Episode 409: After one game, are the Bears a fraud?

The Chicago Bears opened the 2025 season with a come-from-ahead 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Shaw Local's Michal Dwojak and Joe Aguilar break down what happened in the loss and how it will impact this season.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of the show
Local Bears Insider podcast. I am show Local Chicago Bears
reporter Michael Duojik here with Northwest Herald sports reporter Joe Aguilar.
It is Tuesday morning. A lot has happened since last
time we folks spoke with you guys. Monday night. Football

(00:22):
Bears opened the season against the Minnesota Vikings. If you're
joining this podcast or if you're joining our live stream
right now, I feel like I don't need to tell
you what happened in this game, but obviously the Bears
lost their season opener twenty seven to twenty four. Gave
up an eleven point fourth quarter deficit late into that game,

(00:42):
and we're just gonna break it all down for you
folks here. If you're joining us on live stream, thanks
so much for joining us. I really appreciate it. I see
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(01:02):
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we're going to be doing our livestream if you want
to join the conversation. But Joe, you know, things started

(01:25):
so well, there's all these emotions. Obviously you got the
flyover offense looks great, defense looks like the nineteen eighty
five Fars defense, and then the fourth quarter happens show
and we're back to reality here?

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Is it too late to change my predictions from what
I've been saying the last eight nine shows we've done.
I'm almost speechless. I you know, Michael, I'm one of
these guys like I've got to see it before I
can critique it. Kind of guys like that's why like
preseason predictions. It's the Bear's NFL high school. Like I

(02:02):
got to see it the product first, and then I
could say aha or ah, and it was like, oh no,
because now I've seen it, and all the criticism with
Caleb Williams will get into it, you know, cause I better. Look.
I I'm like, maybe there's more fan in me because
I'm like, I believe in him. I'm rooting for him.
He's gonna he's gonna crush it this year. He's got

(02:23):
the right coach. And I saw too much of the
disturbing stuff again last night. But well, we'll get into it.
But that's my opening comment. Pay no attention to what
I've said the last three months.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, just retracts, forget about that everything. Yeah, you know,
obviously we know, you know it's one game. You know,
you know, one game doesn't determine your entire season. There
have been plenty of you know, teams that have looked
terrible in their season open or every and regrouped, and
you know, I, I know we're not gonna be here
to tell you that the Bear season's over, Caleb's the

(02:57):
bust and all that sort of stuff, and that's you're
looking for in a podcast or in a live stream.
We're not gonna take you down that rabbit hole too far.
But listen at there are things to critique and we're
going to talk about and there's a lot of stuff
to talk about. So if you're joining us for the
first time, thanks so much for joining us, obviously, but
usually for these game recaps, we like to do three

(03:18):
winners and three losers, you know, Before we do that,
I just want, I feel like we need to talk
about pretty much what happened in that fourth quarter. You know, Bears,
you know, put the probably have their best you know
drive since they're opening drive late in the third quarter.
They get down to I think it was the Minnesota
twenty four and then you just you know, you got

(03:41):
a penalty. I think it was a fall star penalty
or a holding penalty, moves the ball back. Then you
have Kleb Williams throwing the ball away, but the ball
doesn't go to the line of scrimmage, so that's an
intentional grounding penalty. Then you have Cairo missing a fifty
year field go to the right, and then that just
kind of opens things up for the Minnesota Vikings. I
think that gave him a juice that they were looking for.

(04:03):
JJ McCarthy finally settles in, you know, and kind of
you know, I think Kevin O'Connell did a great we'll
get into this biting. Kevin O'Connell did a great job
in the second half, and he just adjusted, He saw
what JJ could do what he couldn't do, and he
adjusted to that and he really helped put him in
really good spots to you know, score twenty one unanswered
points in the fourth quarter, and I think that really
shocked the Bears, and you know, they had a chance

(04:25):
you know, late in the game. And we'll get into
into all that, but Joe, I think the biggest thing is,
you know, for all we talked about, you know, a
different attitude, more disciplined for you know, being coached better
and that sort of stuff, and there, you know, everyone's responsible.
I think it was really you know, telling that Ben Jonson.

(04:45):
One of the first things he said at his press
conference after the game is you know, he said that
the coaching wasn't good and that he took full responsibility
for that, and he very clearly put the blame on
himself and his coaching staff for you know, you know,
not maybe making the right choices sometimes and that sort
of stuff. But you know, for all the talk of
the offseason about how everything's kind of looked different and

(05:07):
it's going to be different, I mean, it just seemed
like the same old show from last year. Like I
was talking to some reporters after the game, and I
was like, can we just like write the state, like
just take our story from last year? He just changed
some names, like it just felt like we were seeing
the same thing we saw all over last year.

Speaker 2 (05:23):
Well, I'll say this about Ben Johnson, I really don't
put I mean, he wasn't perfect, and I appreciate him
owning it, taking accountability, saying it was his fault. I
think he had said, like we looked like a team
that wasn't well coached. How long did it take Matt
Eberfleus to start, you know, owning some of that stuff
last year? And I don't want to keep revisiting twenty
twenty four, twenty twenty three, so i'd say he never did.

Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, I mean I don't remember it. I don't remember
taking accountability.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
But I mean finally like the Washington game where he
finally like okay, you know, or or it was one
of those games they blew light and he was finally
like okay, yeah, yeah, you know. My daughter says yeah,
I'm sorry, you know, the eye roll it's like you're
not sorry. So I really don't have a problem with him.
You got to get rid of this kicker. I mean,
and that's I'm not saying that's the biggest problem on

(06:12):
the team. This kicker should have shouldn't have been out
of the team last year. I don't care if he's
consistent from thirty five yards. Every time this kid from
Minnesota drills a fifty nine yarder that look like he
get made it from seventy We've seen this time and
time again. So Santo's squeaks in the forty two yard
or missus the fifty yarder. I think Ben Johnson is
probably gonna go for it on fourth do a lot

(06:35):
because you don't you don't trust the kicker. And I've
covered high school, You've covered high school football. There's some teams, Michael,
that won't kick a field goal from the fifteen yard
line down two points. Just think could be fourth and
goal from the fifteen because they don't have a kicker.
I just wait. They gotta go for you gotta go
for it every time. That's good to factor into this
decision too. Do you get this right and get a
guy who can kicked the dang ball more than forty
two yards, so that that's an issue, But Ben Johns's

(07:00):
in like and then at the end of the game.
You can't kick it out of the uposed to kicking
out of the end zone. That's not on Ben Johnson.
He probably kicking out of the end zone. Everyone can't. Well,
your kicker can't, and maybe he's got to learn about
his personnel a little more. And even Caleb. I'll save
some of that later. But just there's so many when
you when we're talking about like three with three winners,
three losers, I'm thinking how much I got to come

(07:20):
up with three winners here, and it was a tough,
tough task here.

