igjhood. This is ESPN Chicago, Chicago's home for sports. (upbeat music) - It's a Cap and Jhood morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's hoping that you're gonna have a great Tuesday. Thanks so much for being with us. Thanks for supporting us on YouTube as well. YouTube.com, look for the Cap and Jhood morning show on YouTube, hit that subscribe button. 'Cause if you can't listen to all three hours, there's always features and content that's on there. YouTube.com, look for Cap and Jhood there. 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our full number. If you're just joining us, we've been talking about the bears. And not trying to fast forward through the season, but Shay gave that formula that he looked up, playoff predictor, and that playoff predictor. All four teams in the NFC North Cup could be going to the playoffs. That's what they came up with. Four teams, all four, going to the playoffs. That means everyone over 500. And so my thought was-- - That'd be awesome. - I didn't know where the bears would place this season. I just told you right before the first game I said, "Cap, I feel like they're gonna be nine and eight." And so I thought that that's playoff worthy in the NFC. Maybe it's more than that. But I always thought that the bears would be a playoff team this year because simply you have talent and enoughs enough. Those two formula, that's my formula. Enough being our playoff team and you have enough talent to get there. That's the hood formula. - It is, now again. That playoff predictor thing-- - Yeah. - Does not take into account injury. - Correct. - We're not the Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes is not our quarterback. Maybe our guy'll be a great one someday. He's not yet there. They just lost Rishi Rice. They'll go get a piece, drop them in and they'll be fine. We don't know what the future holds for our team health-wise. There's some key guys. If they go down, your season's done. - That's correct. - Don't have a ton of depth on the O line. They better stay healthy. So I can't go to that all four are gonna make it yet, but I like the way our team is looking. I think it's trending in the right direction. They go out and take care of business and get to Jaguars. And that Jaguars team, you better not think, well, they're only one and four. They shouldn't be Houston. They let that game get away. They won the other day. That quarterback can throw for 450 yards at a drop of a hat. They've got talent. So this is no easy game. - So do you believe that this team is playoff worthy? You believe this is a playoff team at three and two? - Three, one, two, three, two, three, seven, seven, six, are fun with machines, as a cabin must be true. - Well, that's what Sterling would tell you. He's all about analytics. - I wanna be clear. It's not like I pulled this up and said, "Hey, run it." I picked the games. And so I went through and I built a scenario. - That's correct. - I'm just being clear 'cause I don't want people to go, whoa, well, the analytic machine said the bears are gonna make the playoffs. And so will the whole division. I'm painting a picture that this division is strong enough. There is a world where all four teams can get it. - Correct. - Do you use analytics like in every walk of your life, like what you're gonna eat, when you're gonna have sex. I mean, all of it. Do the analytics determine everything? - Buddy, if you could be 1% better, why wouldn't you? - Not worth it to me to have to live my life like that. Hey, Mindy, hold on a minute. Let me check the wind and let me put this factor in. Let's just live life, man. Live life all in and wherever it takes me, it takes me. Try to make the best decision I can. - Just 1% better on sex, huh? 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-3-7-4-3-7-4-5. - I'm 100, 1%. - If I'm 1% better every time, then 10 times later on 10% better, you're better than that. - I don't think that's how that works. I think there's a slide rule there, Cap. - I think so. - I think that's what we call in this country fuzzy math. - It is. - If you're problem the expression. - Who said that one? - Let's go ahead and follow lines and talk to you in Moquina. Here's Luke with us off Cap and Jay Hood. Luke, good morning. - Good morning, boys. How you doing? - What's up, Luke? - First off, I just want to say my dad put me on to you guys and my freshman and sophomore year of high school, he'd always drive me to school and we'd always listen to your show. And now I'm a junior and I still listen to your guys show and I just want to say thank you for doing such a good job and giving us