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Hit the ESPN Chicago subscription button and that way that you'll be able to see everything that we do here at ESPN Chicago and Cap. It takes place on Sunday. Bears and Jaguars from the UK. Our cover starts at five with Jeff Miller and his fantasy football show. Then we get underway with six o'clock and don't forget the kick is at 8.30. You can hear all the coverage right here on ESPN 1000. Look at forward to it, Cap. As we get ready to go into the buy bears and Jaguars, gotta take care of business to bears if they wanna go four and two on the season. - I'll be up at five just because we don't need alarms anymore. This is our life. We've chosen mornings, I love it. I'll be up locked in on the station. So I hope everyone, as you get up, you get a pot of coffee going and you'll be locked in two, man. This is a big, big game. I'm not here to tell you it's a must win 'cause it's not, but it is a big, big opportunity. Jacksonville, and I've been doing a little research, Jacksonville did the exact opposite of the bears. Remember we had coach Eber Flusan. You get him at the day after every game, 8.20. Here on the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000. Coach Eber Flusan, we talked to our sleep doctors and our medical people, they wanted them to leave Monday. They were originally gonna go on Tuesday night. They went Monday night and they are out in the countryside. They are not in downtown London and then busting through all the traffic. London has horrible traffic even though I love that city. And they have got this training camp vibe that Tom Thayer talked about with us yesterday. They go, they are every Thursday with us. So he said, "I really, really like." Tom is not one full of hyperbole. He does not come out and paint a rosy picture if he doesn't take its rosy. You know it. We ask him questions. - Oh yeah. - And he'll say, "I'm a little concerned about that." And that means he's really concerned. - Yes. - When he expresses concern, he's really concerned. He really likes what he's seeing. So the Bears get out there Monday, they get this great vibe, the whole deal. Jacksonville flew out last night. They're there for two games. And they didn't land till this morning in London. So like six hours ago. People are going, "Well, why didn't you leave earlier?" Well, from what I'm hearing, a lot of the players are like, "Whoa, we want to make sure our families are right here." This storm is no joke. - Right. - We saw the roof ripped off of the Tampa Bay Ray Stadium. - Yeah. - They want to make sure, "Are we okay here? Are we going to be surviving? What's going on?" And if you remember when Carlos Zambrano threw the no-hitter in Milwaukee, that was because that was supposed to be an Astro's home game. And the hurricane had hit down there with all the flooding. - That's correct. - And yeah, he was great that night, but a lot of people said those guys' minds were not there because their homes were getting damaged. They were worried about their families, they had to evacuate all of it. This is a massive opportunity to punch them in the mouth, so to speak, from the get-go. Let's go. Let's go! - So you're saying that the bears have a Milton advantage here. - They do have a hurricane advantage, yes. - I say. - It's horrible as that storm was. Yeah, does that mean they're going to win? - Yes. - It does not. - Damn right, they're going to win. - I believe they're going to win. I pick them in the sun times with Sylvie and Potash, but this is a massive opportunity, but you cannot allow them to get a quick score, quick three and out, another three. Oh, God, we're 10 down, here we go. No, you've got to take the feel like you own it and go, hey, feel horrible about the hurricane. Bam, right in the mouth. Let me know if you need anything when we get back, but I'm beating your ass today. - Yeah, I think that's what it comes down to. - That is what's got to happen. You, by hook or by crook, you have got to find a way to get on that plane Sunday after the game. Eat a good meal and go, we're foreign too, guys. Have fun in Mexico, 'cause a lot of guys are going to travel for vacation, which they should. And then they come back, recharge, let's go. You don't have brisker. I'm not sure Tevin Jenkins is going to be able to start, which the way Bill Murray played, I'm okay with it right now. So there's a lot at stake here. It's not a must win, but it's a great opportunity and you've got to walk through that door. - We always ask on Fridays, you know, the Chicago Bears will win if and we want you to fill in the blank. And I would say, before we start taking phone calls on this cap, I want the Bears to be able to replicate what they did last week and then some, and then some, because when it comes to Caleb Williams, 24 29 at 304 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears, but zero interceptions also was very key, that Caleb Williams and the offense took care of the football, they did not turn it over. Zero interceptions, very key for the Bears. I want the Bears to be able to do what they did last week and that is to open up holes for the running game. The Andre Swift is not washed. The Andre Swift needed holes, like any other running back and he's been able to get the last couple of weeks. The Rams game and what we saw this past Sunday against Carolina run the football effectively because like anything else cap, the running game opens up the offense in a big way. The play action, I like that Caleb Williams was able to move the pocket we saw on a play where he rolled to his right to connect a co-commit. These are things that has to continue to be a repetition for Caleb Williams so he can get comfortable. The last couple of weeks is the most comfortable we've seen him in the offense. And again, offensive line play, running the football and finding his weapons and that turning it over, that's all ingredients to win. The hope is that there'll be the case in the UK against Jacksonville on Sunday. - Yeah and Trevor Lawrence is no slouch now. He was the last generational prospect. When he came out, remember how everyone was like, the Jets upset who? - Yeah. - The Jets ended up getting, I think the number three pick, had they lost one more game, the Jets would have had the number one pick and they would have gotten Trevor Lawrence. - Yeah. - People were like, what are the Jets doing? And Jacksonville got him. It hasn't worked out like they thought. Some of that's on Trevor, some of that is on hiring Urban Meyer and it was a train wreck and they went 2 and 14 and all of it. But he's still, that guy threw for 360 some yards what a week ago. So that dude got a force you gotta be wrecking with and Tank