Speaker 1 (07:24):
This was a that was a regular tough one for
Sean and I last year we home are there are
a lot of games we struggled with three with three winners.
But yeah, let's dive into it. I mean, let's let's
just get into things. Three winners, three losers. Since it's
a loss, I guess we'll start with the losers and
then maybe we'll end on a high note, obviously with
the winners toward the end. But Joe, who's your first

(07:47):
loser from yesterday's game?

Speaker 2 (07:49):
The kicker, the kicker. I just this is not just
like a knee jerk reaction, you know, overreaction, because we'll overreact.
You know, we all do at and especially with NFL
games when it's once a week. I'm done. I'm just
done with him. Bring in somebody else, bring in someone
and and Tory Taylor. You know, the kid can kick

(08:10):
it from here to the moon. Can he kick off?

Speaker 1 (08:13):
Why?

Speaker 2 (08:13):
How can you not learn to kick off with that
thunder leg? Have it? I can't he kick off? Michael,
I don't get it. And the kicker's got to go
starting today? At what time? Is it? Ten o nine? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (08:25):
I mean I I I it's it's it's tough because obviously,
you know, heading into the season, you know, he talked
about how he kind of changed some things up, and I,
you know, you know, heading into the year, I kind
of had listen, he's one of your best kickers of
in franchise history. I think he passed Robbie Goulder already.
And I think like he's one of your most accurate

(08:46):
kickers of all time. I mean, let's not forget where
the Bears were, you know before before Cairo Santos and
and I I listen, I understand all the complaints, and
you know, I got a chance to talk to Cairo
after the game. He said that you know everything, you
know everything, the snap, the placement, everything was right, was right.
He just didn't execute on that fifty yard field goal.

(09:06):
It just went wide right and on on that on
that kickoff. So just for people who maybe weren't you know,
totally paying attention, Bears score a touchdown light. There's two
h two left in the game. They have one one
timeout left, and I thought it was really smart for
the Bears to score quickly because they got it at
two oh two, so they would get the two minute stoppage,

(09:27):
and then they were going to kick it off and
then you know, Cairo's Carol kicks the ball off and
then it goes into the end zone and the Minnesota
Vikings wisely return it instead of you know, kneeling in
the end zone because obviously they want to run the
ball out, and then I think it goes to one
fifty seven, so you lose a two minute stopage. So
talk to Cairo after the game. He said the plan

(09:49):
was to kick it out of the end zone. Obviously
the force of touch back Ben Jonson said that was
the plan. They were hoping to kick it into the
back of the end zone and then that way they
would get the if they got a three and out,
they would get the ball back with roughly like fifty
seconds left in the game, and you can do something
like that, you know, And the Bears ended up not
doing that, and they ended up getting the ball with

(10:10):
nine seconds and they had to go eighty yards the
you know, the one thing I'm kind of wondering about
about that. Obviously, you know your kicker needs to execute there, right,
But is that a moment where your coach should know
that your kicker maybe can't hit, Like it isn't a
new thing that Carol can't kick to the back of
the end zone, Like that's been one of the people's
complaints about him. So is that a rule? Is that

(10:32):
a moment where you're like, kick it out of bounce
and then you know, sure it will cost you five yards,
but then the you know that then you don't lose
any time. The one thing with that and I was
looking around and I couldn't find it anywhere online. I
don't know whether the Vikings could decline that penalty and
then just keep making you kick. So I think eventually,

(10:53):
like I think the Vikings could potentially decline the penalty
and you just keep rekicking all the time. I don't
know exactly what the are specifically for you know, the
limits of that kind of stuff, but it was very
clear that the Bear's plan was to kick it to
the back of the end zone. And listen, Cairo at
the end of the game, you know, said like, I
had moments to help my team and I didn't execute
at the end of the game, and he took ownership

(11:15):
for that, and that you know how much that matters
for Bears fans. I don't know, Like I I know,
Cairo Santos isn't a big a big fan favorite amongst
Bears fans, but yeah, I mean those were two really
critical plays that you just really needed him to execute
because if it hits that field goal, it's a tied game.
And then if he hits the back of the end zone,
you could potentially maybe have a scenario where you have

(11:36):
a minute left to try to go for the game
winner or at least tie the game.

Speaker 2 (11:40):
Yeah, you know, look, and I know I think fans understand.
It's like when we criticize a player, or I criticize
a player. Any reporter does it, Yeah, any fan does.
It's nothing personal. I'm sure if you know Cairo Santos personally,
I'm sure he's a great guy. He's a team captain,
he's a league veteran, he's highly respected. I get it.
He's not a bad dude. I just don't want him

(12:00):
as my kicker anymore. And I understand like the accuracy,
but even last year, Michael, I don't think he was
as good as he had been before. I don't know,
kickers can kick him til they're seventy years old. I mean,
some of these guys just last forever. I mean, jeez,
Prater just did the other day in Buffalo. I mean
I still remember him beating the Bears with you know,
Mitch Trubisky's rookie year in Denver. I mean, the guy's
been doing it forever. I was always had a big

(12:21):
leg so I and even at the end of the game,
getting back to the Last Nights game with Santos, even
if he kicks it on about I don't know if
they win anyway, because the offense said looking, I don't
know how the offense looked that broke in the second half.
I mean they come out, they have the ball, you're
you're up at halftime, and Caleb throws what three incompletions
in a row. What I mean that was like, boom,

(12:41):
let's seize control of the game. Here, you got the football,
let's go and three incomplete. It's like, you know, there
is the air on of the balloon for you know,
thing going on there. That was a bad time. So
at the end, I don't know, Michael, how is he
even Caleb. We'll get to it.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
I'll alwait, that'll that'll go in. That'll go into my
first you know, to my first loser. And that's Caleb's accuracy. Like,
it's not I you know, we we've we talked about it,
you know, for the whole training camp. Ben Johnson's been
asked about it as deep ball accuracy finding wide open guys.
And you know, Ben Johnson's tried to explain it and