memories. - Oh, thank you. - Oh, you're awesome, Luke. What do you go to school? What do you represent? - Providence Catholic High School. - Okay. - Wow, love it. - Got you. Providence Catholic? - I think that this could be a playoff team, maybe nine and eight and just barely make the playoffs as a seven seed, maybe. - That was my thought coming into the season. And I know that that came across as negative for some people, Luke. But I just looked at the rookie quarterback, Shane Waldron and Matt Iber Flusen said, there's going to be ups and downs, peaks and valleys with this team. So nine and eight just felt good to me. - Yeah, I agree. I just think Waldron needs to play calling needs to be a little bit better. I think he has been progressing the past few weeks. I think it was good on Sunday, but we'll see. - Yeah, I thought he had his best day, Luke, on Sunday. Thought he did a really good job at the play calling. And now let's see if we can take the next step. That's why this game is vital. It's a team that you match up well with, you have a real chance to be. Losing brisker if he doesn't play, that sucks. But his long-term health is paramount. - Luke, we appreciate your tough phone call. - Have a great day, kid. - Does Luke, hey, Luke, when you went to school hoodie, did you bring lunch from home that your mom made or did you eat the cafeteria like their lunch? - High school, it was a mixture of both, but mostly the box lunch that my mom would make. - Yeah, like a brown bag. - Yes. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, my mom would make us a lunch and that she would write a note on the lunch. - Yes. - Or stick piece candy in there. Have a good day, sweetie. I love you. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I miss all that. - I got a note in my bag of lunch, like I'd be the brown bag kid and my mom would put a note in there and I got bullied mercilessly 'cause I pulled this note and it's like a heart sticker and it says, "Love, you, Shay, have a great day." And they're like, "What is that about?" All these kids at the lunch table. So I couldn't take notes anymore. Isn't that ridiculous? - Yes, ridiculous. I mean, what's wrong with a mother's love? - That's what I'm saying. Middle school, high school, the kids are evil. - I would like one more note from my mom. - Oh my God. - Not gonna happen, but-- - Oh my God. - Right? Wouldn't that be cool? I'm just curious, I was gonna ask Luke, but he hung up. Does, like, do the kids eat a hot meal now at school? Like, you go through and there's a lunch lady in line? - They're totally different now. - That looks like Chris Farley, ever. - Which is, which, which is what I'm saying, it's totally different now. A lot of these kids in these new schools, they go buy their own lunches. And some schools have, like, subways and McDonald's inside the school. Excuse me? - Yeah. - That is true, yes. - What do you mean they have a subway in the school? How do they make any money? - I have no idea. - I just saw the press conference yesterday. Maybe you could have found out more information on how to... (laughing) - I know a person that was in South Chicago telling you how that works. - Wow, definitely lying to the city. (laughing) - Surrounded by a lot of preachers. - So, Jaymore, when you say a subway, do you, like, you give your order the night before and they go to the subway and get it? They've actually got subway in the school. - No, they have a stand where they have actual, like, burgers, fries, subway sandwiches from the actual places. And you can purchase them there. - We never had that. - That's high class living, though, Jaymore. - Hey, that's the old parker in the forest. (laughing) - That's all day. - I used to get excited junior year high school. We had, like, chicken tender day on Fridays. I'd sprint to the cafeteria. Otherwise, they were feeding us gruel. - What was the day... What is it called, hoodie? God, I can't remember the term, where they would take, like, the ground beef that was left, the mashed potatoes that were left, the niblet corn that was left, and they mix it, like, in layers. And you'd get to serve it to you like a lasagna. What was it called? - Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Yeah, I've had that. - Sometimes high, they call it. - Yeah. - Shepherd's pie? - Shepherd's pie. - Yeah. - With the mystery meat? - Yes. (laughing) - And then they'll tell you what's in it. The ladies would wear the hair net. - Yeah. - They would be larger women with a hair net. - Looking like a shepherd. - Yes. - That's why they serve Shepherd's pie. - They feel like Stallone and Reba. (laughing) - I'll