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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What are the Chicago Bears' offseason needs?
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You are in crystal clear FM, so everybody can hear not only your actual voice, but your inner thoughts as well. I don't know if you know they leak out on FM, but that's what we've discovered. Real clarity. And wondering as you look at everything going on right now, where the bears are at, what is your take?
to the idea that there are two players named that could be in trouble with the Bears, according to Pro Football Focus, and somehow they've got DJ Moore and DeAndre Swift as those players. Do you feel that they are guys that could do a haircut, could be contract-ridden with issue, or could be replaced this year? Well, like DJ Moore, they can't cut him because of the contract.
They could trade him, but for the many reasons that Bears fans would think that that's a great idea, it's going to be difficult to get a lot for him in return. $24 million cash, I believe, in the contract for this season, and You look at the production where another team's going to look at it and say, well, he's not near 100 catches. He's not this. He's not that.
Where's the value for us in flipping even a late-round pick for a contract that's that large? In terms of DeAndre Swift, I don't know. He's 27 years old. You could create $7.4 million in cap space. if you released him. And that sounds great, right? Okay, 7.4 is a decent chunk for a team that has got constraints, as Ryan Pulse called them. Okay, what's your plan to do with the 7.4?
Because at some point you're going to need running back here, right? They had a pretty good combination. Swift coming off a season high. in terms of yardage, rushing touchdowns, and he did that split in time with Mnangai. So I think he's the guy where you look at what he's due in terms of pay this year, about $8 million, and say, you know what, that could be a value guy on the roster.
Should be a motivated DeAndre Swift in the final year of his contract as well. Brad, the Bears are in the market for an offensive coordinator. Declan Doyle took the job with the Ravens. A bit of a surprise, but to call plays for Jesse Minter and to install, I would assume, partly Ben Johnson's offense, maybe partly Sean Payton. But nonetheless, there's an opening at Hallis Hall.
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Chapter 3: Will DJ Moore be retained by the Bears?
Like, so I'm really, I think for the bears to resign him, unless he badly, badly, unless he only wants to play for the bears, which would be, it'd be getting poor advice from his agent. Right. Um, I think this is one of those situations where they almost have to let him go to market to get a handle on what his number is.
Because there's some teams that can have a different price range in mind for Nishant. Because it's just a really interesting case. Because before this season, he hadn't played a whole lot. He didn't have a ton of experience. So... you're certainly way more accustomed to, okay, we're evaluating this cornerback, let's throw on the tape, and you're having a lot more tape to go through.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of DJ Moore's contract situation?
There's not as much depth to his experience, so it's going to be interesting. What would their priority be in the offseason? Could it be left tackle, just given Ozzie Trapillo not coming back anytime soon and the way they reacted at the end of the year when they lost him? Yeah, it could be. I don't know. The only way that becomes a major, major priority, and it could be, is if they just deem...
Trapillo to not be the... Like, if they finish their review of Trapillo from this past season and be like, yeah, we gave it a shot, it's not going to work out at left tackle. Or if they have some early sense that this injury is going to be really, really... Long. Yeah, well, like, I've talked to people...
players have been like, I don't know if he'll be back this season because of the nature of the injury. Just that nothing specific to, I heard this about Ozzie, but just that those patellar tendon injuries... Take a long time. Yeah, they take longer than your normal ACL in general. And so...
When you're looking at the left tackle spot, if you feel like, hey, it's still arrow up with this guy, provided he gets back to health, I think then you're looking for a bridge. And if you're looking for a bridge, maybe that brings you to Braxton Jones, who you're familiar with, who your coaches have not seen at full strength.
He had to really press it with his rehabilitation from the broken ankle last offseason and over the summer. But based on his limited playing this past season, a bridge deal might help him restore his market value. So that's a possibility. I mean, that's something you'd have to consider as you're looking for someone to help you out at left tackle because they will need help at left tackle.
I don't think they're using a first-round pick on a left tackle unless, again, They weren't enthusiastic about what Trapillo put on tape. And somehow a left tackle that should have been drafted significantly higher falls to them at 25. Are you aware of any Bears' reaction to them not getting compensatory draft picks for Ian Cunningham's promotion with the Falcons?
And would they have any recourse to appeal to the league? Or have they inquired about some sort of further explanation? Because it does seem like this was a loophole that really hurt the Bears. Yeah, it doesn't help the Bears.
The way I understand it, when teams make hires or they create these new positions, the team, kind of in consultation with the league, determines who the primary football executive is. And so if that was part of the process in the league arriving at the decision that Matt Ryan made, the president of football in Atlanta was the primary football executive.
I don't know that some appeal is going to lead anyone to say, you know what, you're right, it isn't, and you should get some draft picks. You see what I'm saying? So, yeah, I mean, the Bears were aware of it, and I think a complaint to the league by the Bears, you know, Part of the response might be if you guys weren't comfortable with this, you certainly could have blocked the interview.
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Chapter 5: How does Kevin Byard's potential departure affect the Bears?
Why are you throwing up the air quotes?
Chapter 6: What strategies are the Bears considering for their offensive coordinator position?