(13:18):
he's tried to work through it with him. But listen,
it's not good. It's it's it's not. It's something that
we've seen in training camp. He's there are some plays,
especially in the fourth I'm like probably midweight. I I
just I'm rewatching the game right now and I'm like
at the partner nash On Wright just intercepted the pass
and everyone's great and everything's looking good, and I'm like, oh,

(13:41):
the rest of this game isn't gonna be good. But
like the passes were just there's some passes where you're
just looking You're just like, what what is wrong there?
Like I understand that Brian Flores is pressuring you. I
you know, the pocket collapsed a couple of times, but
he wasn't sacked until you know, the fourth court, and
some of that was because of his scrambling ability, and

(14:02):
I think he did a good job with that. But man,
if you just look at it and I listen, I
understand it's easy for me to play you know, Monday
or Tuesday morning quarterback up in the press box where
I can see everything, and you know, I'm not getting
you know, almost crushed by three hundred pounds. Dudes. I
understand all of that, but I'm also not the franchise
quarterback of the Bears, and I like, you need to

(14:23):
hit on some of those throws. There is just so
five yard passes, screen passes, they're just overthrown, like not
even close. And that's got to be a concerning thing, right,
Like that's not we can get into. Like Caleb is
missing the open guys like that's a concern too, But
that can be something where you just kind of work
through your progressions and maybe you can work on that
and you can calm them down and you can kind

(14:45):
of get through that. But some of the ball accuracy
is just not good. And you know, I'm not a
quarterback groo. I don't know whether it's the footwork. I'm
not entirely sure whether it's you know, throwing motion, but
there are just some passes where you just kind of
look and you're like, give your a receiver a chance,
and he's not giving his receivers a chance a lot
of the times.

Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, I agree. I mean, can I give you my
second was it loser or bad thing of thee? Sure,
because that would be Caleb too. And Michael, I'll tell
you what. Even the opening drive, which thank God that
it can go three and out right, because that would
have been we talked about that a few shows ago,
how bad that would have how loud it would have
got with the booze at Soldier Field if they'd gone

(15:26):
three and out on the first drive. But even that drive,
which was nice, right, ten play sixty one yards, eat
up a little less than five minutes on the clock.
Sure he gets the nice nine yard run to the pylon.
He looked fast, but even that drive, like he was
holding the balls like checked out, his whole looking looking
looking checked on to DeAndre Steff looking looking looking checked out.
I want to boom. I'm not expecting Josh Allen and

(15:50):
Sunday Night football. I mean, wow, that was something. I'm
not expecting that, but I just thought it would be more.
This is whether we get This is whether there's so
much Tyson Bagent love right. This is because baging goes
in there. I know, I know, but but this is why,
Like it looks different, it looks different, and Beijing. You
know he's got the he's got the eighty two mile

(16:11):
pour fastball. It's just not going to cut it. Yeah,
that's the knock. And we see it because Caleb's got
everything going on their skill wise, you know, the big arm,
the elusiveness. I mean some of those sacks he alluded
last that, what how'd you do that? It was silly.
But the whole game is just holding the ball, holding
the ball. Guy's not catching the ball in stride, Like

(16:33):
where's the yak which we love, you know, where's the
yards after catch?

Speaker 1 (16:37):
Where?

Speaker 2 (16:37):
Where was that was there maybe a couple of players
where we had that, and that's why, like I mentioned
in past podcasts, like he just has to be okay,
like get it in the hands of these skilled receivers.
We saw again how good Dj Moore is when he
gets to the football in his hands and his ability
to catch the dang ball, like get the ball on
his hands on the run. A dude's a Loveland, let's

(16:59):
go Luthor Burden and guys will make plays because they're
so skilled. We didn't see that. And then and then
that's like, you know, it's like if you're a fast
guy and we're taking off your shoes and putting you
in uh, I don't know, baggy pants while fiskin you run,
you're just crippling that. You're like negating the skill of

(17:20):
your skilled set of receivers and tight ends. And so
it all starts with the quarterback, like that's the first
time it's ever been set in the history of the game.
It starts with him. And if you can't if he
can't get it going with those guys, that skill set
of the group receivers, it's not gonna happen again. And

(17:41):
I know it's weak one and we got sixteen more
left and he wasn't horrible last that. If I were
giving a grade, I wouldn't give him a D. But
well maybe it would be the probably C minus. I
don't know. I just the.

Speaker 1 (17:55):
Overall numbers he threw for two hundred and ten. Was it?

Speaker 2 (17:58):
Maybe the touch down? No picks again, that's good, but
not not finding guys. I don't want to do. Checkout,
checked out, check that. It's not what this. You don't
win in the league playing checkout, check out, checked out,
Throw to your running back and get seven yards. It's
just you can't do it.

Speaker 1 (18:15):
Yeah, it's just you know it. You know, watching the
watching the broadcast from last night, I feel like Troy
Aikman just consistently keep saying, you know, in my rewatch,
just Caleb didn't see this guy like Caleb. You know,
it's you know, Caleb's not finding his receiver right now.
And again I understand that's a Brian Flores defense. He's

(18:35):
pressuring you. I think the I think the offense. You know,
Ben Johnson, I feel like did a good job of
you know, putting Cole and Colston. He even you know,
we even saw the theo Benettt in there as a
sixth offensive lineman and he put him in motion, which
I was like, we're putting offensive lineman in motion. Let's
let's calm down here. It's it's week number one. But I,
you know, I but for the most part, I feel

(18:57):
like Caleb had Caleb had a relatively clean pocket most
of the time. Was it was it perfect all the time? No?
And I don't expect it to be against the Brian
Flores defense, like they've got studs on that defensive line.
We've talked about it. But there are just some moments
where where the pocket was clean, or he had time
and the throw was just off, or he just didn't
see the receiver and he settled for the two or

(19:18):
three yard pass instead of instead of going for the
fifteen yard pass to Roomba Dunes the DJ Moore, So,
I I agree, you know, is this something you can
fix quickly? Is this something that you can you know,
work on with your game play on Maybe. But it'll
be interesting to see what changes the Bears aside to
make as they get ready for the Lions here in

