1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:00,840 Speaker 1: All right. 2 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 2: Coming up in about twelve minutes, you'll hear from Joe Flacco. 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 2: About fourteen minutes you'll hear from Logan Wilson. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: It's here for my next guest. 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,159 Speaker 2: The most powerful voice in Chicago sports for going on 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: four decades, Chicago Land Sports Hall of Famer talks Bengals 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: or Bears each morning on ESPN one thousand and the 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: recap on YouTube. That would be none other than my guy, 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 2: David Kaplan. How are you, Lance, my guy? 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: How are you? 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 3: I'm just out in the field giving you a reporter 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 3: as I. 13 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 4: Was telling your fine producer, uh, trick. 14 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: Or treating with my grandkids. 15 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, as I walk around the neighborhood and waiting to 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 3: talk to you about the Bears and the Bengals. 17 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: And I get to be on with you on the 18 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: station of Tom Brenneman, who I love. Yeah, that's our guy, 19 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: absolutely all right. 20 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 2: So Ben Johnson was the hot coaching name this offseason. 21 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: He picked you guys, they're four and three. How does 22 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 2: that compare to how does that feel in relation to 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,959 Speaker 2: expectations for this team going in? 24 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 3: I think people were thrilled when he said I want 25 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: to coach the Chicago Bears because last year, if you'll 26 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 3: remember the owners of the Commanders, the new ownership group, 27 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 3: Josh Harrison Company. We're on a private jet flying to 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 3: Detroit to offer him the job, and he got word 29 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 3: to the pilot I'm out, I'm not interested. I want 30 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: another year in Detroit. 31 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: And then he said, two weeks ago. 32 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 3: You know one of the reasons I wanted this job. 33 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 3: First of all, we had unfinished business with the Lions, 34 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 3: but I wanted. 35 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: To coach that guy, Caleb Williams. 36 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 3: And he said, has been bumpy, got times, but he said, 37 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: we're making progress and we're just going to keep grinding 38 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 3: and keep working. And I think this is a really 39 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 3: interesting matchup on Sunday because, look, you. 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: Guys can put points up. I just don't know if 41 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: you can stop anybody. 42 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, well I don't know either. I don't think they can. 43 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: You mentioned Caleb Williams. Has has he been in your number? 44 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: Has he been good? Has he been okay? 45 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: How would you describe how he's been inconsistent? Up and down? 46 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: You know, we play, we lose. 47 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 3: The first two games the Bears, the first fifteen plays. 48 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: You'll see it on Sunday. He's gonna look like a wizard. 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: He is going to execute the script at fifteen plays 50 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: will go right down the field and then do we 51 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 3: get it in the end zone or do we kick 52 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: a field goal? Usually is what happened last week against 53 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 3: the Ravens. Two great drives and they stall inside the 54 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 3: ten and they have to kick field goals and then 55 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 3: the Ravens get a touchdown and we're losing seven to six. 56 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 3: We end up losing that game thirty to sixteen. He 57 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: threw one terrible interception from four yards deep in his 58 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 3: own end zone and that was the ballgame. But then 59 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 3: he plays the Dallas Cowboys. We're zero to two and 60 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: he has four touchdown passes, and I mean he made 61 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 3: it thrown last week. Lance that if you pull it 62 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 3: up and look at the throw to DJ Moore, he 63 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: gets obliterated and he flat foot throws it, you know, 64 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 3: forty five yards in the air, rightness thing, and he 65 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: catches it and gets down inside the five. 66 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: He could do the wow. I don't know yet if 67 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: he can do the checkdown. 68 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: Ho just take the six yard checkdown of the running 69 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: back and let's live to fight another day. 70 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: Among the injuries, no running back dere Swift on Sunday. 71 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 2: How significant is that. 72 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 3: I mean, he's been good, he's been very, very good. 73 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 3: But the kids that they drafted out of Rutgers in 74 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 3: the seventh round, Kyle Mnung guy, he's gonna get the 75 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: lion's share of the carries. Now, we don't have a 76 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 3: very deep running back room. Manung Guy's good? 77 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: Is he break away fast? 78 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 3: And you look and go wow, I don't know how 79 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: we're handling that guy. No, but we have a pretty 80 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: solid offensive line. 81 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: Look, this team is. 82 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: Not without weapons and stars. 83 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: It's not on the offensive side. 84 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: You have the tenth overall picket right tackle. You've got 85 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: a fourteen million dollar right guard. You've got a fourteen 86 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 3: million dollar center. You have a seventeen million dollar in 87 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: the last two years first team All Pro Joe Tooney 88 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: at left guard. You've got the number one picket quarterback. 89 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 4: You have the twenty seven and a half million. 90 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: Dollar receiver in Dj Moore, the ninth overall pick. 91 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 3: In rome A Duneese, another top ten pick and another 92 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 3: wide receiver, tense pick overall Colston leveland from Michigan, a 93 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: tight end and a twelve million dollar tight end. And 94 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 3: Cole Kamenzi's going to play so this is not like 95 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 3: they haven't put assets into this team. 96 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: Bears have committed twenty eight more penalties than their opponents, 97 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: three games with double digits. What's going on with the penalties? 