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Chapter 1: What is the main focus of the episode regarding the Bears' draft class?
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
We were late to our break. That means we're late to you. Tony in Downers Grove has been waiting over an hour. Tony, what is your grade on the Bears draft?
Really? Like, thanks for making me the loser of all time, saying I held on for over an hour, but that's okay.
Wait, so your perseverance is now losing, sir?
No, to be on with you three, I feel like a winner for the day. But my first question, before I give my grade, Grody, can you sing the first two verses of Magilla Gorilla?
McGill a gorilla for sale.
It's McGill a gorilla for sale. You know, you want a gorilla for sale, but I know the words. I'm just not going to do it. All right, so. Okay, fine. I'm going to give them an A. You ready? Okay.
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Chapter 2: What grades do callers give for the Bears' draft and why?
Oh, A, A. I give them an A, and here's why. First... No one else is going to give him an A, but mostly. Can I interest you in a B-minus? No, no, no. Okay, that's the second thing. There is no damn B-minus, B-plus. That's not grade school. When you get your grade point average, do they say, you know what, my grade point average was 3.95%. My grade point average was 3.95.
It is kind of a cop-out. You're right.
And at ExxonMobil, they won't hire you unless it's over 3.85. So, yeah, it comes up.
Yeah, but, well, Layla, you went to North Texas State. What was your GPA? My was only 3.2, but I went to Texas. So, you know, that would probably be a 4.0 at North Texas State. Now, that said, the reasons are this. The reasons are this. No one could explain or provide a difference maker the Bears could have drafted at any pick that they had to improve this line.
Secondly, the offense is not as good as everybody thinks they are because if we remember, they struggled against the Packers last year with no Mika Parsons. And so I have no problem with the Bears going all out on offense and And because they did fill some of the many holes that they have on defense, and this was not going to be a two-year project.
And let's not forget, they have a much tougher schedule this year, and as everybody's pointed out, they won seven games. That could have went either way. So I'm all in for them building all out on offense and being able to really address the defense with more capital and better draft picks next week.
Ray, put Tony back on hold for another hour, and then we'll get back to him on this. No, Tony, good stuff. Appreciate it. Tony's right. I am not hearing a lot of people, the people that are really angry that they didn't move up and grab somebody in the second round, I'm not hearing the names that people necessarily wanted. So I will give Tony that. I'll give you a name, Caden McDonald.
I'll start with that. Caden McDonald? Yeah. I'll start with that. There's other names. I think the difference between what Tony is saying and what most people are complaining about is Tony's saying when their pick came up, who else were they going to take? I get that angle. But the alternative is Ryan Pulse could have moved up higher than he did between picks. and picks two.
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Chapter 3: What are the reasons behind a caller's A grade for the Bears' draft?
And the Patriots are an excellent example. Yes. Aukus is an excellent example. And we've named our... Contrary to popular belief, we spent all of last week talking about defensive line picks that we thought were prospects. And outside of like a Reuben Bain or a David Bain. Right, the obvious guys. Yeah, we did discuss that. So that was something that we did spend time on.
Let's continue with the calls. 312-644-6767. And let's go to James in Pleasant Prairie. Hi, James.
Hey, guys. Nice job. So if you want to remember me, I usually talk really fast. I'm going to slow it down so we can understand me. So I guess I gave him a B, but this is my philosophy. I mean, who am I, honestly? I'm the number one rated couch quarterback in my own mind, right? I'm 53 years old. We've been hearing about you.
Yeah, you're right at the top of the power rankings, man.
That's my daughter, she'll tell you. But anyway, let's look at it as a totality. I've never seen ā you don't see bottom third defenses win championships, but you see bottom third offenses, Bulls, Dilfer ā A lot of them. Rex almost won a Super Bowl, right? So my point, so I'm not going to pretend like I know more. Just you look at what Tampa Bay did to Mahomes.