Bigsby? - Great coffee. - Bigsby coffee is the best. No, that's Big B coffee. Wait, is it Bigsby or big, whatever it is? Tanked, that's not his real name, by the way. - Oh, it's not his real name? - It's not. - His real name's not Tanked. - But that's how he's listed in the program. - I understand that. - Usually it would say, like if they, we call you hoodie, they wouldn't go, yeah, there's hoodie with his out of the back of his shirt, but he used to run around as a little kid, banging into things so his mom nicknamed him Tank. - Yes. - And it's stuck. - Yes. - It's like, Cordarius, I'll look it up, but whatever. This is an opportunity, Jonathan, to get a win, catching an opponent that's wounded. I remember coaching. We got stuck in a snowstorm. We were supposed to play on a Wednesday night in Muncie, Indiana, and our boss had to pull over. The blizzard was so bad that we took over a La Quinta in Merrillville, Indiana. We stayed there. We were supposed to be in Muncie the night before, get up, team meal, practice the whole deal. And we're at the La Quinta. The roads are opened. They called, do you wanna move the game to tomorrow? And we took a vote with our team. Coach, what do you guys wanna do? 'Cause otherwise we're gonna drive three hours, or whatever it was, get off the bus and let's go play. No walkthrough, no scouting report. We would just give the report, I would, in front of the team, right before tip. That's it, every guy. Let's go down and beat their ass. Yeah, we lost 82 to 64. (laughs) Back in the morning moment on the Huskies, ready then. We were flat from the get-go, flat. We had zero chance. Yeah, 1986, I just looked it up. Okay, so you're saying the Jaguars have a chance now? Sorry, 1985. By you telling that story? No, like we were the jags. We weren't jags, we were like the Jaguars. I see. Rollin' in, let's go. Yes. And we got pounded. Yes. So it's an advantage for the Bears, but you cannot allow them to punch you in the mouth first. You cannot allow it. For those that are looking for some greatness at the quarterback position from Kenneth Williams, we mentioned the numbers he had against the Panthers last week cap. The 126.2 passer rating was the best by a Bears rookie quarterback in the AFL-NFL merger. The previous high was set by Jim McMahon against the Rams in December of '82. What about that? (laughs) It gives you the good vibes, Kappa, the quarterback position for the Chicago Bears. We have not seen a quarterback. And by the way, I didn't know that there was a passer rating going back that far. I don't remember reading about that. Do you? I did not. In the early '80s? I don't remember it all. I don't recall it, but it's the best passer rating for a rookie quarterback that Caleb Williams has since Jim McMahon. So there you have it. The good vibes cap of you trying to build on something. Caleb Williams trying to build on the infrastructure that the Bears have put together, defense, offense, special teams, and I believe the Bears can be able to ride that crest of the good vibes and be able to win on Sunday against Jacksonville. It's, I don't have a final score yet, but I believe that that's gonna be the case. Yeah, I do. I think we're gonna blow them out like they did Carolina. I don't. Like Jacksonville's a better team that people give them credit for. They should have beaten Houston. They're lost in the final moments. Should have beaten them. They do have a win. They have talent. The kid that's running the football is averaging eight yards a carry. Binks me coffee. Correct. And Trevor Lawrence, as they just said, that do can play. I loved him in college. Loved him. So find a way, man. All right, three, one, two, three, three, two, ESPN, three, three, two, three, seven, seven, six is our phone number, Bears fans. This is the last time that you and I can talk about the Chicago Bears cap last time because it's a football Friday. It's the last time that we get a chance to get the final prediction and final thoughts about the Bears before they play on Sunday. So let's get your phone calls in here. The Chicago Bears will win Sunday. If there's a lot of good things they've done the last couple of weeks, is there one thing in particular? The last couple wins that the Bears have to do to be able to win this game against Jacksonville. Think about the last couple of games? What could be implemented in this one on Sunday? Right here on the home of the Bears, cap and J-hood. (upbeat music) - Cap and J-hood are big. - We're putting the band back together. The nerve center of a great rhythm and blues band. - Chicago's home for sports, ESPN, Chicago. - Cap and J-hood on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN, Chicago app. We have Shot or No Shot coming you way to eight o'clock right here on Chicago's home for sports. As we get ready for the Bears and the Jaguars, don't forget full day of coverage on Sunday right here on the home of the Bears, ESPN 1000. The Jaguars, by the way, are 31st in the league in total defense cap. Now you think about this, the names that stand out for that defense. Trayvon Walker and Josh Hines Allen and Eric Armstead. And yet this team does not have interception. So, what I'm saying is, is that for the Bears offense, keep doing what you're doing, but even better. Because this is not an opportunistic defense at all with this Jaguars team. While they're down, keep them down. - They are a team that you should have real opportunities to make plays down the field. - Mm-hmm. - But if you take them lightly, as I said to you, if you let them start feeling themselves, they won't feel the jet lag. - Ooh, we got a seven nothing. Oh, we're up 10 nothing. Oh, we picked off Caleb. Hey, fumble. That's how you short circuit yourself. - Yeah. - Take care of the football, make plays when they're there, punch them in the mouth, run the football, right Adam? It's probably gonna be Bill Murray at left guard. Let's go. - They're allowing 400 yards a game. - Yeah. - Right now, the Jaguars. - And of course, they got off to such a terrible start. They're still averaging, giving up almost 30 points a game as well. So they're off to a bad start. So what I'm saying is just to continue the momentum. Still to come, we're gonna hear from George McCasky, his thoughts about a new stadium for the Bears. Where's it gonna be? George's gonna talk about that coming up after 7.30 right here on cap and Jhood. But first, let's go to the phone eyes and talk to you. It's very simple Bears fans. Bears and Jags, the Chicago Bears are gonna win if feeling the blank for us as we go to Ivan and Glenview on cap and Jhood. Ivan, good morning. - Well, what up, cap and Jhood? How y'all doing today, man? - What's up there? Ivan, how you