Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
The Score! This hour on 104.3 The Score is brought to you by Cars for Kids. The views and opinions of Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody should not be taken too seriously. Especially when they give advice. Do not take Marshall's analogies literally. Especially when it comes to Russell Dorsey. The sports thoughts of Rahimi, Harris, and Grody may change at any time. It's just sports.
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Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score.
Wait a second. You know what's happening here on February 2nd? Us.
We're keeping them warm.
Yeah, we are excited about our FM debut on 104.3 The Score. And soon you will be able to hear Dan on a different frequency.
I mean, at FM, I would have sounded a lot better at FM. I don't think you guys can handle it, but I'll still be out once a week.
You now get to hear Danny on Lower Wacker while you're driving. Every week.
Which honestly is the only thing that's been missing. It's like I'm a little overexposed. So that's the only place people have been able to hear me recently is local lacquer. Hey, are you guys going to an FM station beginning in early February?
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Chapter 2: What does the FM debut mean for the show?
Let's ram right into it. Don't allude to it. Just say it. We're going FM, baby. We're going big time. It's happening. It's going down. 104.3 the score. Oh, my God. Monday, 8 a.m., Mullion Hall. There's going to be a big switch in everything. Pull the lever, crunk. High fidelity. High fidelity. High five. All the time, including in downtown Chicago. High five. Boom it away.
That is exactly what it is. You're going to bring your boom box? This is all just in time for our debut on FM, 104.3 FM on Monday. Boomer takes. That's right. That's what the world is waiting for. Layla Rahimi. Marshall Harris. Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 104.3. The score. It's like we just had another growth spurt.
We had a late life, or I'd say, considering the age of the score, kind of a midlife growth spurt. Midlife growth spurt is much better than a midlife crisis. That's true. We're just getting bigger. bigger and better. We're 104.3 The Score, darn it. We are. We're still on 670 too.
For people who are listening on 670 and have no idea what we're talking about, today, The Score, 670 The Score, launched its sister, 104.3 The Score. So some of you right now are driving through downtown and listening to Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 FM, The Score. And we are jamming. We are ready to do this. Yeah, we are. I'm happy to usher this in with you, Mr. Grody.
And I feel like this is a pivotal time and moment in our relationship. Really? Because we're crossing over, going from AM to FM. We're not jumping the broom or anything, but we... We're doing big things. Things did just get complicated. You're right. It's a little more intimate. Yeah, it was very surface level with you and I for a while. And now that we're FM, I don't really know.
There's a manual that we're required to read about FM behavior. So I think that that will send off into the relationship that you and I are working on. This has all been led up to... Really, by time spent together, those long walks together, they've paid off, Mark. And now we're going from AM to FM. We're on all the radio bands. We are, and with so much, by the way.
So, as you may have heard in transition, we've got a great guest list today. Sports friends are coming through for us. Cole Komet, who's very busy right now, is going to join us in about 20 minutes from right now, 1025. Cole Komet will come on to talk Bears, to talk FM. He grew up here. He grew up listening to this. He knows what it is.
His parents know the score, his uncles, the whole Comet crew, man. They got to be thinking that this is a big deal today. Ryan Dempster, one of our friends here at the score, said, yeah, why not? I'll come in studio and hang out with you guys. So he'll be in here at 1. Ian Happ, as I said, is going to join us. And he was like, yeah, I'm working out, but you know what?
I will leave my workouts for you guys. So we'll talk to him because, my goodness, Alex Bregman and the new Cubs additions are Anthony Heron, like I said, will join us at 11. We get Big Ant. We are lucky to have him for two segments like we often do during the football season up until the Super Bowl. And by the way, just an update here in the studios.
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Chapter 3: How does Declan Doyle's departure impact the Bears?
