Laurence Holmes

We're still working through that.

We're still trying to get that availability piece going.

We know he's a good player when he's out there, but trust level is a huge thing for this team, for this coaching staff, for the locker room.

You can only develop that trust by being available.

That's a big spot.

And the mayor coming in, clearly with talking points.

He was ready to roll through.

But I thought you guys did a great job.

Nice day for the midday show here.

Like, that's the headline.

That's the exposure of the game that the mayor is trying to run here.

Look, I think you've done a really good job of talking about the ins and outs and some of the finances of it, which make my head hurt.

But you guys have done a really good job, and I think the mayor is just...

Emptily bloviating into the freaking wind.

Like he's just... Obstructionist politics is the nicest way to describe it.

Just, you know, spitting complete trash into the wind to try and distract you from the fact that they lost.

The city lost, man.

They don't have the sway that they used to.

And it's just not going to happen.

May 22nd, the Bears put out a statement saying,