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Alright. Lola,

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learn song number I know that

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one for you. You just give you that one. Yeah. That

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one's more in my time

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frame growing up. So that was Who is

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it? Who is it? Learn. blur.

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That's the name of the band. That is BLUR

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Song number two. Okay. So

0:49

the theme, I can give you that one. By the way, I watched

0:51

the film this morning. You did. I watched half

0:54

of it. I watched the first half.

0:57

I'm not gonna lie offensively, boy,

0:59

it's hard to watch. And

1:01

it's like everybody takes turns, screwing

1:04

up. Yeah. But my

1:07

you know, at at this point, I

1:09

would tell you, and again, I'll watch second half

1:11

later. And and and I've

1:14

I wanna preface this with the following as

1:16

well, because Like,

1:18

there are a lot of stats out there and there are a lot

1:20

of people that watch the film and everyone's welcome

1:22

to their opinion and everything. I just

1:24

I'm upfront in telling you, I

1:26

don't know exactly what's being asked

1:29

of individual players on

1:31

a any given play. So

1:33

I come in with that as my my first thought.

1:35

Like, I can't tell you exactly -- Sure.

1:37

-- what the intent is for your left tackle.

1:39

I don't know what the protection is called.

1:42

I don't know what they've told the quarterback to do

1:44

in certain things. So when I watch

1:46

it, I try keep really open mind knowing

1:48

that I don't know everything. That's like I think,

1:50

honestly, that's a great

1:52

way to tell people because that's

1:54

full disclosure. Yeah. You're telling people, listen,

1:56

there's things on this film that

1:58

I don't know exactly. And that's when

2:00

you see, you know, the we this is the the

2:03

criticism of something like pro football focus.

2:05

We I think pro football focus does

2:07

a really nice job, but how does pro football

2:10

focus know exactly what they're

2:12

trying to do. And I think it's

2:14

hard. And I think that as time goes on,

2:16

they get better at identifying what

2:18

exactly and they probably have consultants that

2:20

tell them in teams that have interaction with

2:22

them, that tell them what what the basic

2:25

intent is. But Like,

2:27

I can't sit here because and I'm not in the

2:29

meeting room. So, like, I don't know what they're

2:31

coaching certain players to do. So,

2:34

I think from me, and I won't speak anyone

2:36

else. But for me, when I do watch the film,

2:38

I try to have a really open mind about

2:40

different things. Because I I although

2:42

I played have played the sport since I was

2:44

eight years old, It doesn't mean

2:46

I know everything, a, and certainly

2:48

it doesn't mean that I know what their intent

2:50

is on each and every play. But

2:53

the things that I see is are

2:55

are all of the things that people are talking

2:58

about. Like, the past protection isn't

3:00

clean all the time. the receivers

3:02

don't create a ton of space at times.

3:05

The quarterback isn't helped out a lot.

3:07

My biggest problem with and I

3:09

thought Justin played better in this game than he did. I

3:11

thought the game against the the the Texans

3:13

was really bad on a number

3:15

of fronts. like I can highlight one play here and

3:17

one play there and go, wow, that was a good play. But

3:19

but over the course yeah. But over the course of

3:22

a sixty game you

3:24

know, a sixty play game.

3:26

I thought I thought it was better this time. I mean,

3:28

I thought that there were some things. The first play of the

3:30

game is, you know, he steps up in the pocket,

3:32

rips, you know, an eighteen yard hook

3:34

route over the middle of the field. It was great. My

3:38

biggest concern with him right now

3:41

and it's not a panic is is that,

3:44

I get it. He doesn't have a lot of help around

3:46

him. But he doesn't help himself

3:49

because he very I think

3:51

too and frequently doesn't

3:53

hit his laps. And I know people are getting tired

3:55

of hearing that term, but it's the best way I can describe

3:57

it. You're on an open break. You're on a fast

3:59

break. You're open. There's nobody you.

4:02

This isn't a contested This

4:04

isn't a mid range jumper in

4:06

traffic. this is an open

4:08

an open layup that is something that

4:11

can give you confidence. And

4:13

he doesn't do it frequently enough.