How did, of the three Bears positions of authority that have left the Bears so far, Eric Biennemi blasts off to be the OC in Kansas City. We know that Ian Cunningham will be the general manager in Atlanta, as we learned that last week. But Declan Doyle, at the age of 30, of the three, has the most distinct position
and most defined job of the three in terms of the authority that he has simply because you know exactly what Declan Doyle will be doing for the Baltimore Raiders. His job is to revive or even say keep Lamar Jackson on the right path and getting back to being considered as an MVP, which would probably be a possibility considering the talent of Lamar Jackson.
But it's pretty amazing to me because the other two jobs – The gentleman that left, Eric Biennemi, he's the offensive coordinator in Kansas City. Of course, that's a nice promotion in title. More money, more authority, everything that comes with it. But he's not calling plays in Kansas City.
And I know that Andy Reid, from time to time, is wanting to hand off the play calling, but it's like a special occasions thing. And then Ian Cunningham, it's pretty undefined calling. what his exact power and personnel power is under Matt Ryan.
So somehow, someway, Declan Doyle, the 29-year-old, who's never called plays so far, in my eyes, has the best job of the Bears to have left the team so far this year. It certainly feels like Declan Doyle is on this trajectory that is... Downright astronomical, right? Because he spends one year as the offensive coordinator in Chicago.
Now he takes a similar job in title in Baltimore under Jesse Minter. And you understand now that he's calling plays, well, anything can happen if they have a great season this year. He could be a head coach as soon as next offseason if we're keeping it a buck. If Jesse Minter's defense isn't good with Baltimore because that's his specialty, he could take over that job. Wow.
I didn't even think about it quite in that manner. Who are you, Declan Doyle? Well, the thing is, the Ravens aren't in a rebuild. They have a current multiple-time MVP on their roster. They have a future Hall of Fame running back on their roster in Derrick Henry. So between Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson, they've got to get to cooking.
And it will be interesting to see that Ravens defense that was affected so much by injuries early last season, and the Bears got the brunt of the return of a lot of those players when you look at what happened with the Bears when they went to Baltimore and lost to a backup quarterback in Snoop Huntley. Snoop. I think...
He's got the best path forward to do even bigger and better things compared to the other two guys you're talking about, which is GM Ian Cunningham. I mean, if the Falcons are honest, they told us what the role is going to be. The NFL apparently just didn't believe that was enough to give the Bears two third-round compensatory picks. Did he be working under Matt Ryan?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Bulls trading for Giannis?
We don't want guys to stand up there, like Dennis Allen occasionally would, or actually often, and just not interested in talking about what happened in the last game. I mean, everything has to be game, and maybe Dennis Allen has earned some of that, but good for Declan Doyle to have gotten the gig. Now the question, Marshall Harris, here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
I'm doing well. We owe money, by the way, if we don't say that right. There are some good in-house candidates for the Chicago Bears. Antoine Randall-El would be one of those in-house candidates to be named offensive coordinator after the work that he has done with the receivers. and the work that he does with the whole team, I know, from some of the rousing speeches that he has given.
JT Barrett, the quarterback's coach of the Bears, I think is another good name to potentially promote from within. Do you like that idea, or what are you thinking about for potential replacements? I like the idea of JT Barrett and Antoine Anderle getting first place. Being highly favored, like the preferred interviewees, if you will.
You know how you have preferred walk-ons when you talk about college athletes, and we don't have a scholarship for you, but you're going to be a preferred walk-on, I think, because they are already part of this organization, which has done well, 11-6 in Ben Johnson's first season.
Of course, Antoine Randall-El, your assistant head coach, if he wants to be the offensive coordinator, and if he's organized enough, and clearly they've worked together for, what, five years now? four years when he was with Detroit, and now one year in Chicago. I think Antoine Randall should be the leader in the clubhouse, if you will. First of all, he's already in the clubhouse.
He's already part of your team. Players like him a lot, too. I can tell you that from just watching reactions out there. And then JT Barrett, as the quarterback's coach, obviously he worked with Caleb Williams very closely, so that's got to be one of those things. I think it's a tough decision. honestly, that Ben Johnson is going to have to make.
