Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
We're talking to play-by-play man Kevin Harlan. You're the best when it comes to play-by-play of life.
We're sending Marshall Harris to D.C. to run on the field.
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Bring it home, baby. We're ready for you.
The Rahimi Harrison Grody Show. Middays 10 to 2 on 670 The Score.
And guess what? We're talking to Kevin Harlan again today. That will happen at 1 o'clock right here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score. So we're excited about that. We have to get into the factor of the weather actually making a difference. Not just for us because we talk about it. Not just because it's bear weather because that's a thing for us. But other quarterbacks.
But in the meantime, we have no idea what's going on in the hallways of our studio today.
Right?
I was like, wait, is that? We just saw, yeah, like there's famous people. Matt Forte is just walking in our hallway.
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Chapter 2: What is 'Bear weather' and why is it significant for the game?
He like smiled and pointed at Grody as he walked by. And I was like, what's happening, Pat and Ron? We're in our hallways. There is another athlete in our hallways, I'm pretty sure, who was here earlier who like looked by the studio. And I'm like, what? Is my brain deceiving me? Like, did I just see Matt Forte?
Matt Forte, unlike myself, is dressed like he's going places.
Yeah, look at him, man. Nice coat. He's rocking right there. He looks sharp. He looks good. Boots on. I was like, all right. See you, Matt Forte. Never gets old seeing Matt Forte walking the hallways of the score.
It's not as simple as, oh, have him pop on, unfortunately. We would love it if it were, but that's not really the case here. He's got work to do. He's awesome. But at the same time, we're just like, wait, was that Matt Forte? I'm like, no. Why would he be here? That absolutely was. So that's the kind of Friday we're working with here in the office.
Getting back to the task at hand, which is the weather. I did not know it was going to snow this morning, by the way. That escaped me. But we know that the game time temperatures on Sunday are reportedly going to be in the teens.
And then when you add to the fact that not only are we looking at nine for the low on Sunday, depending on who your weather app is, and 20 for the high, for the high, there's the effect of the wind. There's the concern about just staying in one spot. It's going to be effectively cold. Well, one person who had something to say about it and the fact that it does matter is Tom Brady.
Listen to what he had to say on The Herd Show about what it can do to you.
Matt did play in Detroit for a long time. And in that division, you did go outside to Chicago and green Bay. It's not like he hasn't played in it, but I will say when I went to Tampa after my time in New England, it didn't take me very long to get very soft to their cold weather. And we ended up going to green Bay and the NFC championship game, my first year.
And very fortunately the game wasn't that cold. It was like 32, 34 degrees at kickoff. It wasn't, minus nine. That is really cold. And that's a big advantage for Chicago because Chicago has played in these conditions now for the last six weeks. It's been terrible weather in the Midwest. They played against Cleveland in the freezing cold.
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Chapter 3: How do weather conditions affect player performance?
You play on defense. The defense is out there. You play on offense. If you're a special teamer and the special teams plays could matter hugely in a matchup this close.
Turn your mic on, Mark. The cold hurts. It just does. Stings. It stings. And yes, there are probably people who handle it better than others, and there probably is something to the people from the Midwest that can handle a little bit better. You can. I'm from here, and I hate it. You know what I mean? It sucks. It really does.
A lot of it is. It is mental.
It is, and we have all been forced to, as Chicagoans, kind of play through the pain, and maybe that's what people who are from here or play here or practice in this weather, as the Bears do, they build up a certain amount of immunity, but nobody has the power over the cold, even if you have lived your entire life here in the cold.
Well, I think about I just oftentimes will say if I'm trying to get from point A to B, that's temporary. You know, you could suck it up for a little bit, but we're talking about a three hour game here.
Yeah. I mean, like if your extremities are like if your fingers or your toes are that's really hard to overcome that that feeling. I mean, it's just it's torture. It's a torturous feeling.
