get his 10 sacks on the

year.

So it's a problem.

They don't have the ability to get to quarterback.

Their linebackers are okay.

So I don't want to completely trash that group, but it's not, it's really not dynamic there.

And I just, I don't see any real path to the bears having an impactful defense.

What do you think of the White Sox' chances here down the stretch?

That kind of carried the Bears early in the season while, while Caleb kind of figured it out, did it not?

It, it, it did.

Well, there's a lot of things with Ben that, that makes him great and, you know, in three years, maybe even at the end of this year, pro- I, I would think he's gonna be talked about as one of the top five coaches in the game.

I mean, that's how, that's Chicago views him.

And he obviously doesn't have the, anywhere near the resume that any of the guys at the top of the food chain do, but I, I...

Like, that's where it seems obvious he's going.

For one, you know, when they were 0-2 and he was asked about, you know, "Are, are you worried about X, Y, and Z?" He's like, "No.

Oh, yeah.

How do you see the supporting cast really helping Caleb take the next step in year three?

Right.

The Bears don't have Jalen Waddell.

Uh, they don't even, they don't have DJ Moore, who kind of annoyed me.

But, uh, I think the Bears [laughs] will miss him more, and I think he's gonna put up huge numbers with Josh Allen in Buffalo this year.

Uh, the Bears don't have a true number one wide receiver right now.

There's talent, I mean, Rome Odunze could be that in year three, but he's coming off a foot injury, he's calling it a new normal.

Uh, and, and one of the big conversations around here is like, okay, how it, you know, how can we get Bo to be that guy in quarters one through three? Is that also kind of a big conversation i- in Chicago right now?

Do they supplement this and buy at the deadline, or do they still need to do more to have ownership put some more money behind them?

What I have been told is there's not going to be an all-in move, a bunch of prospects traded for, you know, whoever the White Sox could possibly acquire the biggest names going.

But I do think the words you just used, supplement, I think that is absolutely on the table.

And by the way, Chris gets the former Royal.

Just a shout-out to a guy who did a great job batting nine, stealing some bags, getting on base for Kansas City, making it happen here in Chicago out of nowhere because Nobody had the White Sox doing what they're doing this year.

So I do think he adds on a little

When are they going to Indiana?

So I've been doing a lot on this one, Shren, for now over a year.

Never Nervous.

It, uh, and, you know, Never Nervous, won championship in, uh, as a freshman in college, whatever.

St- if Stacey had gone out to Sacramento and played in the West Coast, you know, in the Western Conference at that time, up and down, a little bit more wide open, he, he probably would've put up numbers.

But with the Bulls, like, go guard Patrick Ewing, go, go guard Brad Daugherty.

You know, pl- you know, switching between playing the four and the five, it just was, it was...

And aside from the fact that, you know, he's got, you, you know, you got Bill Cartwright in there who's established, and, and all these other guys were fighting for playing time.

I saw Will Perdue talking about, it's like, you know, "What's your memory of Stacey?" It's like, "That he was competitive and a strategist," 'cause they were all fighting for that 10, 15-minute chunk to who's, who was gonna get it.

Yeah

Mm.

And, uh, look, I mean, if you fast-forward to, you know, Caleb's rookie season, he did not hit the ground ...

I mean, he, he had ...

It was fine.

20 touchdowns, 6 interceptions for a rookie is not, you know, that's certainly acceptable, especially on a horrible Bears team, but that was a horrible Bears team.

And with the Bears history, I'm like, "Did they get this right? I don't know." Like, I, I, I'm, I think any logical Bears fan would be skeptical.

So, like, that was not an easy navigation either.

Okay.

[laughs]

...

the Bears' first preseason game, and to a man, every one of them was like, "Never been around anything like this," where the number one priority was, yeah, like, no swearing.

Well, listen, there's nothing wrong with passion and-

"Michael was terrible before his injury." Rodney's showing his football ignorance.

Okay, Rodney.