98 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 3: That is one of the things that is driving Ben 99 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 3: Johnson insane. And he finally washed his hands with it 100 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 3: after last week's game when we had eleven more penalties. 101 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: He said, look, this can't happen. 102 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 3: We're second most penaltized team in the National Football League 103 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 3: twenty six pre snap, false start type. 104 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: Penalties or illegal motion. And we have veteran players. It's 105 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: not like we've got a bunch. 106 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 3: Of you know, bums out there. Even Joe Tooney jumped 107 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 3: last week and that's his first in two years. So 108 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: he said, I'm calling the veteran leadership committee in and 109 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 3: I'm putting it on them. They better figure it out, 110 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 3: because you know, last week you have a huge opportunity 111 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: and all of a sudden you have a big play 112 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 3: down the field, illegal formation on the offense. What then 113 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 3: we had a punt. We have a really good punter, 114 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 3: Tory Taylor from Iowa. And whether you think they should use. 115 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 1: A fourth thrown pick on a punter or not, the 116 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: point is they did. 117 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 3: He booms a fifty nine yarder that rolls down at 118 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 3: the one, and there's a flag on the play. Yeah, 119 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 3: illegal formation on the kicking teams, and we bring it 120 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 3: all the way back and now that they get the 121 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 3: ball at the twenty. 122 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Something, it's like, what are we doing here? Shooting ourselves 123 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: in the foot. 124 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 3: So they have a good team. They got to clean 125 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 3: up the nonsense, all right. 126 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 2: What I think Bears, One of the things that comes 127 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 2: to mind is tight end, and I think Ditkun, I 128 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: think Emery moorehead and I think Martellis Bennett. It doesn't 129 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: seem like the tight end is as much of a 130 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 2: factor as maybe it could be in this all drew. 131 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 4: One hundred percent accurate. Well, last week you didn't. 132 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 3: Have col Co Met he was injured, first game he's 133 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 3: missed in his career since twenty twenty. And then Colston 134 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: Leveland's the tenth overall pick and he has not made 135 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,359 Speaker 3: the impact that I think all. 136 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 4: Of us expected. 137 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 3: You know, we all see Tyler Warren killing it for 138 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: the Indianapolis Colts, and the Bears took Colston Loveland ahead 139 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 3: of him. I saw a quote from Sean McVay. We 140 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: tried to trade up because we knew Chicago was grabbing 141 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 3: him and we liked Colston leveland the best at that position. 142 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 3: Right now, the numbers don't bear that out, and so 143 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 3: he has got to be better. His blocking has really improved, 144 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 3: but his receiving, and that's what he was drafted for, 145 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: to be a Travis Kelcey style receiver. He gets separation. 146 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: He's athletic. He can go up and high point a ball. 147 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: We haven't seen that yet, so hopefully that's going to 148 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 3: change here in. 149 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: The next few weeks. 150 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 2: All Right, once again, you won our yearly bet on 151 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: who wins more games between the Reds and the Cubs. 152 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: I sent you any. 153 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 4: Greaters ice cream. 154 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 3: Boldly bear Cat a night when I'm watching my Chicago 155 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 3: Bulls try to get to five and zero. 156 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 4: Yes, Boldly Bearcat is the greatest. 157 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: Plavor they've ever made. 158 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: Well, I guess that answers my question it was gonna be. 159 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 2: I assume you're enjoy your Greaters. It sounds like you are. Oh, 160 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: it is so good. 161 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: And I said to my wife, Hey, there's ice cream incoming. 162 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: She's like, boy, you just keep taking advantage of poor Lance. 163 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: He's such a good person at all. He does is 164 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: keep sending you ice cream every year. That's what Kelly 165 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: says as well. She says, what are you gonna win? 166 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: A bet? It's gonna take a while. 167 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: We have a pretty good young team, the Cubs. I 168 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 3: just don't understand how you could sit in our ballpark, 169 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: have an amazing environment, beat the Padres, get to the 170 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: next round, you lose in game five and not. 171 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: Go all right, I'm pushing my chips in. 172 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 3: Let's go get another elite starter. Let's go get another 173 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 3: elite bullpen ar. No, we'll spend the most in the division. 174 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 4: But that's you know, that doesn't say a lot. 175 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: Let me put it that way here, all right. 176 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: I appreciate you making time during trick or treating my 177 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,239 Speaker 2: best to Mindy and the family. 178 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: All right, best of Kelly and the family. And let 179 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: me just tell you, I think you're. 180 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,239 Speaker 3: Not gonna like this, but I do think the Bears 181 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: win this. 182 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: Thirty one twenty one. 183 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I could say I think we'll score a little 184 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 2: bit more than that, but I also think we'll give 185 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: up a little bit. 186 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: More than that. 187 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 4: Okay, thirty eight twenty. 188 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: Nine, Now that would not shock me. There you go, thanks, Cap, 189 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: you know the best I'll brought him in high all right, 190 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: I will thank you sir. 191 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: There he is David Kaplan checking in in the middle 192 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: of trigger treating in Chicago with these grandkids. 193 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: We'll come back. 194 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: We hear what Joe Flacco said this afternoon. 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