4:16

So at the end of the day, what ends up

4:18

happening is, is he makes life

4:20

harder on himself because

4:23

he's not hitting his layups. Yeah.

4:25

That's what I'll be critical of Justin

4:27

Fields for. Are there times when

4:29

he's got no time to throw? No question. Are

4:31

there times where Receivers aren't

4:33

creating space, no doubt.

4:35

There are also times where he makes life

4:37

more difficult on himself because he's

4:39

not doing the simple things well

4:41

enough. And that's what's

4:44

frustrating is because you would think that

4:46

that those things would be second nature

4:48

too. to quarterbacks. And

4:50

and, like, those are the things that

4:52

that I think that like, I give you an example,

4:54

and and this is where things get clouded

4:56

and they get convoluted. There's a player

4:58

early in the game there in the red zone. It's

5:00

a boot. Okay? So ultimately

5:03

he's gonna read the guy on the end of the line. The guy

5:05

gets to him quick play, then he's

5:07

gonna have to get rid of the ball. If he's got an

5:09

open lane, he's gonna run. The

5:11

play develops and he gets rolls to

5:13

his left, and the pressure comes to it. It's

5:15

an easy dumb. Easy dumb

5:17

to cold come at. And I will say this

5:19

and I want cold to be a great player. Coal

5:21

isn't open very often. So

5:23

you have an opportunity, a positive

5:26

play. Is it going to be the twelve

5:28

yards for the touchdown? Maybe not.

5:30

But at this point, what you're trying to do is

5:32

take any positive play and then stack

5:34

them up. And certainly, that's a this

5:36

is AAA remedial read.

5:38

Yep. And

5:40

instead of throwing the ball to Cole, commit,

5:42

he talks. And he tries to

5:44

run, and tries to beat the defender

5:46

that is coming to him, And it

5:48

ends up being a two yard loss. Do you know what

5:50

that is registered as? Asac. Correct.

5:53

So this is where when you say Justin

5:56

is the most sacked quarterback in and

5:58

there are moments where Larry Bourne

6:00

is a turnstile and

6:02

Justin has no chance. Yep. I'm not

6:04

trying there's times when Sam Mustaford

6:06

kids beat at the snap. Yeah. He's in

6:08

his lap. I'm lying. Listen. I those

6:10

are all valid things. I'm just

6:12

telling you what I wanna see for him and I think it

6:14

will be what what helps him most

6:16

is if he can just bring

6:19

all of his own expectations down,

6:21

and just say, hey, when the flats open, I'm gonna

6:23

hit it, like he's probably used to

6:25

coming from a system where he was reading high

6:27

to low. Yes. Like, when you're running a I've

6:29

said this a million times, when you're running a post

6:31

big combination with Garrett Wilson and Chris

6:33

Alave -- Mhmm. -- against the Indiana

6:35

Hugers with no disrespect meant to the

6:37

Hugers, That's a different animal than what

6:39

you're being asked to do on Sunday. So

6:42

sometimes, instead of waiting for that post

6:44

to open up four seconds down the field,

6:46

The right thing to do is to hit the running back in

6:48

the flat. That may be a four yard game,

6:50

but guess what it is. It's a positive play

6:52

that you put in your the back of your mind

6:54

and it's something that you build on. So for

6:56

me, like, I'm not gonna be you're

6:59

not gonna be overly critical of him

7:01

because he doesn't throw for two hundred fifty yards.

7:04

I'd give a rat's ass about his yardage

7:06

total. Sure. I wanna see him

7:08

first and foremost do

7:10

the little things well because Jeff,

7:12

I think it's something he can build

7:14

on. And and it's just like

7:17

The moments don't happen frequently

7:20

enough to to, you know, we all need. I'm

7:22

fifty five years old. We need positive

7:24

reinforcement. And when you're

7:26

not getting it, even when

7:28

it's under your control, then then

7:30

it can start to spiral. So that was just

7:32

one of the plays. Like, there are other plays

7:34

where He's got no chance. I

7:36

got it. The other thing he's just you know,

7:38

here's another I said to you, we were upstairs

7:40

talking. Look, separate I

7:42

and I know the stat is his receivers

7:44

are, what, fifth or sixth than separate separation.

