Will rookie Logan Jones be in the mix for the Bears' starting center job?

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What insights do the hosts share about Logan Jones's potential as a center for the Bears?

Layla Rahimi 0:01

Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104.3 The Score.

Logan Jones 0:08

Let's go catch up.

Marshall Harris 0:12

I see what has happened here. He's being overruled by the musical stylings of DJ Mustard and Kendrick Lamar. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. Nicely done, Tyler. Logan Jones, pick number 57. We'll never forget it. What are you giggling about?

Layla Rahimi 0:30

I need a catch-up update, actually. I need to know the whole story with the catch-up at this point. It's been long enough. Shouldn't he already have his red blazer and...

Marshall Harris 0:39

With the lining on the inside?

Layla Rahimi 0:41

Yeah, with the ketchup. Have you received your first shipment of ketchup? Do you have a deal where you do ketchup commercials? I want the follow-up questions, Mark Grody.

Mark Grody 0:50

Well, I was not out there on the day on which Logan Jones talked because I wanted to be here with you guys because you accused me of abandoning you. Oh, like you were going to do on Friday.

Marshall Harris 1:01

Yeah, you didn't even know you were going to be here yesterday. You're like, what am I seeing you guys again? I don't know, Dad.

Mark Grody 1:07

I am after tempting fate with my trip to Salt Lake City to see a friend. I'm going to see another friend this weekend in Jersey.

Marshall Harris 1:15

The only way that was going to get any more awkward is if... One of the women in the house worked with a guy who wrote a song and then they put the song on and start to dance and sing to it. And then a tiny flat screen did not see the end of the evening.

Mark Grody 1:29

I enjoyed that song. I know you're talking about an Office episode. It's got a very nice melody to it. I will not do the disgrace of singing it, but it's actually like if you know that episode, it's a nice song that I would listen to.

Marshall Harris 1:40

No, he sang about that one night or something. Oh, no, I know.

Mark Grody 1:45

The words were not great. I mean, I understand what the words insinuate.

Marshall Harris 1:48

I'm just saying the melody was nice.

Mark Grody 1:49

It's a nice tongue. Listen to it.

Marshall Harris 1:51

We're having oso buco. It takes hours to cook. Unbelievable. Okay, in the meantime... Something that seems far more productive and functional is the role of center on the Bears. We got a preview from Press Taylor a couple days ago. We'll listen to that again. You already heard it yesterday when we played it. But we didn't hear from Logan Jones, who spoke with the media on Friday about not only trying to compete for the starting center role, but what that entailed.

Logan Jones 2:19

I mean, it's very challenging. You know, you got to go out and earn everything. And the offensive line here is very talented. You know, Joe Tooney, Garrett Bradbury, everybody on the offensive line. So, like, I got to go out and earn everything. And just to be able to come in with that group and be able to learn under veterans, you know, obviously we're competing, but we're having fun at the same time. It's such an honor for me to be able to come in and, like, learn from those guys. And obviously you compete, and that's part of the game. That's why we're here, right, and compete as if you're a starter. But it's just going to be a lot of fun. I look forward to it. And the opportunity for growth and learning, you know, this is my rookie year, and I don't think I could have asked for a better position to be in.

Logan Jones 2:54

Just, you know, from the head coach to the guys in the offense line room to the O-line coaches, like, I'm very fortunate.

Marshall Harris 3:01

I feel like when you hear him speak, he has an idea of how he fits in in this role as to how I think I thought he was going to fit in. Garrett Bradbury's my penciled-in one, and then he's like 1A, but like... Not maybe 1A, but not 2. Somewhere between 1 and 2, like 1.5.

Layla Rahimi 3:22

Tell me the center position this year doesn't remind you of the left tackle position last year in terms of competition. Not in terms of baseline, how good the players are, because I think there's a higher level of skill at center than there was at left tackle going into training camp. But I feel like the job is up for grabs. And it's an open competition, which is great because... If you already know you've got your center of the future, don't you want him to start as soon as possible to be the center of the future?