And after seeing what has happened, Grody, with the Rooney rule and the lack of offensive coordinators of color, and that's where you just heard my rant about why I think you should hire an offensive-minded head coach, I think this is a golden opportunity for either Randall L. or JT Barrett to step into that role and maybe give themselves opportunities
a chance to be a head coach somewhere in the future. I would say of the two, and this is no slight to JT Barrett, he'll get his someday, but I think it's Antoine Randall-El, JT Barrett, while really smart, very quiet. And not that it's a requirement to be extroverted to be a coach and
But I just want to make sure he's ready to get through to an entire unit as opposed to being more specialized as he is. He's the quarterback's coach. Did you talk to him at all? A few times. Yeah, I mean, I did. Very quiet. Very good. Very smart. I understand. I get it. I understand it. I just don't know if he can command the whole room at this point. I'm not sure.
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Chapter 5: Who is the Best Value Player of the Year in the Bears?
It's the LFG Best Value Player.
Oh, interesting. All right. Yeah.
Who did the most for their team?
You got a guy? I got a guy. Nashawn Wright, corner, Bears. He had a tremendous season. He was an absolute turnover machine. The Bears, they didn't do a great job between the 20s, okay? The ball was moved a lot. But when it came down to turning the ball over, they were better than every team in the league. And he was a huge reason why. Intercepting passes, strip sacks,
fumbles, fumble recoveries, what he did on a vet minimum contract, right? Something like 1.1. I don't know all those little details. You guys can go research yourself. But what I saw with my eye test, he is the value player of the year. Congratulations. You've earned yourself quite a contract in the future and shout out in the Sean Wright's agent. You're going to do pretty well too.
All right, Tom Brady on Instagram there presenting the Bears' own Nashawn Wright with the Best Value Player of the Year Award. So according to SpotRack, projections suggest Wright could earn a contract worth close to $50 million. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the HeGone meter, how would you rate the likelihood that Nashawn Wright ends up signing with another NFL team this offseason?
And I'm going to say eight. I want to make sure that means it's very unlikely that he would be back with the Bears. Is it eight unlikely, right? That's right. Okay, just want to make sure. Yeah, we are rating the likelihood that he's gone.
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Chapter 6: What are the chances of Nashawn Wright leaving the Bears?
The likelihood that Nashawn Wright is going to go to another team. So if you say an eight, Grody. That means he's pretty well gone. That's right. And that's the way I feel about it. The Bears cannot afford to pay another member of their secondary $50 million with Jalen Johnson already being paid for.
And not to mention that Tyreek Stevenson is free and that you have two safety positions that you have to think about potentially bringing one of those guys back. Oh, and you paid Kyler Gordon, another cornerback, already. So while... Who didn't love the Nashawn Wright story this year? I think that that's where it stops. It was a great story. You probably maxed him out, too, as a player.
You probably got the most out of Nashawn Wright that any other team will have gotten out of him. Has he earned it with another team? Absolutely. I want the best for Nashawn Wright, but I don't think he's going to give the Bears that kind of production every year. Certainly not worth $50 million.
Chapter 7: Which NFL team won the hiring cycle?
So, yeah, I put it at an 8.
for nishan wright's chances of returning to the bears or at least as ray put the question going somewhere else i think you're giving a little too much uh margin for return put him at a 10 only reason i didn't go 10 is because he did tell layla that day and has told us in the past he loves chicago he wants to be here but he also probably was saying under his breath i also want to be paid by the bears
I think the need for cashing in on your big opportunity outweighs maybe your comfort in the city or even working with a guy like Al Harris, who looks like he's going to be back with the Bears. So I think it's a 10. I think he's gone. It's just a matter of... What are you going to do with that close to $50 million and spending it on other things if you're the Bears?