7:47

That's a BS stat a lot of a lot

7:49

of ways. Like, a great receiver. Like,

7:51

Justin Jefferson may have a ton of separation.

7:53

But that doesn't mean you can't throw it to Adam's

7:56

feeling who doesn't have as much separation.

7:58

Yeah. Like and and at this point,

8:00

even if you know you're not getting much separation,

8:03

still throw the ball.

8:05

Throw it to me. I don't have any separation

8:07

because I'm really not I can't get past

8:09

people. then it's up to me to

8:11

make to catch, trust me to make to catch.

8:13

If I don't make to catch, that's on me.

8:16

That's not on that's not on him. another

8:18

example of a play I mentioned it yesterday, why is you

8:20

know, like, people you you can't make any

8:22

progress. Of course, he can't. And I'll give you the

8:24

example again a day where they ended the

8:26

the play ended up being a negative play, but Justin

8:28

made great progress on it. It was the back

8:30

shoulder throw to Petas -- Mhmm. -- steps up in

8:32

the pocket, rips it, perfect throw.

8:34

tough throw because it's a

8:37

contested throw. A throw that's a

8:39

tough catch for a receiver, but

8:40

Perez has got to make the

8:41

catch. What did Perez do he drop the ball?

8:44

The end of the day, it's a negative play. You're gonna

8:46

tell me that's not progress for Justin.

8:48

That's tremendous progress for him. And the

8:50

truth is, I know that Justin Fields is capable

8:52

of the spectacular. Yeah. Is it physically

8:54

what we've seen from a minute times, the best

8:56

plays look amazing. Yeah. The truth

8:58

is, and I also believe he's

9:00

smart enough from everything I've heard from him

9:03

that he, you know, he'll crush the tape.

9:05

He'll do the work. He

9:07

just needs to listen to the coaches. I and I

9:09

believe Luc Etsy is doing this. He and

9:11

to your point, take the easy throws

9:13

because even if it's you know what? If you make it

9:15

second and four versus first in tactics. You

9:17

know, they're they're helping your offensive line

9:19

that's not equipped to hold people out. What

9:21

are you making? And and the entire

9:23

playbook is open, yeah, to

9:25

look Etsy, on a second and

9:27

five, second and six, whereas

9:29

every time you if it's second and ten

9:31

or second and nine -- Yeah. --

9:32

all of a sudden, it becomes much more

9:35

difficult on the play caller. And then

9:37

you again, it compounds itself.

9:39

So so this is again, like, just to

9:41

kinda summarize, look, when I see it, it

9:43

ain't pretty. It's not. Luke Gatson

9:45

also called thirty plus Pass Place. So

9:47

for people that are screaming that, like, an

9:49

iPhone one that I want them to be more

9:51

aggressive, but in the context of how you're

9:53

approaching situations. Thirteen two

9:55

from the four yard line, if you're gonna

9:57

run it, I hope you're going forward on

9:59

fourth. fourth and two at the end of the

10:01

game for a kid, you know what, you gave him

10:03

a chance to make a play instead of going into

10:05

a shell and punting it. half time against to

10:08

Houston, Texas. Let's try to get something before the

10:10

half. Let's put to get out there and play with some

10:12

pace. Those are the things

10:14

that that I want them to be aggressive

10:16

with. Lukets he called thirty plus

10:18

pass plays. Like, I think he threw it twenty two

10:20

times. He was sacked six times and,

10:22

like, there were six or seven runs. So, I mean, there

10:24

were plenty of pass plays that or

10:26

called out there. It's disjointed.

10:28

It's not an overly talented

10:30

group. The quarterback isn't doing the

10:32

little things as well as he needs to

10:34

to take pressure off of him. At the end of the

10:36

day, do you know what the the conclusion is?