He looked pedestrian with that front floor. Then you look what the Eagles did to him a couple years later. They made him look pedestrian. So I'm not, I don't break it down as much as you guys. I'm just saying you don't win champions. Defense still wins champions. Look at Seattle they did last year.
And I know the Patriots are young, but that front four, one thing I am going to say is we've got some team speed on there, boys and girls. We've got some team speed. This is going to be the fastest. So there's a lot to be happy about. I'd like to see maybe some of the guys that you talked about. I can't remember the names off the top of my head. This is what you guys do for a living.
I still have a job, but maybe get a couple of these kids that we can grow because we can't just keep throwing money at our defensive line. It's not working yet. So you're going to have to pay Caleb. Looks like you're going to have to pay Rome. Hopefully you can catch this year. You're going to have to pay a couple of these guys, Burden and Loveland. You're going to have to pay them.
We have to pay some of these kids. So I like to see that some of these younger, big kids
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Chapter 4: How do the hosts evaluate the Bears' offensive and defensive strategies?
Frank in Oak Park. It's a Monday. Hi, Frank.
Oh, hi, guys. Before I get into the Bears, as a kid, I used to insist on catch up with my scramble legs, but I've sort of outgrown it by now. So other stuff with my scramble legs. I can't give the Bears higher than a C rating on this draft simply because they waited till the sixth round to deal with defensive line issues. And
The front office and coaching staff seems to be betting heavily that Daya Dembo and Shimmer Turner will return from serious injuries and be better than ever. Now, you reporters need to ask if these guys will even be able to practice by August, or whether we'll have to wait for an unveiling around Halloween. Also, will Grady Jarrett return with the body of a 25-year-old?
He's been visiting lords to use the healing waters. It looks like Williams will have to have a top-shelf masseuse lined up for shoulder and arm work this season because he'll be throwing a lot. Any Bears matchup against an above-average offense will likely need some kind of shootout to win. In fact, he may need 5,000 yards and 68% completions with 30 TDs just for a Chicago wild-card berth. Hmm.
That'd be a really fun season. Hey, funny you should talk about massages because randomly Marshall has a massage gun here at the score. Why did you bring this today?
Because my calf is sore, so I was like, let me work this thing out. So in breaks and when I get to my next job, because I'm working a double today, I'll just have this at my disposal. Oh, TV commercials, ABC7 action.
Downward Dog is also very good for your calves.
But yeah, that's why. It's a yoga stretch.
That's hilarious. He said masseuse, and I was like, well, we do have a massage gun right here at the score.
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Chapter 5: What concerns do callers express about the Bears' draft decisions?
The traits can only tell you so much. You still have to actually play. Like, I'll give you the example of Reuben Hippolyte. I'll give you the example of Tyler Scott. Here's another one. You know, we talk about Valus Jones, but there's been a lot of times where people draft speed, teams draft speed. I'll see you and raise you the Oakland Raiders. And it doesn't always work out in its favor.
And I think that if you look at Ryan Poles' draft history, it reflects exactly that.
That he's true to relative athletic score?
Yeah, and it hasn't worked out on defense. And that it doesn't work out. Exactly. Thank you, Marshall.
Yeah. No, I mean, and I think you bring up good points. Like, it is a measurement, yes. But I think sometimes it is relied upon too much in some cases.
And this is where Ben Johnson tempers, pulls his over-reliance, right? So they're looking at, they're not chasing. They didn't go out and chase the edge, which everyone seems to want them to do, ignoring what we have developmentally in-house. But they did go out and get athletes at those positions that could be impactful.
And again, maybe this is where the hoodoo comes in, can push those veterans in ways that, you know, just going out and getting the next best guy couldn't.
I assume you're talking about Sam Roush here.
Actually, I'm looking across. Again, I think the lowest res score for any of these players was something like an 8.64. And again, while that isn't a measure of football success necessarily, it is a measure of athletic success.
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