doing, brother? - And good man, so feel good Friday, man. Like you guys said this morning, man. The vibes are at the highest they've been in the wild. So I think the Bears will win this while we see our boy Caleb Williams continue to progress. And if Bill Murray could step up as the next man up, open up those holes for DeAndre. And I wanna see DeAndre go for 100 total scrimmage yards. - Yeah, down here, down there. - And shout out, beef on Brooklyn, you heard, and I'm gonna let y'all do your thing, so take care of y'all. - Have a great weekend, Ivan. There you go, Glenview. It's like my second home. I coached the Glenview 10-year-old team this summer. There you go. I have a warm spot for Glenview. - Have you been retained? I think that's the question. I know it's a one-year deal. Will you be back next year? - Maybe. Next summer, absolutely. The winter thing, the Jayhawks been all over me about coaching the winter team. - Uh-huh. - The wife said no. - Wow. The wife said no. Sorry, not happening. - I don't think that's her call. I think that's our call. We wanna root for you. And it also gives you something else to do. - I told the Jayhawk that I would come in and watch from the stands. Cheer him on once in a while. - I think you should be right there in the mix. I think that's the wrong call again by Mindy Kaplan. - No, I don't have that kind of time. I wanna see my grandkids. I went to the pumpkin jack-o-lantern world last night. We went out to dinner, went to jack-o-lantern world. Those are family things I wanna do with my grandkids. It was super cool, by the way. - Guys, Adrian, whoops it around. - I'll put it here. - I'll put it here. - I'll put it here. - It was awesome. - So, how's the work in St. Bonnie's? Everything good there at school? - Everything's good. - Yeah, I'm taking a job to be the general manager of the DePaul program. - Oh, I see, oh fuck, I'll say that out loud. They'll get engaged in five seconds. - That's it. - Based on how things are going on over there. Be careful now. - My guy, Dwayne Peevey's, my buddy. I love Dwayne Peevey, the AD, a big Wayne Peevey fan. - Now he's shaking ass to get the job. - It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable. - They're gonna, they're really gonna have take that along the baseline at the ball. - Take that. Take that. Take that. Take that. - Hey, it's unbelievable David Kaplan. He's revitalized Chicago. Look at the basketball. - Thank you, Mr. Vitale. - Yes. - When Vitale, when he does go back to the booth, ESPN+, 3-1-2-3-2. I want him, Jay. I want him on VMI. - Yeah, I want him. - I want him to do those games. (laughing) - Enough with the old, I'm sorry, there's no other way to put it. - The old men coming back to the booth. The ALDS with the Yankees has been an absolute disaster. Enough bringing these guys back. I get Bob Costas as a legend. Nobody needs to hear him this way. He was horrible on the series. Enough. - See, he bottled that take for the last couple of days. - Is there no, he hasn't been able to say in front of an open microphone. - Is there no young blood that we can get to have these moments? - Wait till he turns like 60. - Oh my god. - And they go. - Yeah, we're going to be using a younger person to do Chicago's college television. - Cool, what? Good, they should, good. I'm all four young people getting into it. We don't need Bob Costas at 50% on the ALDS. It was a disaster. Enough. - You couldn't wait for that take. You just had to just blurt that out 22 minutes into the show. He's been bottling that take for 48 hours. - This guy, man. - He couldn't wait to open a mic and talk about that. And since you mentioned it, here's what it is, Cap. You know what that is, right? Know what this is. So a lot of the issues with Bob Costas come from young people. Bob is a studio guy, but it's done play by play. We've heard him do all different sports. - Oh, I'm back in the day. It was him, but Dick Endberg hadn't come over. He was doing football. It was Bob with Billy Packer, rest in peace, even though he was a jag, and Al Maguire, who's a great dude, rest in peace. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. - The backup tomorrow on the NBA has done some NFL. The other thing, but see what's happened is, is that you age before your very years. Bob's been around for a long time, but to a young guy like that, it's like get him off my TV because he's a lout. He over talks around darling. And then when there's a line drive, the eyesight's not like it used to be. There's a line drive right to the second baseman. Calls it a base hit. - Well, the other thing was, it sounded like he had money on the Yankees. He was mad about a double playbook. - But just understand about this business, whether it's TV or radio, you're not allowed to age. Just telling you. - That's it. - Like the same, when you can have your fastball, and obviously your fastball is not as fast anymore, you're not allowed to age. But 'cause when you make mistakes, they're not awful announcing immediately. - Correct. - See? - But when Harry was toward the end, he made a lot of mistakes. I wanted him on my screen. - I get it. - Like this guy in here, he'd be like, "He's done, get him off my screen." - He's Harry Carey, he's a legend, I want him. - You're not allowed to age in this business anymore. Stuff on TV, people, and I mean, Dick Stockins out of the business for a good reason. Dick wasn't good anymore. - Right. - Just wasn't, if you're part of the expression. (laughing) - The local guy's different too. - Shout out to Leslie Viscer, go ahead. - Harry Carey had been here forever. He was a legend, he was local. And he was still good at the end, like, wasn't the same, but he was still good. And the local guy can survive longer. When you pull Bob Costis out of a freezer and put him on the ALDS for a national audience, and he clearly hasn't watched much of either team, it's like, what are we doing? - Now, Shae, to be fair, he has done that game of the week all season, whatever, that MLB network game of the week, whatever, but no, let me just finish. He's done a game a week all season, but in these big moments, as you are correct, it's just not very good, it's not very sharp. - One of the faces of baseball, Bobby Witt, makes a great diving play and turns two, and I gotta hear Bob Costis go, diving stop, and then, will they turn two? They will, (grunting) - Yeah, it's the play I'm talking about. I was like, did you have a parlay on the game or something? - I'm like, what, am I watching? - It's not Stanton's fault, he just moves slowly. Same guy, by the way, that stretched the scene onto a double yesterday, but he runs slowly. - I can't spell a base the other night. - Okay, thanks, Bob. Makes it even look