(19:39):
week two. And that kind of goes into my week,
into my second loser. That kind of played a role.
The Bears didn't have a running game yesterday and that
and that is kind of hard to want Caleb to
make these types of plays when the Vikings are not
really worried about the run. I mean, Caleb led the
team with the fifties fifty eight rushing yards off of

(20:02):
you know, six They were all scrambled. There were no
design runs. DeAndre Swift have fifty three rushing yards for
six seventeen carries. DJ Moore got three carries. He got
eight yards. Kyle Nung guy played in the game and
he actually had a catch, but he didn't have a carry, so,
I we'll see. We didn't get a chance to ask
Ben Johnson that after the game yesterday. Maybe we'll ask

(20:25):
him later today whether you know, maybe Kyle wasn't at
full straight to run the ball. I was kind of
curious about that decision. But Joe, I mean, when a
defense knows you're not gonna run the ball, it's kind
of you know, it's kind of easy to defend you,
isn't it. And like, yep, you know, looking back in
real time, I was kind of like, man, like, there

(20:45):
are no holes for DeAndre Swift and looking back and
like I don't feel like the you know, obviously the
Vikings have a really good run defense as well. But
you know, for as much you know hate or you know,
as much as at hard time you want to give
DeAndre Swift. I mean, there are a lot of times
when they were in no holes. There was just guys
who were swarming him at that point.

Speaker 2 (21:05):
Yeah, you know what, I actually watching the game without
looking at the stats, I thought de Andrea Swift had
a pretty good game. He was consistent. Then I looked
at his numbers at the end of the game and
they're you know, the rushing yards average is you know,
less than four against three points something. But you need
you need the other back and you need the pounder,

(21:25):
you know, like especially late when you know they like
when you just need like it's it's it's third and short.
Everyone knows the big boy he's getting the ball. Here
we go, stop us. You wouldn't have that guy, I don't,
I don't. I'm not even gonna go like, oh, ro
Oshawn Johnson was out, that would have solved everything. So
I don't even I'm not even sure if he's the guy. Honestly,

(21:48):
but they needed another guy who can compliment Swift because
I do think Andre Swift is a good DeAndre Swift
is a good football player. He's not great, but he's
good in space. I like him catching the football in
the backfield and make guys missing when we know the
Scotty report on him, but they couldn't run the ball again.

(22:08):
And I don't know, unless you're like one of the
top five quarterbacks in the league, they all need to,
you know, you need that. You got to be able
to run the ball, and that was still lacking just
like years past.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
Yeah, I think you know you really missed, You really
miss Roshan Johnson.

Speaker 2 (22:25):
Right.

Speaker 1 (22:26):
Roshan Johnson very clearly is you're I'm gonna bully my
way through for two or three yards. I'm gonna you know,
he's your goal line back. And he he was showing
that he can kind of do that for you in
training camp. But like this foot injury again, you know
he's he's just dealing with injuries for most of his
career and it's one of those tough scenarios where it's

(22:47):
just kind of like, can you rely on him for
these moments? And Kyle, obviously, you know we'll get more
on him. I thought it was interesting. You know, the
Bears when they act, you know, activate guys from their
practice squad, happens a little bit earlier in the day.
That happened around three pm, and it was interesting to
me that the Bears didn't activate Britton Brown. And you know,

(23:09):
at that point, I was kind of like, oh, you know,
Roshan Johnson was back at practice on Saturday. He was
like in limited fashion. I was like, oh, it was
Rochan healthier than we think and he's going to be
able to play. But the Bears instead decided to have
two running backs, but really they had one running back
in Dj Moore. So that was an interesting thing for
me was I was very curious just to see just

(23:32):
to know what that thinking was because very clearly you
have a depleted room and I think Britton Brown has
shown you that he can pick up a few yards
here and there. So that was really interesting and I
guess we'll have to get more insight about that from
Ben Johnson, just what the top process was about only
having two running backs in your room and not playing
one of them for most of the game. All Right, Joe,
one last loser from you.

Speaker 2 (23:53):
I'm just gonna say the really not a particular player
I'll go, maybe I'll go Jonah. But just the the
pre snat penalties again, which I really thought would be
cleaned up. That's we always point to. All that's coaching.
The pre snaf penalties. I don't know sometimes is it.
I mean Jonah Jackson stopped moving. I mean, that's you.

(24:15):
That's one of your big moves. In the offseason, we
really didn't talked about him much. Again, I'm not gonna
sit here like I know guard play, Michael. I've studied
it for thirty years. I know guard play, but I
know what you know. When the car is clunking, I
don't know if it's a spark, flugg or it needs
an engine overall, I just know it's it's broke. It's
you got to fix it, you know. So I'll say this,
you can't have the pre snat penalties. He had two

(24:35):
in the first half. He wasn't the only one. It
was all over. You can't do that. You can't do it.
Good football teams don't do that. You're a bad football
team to keep doing that again. One week. We'll keep
saying that it's only one game, but that's got to
be cleaned up fast. Actually, I think it did get
a little better in the second half. I don't know
if they had it truthfully, Ah, you know pre snaf

(24:56):
pedalty on offense in the second half, they had a
hole that was a week on Darnell right, that's terrible,
But they got to clean that up because once it's
you go from first and ten to first and fifteen
or second and ten. You know, everyone know it kills you.
And this offense is this is not driven by Josh
Allen or Patrick Mahomes or Jordan Love. You're still figuring

(25:19):
it out and that stuff just you know, you know
it cuts you, and you know it hits you in
the wrong spot, if you know what I mean. That's
a shot to the wrong area for your offense. That
can't happen. So that general that needs to be tidied up.
They've been saying that since they opened camp, but it
does and it hurt them last night because even though

(25:41):
all that was in the first half, all that was
in the first half, most of it anyway, you could
have built on that lead, should have built on that lead.
You give up the Lake field goal all of a sudden, Dang,
it's a game. You think that Bears are a good chap.
They look good, they look control this game, and then
you know what happened through four in that fourth quarter,
that was a doozy.