let you teach you what you like Stallone. - What Chemore's talking about with all the stands where you can buy, like, real food in the schools, I had somebody tell me their high school, they had iced coffee available to purchase. - Oh. - Oh. - Hello, boy. - Excuse me. - Who is me? - Oh. - Hello, boy. - What? - I had coffee. - I didn't start drinking coffee, though, it was in my 30s. - Well, right. As an adult. - Yes. - No, I love it. - But couldn't stand the smell of it because mom had the Hill Brothers cap. It was, you know, potent. It was a pungent. - It was. - It was something like, oh, God, strong. - Right, it was like the paint thinner. - Exactly right. - And when she had company, she would break out the international coffees. - Oh, yes. - Oh, yes. - Yes. - That's how I love it. - It was international coffees. - That's faring through silk there. Doctor, you talk about, and this stuff would just sit on the, on the, in the cabin in the pantry. - Right. - And it's like, I don't even know what this is. Take out the international coffee. - Okay. - All right. - I hear it. - The Intaments, pull that out, please. - Get that out. - Company's coming. - We have company. - Okay, all right. - Sorry. - I've never used that term since. - Company. - Company. - Did you, you said you were going to ask Mindy if she's used that phrase. I don't think you gave me an answer to that. - You know what, I'll text her. They break. - You said you were going to ask. - I'll call her. - Yeah, that, I mean, Cap, it was just, whatever she'd make, a salami sandwich, peanut butter and jelly, throw some salerno butter cookies in there. That'll be all. - That'll be all. - Have a good day. - Yeah. - That's it, right? - Right. - So you don't have to do that, but you know. - Unwonder bread. - Or butternut. - Sure. Sure, whatever it was, you know, like here's your lunch, and they don't make them like that anymore. - Can you imagine our moms back in the day and have a Danny Zetterman as your kid? - That would be tough. - Yes, I would like three hard boiled eggs. I want no carbs anywhere in there. You can only use kalima sea salt. - Oh my God. - Oh my God. - You'll eat this baloney sandwich and get nothing. - Ah, the bacon on the egg sandwich was an organic. - Right. - The miracle whip is not good for you. This is all we got. - What are we drinking here? - Yeah, that's a Coke, take it. No, I would like electrolyte water. - What? - Oh my God, could you imagine? - That would be Zetterman. - That kid just wouldn't eat. That's all it is. You had to go out, you had to fend for yourself. - Who's that skinny kid? Danny Zetterman, he won't eat what his mom gives. - Is he a poor? He's a poor. That's why he won't eat. Would you like some of my cookies, Danny? - I won't eat, take that. - Okay. You know, it's funny, Cap. - Gotta be out of school, you're long fast. - The kids from, I shouldn't say this, but the kids from the media school, the Illinois Media School, when they went to lunch, we couldn't find them for an hour and a half. Like, hey, you're supposed to be back in my class with, we went to Joe's Stone Crab for lunch. - Right, right. - We had sushi. - Like what? - We went for sushi. (laughing) - When I was working downtown, teaching these kids, I'm like, what about the brown bag? What about just going to the 7-Eleven? Nope, we got an order from the Hooters, or from Joe's Seafood. - Oh really? - That's your lunch break? I was living behind the hog, everybody. - It's a long way from the choke sandwiches, man. - It certainly is. - If the cheese thick like a bib hat. - Yes, more bread and cheese than the actual meat in there. - I remember when I was coaching, and I'd make it $4,200 a year. - Yeah. - That was before taxes. Had to pay rent, put gas it. I would take two pieces of Wonder Bread, one slice of American cheese. - Yeah. - Jam it together, jam sandwich. There you go. - Yeah, I was, that was it. - That had to last you 10 hours, man, 'cause you're worried, you're busy. You just had to have something. - Yeah. (laughing) - Unbelievable. - So we were, as we were saying about the Bears, at three and two, do you believe this is a playoff team? 