worse. (laughing) But that's the whole thing, Cap. When you get up to that stratosphere, he's a Hall of Fame broadcaster, but at this point in time, Brian Anderson, he just, he runs laps around Bob Costis. Brian was unbelievable yesterday in that Tiger Cleveland game. To what, it's what it is. This is why I get away from all of that. I have to go back and look at the clips of that, because you know, I'm a radio guy. I'll listen to the radio call every time. I can walk around the house, I get steps in and still listen to what's going on and get a clear picture. Don't have to worry about the bad play-by play on TV. - Yeah, see? - Lewis and Lyle on Cap and Jay Hood, as we talk bears here on a bears Monday or bears Friday. Hello, Lewis. - Hey, good morning, guys. Happy Friday. - Happy Friday to you, Lewis. Thanks for listening. - Always a pleasure. - Hey, so I got some, and I got a good way for the bears to win this. Look, the Jags from the Jaguars, look, I feel bad that they just got hit by Milton. But you know what, Cap, you said it best. You got to hit him in the mouth. Right now, the way that we win is we start out fast. We hit them hard in the lot trenches and we add injury to insult. Like, no, it's not, like, this is our time to just really run it down their throats. They're tired, run it down their throats, get Caleb on the play action, get it deep. And you know what, I have a good first drive for the first time this season where we can score a touchdown. I don't know why our scripted plays don't seem to work, but get a quick touchdown and I think that they're, I think they're going to land, or the Jaguars are going to learn through this. Have a great day, guys. - Have a great weekend, Lewis. - Shay, could you please give us the rundown from Monday to where we are right now as far as the public money for the bears and the Jaguars? 'Cause in front of me, ESPN vet says the bears are one point favorite. What's been the ebb and flow of how people have bet this game this week? - So I know, I think it was two and a half at the open. It was set at two most of the week. The bears have been the public team the entire time and now it's down to one and a half. Typically, not a great sign. - The public doesn't believe the bears can win, Cap. - Well, no, the public is all over the bears, but I'm saying when the public is on that team and the point spread is going against them, that's typically a bad sign. - Oh my gosh. - Thanks, Bob. - Why is that a bad sign? 'Cause it's telling you like despite all of the bets and all of the money being on one side, the books are willing to give you less points to take that side. Means the actually good money is on Jacksonville. - Do you agree with that, Cap? - I don't know. - Whether or not they win or lose, I'm just from a gambling perspective, the good money is on Jacksonville. - I don't know if I'd agree with that, but again-- - It's a fact. The point spread is moving towards Jacksonville. That means the good money is on them. There's no arguing it, it's a fact. - Yeah, the numbers going down, Shay said. The numbers going down. You said it started two and a half now. You see it in one and a half right now, in front of you? - Yeah, one and a half I'm looking. - Okay. So he's saying that it's going in the opposite direction. - Whether it wins or loses is irrelevant. The process leading up is the smart people are betting the Jaguars. - Okay, how do you know, why do you say that the public is betting the bears? 'Cause if it's moving, and obviously everybody's betting the jags. - No, what I'm looking at right now is 81% of the bets and 61% of the money on Chicago. And yet it's moving Jacksonville's way. That tells you something. It's called reverse line movement, little gambling terminology for you. - Okay. - That the line was two and a half now, he says this. And you have it in front of you as well, Kev. You say it's more than a half in front of you? - I'm Don Best, which does the Vegas rotation when you see the number, like number 746. When you go to the window, you don't go ahead, like to bet the bears are like, what number? 746, bears jags. And jags would be 747. They have all across the board, golden nugget, bad MGM, all of them have it at minus one and a half, Chicago total, 44 and a half. - So when does that line tell you? Like the cap line would be what, three and a half bears? - No, I would have probably had it two and a half three. - Really? - Two, two and a half three, right in there. And my takeaway from it is the game's probably going under. - Under 44 and a half. - Under 44 and a half. - Okay. - That's my gut feeling. So we'll see, it's gonna be a, I think it's a close game, I really do. - Would have been on the neutral site that way. - It would have been on neutral site and that you believe it's gonna be a close game. - And I looked up the Jacksonville paper, Florida Times Union, Demetrius Harvey. Is there a beat writer? - Yeah. - He said bears 24. - Yeah, where's 10? - Yep. - I think with the Bears defense, I think that is, I think that's very possible. - And the other guys have the, all of them, the rest. I think they have one other. Most of them have the jags winning, close. 17, 16, 24, 23, something like that. - I think that number on the Jaguars is a good number because the Bears have held opponents to 21 points or less in 11 straight games. That's the longest active streak in the league. So, you know, it's a top 10 defense and they are bento break more times than not. And so I think that they can hold Jacksonville to a lower number. And again, we'll have our picks coming up at 818, but that sounds like the play, the Bears and the Under. That's what, how I'm playing, I'm playing Bears Moneyline. Just win the game. - Sure. - And the Under 44 and a half. - All right, George McCasky, what's some thoughts about the new stadium? Where's the stadium gonna be? Find out from George next on "Cap and J-Hoot." - Checkmate, one six, land your suppression on target. - That's why I see him in my shot. - Shot or no shot with "Cap and J-Hoot" or yes we get 1,000 and ESPN Chicago at. ♪ That's why I see him in my shot ♪ - Good morning and welcome in to the "Cap and J-Hoot" morning show on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We'll hear from Courtney Cronin from London coming up at 835 with the latest on the Bears, but first shot or no shot, but his white English dean, his, Shay Norlin. - Shay, excuse me. (laughing) - My, my what? (laughing) - Your white English dean, is that the answer wearing? - Good morning boys, on a Bears Friday. (laughing) - Oh, my, my, my what? - How about that, Cap? - I loved it. - His white English dean, you love it? - No. - Oh. - You fight around a little bit. - No, just said