Chapter 1: What insights did the hosts share about Bears rookie Malik Muhammad?
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Wow, it's amazing how this open just doesn't sound like anything we've ever done before. This is Rahimi Harrison-Crody on 104.3 The Score.
Are we waiting for the brass horn still? That's what I want to know. The low brass, specifically.
I think we should, shouldn't we? Or is it different during baseball season? We're spigs! Are we stepping on the toes if we don't do it?
Well, we're stepping on everybody's toes in this segment as it is.
What? No. We're also even stepping on our own toes because normally we bring you inside the locker room.
That's right.
But that's not what happens during rookie minicamp at Hollis Hall. It's inside the Walter Payton Center. Wait for it.
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Chapter 2: How did Ian Happ reflect on his recent on-base streak?
And he had to go on Twitter and clarify it. I didn't even think he needed to. I didn't feel like he threw any shade at the Bears. I felt like that was... You're allowed to react to where you wanted to go in the draft and where you end up. But it's good for the team. That's the flip side of this. But...
I have every belief that Jalen Johnson will be different because we saw him get a little faster as he got healthier last year. The question then becomes, is he going to get faster and healthier enough by game one to be okay again? And then the older you get, the harder it gets. And I just remember, I just have these mental pictures of...
The secondary perilously chasing down Packers receivers in a way that wasn't productive across the field at times got better in the game and a half of the Rams and then that Packers game in the playoffs. But that sits in my mind.
Layla, Mark, let me present it like this. Malik Muhammad is definitely one of those dudes who can name every single cornerback that was taken before.
Is that a fair statement to make? He probably could. Exactly. So he was asked to, by the way, Marshall, like, what do you think about being drafted in the fourth round? What's up with all that?
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Chapter 3: What strategies did Ian Happ discuss for maintaining performance?
And his answer basically was, I don't know. You got to ask them. So, you know, given short, curt answers like that, and even the answer that he gave me was pretty short and curt. He was looking at me like, what the hell do you think? Of course, I think I'm a starter.
He was a professional who exuded intense energy, but not anger energy.
Think Luther Burden a little bit, like from last year. Remember when Burden seemed like he was pissed at the world?
Marshall just immediately emphatically nodded if he missed it.
You remember Luther Burton III. Like, that was a very obvious.
Sunglasses inside and chain. Luther Burton is not here to play with your thoughts.
It was double because with Luther Burton III, he felt like he was a first-round talent, obviously. And with Luther Burton III, he's probably coming in the Bears like, well, you already have the veteran and the top 10 pick. So I'm really about to roll up my sleeves with this chip on my shoulder and show you what I can do.
And, of course, he wasn't healthy at the outset, but then once he worked himself in, we came out of the season with a lot of people saying, I think he's the best receiver on the roster.
Well, and Mark, I also want to get into this. What was one of the biggest things Dennis Allen had to say from his availability that I think we should keep forever because he was so candid about a lot of stuff and took us inside the Walter Payton Center? Yes.
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Chapter 4: How does Ian Happ perceive the Cubs' current season?
He said as a defense they didn't have enough speed last year. They were not fast enough. What is the common thread with everybody they seem to have acquired? Devin Bush, whether you want to say it or not about who they have on the defense now, it's speed.
Athenaman, Kobe Bryant.
Correct.
Speed.
Well, and the versatility, too. What he pointed out with the versatility of the safeties, I think that may extend to what happens to Kyler Gordon and potentially Malik Muhammad.
Well, and that's such a great point because let me take us all. Let's recenter ourselves. There we are. We're in the Walter Payton Center. We're about 10 feet up where it could be a little dangerous if things drop from that point. You got it.
Carmen.
You got it, Carmen. He's the best. Things could drop as you're up there, so we got the slightly elevated view inside the Walter Payton Center, and there it was. I think I was actually standing next to our guy, Clay Harbor, and Mark Carmen at that moment, and there it was.
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Chapter 5: What role does Ian Happ's posture coach play in his training?
There it was. Harbs and Carmen. Yeah, Harbs and Carmen.
The next great radio show.
I think we did have a hilarious little rapport going. I like making Clay Harbor laugh. Malik Mohamed, there he was, lining up at nickel. He was on the inside, and other reporters told me that on Friday it was the same, that he was playing on the inside.
