Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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The Bills have hired John Fox as the senior assistant coach.
Wait, what? Say what? Say what now? How do you feel about that, Marshall Harris? Carlos Santos. What? That's all a problem. The who hired John Fox?
Your team, the Buffalo Bills. Have you heard of the Bills?
This is real news now. You got me going on Twitter. It's the real Adam Schefter, yeah.
no oh yeah senior assistant coach that's a title title like that that pays you some money in the league doesn't it yeah didn't john fox prove that he was passed like it's over for him i thought he proved he didn't even care like that's what i'm saying like you don't care anymore isn't it over with no no you guys know how this goes when you don't care that's what everybody wants to pay you it's just like office space what would you say you do here
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of John Fox's hiring by the Bills?
What the hell is wrong with you people?
Did they force that on Joe Brady? Like, did they tell him he had to get a guy like that?
It's like, we need you to get someone to help us out.
Was Bill Belichick not available?
Did they Bill Pullian this? Where, like, Bill Pullian's telling people, you gotta get somebody with experience in here.
I don't like this, guys. Nope, don't like that. No, don't like that.
I'm dying laughing at all these texts on the text line. Maybe John Fox can hire Matt Aberfuse as the junior assistant head coach. That's good. The 2010s called. They want their coach back. This is the equivalent of the White Sox bringing in Tony La Russa.
It's okay to look in the rearview mirror, but not very long because you better stay staring out the windshield. And that's me right now. I'm looking forward to it.
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Chapter 3: How does Bradley Chubb's availability impact the Bears?
Two Hall of Fame caliber pass rushers. Do you have a path to Myles Garrett? What does that package look like? I think even giving up something for Max Crosby is going to bankrupt your next two first round picks at the minimum. So for Garrett, it's got to be two first rounders and then what? Here's my thing. If it's two first rounders, you have to ask yourself the question of...
Is it worth it to give up a guy who would potentially be a starter and likely a defensive player that you draft in the first round or the best pass rusher in the NFL? It's always better to get the best pass rusher in the NFL. I'm not arguing that point as we discuss. Like one of the guys we just talked about just broke the sack record. Yes, Myles Garrett. He did that.
He also tackled Caleb Williams behind the line of scrimmage for a sack on the way to doing it. That's a guaranteed thing. Let's call it on the low end, 15 sacks a season. 15 sacks a season. Why would Cleveland give him up then? I don't know. Well, teams do it all the time. I don't think they do it all the time.
The Cleveland Browns, you talk about roster holes, they have a lot more than the Chicago Bears, and they could use the draft capital. They have a new head coach.
I will say, as good as the Bears were on offense through the draft from their crop of rookies, that's how good that Cleveland was on their side, on the defensive side of the ball when you look at Schweisinger and some of the other moves that they were able to make in the draft and get their defense a little bit stronger. That is true.
I just don't think there's a path to Myles Garrett based on what it would cost to get him. I'm freestyling here. If Max Crosby cost you a first and a third— Well, yeah, but they're going to need more than a first and a third for Max Crosby. Another team is willing to give up more than a first and a third for Max Crosby.
Again, I think a lot of times, and I think you're doing it right now, Bears fans look at the NFL in this way that it's a vacuum. Like it's fantasy football, and if I could just make this one offer against these other 10 teams that might want this hot player. There's 32 teams in the NFL. Oh, no, I'm not doing that because, you know me, I don't...
care one way or another from like a bias aspect I just know sometimes what it ends up costing to acquire said player isn't as much as you think it is yes okay okay because it's like if I have to pay the cap hit that it's going to take to bring player X in I'm not going to have to just pay that and then Also give you every first round pick I have for the next three years. 6-3-0 is with you, Russ.
I'm with Russ. No more half measures. Go get it, dude. Yes. A real dude. The Dio Odengbo. Let's get a guy with traits. But you already paid Dio Odengbo. And he's only in the second year of his deal.
