Grote details how Jack Sanborn, 2023 Bears inspired his 'Bears scale'
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What inspired Mark Grote to create the 'Bears scale'?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
Could you imagine Lovey Smith doing the whole good, better, best thing and saying bleep the Packers?
Come on, guys. Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Never let it rest. I'll see you on Tuesday.
Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. There you go. That's how you make a little run play right there. Get someone to step up and Sanborn gets in there. Oh, on the ball. Jack here. Couldn't be more excited to be back home and get some more wins with this club. Go Bears!
Well, you heard it from the man himself. Jack Sanborn is back. And that was courtesy of Fox Sports. This is Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. And how about that, Mark? The local guy made good. I know we always talk about that here at The Score, but... People like Jack Sanborn. He stepped up for the Bears when they needed him the most. And he was able to come through the Lake Zurich guy back. And I think, yeah, after the brief hiatus going to Dallas, playing for Maddie Reflus, he's back here.
I did not think we would see Jack Sanborn back with the Bears, so it did warm my heart. And yeah, he was very versatile for the Bears. He played multiple linebacker positions, was a stalwart on special teams. I think for a while he was even wearing the green dot at linebacker.
How did Jack Sanborn impact the Bears in 2023?
So obviously it wasn't the greatest team in the world. But the other part of this, too, is why I was genuinely excited to see it Not just because he's Jack Sanborn, but the birth of my Bears scale was inspired by Jack Sanborn and the 2023 Chicago Bears.
No.
Which Layla had, by my count, and if I'm missing somebody, please feel free to text and let me know. 312-644-6767. Yep. Had six players from Chicagoland on the roster. including Lake Zurich's very own Jax Amborn, as you just mentioned. And it sort of occurred organically. I was filling in on the afternoon show. I was working with Matt Spiegel, and we were just discussing all the Chicago players and how Ryan Poles even said that there's some method to the madness that you get guys that are comfortable in the area and with the climate and all of that. And then I just started giving out bears on a 1 through 10 scale. And if you were from here, and it still stands on the bear scale, which is ever evolving, that if you are from here, you get an automatic five bears.
It's a little tougher for people who are not from here to earn my bears. Like me. Well, and look what you've done. What did I give you? Eight bears? Didn't I give you eight bears?
You gave me eight and a half. Eight and a half bears. And three of them are on my notebook.
Okay. Well, right. You gave me the stickers and now I give you the stickers. But you've been here for over a decade now. So you have earned your place as a Chicagoan and you're 8.5 Bears. Here are the six Bears. And I hope people are playing along at home if you could think of the six Bears that were on that team.
I have the 2023 roster in front of me right now.
Well, here they are, Layla. And if I'm missing somebody, you can let me know, but I think I have this right. Maybe. T.J. Edwards. Bear. Bear. Lake Villa. Bear.
What is the significance of being a local player for the Bears?
Cole Komet. Of course. Went to St. Viator and lived in A.H., right? Didn't he grow up in Arlington Heights? Yes. I believe he's an A.H. guy.
And his family was like, he comes from a log line of local high school coaches as well.
Oh, and players.
So lots of Bears for Cole Komet.
Lots of Bears for Cole Komet. He is probably the highest Bears Bear right now. I'm going to have to refresh it all.
Congratulations, Cole.
Oh, yeah.
You are the highest Bears Bear.
You have at least 9.5 Bears. I hope that means a lot to you as we blast 104.3 the score to him around his locker, as he invited me to do, of course.
And ask him if counting crows are great.
His answer to that was, I guess.
I don't know that he knows who they are. Cole's a young one.
I know he is, but don't you listen to music from 30 years ago? I do.
Yeah, but I'm old.
I'm a radio fiend.
We consume different ways because we were forced to all consume the same media with our family.
That's a good point.
So that's another story for another day.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What inspired Mark Grote to create the 'Bears scale'?
0:01–1:31
2
How did Jack Sanborn impact the Bears in 2023?
1:31–3:44
3
What is the significance of being a local player for the Bears?
3:44–4:48
4
How does the 'Bears scale' work and what does it mean?
4:48–7:24
5
What factors influence a player's rating on the Bears scale?
7:24–12:14
6
How did Jack Sanborn's career evolve after leaving the Bears?
12:14–15:42
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