Dan Wiederer

Let's get in the mix here.

Let's try to sort all this chaos out.

Yeah, I mean, I just think there's a long way to go in here.

And I had a conversation within the last hour with somebody connected to the project.

And I brought up one of your favorite analogies, Grody, the Duncan race.

Thank you.

You've always used it for the for the class of 2024 quarterback class.

Well, it's similar here now in this stadium thing where it's.

you know in one moment it feels like arlington heights ahead then it's chicago's ahead and then it's hammond and then it's arlington heights again and until there's actually a finish line visible on the scoreboard you don't need to freak out and one of my favorite things to post during times like this which i already did today was the will ferrell locker room pep talk from old school where you know we got to keep our composure we can't have anybody freaking out out here and so it's just

matter right now i think of everybody taking a deep breath trying to read words and understand the meaning of words and then filter through everything for what is actually happening versus what is perceived to be happening and so there's a lot of layers to this in that regard you're asking a lot in 2026 for the average person to read words and understand words

That's the struggle.

That's why we're here, right?

That's why you and me and everybody else here is here to help.

I think it was a necessary move, to be honest, Mark, because listen, like George McCaskey told us at the owners meetings in March that they couldn't make a decision until there was a deal from either state on the table.

And at that point, they didn't have anything on the table.

They still don't.

If you look at the words of this morning's statement, it isn't that the Chicago Bears board of directors met and voted to build a stadium in Hammond, Indiana.

They voted to, quote unquote, advance our stadium development project in Indiana.

And so what they're doing there is, you know, continuing their exploration, understanding that nothing got done, not only in the spring legislative session, but in many past legislative sessions to advance their desired wishes inside of Arlington Heights, inside of Cook County.

And so, look, like everyone that thought that the Hammond play was,