he's, "Cap, it's game five." How about this? - A little tiger, a little Cleveland guardian. - Careful now. - And guess what? He showed me the picture of him as mom and his dad at the game the other day in Detroit. - Yes. - And the fact that this dude's gonna get up in the morning, he is going to do the Chicago college tailgate with Tyler Aki, and then he's getting in the car immediately and driving to Cleveland and he bought three tickets and he's taking his parents to the game. I think that, I told you, he and I, over the last two and a half years he's been with us, have developed this really good relationship. He went up 80 levels in my book. That is such a great move. He's gonna take pictures, he's gonna be with his family. Dude, take it from a guy who does not have either parent left. My brother and I would love to take my mom and dad to a game. Can't treasure the freakin' memories, man. Now, none of us know what's around the corner good or bad. What you're doing tomorrow? Shay Norling, that is spectacular. And if you don't sit there for a moment before the game and just look around and drink in your progressive field, your childhood team is playing in a decisive game and your mom and dad are with you? Dude, blessed, blessed. - Absolutely, absolutely blessed. Here's the thing though, he won't be able to enjoy it. It's game five. - It's not gonna be fun at all. - That's a thing. See, Cap, you laid out a nice, beautiful, family, lifetime TV moment, but Cap, it's Shay. Can I understand that? I've been trying to explain that to you, but you're just not listening to me again. It's Shay, won't be able to enjoy it, it's game five. It's not cutting time now. Can you win, can you, it's win or go home? Can't enjoy it. (laughs) - You just wanna see your team win, that's all you want. - These days, hoodie, they're the worst day of your life until they aren't. - Yeah, hey, I remember game seven in 2016, man. Terrified all day long. All day, until I bumped into Theo and he texted me. Relax, we got this, we're good. - Yeah, so well. - Okay. - And then that home run flew out and I'm like, the curse is real. - Yes. - Dad, I'm looking up at the sky. - Dad, it can't be this cruel. - And then we won. - And then you won. That's all right, Shay. Big time on Saturday, big moment. And if the Tigers win, just make sure you send a check to the White Sox, because the only reason why you're in it and Kansas City was in it, Cleveland is-- - 'Cause they swept your ass. - Because they're terrible, yes. - All right, well-- - And we weaken Cleveland for you, because that's the only team we play close this year. - Yep. - Cleveland. (laughs) So, send a check to the White Sox because that's the reason why three teams are in it this postseason. Congratulations. - Wow. - Thank you. - Scooble on the mound. - Please fire. - Let's get started with shot or no shot. And my white English D, the game on Sunday is a battle between the latest generational prospect in Caleb Williams and the most recent generational prospect before him in Trevor Lawrence. Lawrence's career has not gone the way the Jags hoped, but he does have a playoff win on his career, and he has just thrown for 300 yards last week in a big win that they needed, but shot or no shot. If this game is in crunch time on Sunday, you would already rather have Caleb than Trevor Lawrence. - That's a shot. I have the younger asset there. And I haven't had to commit 260 million or 265, I think he got. - Uh-huh. - And then gone, oh God, I hope he's the right guy. Like when I pay that money, if I was an owner, if you told me, hey, we gotta sign this guy, it's gonna cost us whatever the number is, 65 million a year, there could be no doubt. You cannot be in your suite of offices going, I hope he's the right guy. Like when the Chiefs paid my homes half a billion dollars. And by the way, he was at Yankee State. Even the other night, it was there by week. - Oh yeah. - Watching his royals 'cause he's a part owner, super cool. When they wrote that check, it was no doubt they didn't go. - I hope he's the right guy. They knew the person, they knew the family, they knew his performance, how his teammates responded and loved him. Like if I'm Jackson, I'm like, I hope he's the guy. So I'd rather have Caleb. - His best year so far has just been in Clemson. It just so far, that's a fact. It's an athlete, it's a quarterback cap, there probably needs a change of address. Trevor Lawrence, at some point in his career, he's gonna start for somebody else if he can. - What were you, did he ever throw, yeah, he's had two 4,000 yard seasons. - Yep. - And in 2022, completed 66.3% of his passes for 41, 13, 25 to eight TD interception and a 95.2 pass rating. That'll win. - What, the rest of the team though, that's the whole thing. I mean, that's great numbers individually, but what about the teams? - That team got to what? - Say the division around, yep, lost in the first round. - Yeah, they won this. - They beat the Chargers and then they lost in the division around two Kansas City, I think. - In a great game, they battled them. - And then last year he threw for 4,016, 21 to 14, pass rating down to 88.5, completed 66% of his passes. So it's there, he's good. - It's not horrible. - I just believe in Caleb Williams' future. I bet on his future more so than Trevor Lawrence is present. I believe that's fair. - You agree with that? - Yeah. - I agree, I'm more into the 20 year old in his future with the arrow pointing up versus the arrow pointing sideways with Trevor Lawrence. The numbers are fine. - I would agree. - But it's about team success cap. And I think that the Bears will get there with Caleb Williams in the first year and moving forward. All right, Jay. - All right, the trade deadline in the NFL a little less than a month away and the rumors are starting to swirl. The Bears are rumored to be monitoring three teams that are teetering on lost seasons ahead of the trade deadline. One of those three teams is the New England Patriots who have an aptly named left guard potentially available on the trade market. Do you know what I'm talking about? - What's his name? - Left guard, Michael Jordan. - He would currently have the second highest pass blocking grade of any Bears offensive lineman according to PFF. So shot or no shot. The Bears should bring Michael Jordan to Chicago. - He's 26, right? - Yep. - Yes. What's the cost? What am I giving up? - You don't have to give up anything 'cause the name recognition tells you all you need. That's the old Bears. What have brought him in? - Right. - We're bringing in Michael Jordan, hoodie. We're bringing Michael Jordan home. - Oh my God, Michael Jordan. That's gonna be one, fantastic. - 66, 315. - I mean, I