We're listening to a Four Seasons Heating, Air Conditioning, Plumbing, and Electric Football Friday here on 670 The Score, presented by Pottawatomie Casino and ChicagoRoofingContractors.org. So, I agree. Henry Melton talked about it, too. Henry Melton is from North Texas, where Matt Stafford is from. He feels the same way about playing in it.
We heard what Alan Robinson had to say as far as the mechanics involved.
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Chapter 4: What insights did Tom Brady share about playing in cold weather?
of dealing with a football in the cold and why you see more fumbles. I thought that that was really insightful. But then there's the flip side of this. You got to talk to... See, here's the thing. When Mark says that his web is by the secondary, I personally would also hang out by the secondary in the Bears locker room. I feel like they're a chatty bunch. That's like the place to be.
They're hilarious.
Like you're always going to get some commentary on something.
Well, as I approach, it was actually Chris Emma and I were the first two to approach C.J. Gardner-Johnson before everybody else moved in. It's just the way it works. The one guy's got somebody, the herd comes over. But as we came over, he was in the middle of a conversation with Josh Blackwell. Josh Blackwell, very laid back. He's a Duke guy, you know, all of this.
And he looked at me, Josh Blackwell, and he's like, would you tell this guy something about Duke basketball? Something about Austin Rivers. He played at Duke, right? Yes. And he was like, would you tell this guy that Austin Rivers was better than... I go, you're talking to the wrong guy. Definitely the wrong guy. I concur. I do not know college basketball.
I wish I had been there to answer that question in your stead.
What would have been the message? Yeah.
And I told Weiderer this because Weiderer covered Duke. I said, you've got to do me a favor. I said, next time you're in there and you see Josh Blackwell and CJ talking, you've got to go over there and get in on this Duke debate because I failed. But anyway, the conversation was varied with CJ. We'll play more of it later when I do my official Inside the Locker Room segment.
Inside the Locker Room.
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Chapter 5: How have the Bears prepared for cold weather games?
Yeah. Weather don't affect nobody, if you ask me. I feel like when this winter go home, that's what affects you more than the weather. I think when you go out there thinking about the climate of the game, it's like you're not focused on what's going to get your attention next level. So we have to go to Green Bay and play in colder weather than this.
So I feel like the best team that's focused on the assignment, alignments to go out there and win, that's a team that's going to win.
C.D. Gardner-Johnson giving it to you straight. I love that he's giving you a very rational answer, but at the same time, putting some sprinkles, some jimmies, if you will, on top.
But here's the thing about C.D. Gardner-Johnson. That guy runs off of vibes and adrenaline. Like, I'm not even sure he has to consume calories to gain max speed. He is a differently motivated individual at all times. So I'm not surprised that he doesn't care about the cold at all.
so caleb williams was the other one who said whoop-dee-doo but i forget why this was a long time ago and i somebody must be saying it in the clubhouse or in the locker room a lot did we find that but it uh it cracks me up i'm sorry i said inside the clubhouse old habits it's cup's convention day it's okay look and actually i'm looking literally looking forward to
to bruce and david tomorrow on inside the clubhouse because they have a stacked stacked guest list including anthony rizzo so i will trust me i will be tuned into all of that but i appreciate how players talk about it because when you're talking about the mental aspect of this then then that tells you maybe if he said that and you saw his numbers and maybe they are the exact same and in like a 70 degree game compared to a 20 degree game that wouldn't surprise you
Yeah, I liked his bold-faced, because it was a straight-up answer. But I also like, because see, Mark gets in there, and he gets people to take us backstage, even to how we got here with how the Bears feel they're ready for the cold.
Well, and I think they did get used to it. If you're practicing outside without heaters, you are going to be more acclimated. literally to all of this. One of the things I tried to do was I would end my showers on for 15 seconds on the coldest setting. What? And I would count one Mississippi, two Mississippi. Like I would do that. And I have to say it did help.
It helped what?
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