The Cleat Stomp Heard Around the World | Hour 2
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What is the opening premise of the Dan Levitar Show and its partnership with DraftKings?
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I need some assistance from the group because this is getting sloppy and I got to get my timing right so that I can get to number one. I feel like I'm going too fast, but it appears like I'm not going fast enough. We're only at 25 of football observations and I've got to get through these before the end of the show. Because they are increasing in importance. That's why I say number five. Caleb Williams' injury at number five is pretty substantive given that you've got a team that's going from scoring 59 points to scoring three. And as a story, Zaslow, that's the best Bears quarterback there has ever been. Yes. That franchise does not know, that city does not know what it is to have that kind of hope at the position.
I can make the case that they've never expected more from a quarterback than they expected from him in that game coming off of 59 points and Ben Johnson saying all off season, we're gonna have the best offense in the league and I wanna have the best offense in terms of scoring that there's ever been. Something you never hear a coach say. You could feel the fear through your television in Chicago when he's on the ground screaming in the silence because he's been hurt with a non-contact injury and all of us, I think, assume that was an Achilles based on the fact that he screamed and had to be carried to a cart and screamed in a way, Zazz, it's really rare on a Sunday for a stadium at home to go so quiet that you can hear the quarterback screaming in pain and it's redundant for what the fan base is feeling because they're terrified that there goes this season of great expectations when I can't think of any time in history that the Bears have thought they're going to win the Super Bowl because of their quarterback outside of Jim McMahon.
They've literally never had a 4,000-yard quarterback. Still, Caleb Williams hasn't even done it. They've never had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards, and certainly you believe Caleb Williams would be the one to do it this year.
We all expected the Vikings defense to slow down the Bears, but we said last week, this is a curious identity for a team that plays in Chicago in very poor weather down the stretch. Now, we're only in Week 2. And we saw that offense not just get impacted by Brian Flores, but the weather as well. That's the biggest drop-off in week over week in NFL history when it comes to an offensive output. But we'll get Dan's thoughts when he gets to number five.
Well, and how about the Panthers allowed 59 points in week one to the Bears, and the Falcons scored just three against them the next week. Like, I understand it's a Cooper Rush and Jack Strand, but there's some weird stuff here. What's
going on with Tua?
He's never going to play for them. Yeah, I agree. No, he'll never play for them.
I agree.
This feels like he doesn't want to play. I think there's a real possibility that what's going on is he doesn't want to play football anymore, but he won't get his money if he just retires because he's clearly not being forced into a medical retirement. I don't know that he wants to play football.
Well, he's going to get his money because it's guaranteed money that the Dolphins are paying him this season. He's working on a very small contract in Atlanta. He's getting his money.
How did Caleb Williams' injury impact the Bears' offense and season expectations?
But
after this year, he won't get the money after this year. He's still owed a little bit.
He's getting plenty of money that he will be paid whether he plays or not. I don't love to theorize that someone doesn't want to play when they're injured. It's said to be an oblique injury that's keeping him out of practice. Oh, it's
bleak
all
right.
And I don't think, though, Zaz, that it's fair to say that someone doesn't want to play football and then accuse them of not wanting to play football just for the money when most of their money is guaranteed.
Just a question. Just a question. For a player who we've had conversations about and he has admitted has thought about retirement...
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening premise of the Dan Levitar Show and its partnership with DraftKings?
0:00–3:18
2
How did Caleb Williams' injury impact the Bears' offense and season expectations?
3:18–11:28
3
Why are analysts questioning Tua Tagovailoa’s future with the Dolphins?
11:28–19:02
4
What led the Falcons to replace Cooper Rush with Jack Strand and how did it affect their defense?
19:02–24:42
5
How did Gable Steveson’s knockout in the UFC fight become a talking point for the hosts?
24:42–37:45
Speakers
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