10:39

This is a rebuilding season.

10:41

So keep your expectation levels for the quarterback

10:43

and their overall productivity

10:46

at a reasonable spot. That's the voice of

10:48

former Bares why receiver Tom Law I'm

10:50

Jeff Mather in for Silvi today who's off for the

10:52

holiday. This is Waddle and Silvi. Special

10:54

early edition of Waddle and Silvi as we

10:56

have the final White Sox game coming

10:58

your way at two thirty today. Along

11:00

with an extended postgame show, Connor

11:02

McKnight will give you a breakdown

11:04

of the entire White Sox season for two

11:06

hours after the game is over up until eight o'clock

11:09

today. So stay tuned for that as

11:11

the White Sox conclude a disappointing

11:13

season. but up till then you've got yourself a bonus addition

11:15

of Waddle and Silly. Justin

11:17

Fields just met the media a little while

11:19

ago. To your point, him

11:20

tucking and running. He talked about some when

11:23

he decides to tuck and run some of those

11:25

situations. For the most part, I mean,

11:27

sometimes, you know, you're gonna have you know,

11:29

guys open. Sometimes, you know, you're not

11:31

gonna make the, you know, perfect decision every

11:33

time. And, you know, you just gotta

11:35

live by that and just move on to the next

11:37

foot. I think so successful

11:39

scrambling. Does that affect your

11:41

decision making at all in in I

11:43

try not to make it too. Yeah.

11:45

Yeah. So with the marines and, you know, if I

11:47

need to get out of the potty to get out of the potty. Is that

11:49

hard with human nature? No. I think, you know,

11:51

if you are running at a pretty good clip to to

11:53

not pull it down there. I mean,

11:55

not not really. I think every play is different.

11:58

So, you know, just

11:59

evaluating each play, you know,

12:02

if it's a a

12:03

certain play and, you know, guys

12:06

aren't there, of course, and I'm gonna have to get out of the buckets. So

12:08

yeah. He

12:09

doesn't wanna be there, doesn't? No. No. He doesn't.

12:11

But, you know what? That I thought was interesting, though, because

12:13

I don't think you said it on the air, but we're talking upstairs

12:15

before the show. There's a play where you

12:17

pointed out, Equiname's Saint Brown. The

12:19

second play of the game. Was running a little

12:21

pocket. And, like, look,

12:23

you you know, he decided to run

12:25

instead of stepping up and throwing the

12:27

ball and it was a twelve yard in route. And,

12:30

like, these are all things he's gonna learn.

12:32

Like, it's not hopeless, but these are

12:34

the moments where a

12:36

running quarterback who be little gun shy because

12:38

he is getting hit quite a bit,

12:40

just trust it. If you see it, it's

12:42

open, throw it. And and he's

12:44

probably, you know, making sure he

12:46

doesn't wanna make the big mistake. I would be

12:48

trying to coach him this way if it was

12:50

me. Dude, throw it. Yeah. If

12:52

it's intercepted, who gives a

12:54

ride like that. We'll live with it. And

12:56

if it's the right read, if it's the right

12:58

read, and you're

13:00

at least going to give your guy

13:03

an opportunity to make a play. And

13:05

while you don't think it's open, there's

13:07

a chance that in the NFL some of these

13:09

things are open. A lot of balls that you throw

13:11

to different receivers, even if it's Jeff Justin.

13:13

Jeff first said, you know, your the

13:15

quarterback learns just to trust his receiver

13:17

to make a play for him. And guess what if the receiver

13:19

doesn't make the play, you get back in the huddle. We'll do it

13:21

again. Yes. you know, just like

13:23

it's not a kind of a stop truck by

13:25

actually going through the the positive

13:27

reinforcement. So you said, you throw it up, and you have

13:29

Equinor, St. Brown, who's got a pretty

13:31

probably got the biggest catch radius to your team

13:33

at least until, by the

13:35

way, a piece of news for the folks out there. And

13:37

Keel Harry is The twenty one day window

13:39

for him to return from injury reserve is now

13:41

open, so he's gonna go through individual

13:43

drills Matt Iberflus told the media that

13:45

earlier today, Cody Whitehair is

13:47

going and short term injured reserve,

13:49

which we all knew was going to be the

13:51

case he's gonna miss at least four games.