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Chapter 4: What are the key storylines for the Cubs in 2026?
How are you guys? You know what? We're making it. It's a holiday. The streets are empty behind us, but we're making it out here. I know things have been busy. They have been popping. They're in Mesa. Tell me what's going on. What's the biggest storyline you've seen through a couple of days?
Yeah, I mean, I think the biggest thing when you, you know, talk to guys in the clubhouse is just the vibe is a little different to this camp. You know, last year, you know, they're coming in looking at getting back to the playoffs. That was the hope. It obviously had been quite a few years since that had happened. And it's a very focused group coming in this spring.
You know, most of the group returns from the postseason. You know, they got a collective taste of that experience. And now it's, okay, you know, Not only are we getting back to October baseball, but we're making a deeper run this year. So, you know, the vibe is it's a focus group. There's a clear mission here.
And it'll be interesting to see how these next few weeks transpire before the regular season starts.
Megan, earlier in the show, I told Marshall that Pete Crow Armstrong was one of my big storylines for the Cubs going into 2026. I know you guys got a chance to talk to Pete a couple of days ago. What was the conversation that you guys had with him in terms of, you know, we saw how good the first half was last year and then the drop off in the second half into the postseason?
And what stood out to you from that conversation?
Yeah, I mean, I think one of the biggest things is he's clearly not satisfied with his offensive performance last year. And, I mean, he did say that, you know, Nico Horner kind of helped him put that season in perspective a little bit and kind of pointed out, you know, if the numbers you put up in the first half you had put up in the second half and, you know, those halves were –
were flipped you know you'd probably be looking at your season offensively a little bit differently and so for him you know he's he's trying to pull on the good things that he did last year I mean he obviously showed he is capable of great plate coverage he can hit balls up and down the zone and so now for him is you know how does he find more consistency you know where you're
putting up those numbers over a full season or better, but you're not having a two-month stretch like he did to end the year. And so for him, I mean, he talked about how, you know, he really delved into, you know, looking at what could be behind some of that, you know, once you're removed from the competition aspect of it all.
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Chapter 5: What were the highlights of the NBA All-Star Weekend?
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Chapter 6: What grade would you give the NBA All-Star Weekend?
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Number one. It's a special edition of Five on it on 104.3 The Score with Marshall Harris and also in the house, friend of the show, Russell Dorsey, national MLB insider, Yahoo Sports insider and analyst at MLB Network and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+. We love you, Russ. Thanks for hanging out today, man. Of course. Here's question number one.
What letter grade would you give the NBA's all-star weekend?
What?
What letter grade? So backstage I had a grade in mind, but now that I'm thinking about it, I'm going to give it a flat C. Average. Flat C. Because even though the game itself was good... All-Star Saturday was not as good. And that averages out to be a C. And, you know, honestly, Friday was... You know what? C+. C-plus for the NBA for All-Star weekend. What gave it the plus for you?
The plus is the fact that there were three days of action. Only one was below average. And, by the way, Damian Lillard... How is that man winning three-point content? You still need to use your legs and he's not 100% healed. It's standing still. But high-level athlete. And he's probably progressed in his recovery enough where he would be doing all these things anyway. I guess so.
You're not running up and down the floor and cutting and all that. Did you hear who's going to be in the three-point shooting contest next year? Yeah, I heard Big Wardell has a name called. Steph Curry back in action next year. And he was doing an interview with some of the guys on the broadcast, and they were like, oh, can you make it from here where they were stationed?
He missed the first three, and then he hit the fourth. And it was close the first three. Yeah, so C+, because I did enjoy yesterday, and that is the main attraction. Saturday is the drag. And I think they can figure out what to do with Saturdays and the dunk contest specifically. Wimby ruined the skills competition last season.
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Chapter 7: What are the predictions for Cubs and White Sox in the upcoming season?