would, what's the price? - Grades out, like I said, he would be the second highest graded pass blocking offensive lineman on the Bears today. - Okay. What do they want for him? - That's a shot. Because, listen, I know that a lot of Bears fans look at the offensive lines to how come Ryan polls and take good care of the offensive line, knowing that you had a rookie quarterback in a first year offensive coordinator with this team. But here's the thing, you couldn't fix everything. Doesn't mean you can't fix things on the fly, and you could fix one of those parts. - And he said the other day, I'm good with where we're at there, and I like our depth, Bill Murray and Matt Pryor. Okay, we're gonna find out. - Cap, he likes it for the time being. - Correct. - He doesn't love it. - No, and I think with three picks in the first two rounds next year, a one and two twos, Carolina's two and ours, you're gonna see at least two offensive line. - I'll speak for Ryan polls. He loves the secondary. He loves his linebackers. - By the way, some breaking news there, you want it now? - Should we hit the sounder? Sounds like it's sounder-worthy. - Oh, it's sounding-- - Jay Moore, here we go. Now, breaking news here. - This is pretty good news. - It could be a party. - You buy the Advantage dealer group, Breaking News on ESPN Chicago. Chicago's home for sports. Return to veteran reporter David Kaplan with breaking news here on "Cap" and "JhoodCap." - The Bears have now listed Tyreak Stevenson as doubtful to play after injuring his calf Thursday in practice in England. Again, Tyreak Stevenson's one of our better defenders, which a quant brisker already listed as out. Stevenson has been downgraded to doubtful to play on Sunday. - Not good. That's a big loss. - Next man up. Jalen Jones available. - He's there. - All right, let's go. - He's the goings. - He's the goings, fill in, yeah. - Jonathan Owens is there. You got Elijah Hicks, who's gonna get the start in Brisker's place. You're gonna need Jalen Johnson, Kyler, Gordon, and Kevin Bayard III have to be outstanding. - Yeah, they'll fill the bill. Somebody's gonna get an interception or two out of that. - So? - They'll be fine. No problem. And you don't wanna miss two key cogs out of your secondary, but I understand. It happens. - Yes. - All right, I see it, so it's now it's doubtful. It went from questionable, now to doubtful for Stevenson. - That according to the great Jason Leisure. - Our buddy. - From the Sun-Times. - Who is it? - Who's in London? - Who has fired Iberflus. All right, we turned out-- - That was Negi. (laughing) - Are you fired, Matt? Nope, not yet, Jason. Thank you. - All right, can you squeeze in one more, sir? - Yeah, I talked about the rumor mill with the trades. That's also happening with Keenan Allen. And there were some reports this week that those are legitimate. They're seriously considering if they need to trade Keenan Allen. Obviously, they brought him in to make life easier for Caleb Williams. So far, partially due to injury, he just hasn't been involved. He's got 10 catches on the season and could potentially fetch a draft pick from a desperate team, the Kansas City Chiefs, who need a wide receiver badly. Shot or no shot, the Bears really might trade Keenan Allen at the deadline. - That's a no shot. No shot, tell me what their record is. - The Bears? - If heaven forbid, the Bears were to lose like the next four games. - Let's say they're five and three. - That's a no shot. - Five, we're three and two right now? Yeah, three and two? - Yeah. - The trade deadline's November five. There's no shot if they have a winning record and they have a chance to go to the playoffs, they're not trading them. - No chance. - No chance. - If the Bears were up the tracks and this was gonna be one of these rebuilding seasons, then that's something that you could trade. - If you told me heaven forbid they lose this game, bye week, lose the next two. And all of a sudden you'd be three and five. - No shot. - Then maybe, maybe they would entertain that. I don't see that scenario. So I don't think they do that. - Is there a world though where like you're five and three and Keenan Allen's got 15, 17 catches on the season. He's just not involved. Somebody's willing to give you a third when you pay to fourth and you go, yeah, okay, we'll do it. - If I knew that Tyler Scott was a guy, then it possibly, not even yes, but possibly. But nothing else has been developed in that wide receiver room. Where's Tyler Scott been? See, all I'm saying is is that you're trying to get to the playoffs, all hands on deck. You don't have step on your wide receiver. And again, I told you this a couple of weeks ago, I'm not trying to help anybody. I'm trying to be a playoff team. - Agreed. But the thing is, Shay, in your scenario, you're forgetting the attention that he draws that makes things better for DJ Cole. - Totally fair. - Roman Dunes A, Tyler Scott, Gerald Ever. Whoever, DeAndre Swift out of the back. Whoever that may be. It's like looking at Montez Sweat's numbers and tell me, I don't mean you. Tell me you don't know anything about football without telling me you don't think about football. - Oh, Montez, what, why is he not in the sack leaders? We're paying him 98 million bucks. - Yeah, because other guys are getting the eat 'cause he's attracting not only a double team, but go watch the tape. He gets chipped on top of it. - Yes, yes. - So thank you, Montez. - I'm telling you is that I'm not listening to any trades for any of the offensive weapons for the Bears because I'm trying to get to the playoffs. That's all I'm saying. I can't, this whole thing of like, key analysis, I get in the ball like, look, remember this offense, how it started this season? How constipated was where you just couldn't get the ball to the certain, now the last couple of games, it is Alan, it's more, it's Swift, it's others to be able to eat along with the tight ends. No cap, I'm not trying to help somebody else. - Right. - And I know this is not a Super Bowl season for the Bears, but what I'm saying is that I'm trying to move on to the next level, which is the playoffs. So I need as much talent as possible to get there. That's all I'm saying. That's why that scenario, only way I would do it that I painted to you is that heaven forbid you're like, we're three and five? - Up the track, yeah. - Up the track? - Yeah. - Okay. - Yeah, but no, this is supposed to be a winning team, that's why I'm keeping my assets, adding on assets, not trading them. - Keep here Wyatt Teller's name with the Bears. - Good. - He's 29, he's a guard with the Browns who are stuck with 150 million more and guaranteed money to just Sean Watson and might be willing to move a contract. - The