Speaker 1 (26:00):
Yeah, but listen, I mean those penalties at the end
of the third quarter costs you a chance at least
at the end zone, if not a better field goal,
like if you don't have that holding penalty, and then
if you don't have that intentional grounding like if you
can't pick up the first down, Cairo has what a
thirty five yard field goal, which is much easier than
a fifty yard field goal. So and that's a twenty

(26:21):
to seven games. So yeah, I mean, I'll piggyback off
of you. I think just penalties in general were bad yesterday.
I mean they were called for twelve penalties for one
hundred and twenty seventy yards. I agree, all the offensive
pre snap stuff it's carried over from training camp. It
hasn't it hasn't looked good since. You know. I thought
in the second or third week of training camp they

(26:42):
got a little bit better on that aspect. They looked
a little bit cleaner, they were doing a better job,
and then the last few weeks of training camp it
just kind of came back, and clearly it was an
issue in Monday night's game. But some of the other penalties,
like the Nashon right, you know, he had the great
interception was great. He had that PI which moved the
ball like forty yards down the field and then the

(27:04):
field the Vikings ended up getting a field goal. I
was just watching that the dio Dane bo roughing the
passer penalty. I don't know that could have been. I
thought that he was just what is he supposed to do? Stop?
Maybe he could go a little bit lower and avoid
the head area. I thought that was a little bit tough.
I agree that Darnault right holding penalty. I've seen that

(27:25):
clip a couple of times. I don't I don't know
how that's holding. I think the referees had a little
bit of a hard time, but that's not the reason
why they lost the game. And the penalties were bad.
They were not good, and you need to clean it up.
And it's something that we talked about, right like, that
was supposed to be something that this coaching staff was
supposed to coach out of this team. They were supposed
to be more disciplined and do a better job. And

(27:47):
you didn't see that, and can that get fixed? Yes,
you know, Cole Commett said, you know, we're gonna work
on it, and we're gonna, you know, hone in on
the details and that kind of stuff at practice. But
eventually you just got to stop doing it in practice.
This because if you stop doing it in practice, it's
not gonna if you a lot of the times, if
you're doing it little in practice, maybe you do it
a little more at the game, just because it's a

(28:08):
game setting. But if you're doing it in a moderate
amount in practice, you obviously are going to do that
during games.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
Yeah, And I know, I don't know if you can
coach it out of some players. I mean, again, I've
never played offensive line, but I don't know what caused
you to do that. Is it just lack of focus?
Is it? Is it mental? Is it just not knowing
the cadence? Or you know, I don't it seem like
a lack of focus? Can you really coach that ont

(28:37):
of people? I don't know, you know, I'm not a
Maybe a school teacher could answer that better necessarily, even
a you know, like, why why can't certain kids pay
attention and focus and be locked in for for five
the five to ten seconds that you really need to
be I I don't know, but what you're still working

(28:58):
on that? Like it's not a guil, is it. I
guess it's a mental skill.

Speaker 1 (29:03):
So yeah, it's some sort of preparation you just you
just need it just needs to work out and we'll see, well,
you know, it'll be a major storyline for the Bears
throughout the week and we'll see what they're able to do.
All right, Joe, let's move on to the positive side.
What is who's one of your winner from from Monday night?

Speaker 2 (29:23):
Can I have like two hours to think about this?
This could be a it could be a tough one.
Three winners from last night. You know, if they only
lost by a field goal, it wasn't like they got
blown out for it or nothing. I should be able
to come up with some positives.

Speaker 1 (29:38):
I'll start off with one.

Speaker 2 (29:39):
I think I think yours.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
I think Dio danebo had a really good debut for
the Bears. I think that he he was you know,
for most most of the preseason, we didn't really see
him that much. We are kind of like, all right,
like Bears spent a lot of money on this guy.
What do they really get out of him. And then
I think he showed you that he can be a pressure.
You know, he got that sack over there, He had

(30:03):
a big tackle for loss, he deflected a pass, he
almost got a he almost got a shrip sack. He
just if you only got there a little bit a
second quicker. But I think things kind of you know,
dragged down for him, like it did for the defense
for the most part in the second half. But I
think for the most part, Dio had a really good
first game. I think he looked really good. He looked
like he was worth the money that you paid him

(30:24):
at the beginning at during the offseason. And if he's
able to play like that, and Montes Sweat, you know,
plays better I I did. I don't think he necessarily
had a bad game yesterday. I just don't feel like
we really called Mantes's what, you know, Montes Sweat's name
as much. And that obviously could be because of you know,
double coverage and that kind of stuff and you know,
protecting him as much as possible. But I I I

(30:47):
thought Dio did a really good job in his first
game with the Bears.

Speaker 2 (30:50):
That's a good one, and I I won't steal that one.
But but I agree to me, I noticed him. To me,
that's the first thing like I was. I was like,
I was afraid, Like it's even on the was even
on the field tonight. Was he active? I know he was,
and he did a lot of good things. And I
noticed him and he was impacting plays, and you know
the rough in the past was as those happened, I

(31:12):
didn't think it was like egregious. It was, you know, Okay,
but I'll give you that.

Speaker 1 (31:17):
I I agree.

Speaker 2 (31:19):
I'll go with Dennis Allen. I know the fourth quarter, yikes,
getting up twenty one answered was really bad. But when
I saw the inactive is, I thought, oh my goodness,
here we go. You know, when you had that Roshad
really kind of ticked me off because we were led
kind of led to believe, like.

Speaker 1 (31:35):
You know, he should be ready. You know, he should
be ready week one.

Speaker 2 (31:38):
And when he came into camp and he had the
non disclosed injury, okay, but you know, we're not too concerned,
whatever the wording was. And then he doesn't play. He's
not ready, but again, it's a long season. Don't rush
him back with soft tissue and jus like that. Okay,
so so he's out. TJ. Edwards, who never misses the game.
I jinxed him.

Speaker 1 (31:56):
I did.