And that wasn't something you were hearing about prior to. I'm going to say C-. I'll give it a C- because I think the game on Saturday was a winner. They found something in that. So... If they can do that again, do you feel like this will be trending back up? With the game itself, I'm saying. Well, see, the game being as good as it was, in my opinion, last night, it was still a C-.
Like, you still have improvements that you gotta do. But I think you have... bought yourself time if you can continue on that trajectory with world versus team USA. Would you change anything about Sunday though? Specifically? I know Saturday's got revisions coming, but yeah. And I think this is a product of the Olympics, but yeah, the time is bad. Yeah, the Olympics.
If you had put that in prime time, I think you would have been very surprised with the viewership. But I don't know that the All-Star Game itself was ever a nighttime thing. It was just more of a late evening. It's like an early evening thing. It can be 7 o'clock Central, 8 o'clock Eastern is probably the time it should always be. That's too late. That's too late.
I have a quick follow-up question for you guys because Kawhi Leonard said prior to the game yesterday, it may have been actually Saturday, but he said that he didn't understand the format and he wants it just to go back to East versus West. Do you guys agree with Kawhi or how did you feel?
I heard that because uh lebron voiced the same opinion of it should go back to east versus west and i heard that from a couple of guys the problem with that is the west is so stacked right now it would be uncompetitive and you'd have the same problems i don't agree with that statement necessarily i understand why you're saying that right in this moment
Like it used to be when the East was loaded. But right now, you have Jokic.
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Chapter 8: Who are the surprise players to watch in 2026?
You have Wimby. You have Luka. You have LeBron. You have Dames back over there. You have SGA. You know what I mean? Well, Dame ain't playing in next year's All-Star Game. I'm just saying of stars who are... I got you. And Steph still out West. So, Devin Booker. We're on the East. What do you mean? The East has got Josh Giddey. What are we talking about here? No, that's not the time for that.
But even outside of Giannis... Joel Embiid. All right. Maxie. Cool. The big superstars are on the West right now. I think you had a far more. Oh, Edwards is in the West. You have a far more competitive game with what they did last night. And I think that has to be the goal. Is East versus West better than them picking teams? That's the option if you feel like the West is too stacked.
I like the picking of teams. I think the picking of teams. I don't want a player picking teams. You want a coach picking teams? I don't want players doing that. Okay. Well, they had broadcasters doing it, a.k.a. former players. I like last night's version better than the recent. The problem is those old heads, they can't get their bodies back up that quick.
They're going to be out of the league in two, three years anyway. Kawhi's going to be out of the league in two or three years. I was thinking LeBron, Steph. That's two guys. The rest are two of the major ones. I guarantee you Kevin Durant will still be playing basketball in three years. I guarantee you that. And he's old. But guess what? He has an elite skill. So we'll see. Number two.
What's more likely, the Cubs winning more than 95 games or the White Sox losing less than 95 games?
So, do the Cubs win 95-plus games, or do the White Sox lose 95 or fewer games? Less than. 94 or fewer. 94 or fewer. The Cubs won 92 games last year, right? They added Bregman. They added pitching. I will say the Cubs, because of their... Because I'm thinking about the rest of the National League, and the rest of the National League is still pretty...
I'm going to say the White Sox lose fewer than 95 games. Okay. It's more likely because I think the Dodgers still the Dodgers. The Padres still pretty good. The Phillies are good. The Mets are going to be good. All these teams, if they're healthy, going to be better. I just want to point out all the teams you just named, none of them play in the Central.
I think the Pirates are going to be a better team. I think the Brewers are going to do what they do and just find a way to win 85 games. The Reds are still talented. Yeah. I think the National League is going to beat up on each other. Because the National League is that superior to the American League. I think the National League is just that good right now.
To your point, I don't think the White Sox are losing 95 games because I think the rest of the AL Central is questionable. And they just are going to have an easier schedule. And the Cubs are going to have a real... I mean, they can get to 95 games, but that's going to mean they're a really good team.
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