picks are next on Captain Jay Hood. (upbeat music) - Follow Chicago's home for sports on Twitch at ESPN 1000 Chicago. Captain Jay Hood are back on Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. And now it's time for the picks. Right here on the Captain Jay Hood Morning Show and the picks are brought to you by the fine folks over at the village of Rosemont. My friends, the great mayor Brad Stevens, my friend, located just outside of the city Rosemont as your one stop destination for fun. Rosemont, it's awesome. It's all here. - Here's Shane Norley, Shane. - All right, we're gonna get started in college with one of the great slates of the season. Starting with Red River, 230 kick, number one Texas at number 18 Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl and Texas is a 14 and a half point favorite. Hoodie. - Texas has won five of its games in blowout fashion this year, establishing itself. Cap is one of the top teams in college football. Just to a point of fact, yours is healthy, right, Shane? - He will play. - The quarterback for Texas, man. That's always a great rivalry game, but I really like Texas. Texas is the best team in college football. I said it as a Georgia fan cap. They're the best. You meet Texas in the 14 and a half in this big rivalry game against Oklahoma. Oklahoma, not very good, kid. - Texas has a hell of a football team. They're not the best in my opinion. My partner wants to go with Texas. I'll tell you, it's the Ohio State Buckeyes who are the best team in the land. And they will beat Oregon, but we'll get to that in a moment. Give me the, I spoke with Caleb Williams at length from London. He called me late last night and said, "Kid, that's a lie." Take my Oklahoma Sooners. I have a little sooner blood in me. I'll take the 14 and a half, give me Oklahoma. They don't win the game, but they cover. - That's a lie. - If Caleb ever had to play behind this version of Oklahoma's offensive line, he would pick against them too. They stink. They're offensive lines horrible. They're quarterback play. They switched to mid-season. It's horrible. They blow. Give me Texas. - Everything's bigger in Texas. I'm taking Texas. - Including the point spread. - Absolutely. 14 and a half. - Number nine, Ole Miss. A three and a half point favorite on the road at number 13 LSU. This game is under the lights at Death Valley, hoodie. - Remember last year's shade, the showdown? - It was Ole Miss topping LSU 55 to 49 Oxford. My God, 1400 combined yards of offense. What a game this was. Ole Miss is the better ball club than LSU. Ole Miss is gonna win the game outright, but give me Ole Miss minus three and a half. - Yeah, Ole Miss is a really good football team. LSU has a guy coaching on the sideline named Brian Kelly. I don't root for Brian Kelly. Can't stand the man. - Okay. - I will take Ole Miss, lay the lumber and beat their ass. - You think Ole Miss will top off LSU. Shay, what do you think? - Excuses. - Use this. - I hate to derail the lane train, but I'm putting a penny on the tracks. LSU at night, I'm getting points with the home team. I'm gonna derail the lane train. - What does a penny on the tracks mean? - It's an old myth. If you throw a penny on the railroad tracks, you'll derail the train. I'm derailing the lane train. Good night, LSU plus three and a half. - Wow. - You ever heard that myth? Okay. - I'll go with Ole Miss. - Will Ole Miss win the game? Shay or no? - It's tough, man. - LSU at night is where dreams go to die. - Come on. - I'm the only one in the four of us I believe that's been to a night game at LSU. It is a super cool environment. And those cages are going to be leaving very upset. - You gotta look Mike the Tiger in the eye and then take the field. - Mike the Tiger is cool. - Mike the Tiger is cool. - That's a different beast. - Okay. - Number two, Ohio State caps Buckeyes laying three and a half on the road at Oregon at night, hoodie. - The best point per game differential in college football, Ohio State. The Buckeyes are holding opponents cap to seven points a game. The Buckeyes have won every game by at least 28 points. It's a few points, by the way, allowed for a college football team since 1973. So I like the Buckeyes in a hostile environment in Eugene against Oregon. Ohio State minus three and a half. - Dude's right outside the window, it is Oregon hoodie. He's going down. - He's going down. - Oh, do you see him? - Leap him. - I'm coming back for a photo. - Dan Lanning's a hell of a football coach, but Dan Lanning's not playing in the game. Oregon is going to get beaten by somewhere around 10 points. Give me Ohio State, lay the three and a half. Buckeyes roll, baby. Let's go. - I'm going to make my friend out here in the hoodie happy. You don't simply walk into Hudson Stadium at night and walk out with a field goal better win. I'm taking Oregon in the points, quack, quack. - I'm going with Ohio State. - I love James was just stealth. He just goes, "You don't know Ohio State?" - You know why? - He knows the clock. - He does. - He's right. - Keep it moving. - Yeah. - Onto the NFL, the Washington commanders go into Baltimore and the Ravens are nearly a full touchdown favorite, lay in six and a half, hoodie. - You mean the Ravens minus six and a half against the commanders? This will be the first paddling that the commanders have had this season. It will happen in Baltimore. - So the commanders are good football team. I really liked their coach. He interviewed for the Bears. Dan Quinn. Dan Quinn is not going to win this game, but his club with his fine young quarterback, Jaden Daniels is going to cover. Give me the commander. - A really good band, by the way, fine young quarterback. - Yes. - Go ahead. - Yep. - Commander's defense is asked. I think this is the first time it bites. I'm the Ravens run the ball all over. Give me the Ravens. - Yep. Ravens, let's go. - Texans lay in seven on the road in New England, hoodie. - Patriots will cover the number. Texans could win the ball game, but I think closer than the experts think, I think the Patriots will keep it. Does score low? I think the Patriots win the game. I'm sorry, they're Patriots plus seven. - The Texans are going to go in and they're going to teach Drake may the meaning of the word respect. Young fella, you're not ready yet. You shouldn't be starting. You should be sitting this year, but they decide to bring him out now against this pass rush. Give me the Texans, they route him. - Yeah, I'm with you, Cap. I think it's Fields versus Cleveland. This is the worst possible spot that they could have thrown Drake may into the fire. Give me the Texans to blow him out. - Texans, I got them. - Cardinals at Packers, Packers lay in five and a