If it's just, if it's just a couple months, that doesn't count for me, but right now he's moved it back up to a B.

Well, I, I think my interjection here would be, and it's, and it's funny that Luke brought up, that you're probably not gonna see too many Cs on this board right now.

But if you're talking about someone who is deserving of that, I think that that's kind of the category that Bregman falls into.

And you guys are pretty close with the B minus and the B. I, I think we're all kind of on the same page.

His season has essentially been on a, on a different scale, but somewhat of a microcosm of how the Cubs have gone, where it's been hit and miss at times.

And it, and the, and the, the peaks are, are very high and the valleys are very low.

Um, so that's just kind of the...

Complexion.

Uh, your best and worst from a one-hour Bears practice today, getting ready for I think what's gonna be a very physical day tomorrow with the Bengals.

Well, my best, uh, was that seven-on-seven period that we saw for the offense, at least, uh, in which it was a red zone situation, uh, and you had Caleb Williams rip it off or, uh, rip off three touchdowns on the first three plays of that situation, one to Colston Loveland, one to Rome Odunze with Josh Blackwell in coverage, and another to Odunze with T.J. Edwards in coverage.

It was a good start for them in that team, uh, or in that seven-on-seven period.

Uh, they completed another pass.

I believe, uh, Caleb hit Rochon with another and then missed on another to Colston Loveland.

But for the most part, the, you know, without the offensive lineman or defensive lineman there to cause any sort of disruption, it was a solid start for them and, and things looked like they were clicking early on.

Uh, as for the worst-

How does, how does, how does one young, on-the-cutting-edge-of-football Pat Norton feel about the fact that it just does not seem like Caleb is going to play in the preseason?

Ooh, and it's very, very- Dear

Yes, [laughs] spendy.

Uh, the, the, unlike, uh, unlike, say, a Sony or a, a, a, a PlayStation or, or an Xbox, uh, there will be no subsidies for Valve, um, on the, uh, on the Steam Machine.

Um, so it will be much more expensive than most other, you know, consoles you're used to.

But what we're calling it now, or so, I think somebody at The Verge, I'm not sure, quite sure where I first saw this, was the RAMpocalypse.

So September 2025, 32 gigabytes of DDR5 was under 100 bucks, probably 90, 95 bucks.

Uh, right now, at the low end, maybe with some funky clock timings, you're looking at $350 for 32 gigabytes RAM, uh, a couple of 16-gigabyte sticks, and somewhere between 450 to $600 or more if you're looking for a particularly fancy style of RAM, um, or, uh, some particular strains that are, uh, friendly to being overclocked to the moon.

I ordered online, and it showed up at the Apple Store where I wanted to deliver it, picked it up, showed 'em my ID, and I was on my way.

But, uh, man, if he pitches meaningful baseball for us at all this year, I will, I will be shocked.

Sun-Times spoke with Steele, I think, re- recently, and then wrote it today.

Uh, and it was a decent interview, if you can find it.

And I think the quote or line, and it's not verbatim, from Steele that, that's kind of struck, uh, or that stuck with me at least, was when he had the setback, it almost, it w- I, I wouldn't call it a depressive state, but his initial reaction was, "Oh, God, I think my season's over," essentially.

And that's what they're asking him to do

... and base runner, and that's all they want out of him.

Listen, it's a feel-good story.

The triple he hit, first MLB hit, I... h- when he said he had tears in his eyes, I almost had tears in my eyes thinking of that.

And, and then all of a sudden you start doing the math, and it's like, ah, yeah, I think that's pretty, pretty feasible for a guy of his talent.

And Verderam said it, too, and he's, and he pointed out that he expects Caleb to be the first 4,000-yard passer in, in Bears history.

And I think that that's going to happen this year.

Uh, he set the record this year, right? And, uh, it'll [laughs] again, completion percentage, expect a tick up in that.

If, if all of those things happen, then these yards have to be going somewhere, and I think that Luther is probably your most versatile all over the field threat.

Uh, so that's, that's why I think Burden for that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I'm, I have forgiven Chris Chelios, and I'm gonna go with Chelios.

No upsets in the round.

I think we're going Chalk.

I think we have to go with Tony L.

Duncan Keith is my all-time favorite Blackhawk, so he gets my vote.

Jonathan Toews gets mine.

I was supposed to be the tiebreaker.