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-A-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. - Dr. Bruce had sloppy Joe's. - Sloppy Joe's? - Remember those? - Yeah, sloppy Joe's. - I had one of those in 25 years. - Damn good, he knows. - Dr. Bruno, see he understands. My guy. Do you believe this is a playoff team? If you're on hold, you will be on the air, as we talk to you about the Bears and Jam sandwiches, on the Captain J. Hood Morning Show. - Omaha! (upbeat music) - Follow Chicago's home for sports on Twitch at ESPN 1000 Chicago. Captain J. Hood on bat, on Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. (upbeat music) - Welcome to Captain J. Hood Morning Show on ESPN 1000 and we are streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. - We gotta get into a little later. I gotta read you, I don't think there's audio of it. The quotes from the owner of the Phillies. Okay, he might be my favorite owner in sports. Him and the guy at the Golden State Warrior. - Our job is to win championships, period. And I'm gonna expect that. We're gonna expect that this year, next year, three years from now, five years from now. That's just, you know, there's no point in doing this if you're not trying to win the championship. We're gonna win no matter what. I don't care what the rules are. We are gonna figure out a way to do it. That's what good organizations do. They figure out a way to win a game. And our game is to win games and to win championships. - Joe Leko, that's the owner at Golden State. This guy said, yeah, could we have saved a bunch of money by making a less nice ring, by not giving the wives or significant others of our players and staff gifts? - Yeah, but it's money. It's not that much money. I know a little bit here and there it can add up. And there's a great quote from former senator of Illinois, Everett Dirksen, who said, "A billion here, a billion there. "Pretty soon you're talking real money." But he said, "I'm going to give my team every advantage. "They didn't like the plane. "He got a better plane." Kyle Schrovers, can we get Habachi in here? Don, it was there in the next homestand. And someone said, "Your great-grandchildren "may not like that you're spending all of their inheritance." His quote, "My great-grandchildren might be angry at me, "but guess what, I'm not going to know them." - That's cold, but that's business. - Business, I get it. - He said, "I demand he will only, "he wants players of high character." He said, "I want character players here, "but I'll pay to get the best." He just wants to win, man. - Yes. - I love that. - As long as you're in the mix, an opportunity in the postseason, you can get there. You just got to keep trying. Make your players happy, and guess what? When a player feels like the ownership has your back, it makes you play even more so. You're already a professional, but it makes you play harder. - Yeah. - Do you believe this Bears team is a playoff team? And Madison here is Dimitri, listening on the SB in Chicago app. Dimitri, good morning. - Good morning, Cap. Jay, how you doing, man? - What's up, brother? - Not much, it's a beautiful day. I just want to say something about the whole lunch thing. Culture Shock was for me. Going from a high school in Northside, Rogers Park, Chicago, where we had square cut pizza and stale cookies to go into a high school, and a homestead with Constin, and I mean, homestead high school in Mackwam, Wisconsin, where they had an IKG notch, a pizza bar, a KFC bowl bar, and a gourmet sandwich, sub sandwich bar, where you could get it not only made, but heated up, crazy. I'm telling you right now. - That's bananas. What? - Totally different. - Banana. So wait, bananas. You had to pay for it with your own money. I had a couple of things paying for my lunch, but that's not right here. Right there. - Sophie texted us and said, "Dear field cafeteria out sources their meals, at least in grammar school, 'cause his kids are younger. One day, it's Portillos. The next day, it's California pizza kitchen. The next day, it's pot belly. It's always something, and they send the menu off for the month. So if the kids don't like it, they brown bag it, and his wife, Ali, leaves a note on the back. - That's crazy. - That is insane. That is insane. - That is insane. - That is awesome. - Okay. That is crazy. Okay, let's get to the bears, 'cause I wanna make this point, 'cause it's crazy to me that nobody has talked about this. Like, I think we do have a chance against these divisional opponents. It's gonna be difficult, but I think the one thing that we have in our advantage, nobody is talking about how well we operated the no-huddle offense. Like, if you look at that, look back at that Carolina game, we really just choked the life out of their defense because we weren't letting them get off the field. Like, they weren't able to make substitutes. They weren't able to do anything because we kept our offense on the field, running a no-huddle offense, and we did it well. I think that's the key to beating the division opponents and going nine and eight. I think we are a playoff