That were on a Tuesday. That man had an interception. For some reason. That man had an interception that he took off and ran back, and I think it didn't count because there was a penalty on the play. I think there was an illegal screen because you can't screen in flag football. I know a lot about flag football because I called the IHSA flag football championships this year, and it was a delight.
screening and flag football does seem like a real illegal defense type of move you can't block the entire game becomes the entire game becomes rendered irrelevant if you're screening yeah because that's just that's not allowed because that would be it that'd be the end of the game i watched some of the pro bowl last night but that's another story for another segment my favorite's always tug of war and then the big men commentating on the tug of war that's all i like
I miss tug of war. I think we should be out here doing tug of war. Pro Bowl games for adults. Well, you, we got invited actually by Herb Howard. I don't say us two years ago. They were having the outdoor games and like, I couldn't go that day, but I was like, that looks like so much fun.
And tug of war was one of the things like you bring your team of adults and you see if you got what it takes against other adults. Adult field day. Yes. I think that's what it was called. I'm not running the 100. No, I'm not. I'm not doing any of that. Potato sack race. Get me out of there for that. The games of coordination. Yes. But the games of like speed and power, physical violence.
No, maybe hitting somebody. I mean, that's speed and power and violence. Yeah, but like just not the fast and coordinated part. Maybe like the willing to sacrifice your body for the cause part. Really want to be a linebacker. That's all I'm hearing right now. Yeah.
And after the linebacker survey where they were asked about a lot of questions, it wasn't just linebackers, the player survey and hearing from all the NFC defensive players, I was like, yeah, you guys are my people. Okay. CU's more of a safety type, but if you want to be a linebacker, we'll let you. Yes. We'll let you deal with the fullbacks. I am a linebacker. Linebacker is me.
That's a low center of gravity battle. That's why I feel like I would do okay. I feel you. All of that said, I can't play for the Bears. Kevin Byard might not play for the Bears. So our friends Adam Hogue and Adam Johns for CHGO were at the Super Bowl. They're at Radio Row. And... They talked to Kevin Byard about the possibility of what basically we all want to know.
So are you staying here or what? I think I was one of the only guys that he actually brought up by name. So no, it's always good to obviously hear your GM say that they want you back. And obviously I had meetings with him and Ben and they basically all echoed the same thing. And I said the same thing as well. Like if all else is fair and all else is equal, everything's equal.
And I would love to come back to the Bears. I think just the city, the organization. has embraced myself, my family. Uh, we had such a great year this year. And obviously, and I kind of said this in my, um, my interviews, uh, on after the exit meetings is like the hardest thing to do. And I think in this league is to get the quarterback and the head coach, right.
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Chapter 7: How can the Bears balance their salary cap and player investments?
The clip you guys were talking about with Marshawn and Jackson Smith and Jigba. Do we have it? Oh, yeah. We have it. Are you good with hold? Oh, it's that good? It's that good? It's Marshawn Lynch. Anything with Marshawn Lynch is amazing. And it makes sense because Seahawks back in the title game. All right. We'll do it next. Caleb Williams in the shotgun with a setback to his left.
He takes the snap. He looks. He pump fakes once. Now, lost it. Left side. DJ Morris got it. Touchdown. Oh, man. and the bears take the lead with a minute 43 to go when he wasn't just a little open he was a lot open 25 yard touchdown pass and the bears lead 30-27 a missed field goal missed extra point two of them right two missed extra points for the packers tonight wow
Sad Wayne Larravee is one of everyone's favorite pieces of soundtrack from this season. Sad Wayne Larravee. He really is great. Is that Sad John Coon with him? No, that's Larry McCarron. Rock is his analyst there. Sad Larry McCarron. He's qualified. And then we've heard lots of sad players and salty players. It's a real dopamine drip, folks. It really is.
Sad fans, angry fans, like the Packers fans. Not only fans, but angry fans. The Packers fans, the streamers who destroyed their equipment. You know, I miss that. Don't you? What if we went as high as we can possibly get on the food chain? We goody! Brian Gutekunst. Brian Gutekunst. Is he the GM? Is that what he is, or is he the team president? What is he? He's the GM.
Ed Policy is the president, right? So maybe we'll tease that for the future, maybe. Maybe Ed Policy will talk about this Bears game. If anybody knows Ed Policy, please ask him surreptitiously about the game, record it, and send it our way. But in the meantime, this is what we got. In the meantime, you have Brian Gutekunst. Guti!
talking about all of this stuff and guess what still hurts i know it's been i apologize that it took a little while to get to this point where i was out here but uh just working through some things and all-star season and and whatnot but uh with that i'll take questions the injuries were what they were but being up 21-3 at halftime i imagine you sitting there at the solar field thought you guys were in that game how have you digested that since then not well uh but no i mean uh
Yeah, I mean, there's, you know, in every season there's successes and there's failures and there's disappointments and things like that. And, you know, again, I was proud of our team in a lot of areas this year. But, you know, finishing games is certainly something that we got to, you know, concentrate on as we head into the 2026.
And that was one where I thought certainly we played very, very well in the first half and had a lot of things in front of us. And when you get in a situation like that, you expect to win the game. Yeah. Oh, Jerry, I love this guy. Finishing games is something we'd like to do. Yeah, you didn't do it there. That's amazing. Ten, you didn't happen to cut it short, did you?
How are you taking that loss as time goes on? Not well. Yeah. But no, I mean... I knew you cut it short. Not well. Might need not well to become part of our lexicon every once in a while. Not well. But no, I mean... I'm sorry. It makes me laugh. It's nothing against any of the other teams here, but you never feel like, hey, we can't go win this game.
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