WEBVTT - Lance McAlister with David Kaplan -- 10/31/25

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<v Speaker 1>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up in about twelve minutes, you'll hear from Joe Flacco.

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<v Speaker 2>About fourteen minutes you'll hear from Logan Wilson.

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<v Speaker 1>It's here for my next guest.

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<v Speaker 2>The most powerful voice in Chicago sports for going on

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<v Speaker 2>four decades, Chicago Land Sports Hall of Famer talks Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>or Bears each morning on ESPN one thousand and the

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<v Speaker 2>recap on YouTube. That would be none other than my guy,

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<v Speaker 2>David Kaplan. How are you, Lance, my guy?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just out in the field giving you a reporter

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<v Speaker 3>as I.

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<v Speaker 4>Was telling your fine producer, uh, trick.

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<v Speaker 1>Or treating with my grandkids.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, as I walk around the neighborhood and waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>talk to you about the Bears and the Bengals.

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<v Speaker 1>And I get to be on with you on the

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<v Speaker 1>station of Tom Brenneman, who I love. Yeah, that's our guy,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely all right.

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<v Speaker 2>So Ben Johnson was the hot coaching name this offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>He picked you guys, they're four and three. How does

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<v Speaker 2>that compare to how does that feel in relation to

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<v Speaker 2>expectations for this team going in?

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<v Speaker 3>I think people were thrilled when he said I want

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<v Speaker 3>to coach the Chicago Bears because last year, if you'll

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<v Speaker 3>remember the owners of the Commanders, the new ownership group,

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<v Speaker 3>Josh Harrison Company. We're on a private jet flying to

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<v Speaker 3>Detroit to offer him the job, and he got word

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<v Speaker 3>to the pilot I'm out, I'm not interested. I want

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<v Speaker 3>another year in Detroit.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he said, two weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 3>You know one of the reasons I wanted this job.

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, we had unfinished business with the Lions,

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<v Speaker 3>but I wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>To coach that guy, Caleb Williams.

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<v Speaker 3>And he said, has been bumpy, got times, but he said,

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<v Speaker 3>we're making progress and we're just going to keep grinding

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<v Speaker 3>and keep working. And I think this is a really

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<v Speaker 3>interesting matchup on Sunday because, look, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Guys can put points up. I just don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>you can stop anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well I don't know either. I don't think they can.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned Caleb Williams. Has has he been in your number?

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<v Speaker 2>Has he been good? Has he been okay?

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<v Speaker 1>How would you describe how he's been inconsistent? Up and down?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we play, we lose.

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<v Speaker 3>The first two games the Bears, the first fifteen plays.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll see it on Sunday. He's gonna look like a wizard.

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<v Speaker 3>He is going to execute the script at fifteen plays

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<v Speaker 3>will go right down the field and then do we

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<v Speaker 3>get it in the end zone or do we kick

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<v Speaker 3>a field goal? Usually is what happened last week against

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<v Speaker 3>the Ravens. Two great drives and they stall inside the

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<v Speaker 3>ten and they have to kick field goals and then

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<v Speaker 3>the Ravens get a touchdown and we're losing seven to six.

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<v Speaker 3>We end up losing that game thirty to sixteen. He

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<v Speaker 3>threw one terrible interception from four yards deep in his

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<v Speaker 3>own end zone and that was the ballgame. But then

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<v Speaker 3>he plays the Dallas Cowboys. We're zero to two and

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<v Speaker 3>he has four touchdown passes, and I mean he made

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<v Speaker 3>it thrown last week. Lance that if you pull it

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<v Speaker 3>up and look at the throw to DJ Moore, he

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<v Speaker 3>gets obliterated and he flat foot throws it, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>forty five yards in the air, rightness thing, and he

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<v Speaker 3>catches it and gets down inside the five.

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<v Speaker 1>He could do the wow. I don't know yet if

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<v Speaker 1>he can do the checkdown.

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<v Speaker 3>Ho just take the six yard checkdown of the running

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<v Speaker 3>back and let's live to fight another day.

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<v Speaker 2>Among the injuries, no running back dere Swift on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>How significant is that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, he's been good, he's been very, very good.

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<v Speaker 3>But the kids that they drafted out of Rutgers in

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<v Speaker 3>the seventh round, Kyle Mnung guy, he's gonna get the

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<v Speaker 3>lion's share of the carries. Now, we don't have a

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<v Speaker 3>very deep running back room. Manung Guy's good?

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<v Speaker 1>Is he break away fast?

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<v Speaker 3>And you look and go wow, I don't know how

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<v Speaker 3>we're handling that guy. No, but we have a pretty

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<v Speaker 3>solid offensive line.

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<v Speaker 1>Look, this team is.

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<v Speaker 3>Not without weapons and stars.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not on the offensive side.

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<v Speaker 3>You have the tenth overall picket right tackle. You've got

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<v Speaker 3>a fourteen million dollar right guard. You've got a fourteen

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<v Speaker 3>million dollar center. You have a seventeen million dollar in

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<v Speaker 3>the last two years first team All Pro Joe Tooney

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<v Speaker 3>at left guard. You've got the number one picket quarterback.

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<v Speaker 4>You have the twenty seven and a half million.

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<v Speaker 1>Dollar receiver in Dj Moore, the ninth overall pick.

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<v Speaker 3>In rome A Duneese, another top ten pick and another

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<v Speaker 3>wide receiver, tense pick overall Colston leveland from Michigan, a

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<v Speaker 3>tight end and a twelve million dollar tight end. And

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<v Speaker 3>Cole Kamenzi's going to play so this is not like

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<v Speaker 3>they haven't put assets into this team.

