Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Transition: Dan Wiederer weighs in on where Caleb Williams ranks among best QBs in Bears history
28 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Where's Perth? Did we ever find him? I don't think we found him.
It's okay. Sometimes you need some time away from Mark Grody and company.
I get it. Telling me. Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, guys. In this business, we do need time away from each other sometimes.
You just took some time away from me. That's fine. I hope you're ready to deal with me the rest of the week.
Well, we'll see how the recoup goes. You know what I mean? Let's not walk home together today. Let's not do that. We've talked enough today. You're right about that. We are wrapping up the Rahimi Harris and Grody show. That is Marshall Harris. I am the Mark Grody portion of the show. Thank you to our producers, Ray Diaz and Mr. Tyler Buterbaugh as well. Thank you to our video producers today.
They were Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, and Max Curtis. Our guests were Danny Parkins and Mike Florio. And thanks to everybody for listening today as we now turn to the Spiegel and Holmes show. I see in here today, it's my Take the North podcast partner. Dan Wiener is in the house today for Lawrence Holmes. What's up, man? Where did you see me first today? Oh, my goodness.
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Chapter 2: How do the hosts feel about the current state of Bears quarterbacks?
That's right. What to do. It's like a camp. We put ourselves into those things and we come out of them better, I believe. But Spiegel is here, too. And I, Matt, you're a star, man. You were awesome yesterday with the Terry Bores tribute. I did listen to the majority of it. I think there's like a few spots that I missed, but I... How dare you? Seven hours of grieving. You were great.
I couldn't get enough of it. It's not an easy task to do. One guest after another, two guests at the same time. You were deluxe. You were great. Chris Tannehill was incredible, too. I don't want to leave names out, so maybe I'll stop listing people right now. But I think a lot of people probably, and you may be able to tell more, put that production together well.
uh for terry boers you you were terrific man i just want you to know that i appreciate that but you know it was seven hours about terry that was really nice and it's like it's funny i was talking to somebody in the morning and i was saying like yo i'm nervous about this and blah blah blah it's a big spot and i'm proud but i want to do it right i don't know if i'm funny enough although he said you know the good news is it's not seven hours about you
And I said, well, that's true, isn't it? It's like, wait a minute. So we just let it be about Terry. And boy, there was a lot to him. You know, it's like the one time I had to like break in and kind of re-steer a conversation was when Mike North and Dan Jiggets were reunited on Zoom in front of me. And they start talking about their show and their history and the score.
And I just had to gently be like, hey, so let's get this back about Terry. But that's like completely understandable that these longtime legendary partners are doing that. Like the whole day was just, Tannehill said it afterwards. He said, you know what was really nice about that? We spend a lot of time talking about bad actors in sports or athletes who don't quite get it or coaches who are bad.
That was seven hours about goodness. Yeah. All we did for seven hours was talk about how good that man was. I mean, that's amazing. What a gift that he gave us to be able to do that again yesterday. It was lovely, you know?
And like I said, it flowed beautifully. And shout out to Chris Ronji, too. Ronji took the baton, and it's a different relationship because you've had the relationship forever, ever with Terry. Ronji was more like the goofy update Terry interactor. So it was a different relationship, so it was fun to hear him as well.
You know what was crazy? Talking to Mike Greenberg, I'm so cool that Greeny agreed to do it and did it yesterday. His impressions of those early shows were exactly what mine were. We had the same kind of effect. Like, oh boy, these people are really good. I don't know if I could ever do that.
And all these people out here now working in the business 30 years later have figured out ways to do stuff in the business. It might not be as good as that, but we were all so influenced and inspired by it.
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Chapter 3: What comparisons are made between Caleb Williams and previous Bears quarterbacks?
And what I will do today is skewer the hell out of Bill Polian. Okay. So we'll do that a little bit later on. Oh, yeah. And Weedzy will help me dissect some of that stuff.
So we'll get to all of that.
Yeah.
I don't know if you guys were able to hear, but my conclusion was very simple. He's either senile, a clown, or both. Like, figure it out. But I don't know. As Mark said, somebody's got to tap him on the shoulder. It's like, hey, we appreciate everything you've done for the game. Real good. It might be time for you to kind of usher your way out.
You're a winner.
You're a winner. a winner.