Because he was never getting paid that much. They need a guy to fill his spot that makes like $1.1 million. Do you think another team will pay him $50 million? Do you think other teams will look at him as a top cornerback? It's a tough one. Because, you know, I mean, look, he's still young. He hadn't got his opportunity, but he was living on practice squads prior to having this burst of a season.
Is it real? I think it's real enough that he gets paid the $50 million. What kind of contract does that look like? How much per year do you want your second cornerback? Because I think he features as a second cornerback on most teams. Neither of us is ready to give $50 million to Nashawn Wright. Next question.
Over the weekend, we got the news that the Cardinals hired Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur to be Arizona's next head coach. That's the brother of Packers coach Matt LaFleur.
Also, according to reports, Seahawks offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak intends to try to work out a deal to become the next head coach of the Raiders, which NFL team won the hiring cycle and which team ended up being the biggest loser of this hiring cycle.
This is a great question because when there's 10 jobs, you can really go up and down the list, but I'm going to stick with the guy who is not an offensive-minded head coach as my team that was the biggest winner. That'd be the New York Giants who hired an established guy in John Harbaugh. A true program builder, if you will, if you look at what happened in his time with the Baltimore Ravens.
That's the winner to me because the Giants have been dysfunctional one way or another for so long. Post Eli Manning, we could say. Post Tom Coughlin. And I think Harbaugh is the right guy to get everything in order. He's got a quarterback in Jackson Dart. And I think he's going to do a pretty good job there.
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Chapter 8: What were the Bulls' recent trade moves?
And Dak Prescott is probably one of the top five, six quarterbacks in the NFL. If you were to look at his time with the Dallas Cowboys... I just think the Steelers could have gone more modern and gotten a better job than 62-year-old Mike McCarthy. And that's not me being ageist. I'm just saying. A little bit. No, no. I'm just pointing out his age. He's a career winner.
Over 60% of his games he's won. He's got the Super Bowl title. But he hasn't done anything in the last decade in the postseason. And I just can't see it. I will add for everyone, just to catch everyone up, in case you don't have the full scope of what the head coaches, those vacancies that are filled now look like.
Bills, Joe Brady, Steelers, Mike McCarthy, Ravens, Jesse Minter, Giants, John Harbaugh, Falcons, Kevin Stefanski.
The Dolphins, Jeff Halfley. The Titans, Robert Sala. The Browns, Todd Munkin. The Cardinals, of course, as we said, Mike LaFleur.
And the Raiders, as we said, Clint Kubiak, who isn't officially signed on yet for that Las Vegas job, but it's looking like it's going to happen after the Super Bowl. Yeah, I'm with you. I mean, how could John Harbaugh not be the best hire? I mean, how fast did he get that job, too? So he goes to the New York Giants. They need it badly. I think it's Harbaugh for sure.
I'm anxious to see if he can steady that franchise a little bit, one which has been good. They've won Super Bowls, but it's been a while for the Giants and for John Harbaugh, for that matter. So I do love that marriage.
Any marriages here that don't look – oh, by the way, I give some honorable mention to – and I admit there's a bias with Todd Munkin because he's local, and I know that didn't exactly go over great in Cleveland because it doesn't feel inspiring. Again, a guy who is 60-some years old who's been in the NFL forever, and people are turning down the opportunity.
But I think because from what I understand about Todd Munkin, he's a doesn't-take-crap kind of guy – I think that that probably will resonate in Cleveland with their fans. So I'll give a little bit of honorable mention to him. I don't know. I thought a franchise like the Buffalo Bills with Josh Allen and that quarterback.
Could they have been a little bit more inspired, like go outside the organization, something fresh? But they go with Joe Brady, the youngster, 36 years old. Sounds like more of the same, doesn't it? Kind of, kind of. So my eyes are open for him. Maybe he's good. Maybe he's a revelation. But I feel like the Bills could have gotten a little bit more ambitious. Number three.
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