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<v Speaker 2>Bears have committed twenty eight more penalties than their opponents,

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<v Speaker 2>three games with double digits. What's going on with the penalties?

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<v Speaker 3>That is one of the things that is driving Ben

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<v Speaker 3>Johnson insane. And he finally washed his hands with it

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<v Speaker 3>after last week's game when we had eleven more penalties.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, look, this can't happen.

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<v Speaker 3>We're second most penaltized team in the National Football League

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<v Speaker 3>twenty six pre snap, false start type.

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<v Speaker 1>Penalties or illegal motion. And we have veteran players. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like we've got a bunch.

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<v Speaker 3>Of you know, bums out there. Even Joe Tooney jumped

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<v Speaker 3>last week and that's his first in two years. So

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<v Speaker 3>he said, I'm calling the veteran leadership committee in and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm putting it on them. They better figure it out,

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<v Speaker 3>because you know, last week you have a huge opportunity

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<v Speaker 3>and all of a sudden you have a big play

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<v Speaker 3>down the field, illegal formation on the offense. What then

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<v Speaker 3>we had a punt. We have a really good punter,

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<v Speaker 3>Tory Taylor from Iowa. And whether you think they should use.

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<v Speaker 1>A fourth thrown pick on a punter or not, the

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<v Speaker 1>point is they did.

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<v Speaker 3>He booms a fifty nine yarder that rolls down at

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<v Speaker 3>the one, and there's a flag on the play. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>illegal formation on the kicking teams, and we bring it

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<v Speaker 3>all the way back and now that they get the

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<v Speaker 3>ball at the twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Something, it's like, what are we doing here? Shooting ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>in the foot.

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<v Speaker 3>So they have a good team. They got to clean

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<v Speaker 3>up the nonsense, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>What I think Bears, One of the things that comes

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<v Speaker 2>to mind is tight end, and I think Ditkun, I

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<v Speaker 2>think Emery moorehead and I think Martellis Bennett. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem like the tight end is as much of a

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<v Speaker 2>factor as maybe it could be in this all drew.

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<v Speaker 4>One hundred percent accurate. Well, last week you didn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Have col Co Met he was injured, first game he's

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<v Speaker 3>missed in his career since twenty twenty. And then Colston

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<v Speaker 3>Leveland's the tenth overall pick and he has not made

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<v Speaker 3>the impact that I think all.

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<v Speaker 4>Of us expected.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we all see Tyler Warren killing it for

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<v Speaker 3>the Indianapolis Colts, and the Bears took Colston Loveland ahead

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<v Speaker 3>of him. I saw a quote from Sean McVay. We

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<v Speaker 3>tried to trade up because we knew Chicago was grabbing

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<v Speaker 3>him and we liked Colston leveland the best at that position.

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, the numbers don't bear that out, and so

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<v Speaker 3>he has got to be better. His blocking has really improved,

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<v Speaker 3>but his receiving, and that's what he was drafted for,

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<v Speaker 3>to be a Travis Kelcey style receiver. He gets separation.

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<v Speaker 3>He's athletic. He can go up and high point a ball.

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<v Speaker 3>We haven't seen that yet, so hopefully that's going to

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<v Speaker 3>change here in.

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<v Speaker 1>The next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, once again, you won our yearly bet on

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<v Speaker 2>who wins more games between the Reds and the Cubs.

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<v Speaker 1>I sent you any.

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<v Speaker 4>Greaters ice cream.

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<v Speaker 3>Boldly bear Cat a night when I'm watching my Chicago

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<v Speaker 3>Bulls try to get to five and zero.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, Boldly Bearcat is the greatest.

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<v Speaker 1>Plavor they've ever made.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I guess that answers my question it was gonna be.

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<v Speaker 2>I assume you're enjoy your Greaters. It sounds like you are. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it is so good.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said to my wife, Hey, there's ice cream incoming.

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<v Speaker 3>She's like, boy, you just keep taking advantage of poor Lance.

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<v Speaker 1>He's such a good person at all. He does is

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<v Speaker 1>keep sending you ice cream every year. That's what Kelly

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<v Speaker 1>says as well. She says, what are you gonna win?

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<v Speaker 1>A bet? It's gonna take a while.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a pretty good young team, the Cubs. I

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<v Speaker 3>just don't understand how you could sit in our ballpark,

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<v Speaker 3>have an amazing environment, beat the Padres, get to the

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<v Speaker 3>next round, you lose in game five and not.

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<v Speaker 1>Go all right, I'm pushing my chips in.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go get another elite starter. Let's go get another

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<v Speaker 3>elite bullpen ar. No, we'll spend the most in the division.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's you know, that doesn't say a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me put it that way here, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you making time during trick or treating my

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<v Speaker 2>best to Mindy and the family.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, best of Kelly and the family. And let

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<v Speaker 1>me just tell you, I think you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Not gonna like this, but I do think the Bears

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<v Speaker 3>win this.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty one twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I could say I think we'll score a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more than that, but I also think we'll give

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>More than that.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, thirty eight twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine, Now that would not shock me. There you go, thanks, Cap,

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<v Speaker 1>you know the best I'll brought him in high all right,

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<v Speaker 1>I will thank you sir.

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<v Speaker 2>There he is David Kaplan checking in in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of trigger treating in Chicago with these grandkids.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll come back.

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<v Speaker 2>We hear what Joe Flacco said this afternoon. You'll hear

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