5 On It: Should Bears open the 2026 season against Seahawks in Seattle?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's time for Five On It.
Raheem Harrison-Roney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. Number one.
What was your biggest takeaway from Super Bowl 60?
My biggest takeaway was defenses still win championships. I'm sorry. It's cliche. It's painfully obvious. It's one of those things that you saw coming a mile away. But what did I say about the Seahawks team? I said they were the most consistent team in the NFL. Said it a few times that I love their defense so much. And it showed yet again and again and again.
What were the biggest takeaways from Super Bowl 60?
So I wasn't surprised that the defense remained consistent. There are a few things that are consistent in my life, but apparently the Seahawks 2025 defense was one of them.
My main takeaway is you don't need a top five quarterback to win the Super Bowl when you don't have to go up against a top five quarterback. Got that? Think safe. Points to head. You don't need a top five quarterback to win the Super Bowl when you're not going up against a top five quarterback. This game may have gone very differently if, say, let's start naming guys. Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes went healthy. We're out there. That's four guys I can tell you. From the AFC, who probably fare better than what Drake May did. So that was my biggest takeaway is, yes, defense does win championships, but it's a lot easier when you're not going up against an elite player at the most important position on the field.
I'll twist what both of you just said. Yes, defense wins championships, but boy, do we hate defense in this league. Boy, do we hate running games. What I learned is that we all still need offense. that we've been talking about before the show, during the show. The whole thing is what a boring Super Bowl it was. Molly and Haw talked all morning about what a boring Super Bowl it was. I don't care what age people are anymore. The youngins, the boomers, everybody wants offense now. Except me, apparently. That's what I learned. But you even said it wasn't the most eventful Super Bowl.
Now I got excited for field position and punts.
I mean, that's cool. That's fun. But even the party that I was at, people were nodding off. And I was surprised by that. We still love offense.
Number two.
Question number two goes out to all the Maxinistas out there listening to 104.3 The Score right now. We have a Max Crosby update from Jason LaConfora of SportsBoom.com. Sports, sports, boom. Boom.
How does defense impact Super Bowl outcomes according to the hosts?
LaConfora shared the following quote from an unnamed general manager. Crosby, quote, told Tom Brady he will never play for the Raiders again. That's a fact. He told them he'll retire before he ever plays for them again, but I'm not sure they're actually going to trade him. Miles Garrett said the same thing last year, and we know how that ended up, unquote. That, again, an unnamed general manager to Jason La Confora on sportsboom.com. So here's the question. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the HeGone meeting, where would you rate the likelihood that Max Crosby will be on a different NFL team next season?
Seven. I don't think it's at an eight. I don't think it's at a nine. I don't think it's at a ten. Because right now it's an, quote, unnamed general manager, end quote, who heard this and shared with Jason LaConfora. On what outlet again?
Sportsboom.com. Sportsboom.com. Sports, sports, boom.
Sports Velociraptor.
Sports, sports, boom.
I like that, Ray.
And I'm not Jason Luckin for a seasoned reporter. That's not. But until we have some more sources on this, and frankly, like some sort of definitive something, like Trey Hendrickson got in his car and drove away, for goodness sake. You know, there are other ways of showing protest. So until that happens, especially when the Seahawks, you know, that's part of this, by the way, is Clint Kubiak told Stacey Dales he's going to Vegas.
So not Disneyland straight to Vegas.
And like, people are like, Oh, did he really Stacy? Then where's the video? Well, NFL network posted the video dorks. So he's probably thinking to himself, Oh, you know who I'd like to build my team around a guy like him.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:40
2
What were the biggest takeaways from Super Bowl 60?
0:40–2:42
3
How does defense impact Super Bowl outcomes according to the hosts?
2:42–10:03
4
What is the likelihood of Max Crosby playing for a different NFL team next season?
10:03–19:44
Speakers
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