Or Dan, they could ask him to help hire the next Bears head coach.
Let's try that again. Hopefully that next search is a long way off now. Maybe for the first time in a while we can say they're not going to need to go on a coaching search.
I know one search that is a long way off. The search for a franchise quarterback because they have one. Caleb Williams already proving that he is the best quarterback The best player to ever play the position in Chicago Bears history. And I stated that today. I heard what Dan said on the Take the North podcast when this idea was first presented to him. And I don't think...
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Chapter 4: What are the potential challenges Caleb Williams might face in his career?
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So here's the other part of this, and hopefully Grody played the part where I screamed knock it off like three or four times because he hit me with your question as a pop quiz without me knowing it was coming, which got a raw reaction from me.
my deal with this is I don't want this city to be so intoxicated by what happened in the four months that just preceded this that the whole offseason becomes this blind loyalty to Caleb can do no wrong and Caleb has no improvement to do and Caleb has arrived and Caleb is a top flight quarterback and Caleb is going to go to four Super Bowls like that to me is the skip stepping phase that Chicago gets itself into way too often and you can tell right now I'm allergic to it and it makes me crazy I resemble
that remark from previous iterations of Bears quarterback joy.
Name one.
I mean, I remember the day I came in here. I can own it. It was after Justin Fields came back against the Cowboys like three different times. What was that game that was like 51-40 or something like that?
You remember the game I'm talking about? Of course I do.
And Justin showed it again and again and again. And I'm a guy who the next day said, I think they might have their quarterback for the next decade.
To the point. Party, Chicago!
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Chapter 5: How do the hosts assess the impact of coaching on Caleb Williams' development?
Right. And what you've linked him up with to bring out his best.
So I wanted to point out, I wanted to make sure we get it here in transition, because I don't know how much we'll be able to get to it during the bulk of our show. The Giannis and Milwaukee thing, it ended the other night. The game against the Nuggets on Friday night, when the Nuggets didn't have anybody except Aaron Gordon, and he didn't even finish the game. And the Bucs had everybody.
Well, I guess they weren't quite at full strength, but they certainly had Giannis. And Milwaukee lost to them, making them 18-26. Now they're 18-27. But that night, Giannis left early, and he's sitting there on the bench watching Kyle Kuzma throw this desperation BS on a Friday night. And you kind of knew it was over because then Giannis says, I'm going to be out four to six weeks. He says that.
Two reporters offers that, which goes through and past the trade deadline. And everybody in NBA circles knew, boy, I think this thing's over. Milwaukee's probably not going to make the playoffs. Giannis is flat out telling you he's not going to be an option for anybody actively at the deadline. And everybody was expecting that the ask was going to come next. Or at least the mention of...
I'm probably not going to sign an extension. You guys probably got to do what you got to do. And Giannis will find a way to make it look like it's the Bucs deciding and not Giannis forcing it, which Marshall, as you know, has been his thing. He doesn't want to be the bad guy.
I will never ask for a trade, is what he said.
Right, right. So he's going to find a way to have it make sense. But this thing ended on Friday night.
So I'm not surprised by this news today. 3-12 without Giannis. Okay, I can see that. 15-15 with Giannis in the lineup. That's when you know. Third oldest roster in the NBA.
It's over. It's over. They made their big splashes. It didn't work. But the Damian Lillard splash, man, respect for giving it a shot. Even the Miles Turner splash. All right, maybe we go double big. And that's what we need. Respect, but it didn't work. It's toast.
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Chapter 6: What insights do the hosts share about the Bears' future with Caleb Williams?
So we're just going to stay on this treadmill.
That's the Bulls right now. Perfectly 500. Perfectly 500. That is what they are.
That's just remarkable. All right. I want to make sure we get that in. I feel better. Everybody feel better?
I do.
All right. So you guys, what's the recoup? Is the recoup is like the recap?
Yeah. Well, no, it's like it's the refresh time now between not having to talk to Marshall for four hours.
Thanks for that.
How about refractory period? Is that one for you? That one? Yeah. I just want to make sure everybody's on board. Is that dirty? Is that too on the nose?
Everybody's good with Caleb Williams being the best quarterback in Bears history, right? We're all good with that? Can we all just say it's okay?
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Chapter 7: How do the hosts reflect on past quarterbacks in Bears history?
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