team to answer your question, Cap, today. - Yeah, I hope. So running tempo and having a rhythm offensively we've talked about, we have not used the term no-huddle, but I would say, Cap, that when you see Caleb in the offense and a rhythm, they don't have to be able to come together and huddle and say, "What player are we gonna run?" They're just moving quickly. I like that because that means that you've got the defense on their heels. - Yeah, and if your quarterback keeps ascending in his knowledge and his performance, and you go, "Well, he looks like he's in control." Like, that touchdown pass to DJ Moore right before the half. - Yeah. - I went back and watched it again last night. And when he looks the safety over and then... - Gotcha! Bam, right over the top. Awesome. - That's growth. - Let's keep it going. - Boston, Massachusetts, listening on the ESPN Chicago app. Here's our friend, Adam, on Cap and J. Hood. As we talk bears, good morning, Adam. - Good morning, Cap. - What's up? - Morning, J. Hood. - Bad. - Hey, Cap, it's the high holidays for you and me. - Yeah. - And, you know, we just celebrate Happy New Year. It's 57.85 on the Hebrew calendar, and that means we are watching the 85 Bears. - Okay, I like it. - Is that what it is? - They're looking good, man. We are building it. This defense looks amazing, but I need your guys' help with something. Adam, do you have a different TV than the rest of us? Is your TV like in, you know, just standard deaf, just regular color? 'Cause I don't see the 85 Bears every Sunday. - Yeah. - We don't see the defense. This is the top five defense in Point the Loud. - Yeah, I don't see how many Hall of Famers off the other get off of our 85. I don't see any Hall of Famers right there right now. - I'm a Homer. I'm like Joniac, I'm a Homer. Deal with it. - No, okay. - All right, we'll take it, Adam. - Damn. - We'll take it. Hope you're right, have a great day, okay? - You guys do. - Appreciate you. - 85 Bears, huh? - So if the 85 Bears, how many people went to the Hall? Ham, Dent, McMichael, Doers. No, not Doers. - Careful, man. - Single Terry. - Yes. - That's four, who else? - Jeff Fisher. - No. We had more than four, right? - Walter. - No, I'm talking about the defense. - Oh, the defense. - Yeah. - Okay. - Ham, Dent, McMichael. Single Terry. Otis didn't go and Wilbert didn't go. - Otis Wilson, not in the Hall of Famers of Crime. - He was a great football player. - Yeah. - But I don't see four Hall of Famers on our defense. - That's the point. Not yet. - Yeah, not yet. - And this is your free agency. Can you keep a team together for a good decade and dominate? - Right. - Can you do that? - Totally different. Totally different. - It's like Mickey Mouse. - That'd be super cool, man. That, you were around that team. - Oh, my God. - This city was, like, we get excited when we win a football game now. That team with the Bear Helmets on the Lions outside the Art Institute. Dude, the city was on fire. - I was telling you this story. - The electricity was crazy. - I was telling you this story, Captain. My neighborhood running through Stoney Island. Like, there was no body on the streets. Nobody. Everybody was in some place in a bar lounge home watching the Chicago Bears. - Agreed. - Nobody on the street. Not like these stragglers in Hyde Park that'll walk around with the sweater around their neck at noon for a Bears game. Where are you going, pal? - I've got studies. I've got a street. - And I don't watch violent combat-based games. (laughing) - What are you doing, University of Chicago guys? - You and I ain't gonna be frank. - What are you doing? Get inside. The Bears are on for God's sakes. You're a red-blooded male, American male. Put the Bear on. - Crazy. That's what I always thought. (laughing) Game on. - I need you to give me some information coming up next 'cause you read something I cannot find. - Okay. - We'll get to that coming up next. The Bears, do you believe that they're a playoff team? Getting your thoughts on that. - I also shot an OSHA at 80 o'clock right here on Cap and J-Hud. (upbeat music) ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Oh, Cap, J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Oh, Cap, J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the back ♪ ♪ Cap and J-Hud on the ESPN 1,000 ♪ ♪ And streaming on the ESPN Chicago app ♪ Cap, you've directed me to this story about my favorite college football team, the Georgia Bulldogs, SICK 'em. Cap, I see this story about this young man, Colby Young, who was arrested yesterday, or early this morning, actually, on misdemeanor charges, assaulting an unborn child in