Speaker 2 (31:57):
I said, that's why he's gonna be my MVP of
the Bears deep because I sadly, I'm gonna run and hide.
I'm embarrassed by it. I'm embarrassed by it because of
the Then he doesn't play, that's a big loss. And
then Kyler Gordon, who's so dang good he impacts football games,
he's out. I'm not thinking this is a this is
a disaster. I know McCarthy is. I guess. I don't

(32:18):
know if they really consider him a rookie. He didn't
play last year. To me, he should be a rookie,
should be a games played thing. You know they're gonna
they're gonna feast or this is trouble even with McCarthy.
But Dennis Allen called a good game. They got some pressure.
Wasn't great, but they got some pressure. And the guy's
in the secondary, who's the McLeod kid, Like I totally

(32:38):
forgot it. Like he wasn't even out the team. You know,
you weren't here like Kim getting burned. So I think
he did a good job. And and then of course right,
nay Sean Wright, who you know, he had that bad
pass interference call as we mentioned in the first half,
but then certainly making a men's jumping the route there
the pick six. That was huge and at that point

(33:00):
looked like the Bears have this game. Here we go.

Speaker 1 (33:03):
Yeah, that was that was your other time. That was
your other touchdown. I mean, I know the Bears obviously
scarting touchdown later in the game, but up to that point,
that was your other score.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
And so I'll give Dennis Allen because I saw a
defense that looked coached up, and when you can survive
with you know, arguably you're well not arguably, you're really
you're your two best defensive back players in Gordon and
Jalen Johnson, and then t J. Edwards you're your best
linebacker out. I'm not. It's ultimately it's talent wins, and

(33:39):
most sports it should Anyway, it doesn't all the time,
but it does. I'll give Dennis alan kras that that's
that's a winner from last night.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
Yeah, and for my second winner, I'm gonna kind of
piggyback off of you. Justin Jefferson caught four passes for
on seven targets for forty four yards, that's a huge win.
The best, one of the best, if not the best,
wide receivers. You know, I know, I know he had
a delayed training camp. I know that obviously he's not
a full strength right now. He probably isn't, you know.

(34:09):
And part of that isn't his fault. Obviously, JJ McCarthy
was pressured a lot, and you know, maybe you know
JJ didn't get the ball to Justin as much as possible.
But anytime you can limit Justin Jefferson to forty four
receiving yards, that's that's an a plus performance. So I
thought nay Sean Wright and Tyreek Stevenson, you know, I
know they each got dinged for a PI call, but

(34:31):
I don't think that. I think they held their own.
I think they both showed you that they can. I
agreed as soon as I saw that I had a few. Obviously,
I didn't think t J. Edwards was going to play,
based on how the week kind of went, the last
couple of weeks have gone. I didn't think that Jalen
was going to play. Once I got to the stadium
and I saw that he was, you know, doing some work,

(34:52):
and I was kind of like ad that's not really
a good sign. But when Kyli Gordon got added on
to that, I was like, man, you're down three starters.
This isn't good. And they showed up. They got they
limited justin Jefferson, They really did. There are a lot
of tight coverages, I felt like, and I think that
that's a big win. I think your deck cornerbacked depth.
That was a big question and I think that showed

(35:14):
to be a big win. So I agree with you there,
all right, Joe, what's your last win there?

Speaker 2 (35:19):
Boy? My last winner? Boy? I'm almost stumped. Well, I
mentioned nay Sean Wright. I give him credit again. It
was kind of half and half there. But but you
know what, you guys remember, you remember guys who make
big plays. And the pick six was a huge play
and that's what you needed on so many levels that
I do, extend the lead, you get the crowd back

(35:41):
into it. So that was a big play. But you know,
I'm gonna go I didn't see much on the old line.
I'll give the old the left side of the old
line a game ball, whatever you want to call it.
A winner for night, Joe Toney one of the I
think the only guy on the offensive line who didn't
do anything bad last night. We knew that, we knew
how good he is. But you know, the old pro
again old lineman. When you don't hear their name, that's

(36:02):
a good thing, unless they're like on the bench. Uh so,
Toney and all the concerns about, oh, Braxton Jones, what
are we gonna do against this defense? And oh my gosh,
they can't sold this competition on. Did we hear his
name last night? I don't think so. I don't think.
Probably give him some help on some plays. I'd have
to go watch the anymore.

Speaker 1 (36:24):
They helped them. I mean they helped a lot. Colston
was next to him a lot.

Speaker 2 (36:28):
But when we're dissecting this game, and everyone else who's
dissecting this game nationally, locally, the fans at the water
cooler today they still have water coolers and offices, I
don't know. I don't know at the kirog machine at
the office, when they're discussing this game, and no one's
bringing up that dang Braxton Jones killed us last night.
No one's bringing that up. So I'll say that they

(36:51):
held their own. That wasn't the story. We know what
the story was. We've discussed him, everyone's been discussing him.
But the left side of the old line, and I
thought Caleb's pocket was pretty I think you had mentioned
at the start was pretty clean. Last night, again when
we're saying holding holding holding the ball, well, if you're
doing that, your your old line is is holding up.

(37:11):
You know, your protection is holding up because that ball
shop being out boom and it wasn't and still the
protection was there. I think Ben Johnson mentioned that in
one of the maybe it was the Kansas City after
the Kansas City game. I because that brought up and
he's like, well to me, that means good pass protection. Yeah, okay, okay,
you're right, So I'll go with the left side. I

(37:32):
kind of just came up with that last second, Michael,
but I'll go with the left, the left side of
the old line. Braxton Joanes did Joe Tuney.

Speaker 1 (37:38):
I think you saw. I would agree with you. I
think you saw the difference that Joe Tuney can make
for Braxton Jones. And obviously, like we said, THEO benedt
the Ben Johnson threw in THEO bended and you know
there was a question after the game, you know, asked
about you know, why weren't the tight ends used more?
Why don't we see or you know that that's my
bad way of paraphrasing question, But I mean the Titans

(38:02):
were used for protection in this game, right like you saw,
and I think that that that can be a good like.
I think both cole Comet and Colston loved and did
a fairly good job protecting when they were called into block.
There was one play I think it was a throw
deep throw to DJ Moore where cole Comet like pushed
off Grenard and Caleb was just able to get the
pass off and Cold did a really good job of blocking.

(38:24):
So I would agree that left side looked really good.
There was some protection there, but I agree you didn't
see much much of that at all. My last good
I guess I'm gonna say on the defense for most
of it, for a defense that gave up twenty one
points in the fourth quarter. But I think I think
we've heard a lot about Noah Soul throughout training camp.

