Joel Lorenzi discusses Jaden Ivey's turbulent exit from Bulls (Hour 2)
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What improvements does Caleb Williams need to make as a quarterback?
Approaching the five-minute mark, second down and eight. Williams rolling, throwing, open, making the grab, touchdown. Cole Comet into the end zone. 28 yards over the top of Blankenship. Kaylee talked about the defense is ready to come downhill and ready to stop this run, and I said that's... That's when you've got to be careful. When the safeties start coming down, they start cheating down. Now you create some one-on-one opportunities, whether it's a receiver or a tight end. Cole Komet sneaks out, picked up late there by the defense, Cooper Dejean, but it's too late. Great play call, good job play action, working the clock down, getting the eyes in the backfield, and then slipping a tight end downfield for that touchdown.
That was a great play. So nice they decided to run it twice. That's courtesy of Amazon Prime. This is Rahimi Harrison-Brody on 104.3 The Score. And a lot of news, as we know, coming out of the NFL owners meetings this week. And one of them was a really compelling article that was written by our friend Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times. And the headline says, GM Ryan Poles eyes long-term future with quarterback Caleb Williams, but Bears need a green light first. And I was like, but wait, what? What?
It's like the childhood game. Red light.
Green light. Yes. Green light. I'm like, did the fourth and eight to row mean nothing to you? Did the swing the back hole combat where he ran 26 yards behind the line of scrimmage mean nothing to you?
You can't get seduced by, I want to say a handful.
Did the explosive plays mean nothing to you?
I would argue there weren't enough of them.
Well, apparently so would he, and I know Ben Johnson also said that, and we'll touch on that in a second. But here is the quote, and I actually really like the analogy. Ryan Poles talked to Patrick Finley, and he said, Finley has here, Poles hopes this season will be a green light, a beacon, confirming Williams' status as the Bears' long-promised, long-term quarterback. Quarterback Caleb's rookie season, Caleb Williams' rookie season, was a red light, inconsistent, and not good enough. Anybody debating that?
I don't think any of us are debating that.
Blinking yellow, maybe, for me. If there is a debate to be had.
You think his first year was a blinking yellow?
Yeah, because we knew it wasn't his fault.
I was going to say blinking red. yeah the all stop yeah everybody has to stop one of the two words inconsistent and nobody knows what to do the have you ever seen a major intersection like i'm saying like multiple lanes where it's five let's say it's a five lane each way right it's blinking red so that means there's a turn lane each way and it's blinking red and people act like they have lost their mind like they've never been at a four-way stop
Ever, ever. And what's really funny is you just kind of should all go together at the same time in your lanes, but teamwork is hard and that doesn't happen. lot of individuals out here best thing to be approaching that uh four-way stop or the blinking red four-way is uh simply a pedestrian because you just do what you want because everybody's scared they're gonna hit you yeah that's true so according to ryan pole's red light all right you're the gm his second season of breathtaking finishes was a yellow light according to poles and millions of fans to dream about williams's future and that's why he wants this one to be a green light Finley also says he has allowed himself to tap the accelerator emotionally, inching forward as he waits, polls, for the traffic light to turn green.
And here's the quote. It's good to almost feel like you've got it, polls said. If you go with a traffic light, it went red as a rookie to yellow. You can creep forward a little bit and start having some of these conversations to anticipate it. But we need him to give us a green light. I think we'll find out this year about his progress.
I mean, you are going to find out more about his progress because you're going to get more data, and it will be in year two of the Ben Johnson offense.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What improvements does Caleb Williams need to make as a quarterback?
0:00–4:39
2
How did Jaden Ivey's comments lead to his exit from the Bulls?
4:39–9:10
3
What are the implications of Jaden Ivey's anti-LGBTQ comments?
9:10–13:28
4
How has Jaden Ivey's career trajectory changed since being drafted?
13:28–16:04
5
What reactions have fans and analysts had to Ivey's situation?
16:04–19:39
6
How does team culture affect player behavior and accountability?
19:39–23:49
7
What due diligence should teams conduct before acquiring players?
23:49–29:37
8
What lessons can be learned from the Bulls' handling of Jaden Ivey?
29:37–34:31
Speakers
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