battery. Let me just tell you something, this is the seventh Georgia player to be arrested since March of this year. Seven. - Yeah, and look, it's Cap. They've won two straight titles, that coach is a winning coach, he's great. If I was the president of the university, come in. Oh, hey, president, coach, I'm just gonna make this clear to you. We love the success you've had with the program. Donations are up, ticket sales, all of it, supports a lot of programs in this school that couldn't be funded without you. I'm done getting players arrested. I get the boys will be boys thing. - Yeah. - Battery, a salt of an unborn child, obviously. It's a domestic of deal at 4.18 AM, he was booked. Coach, the next one that gets arrested, you're suspended, I'm done. - Yes. - It's a blight on our community and on our university. This is an institution of higher learning, so I'm making it clear to you and you better make it clear to your team. The next guy that gets arrested, I'm not talking about a speeding ticket here, you're suspended. - And rightfully so, and rightfully so. As a Georgia fan, you know, Cap, you love the winning national championships of the acclaim. I've waited a long time for Georgia to be this relevant, but not this way, Cap. You have to do your homework as a head coach and understand the background of what you're getting. I know the portal is fast and furious and it's wild and woolly, but to what end do you try and win? Now, I'm sure for Kirby Smart, he's gotta be like, oh, I didn't know this kid had a heavy foot and he was driving reckless. I didn't know that was in his background. Oh, I didn't know. The point is though is that you're the head coach. Even in this era of the portal, Cap, you're still the person that presides over the team. You don't put yourself over here, but the player's over there. No matter how much they're making with this NIL, this is on you. This is embarrassing, it's awful. - It's awful. So you're trying to have a high, you know, a top shell program, but yet you have these narrative wells on your program that's doing whatever the hell they want to. Money's part of it, background's part of it. The bottom line is those that if you get one, it's terrible. When you have multiple of these arrests because of driving or what we saw early this morning on this story, then that falls at the head of the head coach in the university. They gotta find a way. You can't keep going like this. Say what you want. You didn't get this under Saban all the time. You did not. - Saban didn't tolerate it. - Like it's not worth having the ball player on your club, on your ball club, if you're gonna continue to have players like this. Seven arrests since March. And then they get one game suspension, they're back on the field. - Correct. - And the one guy got, they just kicked him off the kid hiding in August, July or August, for the second domestic violence incident. After one, out, gone. - Yes. - Somebody's gotta lay the law down there. I would like to be covering that team. Like go down there and do. - Coach, I got a question. Yeah. - Yeah, David Kaplan from ESPN Chicago. - Sure. - Oh, welcome down, what's up? Coach, it's an embarrassment what goes on in your program. You got a hell of a football team. The fact that you guys keep getting guys arrested, at what point is it gonna cost you your career? - Ooh. - That's the sound of the media. - Right. And then kicking you out of the room. Get up. - Ask the question. Somebody at the polls and ask the question. - Yeah. - Again, come on, you know how this goes, man. In college towns, everybody's trading access for the questions they won't ask. - That's why I'd like to fly it out and ask the question. I don't need access to Kirby Smart. Never met the man in my life. But someone has to ask you. - If he's a quality human, he would address that and go, from this moment forward, things are changing around here. - How badly you wanna win? You gonna keep having these guys in your program? Well, we just slap on the wrist. We give them just one game suspension. That's not, that says nothing about your program. That means all you care about is a big W. And listen, I love a Georgia win like any other Georgia fan. But the point is though, is that this is nonsense. - You're right? - It's nonsense. - Embarrassing. - You can't have that in your program, Cap. - Great. - Listen, you can't babysit all of them, but when you have these stories that's happening across your desk, you're responsible. - Totally agree with you. - No matter how much money you're making, they have to act like adults. Shot or no shot in two minutes on Cap and J-hood. - Ooh.