(38:45):
I think we heard a lot about like, is this
gonna be the year he's gonna step in? He's gonna
be the weak side and without TJ. Edwards, I think
you saw him step up big. He was your lead tackler.
He had nine combined tackles, you know, he had you know,
seven solo tackles. He didn't have a sack or a
tackle for a loss or you know, pass disruption or
something like that. But I feel like, you know, Noah

(39:06):
Ssool was at the ball a lot like he got
to the ball quickly, he stopped plays and and I
think he did exactly what you needed to do. You know,
it could have been a lot worse with TJ. Edwards
out there, and I think Noah Suol did a really
good job stepping in for him. And I think he's
kind of proven to you throughout training cap and in
this week that he's your third linebacker. And you know,

(39:28):
obviously you want TJ. Edwards to be back in there,
but I think Noah Ssool has proven to you that
he's a very good backup and you should you have
a really capable replacement that TJ. Edwards is out for
much longer. Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 2 (39:40):
He again, he too. He was noticeable and I thought
he showed a little. There were times where I thought, oh,
he's gonna get beat on the edge there, uh, chasing
one of the running backs, and I thought he did
pretty good. He was noticeable. I thought his speed looked
hard to tell sometimes on TV, but looked pretty good.
And I didn't see him like whiffing on tackles and uh,
you know, making stupid play. So yeah, I and again

(40:02):
he was if you watch the game, you noticed him.
That's a good thing.

Speaker 1 (40:06):
All right, guys, we've got a few minutes here, get
your comments and chance and there, Rick Chiming, and good
to hear for him, Rick for his winners, the fans,
the anthem, and dial. I don't know if the fans
were winners. I mean they lost, right unless you like
the experience, I will say the excuse me. The game
experience was really good. The anthem obviously was really great.

(40:27):
The flyover caught me up guard, obviously, but I think
I feel like the atmosphere is really good. So yeah,
I would, I would. I would retweet that Homer cuts practice.
Jones did a really great job. I agree with that.
Who the heck is number sixty nine? He's a beast.
He no, he got himself a sax, so that was

(40:48):
a big win. He also said Sewell had a big game.
Matt now Chiming in also saying that Noah Sewell filled
it nicely for TJ. I'd give the nod a nation
right from Matt. I would agree with their homer cut
try made Edmunds remains continues to be a disappointment. I
don't know. I don't know if I would agree with that.

(41:10):
I you know, he had a he had a pass
defended a block pass there. I think the thing with
Tremaine is, I think Tremaine's a really good athlete, and
I think he's a really good player. I don't know,
I think a lot of play. A lot of fans
like to compare him to Roe Clan Smith. And you know,
the Bears obviously decided to not sign Rokwan Smith and

(41:31):
they've signed Tremaine Edmondson and t J. Edwards. And would
you love to have Rocan Smith on this team? Yes,
But I think for me, with me, the mindset always
was that was the start of the teardown. And I
don't think you were going to pay Rocan Smith what
he wanted at the beginning of a rebuild. So I
know that, you know, Tremaine gets a lot of hate
a lot of the times, but I don't think he

(41:51):
was a lot I think he played pretty well, and uh,
I don't usually find a problem with him in these games.
I'ming in with the loser saying the Sweat didn't spark
like he needs to, you know, I I'll have to
look back at the tape. I I from what I noticed,
you know, there were some moments that he was almost

(42:12):
there and he was about to complete the play. I
think he is getting double teamed. But I you know, you,
I think you need to hear more from him, right, Joe,
Like you need to hear more from Montest Weed. You
need him to do a better job than he's done.
Like he's your top paid pass rusher and he needs
to make a difference. And a lot of these tough,
top guys, you know, get double teamed and they figure

(42:34):
out a way to get around it somehow. So I
don't know whether it's Montesa's path is bull rush again,
I'm not a defensive line specialist by any means, and
I'm not going to protect pretend to be one of
all the technique and that sort of stuff. But I,
you know, you need to see more from Montest Sweat,
And we saw that in training camp. We saw that
in the in the in the preseason games and you

(42:57):
know what, did he end up having montest wet end
of the game with two tackles, two tackles for a
loss and the pass disruption. So he wasn't pactful. I guess,
I guess you just didn't get the sack that you're
kind of looking forward from Montes Swad.

Speaker 2 (43:11):
Yeah, we talked about like like like Dio was you
noticed him sewell you noticed him, matez I didn't notice
him other than that past breakup where he had like
on the goal line. That was a big, big play there. Otherwise,
like you said, Michael, you're paid. You're paid. It's a
big sack, man, go get sacks. And I don't care
if your triple team to find a way another guy's

(43:32):
gotta be then your team that'll be getting seven sacks
because you created a lot of those with your pressure guys.
You know, two guys needing to stop you. So I
need to see more. I'm not gonna say you know
he was he that was a bus contract or. He's
been bad. He just needs to be better. He needs
to be elite because they're paying him to be elite.

Speaker 1 (43:53):
Yeah, I would definitely agree with that. No, I mean
It's it's kind of like the Caleb criticism, right, It's like,
do you put all the onus on on the quarterback? No,
Like obviously, like it's a whole team, especially like this
isn't the This isn't basketball where one player can dominate
and you change everything like that. But this is a
quarterback league. The quarterbacks get the most money, the quarterbacks

(44:16):
get all the pressure. That's just how it kind of works,
so I. And that's how it works defensively, right, Like
the pass rushers are your top paid defensive players and
you need them to perform in big moments. So I,
you know, Matt kind of brings up an interesting point here.
Sweat's present by itself gives guys like Dexter and Dio
and opportunity. By I agree, need more from Sweat, and

(44:37):
I agree with that. I think you saw Gavon Dexter
obviously had that sack on the first three and out.

Speaker 2 (44:43):
That was good.

