Emory Hunt talks Bears, breaks down his Top 10 NFL quarterbacks, White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami, Tristan Peters earn All-Star reserve spots (Hour 2)

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Vinny Rotino 0:01

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So let's start with the Bears. Caleb Williams taking them to their first playoff win since 2010. Emery, you have the ceiling at 14-3 in the floor, 11-6. That's some high expectations.

Emery/Emory Hunt 0:24

Well, Emily, listen. Last year there was a Debonair brother that was on this network that told everyone that the Bears were going to win the division, go from worst to first. So everyone is scooching at me. I'm going to tell you this again, so get your pens in. This is what I'm saying.

How does Emery Hunt justify a 14-2 ceiling and 11-6 floor for the Chicago Bears?

Emery/Emory Hunt 0:37

The Bears going high again.

Vinny Rotino 0:42

Emery Hunt. I thought that I was optimistic about the Bears. I thought Marshall was optimistic. Nobody was as optimistic as our guest. He is the owner of Football Game Plan. He is a CBS Sports HQ analyst, friend of the show. He's at FBallGamePlan on X and he joins us on Twitch. Twitch.tv slash TheScoreChicago. Emery, I saw that. Come across my feed on YouTube. CBS Sports does a great job of posting their clips. And man, was I surprised when you said the ceiling and the floor for the Bears.

Emery/Emory Hunt 1:16

Well, listen, guys. Firstly, thanks for having me on. But what I didn't understand about the assignment, number one, I am not a negative person. I'm a positive person by trade. But number two, I thought when they say high ceiling, low floor, okay, what you think the best and worst records are going to be? And then when I get on, I see everyone has a winning record, which they did last year in division. And then my colleagues' floor was like 4-12. I'm like... that like 17 people will have to die in order for them to have like, like, what are you talking about? Like these NFL teams, anybody that bad. So I was like, I just didn't see it. So at worst, if they play like they played last year and don't improve in certain areas, like,

Emery/Emory Hunt 1:58

11 wins is possible. But if they improve on certain areas, which I think they will, then the highest they can go is 14-2. And so I think that's a reasonable range for a team that went as far as they did last year. And considering they were winning games like they did, I feel like that's going to help them more so in 2026.

Vinny Rotino 2:17

Emory, thank you for coming out. I'm sorry we just went full into it, but you've got to know we've been talking about this for weeks now.

Marshall Harris 2:23

Emory, listen. I get you being a positive person, but as positive as you are, I didn't see 11 wins from some of these other teams in the division. I saw some losing records out there for their floors.

Emery/Emory Hunt 2:34

Well, yeah. My pick, I think I had everybody in that division with a winning record. I think nine was the worst I had for some folks. And because last year, what, everyone had a winning record. Even the Vikings, as much as we dumped on the Vikings, they finished 9-8. They actually finished ahead of Detroit. So, you know, I always read some of the comments because, again, I like to go back, you know, spin the bin a little bit, go back into the conference and see what the folks are saying. I like to be amongst the people. And people are like, oh, this guy is crazy. Like, bro, everybody had a winning record last year. Like, what are y'all talking about? So I think, you know, when we look at this division again, Detroit still has a lot of questions, more so than the Vikings.

Emery/Emory Hunt 3:14

I actually feel stronger about the Vikings. I think the Vikings can finish second. in this division this year, more so than Green Bay. And I still feel like Detroit still has some questions, especially now that we know Terryon Arnold's out there trying to beat Nino Brown. And so, yeah, he's not even on the roster anymore. So with all that's going on in Detroit, there's a lot of questions going on. So I can see this thing finishing out the same way with everyone still having a winning record. But I like the Vikings a little bit more so. More so than Detroit this year.

Marshall Harris 3:41

I think why I was shocked at what you said for the Bears, whose floor, according to you, was 11 wins and the ceiling was 14 wins, which would be a 14-3 season, is because they have a first-place schedule now and they lost some stuff on defense.