5 On It: Is the idea of Caleb Williams starting against the Eagles conceivable to you?

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What is the opening premise of the 5 On It segment and who are the hosts?

Mark Grody 0:01

Bye.

Mark Grote 0:03

It's time for five on it. Rahimi and

Mark Grody 0:05

Crooney

Mark Grote 0:06

bring you five

Mark Grody 0:06

topics on their minds today. On 1043 the score. Yeah. Number one. Five on it is brought to you by almost free teeth dot com. Save on dental implants today. Here's question number one. Bears coach Ben Johnson told reporters quarterback Caleb Williams is now week to week with a hamstring injury following what Johnson called quote encouraging MRI results on Monday. Here's how Johnson responded to follow up questions about Williams' week to week status.

Unknown 0:31

Hey Ben, just to clarify, will Caleb practice this week?

Mark Grote 0:35

I don't believe he will.

Unknown 0:37

So it ha are you ruling him out now for week three? Are you saying that there's still a chance towards the I did not do that, no.

Mark Grody 0:43

Bears coach Ben Johnson talking about the status of Caleb Williams based on Johnson's response. Is the idea of Caleb Williams starting Monday conceivable to you?

Mark Grote 0:51

Uh no, I don't think he's gonna play on Monday. And I think that Ben Johnson, I don't know that he necessarily gave it away, but I think that he was quick to allow for the gamesmanship in him is strong right there. Not gonna practice, but I'm not gonna tell anybody that I'm ruling anybody out. The only thing that gives this like the I'll say it's a ninety seven percent chance that. That he doesn't play in this game. The 3% I leave for something he said later in the press conference, and that is that Caleb Williams is a little bit different than the average human. That was the part where they're allowing for the possibility of a miraculous heal. I think they don't think he's gonna play, but there's that tiny little part like, okay, if he could recover the last time he did, like he when he had this injury in college and was.

Mark Grote 1:41

able to play the next week, then maybe it can happen with us. So I don't think he's playing.

Vinny Rotino 1:49

Inconceivable, I think, is the right word, you know, to quote the princess bride. Inconceivable. There it is. Hopefully there's no iochane powder in this scenario. I do feel like some of the gamesmanship that happens sometimes in the NFL is a I'm gonna outthink you who outthinks me and vice versa. It's a dance. The Princess Bride is also very important. Anybody want a peanut? That's the Andre, the giant line. Stop these rhymes, I mean it. Point is it's inconceivable. And I think there is some gaysmanship that happens. A good example is even what we saw last week with Kyler Murray. Concussion protocol, you know that he's probably not playing. And the probably is very high chance. But until they rule somebody out, you just have to wait and see.

Vinny Rotino 2:33

I'm very, very cautious on this after what we've seen out of the reporting surrounding the bears' injuries overall. The common reporting just hasn't always been correct.

Is Caleb Williams likely to start for the Bears against the Eagles despite his hamstring injury?

Vinny Rotino 2:42

Tom Pellisser is a fabulous reporter. So is Adam Schefter. Yeah, with some of the big national names that you trust on this. haven't seemed to have uh information that has been congruent with what we've seen the bear say. So Until we see the Friday injury report in this case, I is it Saturday then for the Monday game? Would that be the way?

Mark Grote 3:02

Yeah, that would be it. Yeah.

Vinny Rotino 3:03

So until we see what is official on Saturday, we have to wait. I just sincerely doubt that Caleb Williams plays. Here's the other part. Eagles at least are not in the north, they are in the NFC. Is it is it lose the battle, win the war by sitting your quarterback out of an abundance of caution in week three to try to make sure he's healthy for More games later. Do you do that? Do you treat it with extreme caution and a soft tissue injury? I wonder if the bears may take that approach. They're not gonna tell us, but we can at least try to figure it out. So I don't think it's conceivable.

Mark Grote 3:37

The word is abundance. Abundance of caution. Yes. You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

Vinny Rotino 3:43

Abundance?

Mark Grote 3:44

No. Of course it does. I just wanted to do another Princess Bride line. No, I think that's a good call. No, I think that's a good call. It didn't work out. Didn't work out. No, I think No, I

Vinny Rotino 3:50

think no, I f I just forgot that that was in the movie.