Mark Grote

I thought it was great.

I thought it was justified.

I think Caleb has earned that.

He's earned the respect of that locker room now, having been here for two seasons now.

He's earned the right to do something like that.

I didn't have a problem with it for a second in the moment, and I wouldn't mind if he did it again.

If it happens against the Rams out there at Soldier Field, if something goes awry, if somebody as a receiver is not where he is supposed to be,

That's what great quarterbacks do.

I mean, how many times do we see Tom Brady doing things like that?

John Elway doing things like that?

Peyton Manning.

Peyton Manning forever doing that.

And I get it.

Those are made men.

And Caleb is not a made man yet, but he is getting there.

And the things that he is doing with his arm, he has earned the right to do what he did on that sideline.

And if he does it again, I'm cool.

I think what he did Saturday night is a step towards being the made man that you described.

I agree.

Because if you can't take command of your team, your offense, in bad moments and good moments alike, and if your team doesn't respect you enough to respond, as they did, by the way, on Saturday night with the aforementioned 25 fourth quarter points, then you're not...