So let's listen to, and then we can react to it as well, let's listen to Malik Mohamed when asked about, hey man, what was up with all that, playing on the inside, playing the nickel spot?
Well, you know, it is something different because I didn't play too much of nickel in college just on matchups.
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Chapter 6: What does Ian Happ think about his contribution to the Cubs' success?
But it's been challenging for sure, just learning the whole defense, knowing where all the pieces go, knowing where your help is, learning the insides and outs of it. It's been new, but it's been fun.
I know it's like super early, obviously, but have they ā told you that that's where they see you playing, or are they just training you at all positions?
Yeah, they're just training me at corner and nickel. They haven't really told me, like, that's going to be your set position. They just got me playing both.
What's the hardest part about it? Yeah, what do you need to do at nickel that you don't need to do outside or vice versa? What's the difference?
Chapter 7: How does Ian Happ feel about being 12th on the Cubs' all-time home run list?
Well, so at nickel, in some coverages, you don't have deep responsibilities, right? You are more of like a curl flat player or a quarter flat player. So I'll say that's the difference.
Do you think that fits your game?
I could really play both. I mean, it really don't matter. Whatever it is at the DB position that I need to do, I'll do it.
He's like, just get me the hell out there. Get me out on that field, and I will show you no matter where you want me. But it's smart, though, to think about him. Because Kyler Gordon and C.J. Gardner-Johnson's not back, so...
No, I think even more so, he understands that versatility is the key to getting on the freaking field, number one. But also understanding he has between now and the start of the regular season to earn Dennis Allen's trust wherever he is put on the field. And if Dennis Allen feels like he can...
use him as a chess piece inside and outside, that increases his value and his chances of getting on the field.
It sure feels like the versatility and speed is the name of the game when it comes to linebacking slash secondary. And I wonder when we talk about just our impressions from that Packers second game and the playoff game, so really the third game. So the playoff game against the Packers and then I think of it like second win. And then the Rams game, how much did that stay with them?
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Chapter 8: What are the latest updates from Ian Happ regarding Connect Roasters?
How much when they watched the tape were they thinking, this is specifically where we need to improve? And so it makes sense as to why they want to use the secondary maybe as chess pieces.
I think to your point, Layla, even more important than maybe those games illustrated, I go back to this and I'm going to keep going back to this until I'm proven that this is not a problem. they have to be able to defend what the Detroit Lions do on offense.
And this could be part of the answer to that because they got mollywhopped from a defensive standpoint because Jared Goff didn't have any pressure on him and because Amon Ross St. Brown and the rest of them were doing whatever they wanted as far as getting open. Like you'd watch a play and feel like, okay, third down, they're not getting off the field.
And Jared Goff is out here picking you apart left and right. And without more speed, and really without a better pass rush, it's going to be hard for them to do that. And again, do you want to just be in all these 34 to 30 games and hope you're on the right side of it?
A couple other things here, too. You guys obviously know that the Bears signed Scotty Miller, the veteran local kid receiver. And it was kind of fun to watch inside the Walter Payton Center. He stood out. Just watching, it was like you had to get out your roster. You're like, oh, okay. That's Scotty Miller. And then like an hour later, the Bears signed him.
So it was kind of fun to see the Bears, like their thinking process and seeing it in real time to watch those guys. As far as like Xavier Thomas, like he looked fine. Like, again, it's so hard to tell because they're not in full pads.
But what I liked about watching Xavier Thomas, the man with the 4.28 speed, is what they have them do out there is if you catch a ball, they want them to sprint the ball, sprint to the end zone still. So it was fun to watch. It was fun to watch when he kicked it into the high gears. Like, I have no idea what kind of a receiver he's going to be based on one rookie minicam practice.
But it was fun to see him sprint. It was also fun to see Sam Roush, 6'6", 267, the way a big man can move. And he moves very well.
admit the the Bears tight ends have a have an NBA team height Cole Kometh 6'5 isn't Colson Loveland 6'6 and so is Sam Roush yeah I think you're right I think they're all right around there so they have a type yeah that's a positional size to say the least also we've got a we've got Ian Happ on the other side of this but please give us the very important update of how
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