half, hoodie. - I mean, the Packers minus five and a half against the Cardinals. I just think that the Packers will write the ship offensively just enough to be able to beat Arizona on Sunday. - Yeah, I hate picking Green Bay so because they're Green Bay, but I do believe they're going to humble the Arizona Cardinals. I will take the Lambo Denizens to cover five and a half. - I'm going to take Arizona. They have a potentially explosive offense. They just won on the road at San Francisco. The numbers, weird, no man's land, five and a half right between three and seven. Give me the Cardinals. - Yeah, Pack is whack, don't bet them. They'll win the game, but I'm going with the Cardinals. - Buccaneers at Saints. Saints are three and a half point home dogs, hoodie. Tired Saints team at home against the Buccaneers. The Buccaneers will win the ball game outright and the number of three and a half. - So my friend Carmen de Falco always sets in an intra division rivalry game. If you get points at home, take the points. However, Spencer Rattler is at quarterback now with Derek Carr out with an oblique for several weeks. Yeah, I don't think it's a good spot for the Saints. Give me the Buccaneers. - Shay? - I am going to take the Saints, divisional home dog. It's just a trend. - How'd that work out for your last night? - Dude, Bengals at a 10 point lead, Joe Burrow throws a wild interception in a five touchdown game. - Last night? - Or last week. - I'm talking about last night. - Divisional home dog. - Seattle was at home dog, how'd that work out? - I didn't pick that game last night, but it didn't work out for people who did. Last week, the Bengals at a 10 point lead in this same spot, Burrow throws a weird interception, Evan McPherson misses a field goal 'cause the holder drops the ball, three straight run plays from midfield 'cause apparently coaches are comfy kicking 50 yard field goals now. Whatever, I got screwed, but I'll be on that side every time. Give me the Saints. - With Carr being out, I can't do it, so I'm going with the books. - Steelers lay in two and a half at the Raiders. - Cody. - Is Justin starting for the field, just asking? - You better get a horn on by Tomlin. How do you think it's gonna be Russell Wilson, personally? - Oh God. - Yeah, he participated in full practices this week, so... - But he took the second team reps, so we'll see. - I don't, okay, so it's Aino Connell, the starter for the Raiders this week. - God almighty. Give me the Steelers, holding my nose. Give me the Steelers minus two and a half on the road in Vegas. - Stinky. - Yeah, I'm holding my nose as well. - I don't know. - I don't know. - I'm gonna go with the Steelers. I don't feel good about the pick, but I am taking the Steelers. - The public just has no faith in either one of these teams. - They're all over the Steelers. - And I think either way you go on this game, you're clipping your nose. I'm clipping my nose and going with the Raiders. - Yeah, Steelers, you're going with them. - I don't. - I don't know. - It's the NFL. - Yeah, I have no idea. - Lions lay in two and a half on the road in Dallas. When's the last time you saw Cowboys getting points at home, Cody? - All right, we'll pass. Cap, go right ahead. - That's not allowed, John. You know that. - Too difficult to choose. - You're better than that. - You're Jonathan F and Hood, man. Make a pick. - I think this one's actually one of the easiest ones on the board. - It says you. For me, it's a little bit more difficult. - It's fair. - God almighty. - Cap, that's the only one I have not circled. You see my sheet here. I have not made a pick. Could you tell me why I should take the Lions? Mine is two and a half. - I can't. - That's the thing. - I can't. - If I jump in. - Yeah, please. - I'm going to be on the Lions. It's one of my favorite plays of the week. The Cowboys aren't going to have Michael Parsons. They can't stop the run. This Lion so well is just going to eat them up. It's offensive line for Detroit. We'll travel. They're going to beat them up. The Cowboys can't match up defensively. And Dak's been awful. Give me the Lions. - He has not been awful. - I agree with you. - He's been bad. - Yeah. - I agree with you. Lions. - That's why-- - You guys passed me. I haven't made my pick yet. - But go ahead, brother. - I am taking the Dallas Cowboys. They win the game. Like, you're going to give me two and a half? I'll take it. - All right, Cap? - I think they win the game outright, but they may lose on a late field goal. Give me two and a half. I'll take the Dallas Cowboys. - Here we go! - All right, Lions. And Shay. - Final game, Jaguars, Bears, Rich, Izen, and Kurt Warner on the call on NFL Network. Good television. If you'd like, you might, you might prefer to listen to Jeff Joniac and Tom Thayer right here on ESPN 1000. - I've got the tight sync game. There's no way I'm listening to Rich Izen for three hours. - No shot. It'll be Joniac and Thayer in my house. Bears lay him one and a half away. - In his bad pinstripe suit. I'm not listening to that or watching that. I'll be having the game on, but I've got it on ESPN 1000, the old sync game, Jeff and Tom. - Got me doing that. I put my little Beats AirPods in and I listened to my gut. - Yep, Bears, Bears, Bears, Minus one and a half, Bears. - Yeah, Bears are one of my top plays. I don't think it's a blowout. I think it's a fairly close game. The only way this thing gets out of hand is if it really was an issue coming in late for the Jags. I think it's a fairly competitive football game, I do. And I am going to play the Chicago Bears. And by the way, Dak Prescott's completing over 65% of his pass, he's got almost 1500 yards passing. You ready? Eight to four touchdown, the interception ratio. His pass rating is 93. He has not been terrible. Stop yourself. - Shake. (laughing) - I think the Jags are the better side, but I don't care. I think the Bears are the better team and I think right now they have the better quarterback and I think you could even argue they have the better head coach because Doug Peterson's been brutal. Give me the Bears. - It's breakfast with the Bears, baby. Let's go. - Yeah. - So who do you like? - Bears, man. - Okay, I'm having breakfast with the Bears. - I'm just saying, I don't know what you do at all. - Actually I like breakfast better. - Okay. (laughing) - I'm gonna roll with the Bears. - I was wondering who your partner was there having breakfast with this. I was like the Bears and Breakfast. I think that's your telling us, right? The Bears. - The Bears. - Whoa, whoa. - All right. And those are the picks. - Love it. Love it. - Let's go Bears, get her done. - Now to London and Courtney Cronin. That's next, right here on ESPN 1000.