Speaker 1 (44:43):
I think Drady Jarrett also kind of made himself known
a little bit from the interior there. But and I
agree with that. I think that opens things up for
other guys and that's probably why you saw Dio have
a good game. But you still want something out of him, right, Like,
I don't think you can expect a three sack game,
even you know, a two and a half sack game,

(45:04):
but you would like to have more of a pressure
from Sweats. So we'll see how that kind of happens.
But all right, Bears are going to It's a short
week for the Bears. They're back, They're not in the
building today on Tuesday, we'll hear from Ben Johnson at
four o'clock. Then they get back to practice on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday before they travel for Detroit and what

(45:26):
should be a hostile environment a homecoming for Ben Johnson. Joe. Obviously,
we'll be back with the folks on Friday to preview
that game. But what, if anything, are you hoping to
hear or see from the Bears over the next couple
of days as you kind of look for more answers
from the Minnesota loss but also prepare for for Detroit

(45:46):
on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (45:48):
Well, what i'd like to see is what I'm not
going to see, And there's really he's like, let's bench
this guy, Let's bend that just like I like to.
You know, that's not gonna happen. Harry comes Tyson Bay
and he's But I want to see kickers. I want
to see kickers. I know they have the revolving you know,
little bus of kickers and running backs and they tour

(46:10):
the league and the nice little bust and they go
around all the free agent guys and they stop in
every week. I want to I want to see them,
like we can say, let's be patient. It's one week,
it's it's not be patient. The season goes by fast,
you know, at the end, it's always like there's a
difference between ten and seven and nine and eight. You know,
like this game was a killer. Maybe they don't make

(46:31):
the playoffs anyway, after what we saw last night, they
kind of revealed themselves maybe as a as a team.
But I'd like to see kickers in and acknowledging we
got to be better in the kicking game. And I
don't want I don't want to throw Cairo Santos under
the bus too much, although I guess I have all show,
but that's what I want to see. I want to

(46:52):
see that. And I just want to see like, hey,
so and so always better health wise and get some
of these guys healthy. Relex the big thing, like we
go gonna you said the short week, is bro Shan
out again or uh Jalen in particular, is Kyler Gordon
out again? I want to hear like, I don't if
we're gonna even hear that tomorrow, but I want to

(47:13):
know those guys are that close and that they should
be ready to go by Sunday noon kickoff.

Speaker 1 (47:20):
Yeah. CJ kind of emphasized your point earlier in the
live stream. Tryout should be for running backs and kickers.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (47:25):
I don't know about the run. You gotta see what
the health of the running backs are. And also like,
I don't know what you're gonna get. I don't think
you're gonna get much in the running back department at
this point. Maybe you'll you'll find a guy or something
like that. But the trade maybe you could trade yesterday, Yeah,
someone got traded nothing.

Speaker 2 (47:46):
You know, it's like it's like an all pro running backs,
you know.

Speaker 1 (47:50):
Hit the market.

Speaker 2 (47:50):
But but to me, it's like, you're right, get that,
get the running room, running back room healthy, and then
we can go from there. But the kicker, I understand
it is kiro San is healthy.

Speaker 1 (48:02):
Yeah, well we'll see how it goes.

Speaker 2 (48:06):
I mean, I'm not gonna. It won't happen.

Speaker 1 (48:08):
No, it won't happen. But the other I agree with you, like,
obviously it's an important game, but you know it's week one,
Like I wouldn't go too crazy in week one like this,
you know the grand scheme of things are. You know,
this is game one in the new system for a
new new like a lot of new guys, and you
can say they should have this all figured out in
training gap and listen, I'm not here to make excuses

(48:30):
for professional athletes, right, Like, obviously you get paid money.
This is your full time job. I understand all that.
I understand fans complaints. I don't want to get into
the whole this is your job to it whatever, But
there is the nuance of yesterday was the first game
of a new coaching staff and a new offense and

(48:51):
guys are still trying to figure things out. And yeah,
I think this is kind of what we talked about
it during our preseason predictions, right like we knew September
in the in the NFL is everyone is just trying
to figure things out. No one is perfect, no one
has it all figured out. Teams look bad that end
up making the playoffs. Teams look good that end up
missing the playoffs. That's just the nature of the beast.

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That's why we're so you know, addicted to the NFL
because you just don't know what you're gonna get. But
I think the biggest thing to watch, you know, we'll watch.
I think Jalen Johnson is close and I think he
probably you know, I don't know anything, but I do
think that if he continues to practice this week, we'll
likely see him against the against the Lions. Kyler Gordon,

(49:32):
I'm not sure. TJ. Edwards, I'm not sure. Those seem
like soft tissue injuries that unfortunately happen and could linger
for a little bit. Obviously, you want to nip those
in the butts pretty quickly. But I think the biggest thing,
and it's kind of cliche, A lot of high school
coaches football coaches like to tell me this, but the
biggest and the biggest thing they learn about their teams
happen from week one to week two, right, like how

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do you get back into the week preparation and what
adjustments do you make? So I guess we're gonna that
out right, Like they've got three days. I think Wednesday's
going to be a walkthrough, obviously, because they're still recovering
from Monday night, my Night's game.

Speaker 3 (50:07):
But what are you doing in the and and you
know those meetings and what are you doing in those
limited practices that you have to prepare yourself for Sunday's
game because you know Sunday is going to be a
really tough environment.

Speaker 1 (50:19):
There's gonna be a lot of emotions. Ben Johnson comes
back home to where he became, this prodigal you know this,
this this ultra you know, competitive guy, great offensive genius.
There's gonna be a lot of emotions to Sunday's games.
So how do you prepare for that? And I think
this these next two days are going to tell us
a lot about this Bears team for the whole season.

Speaker 2 (50:40):
Yeah, and I think Detroit, I mean, Green Bay handled
them pretty well. You know, Do I fear Detroit as
much as I did like a few days ago. No,
they look like, you know, you could beat them. But
then again, the Bears, I don't know, Michael, like coach said,

(51:02):
I don't know if we're capable of playing another game
the rest of the year. A long time ago. I
don't know. Gotta see more because It's like any team, right,
you could say, well, that's that opponent's coming up on
our schedule. We can beat them. We can beat them. Yeah,
but you're bad. Worry about yourself. Do your one eleven.
As the high school kids always say, do your one eleven.
Take care of yourself first, and then we'll see if

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you can match up against the Detroit Lions, the Packers,
or the Hirshey JV team. I will see they're pretty good.

Speaker 1 (51:33):
Yeah, all right, that's everything that we got for this
week's episode. Once we're getting into JV football, I don't know,
I feel I feel like that might be our time
to might be our time to close this out. But
thank you to everyone who joined us. Really, it was
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Take a deep breath, get some sleep, and we'll talk
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Speaker 2 (53:06):
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