Which Bears pass catcher will lead Chicago in targets?

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How did the Cubs for a Cure Radiothon lead to a crowdsourced Bears Q&A on the podcast?

Vinny Rotino 0:01

Rahimi Harrison-Grody. That sounds so crazy. 104.3 the score. Wow, I like that.

Mark Grote 0:07

Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score. You've got mail.

Vinny Rotino 0:13

Okay, I love that this was an option for people to donate, Mark, for Cubs for a Cure Radiothon. And it sounds like you got a really interesting discussion out of something that started off for a good cause and then has ended up being like a multiple good cause result.

Mark Grote 0:31

Yeah, so during the post-radiothon discussion, There is a gentleman who works with Aetna who is one of the big sponsors and partners for the Cubs for a Cure Radiothon every year. The Radiothon that the Cubs participate in, that Danny Parkins is the leader for doing his 24-hour marathon radio session. Gentleman by the name of Robert Cascarano of Aetna. We are humbled to say on Take the North, donated $1,000 to the Cubs for a Cure Radiothon for the right to be on the Take the North podcast. And just the Radiothon raised over $800,000 for cancer research to benefit the nonprofit organization Brain Up. And we finally had Robert on the podcast, the Take the North episode that is up and running right now.

Mark Grote 1:23

We had Robert on, and we didn't know how it was going to go, just like taking somebody off the street, having them on the podcast.

Vinny Rotino 1:30

I'll tell you what nobody's talking about.

Mark Grote 1:32

Absolutely. Or maybe Dan and I were just going to interview him and just ask him about his Bears credentials and growing up here and the Radiothon, which would have been great too obviously but he came totally and completely prepared because he was hitting us with with questions about things that he had questions about and he's got a bunch of buddies that listen to the podcast who were feeding him questions as well oh he crowdsourced did he crowds So if you listen to the podcast, literally saying, this is from my buddy Dan, this is from my dad. His dad had a question as well. I think his dad's question was regarding, is Ben Johnson the greatest Chicago Bears coach of all time? Can't give it to him yet.

Vinny Rotino 2:20

Still the coach, I think.

Mark Grote 2:21

And, you know, there was a guy named George Hallis as well, but Ditka did have that sustained success for a long time in the 80s. So let's not uncrown or decrown or however you take the crown off of somebody, Mike Ditka, at this point. But... I thought we would go through, for however long time allows, some of the questions that came from Robert and his crew, because I thought that they were all really good questions. And I will throw you the first question here, Layla, if you would like, and we can discuss and both give our opinions here.

Vinny Rotino 2:52

Yes.

Who is Robert Cascarano and why did his questions shape this episode?

Mark Grote 2:52

But this is the crowdsource questions. He wanted to ask about the differences in strengths and value aspects at the running back position and who you think is the better running back between DeAndre Swift and Kyle Menungai. Would you like to take the first crack at that in differentiating the running backs and who you think is the better, ultimately, and more effective running back for the Chicago Bears heading into this season?

Vinny Rotino 3:19

Sure, I still think advantage goes to DeAndre Swift, although you can't argue with the two being powerful together. Kyle Medungai, I think, is still in the secondary back formation, secondary back scenario. DeAndre Swift, hopefully, will also be used more in what I hope is a more robust screen game for the Bears this next season. That is something that is very much near and dear to my heart and on the list. DeAndre Swift is your slice and dice guy, right? So he's the guy who can move laterally in between, go around the formation. He'll hurdle you, too, every once in a while. Yes, he will. So ideally, DeAndre Swift is the guy who can also catch more passes for you out of the backfield. Not to say Kyle Menongai can't, but that is very much a big part of DeAndre Swift's game.

Vinny Rotino 4:06

Kyle Menongai is the one you want, ideally, to be more downhill. We saw that developed, especially after the second week of the season. After the loss to the Lions, we started to see that run game really take shape. So when you consider Ben Johnson's offense, make different things look the same, make the same things look different, you would want opponents to think that Mnangai can do the same things as Swift and vice versa.