13:53

Now again, like, listen. Listen to what I'm

13:55

saying. I'm not telling you that every

13:57

team in our division has a better

13:59

receiving court, even the Green Bay

14:01

packers, all of them. Yep. they're

14:03

receiving cores are all better than ours. There's

14:05

no doubt about it. But you

14:07

still have to try and make the

14:09

throws when they

14:11

they you know, present themselves. I will say,

14:13

you know what? But again, I thought

14:15

he played much I thought he I mean, the bar is

14:17

really low. I mean, I thought there was improvement certainly. I

14:20

thought the Texas game was really rough. I'm much more

14:22

excited about the news of Emkiel Harry

14:24

potentially returning -- Yeah. -- than I ever thought

14:26

I would be when they first brought him in

14:28

because the truth was as a reclamation

14:30

project, I wasn't overly

14:32

excited about it. But what he showed in the

14:34

preseason, I became a little bit Oh,

14:36

this is a big body -- Yeah. -- who's who's

14:38

got the pedigree. Yeah. And maybe you can actually

14:40

unearth something, especially when you look at

14:42

what the what Justin Fields currently has

14:44

at his disposal. And I think size is an

14:46

important issue here. No pun intended

14:49

because when you were worried about a lack of

14:51

separation, if I got a guy like in

14:53

Kil Harry or a guy like Eco Minnie is

14:55

Saint Brown, you know, while I

14:57

may desire more separation.

14:59

Yeah. I know that those guys

15:01

both have a physical advantage

15:03

usually height and arm length and everything over

15:05

the corner back that's playing that. To summarize,

15:08

Tom Wadel says size matters. Let's try

15:10

Chase on the south side Chase. What's going on

15:12

my man? Hey. What's

15:14

happening, Philip? Are you guys doing? Change the

15:16

top. Well, I don't know what's

15:18

happening, my man. Oh, you know, it's just another

15:20

beautiful day in Chicago. Oh,

15:22

yes, sir. Hey. Well, I

15:24

gotta ask you a question. So you remember when

15:26

he was talking about the who's

15:28

responsible when you

15:29

find no further, I would say you can

15:31

put in regards of McCasky

15:34

and Ted for not getting rid of the old regime.

15:36

Remember you said why this was the reason

15:38

why you said they shouldn't have got rid of

15:40

everybody beginning

15:40

-- Yeah. -- because this is the this way it's all

15:43

started. Well, And I want to

15:45

ask you something a while ago. That's a

15:47

fair statement because you are one hundred

15:49

percent correct. If in fact, you were going to

15:51

put those guys on the clock. There's

15:54

no reason you should have given them the opportunity

15:56

to draft another quarterback and develop

15:58

that quarterback because both the

15:59

GM and the coach failed to do that

16:02

job well with the guy before.

16:04

Right. And so, like, my question to

16:06

you is, and I need you to pay it.

16:08

Do you think that if Now I'm

16:10

not saying that pay. Of course, we all re pay

16:12

shit in the overseas should've been gone.

16:14

But do you think that if they had let's

16:16

say they did keep paying? And

16:19

in May, okay, Nagy's all, but let's say new keypad.

16:21

Do you think that sales

16:24

development may be a little better

16:26

now because the fact they try my

16:28

pace probably would have prioritized building

16:30

around him knowing that this is the guy and

16:32

that maybe he probably would have trained it for

16:34

those receivers like meck let's say you made

16:36

a trade for a robotic Adam or somebody

16:38

like AJ Brown, you think possibly

16:40

because this was because pace is known to be traded.

16:43

Takes away. Do you think that

16:45

the development of seals will be a lot

16:47

further along right now than it is with

16:49

this new regime knowing that this is not

16:51

their guide and that they not

16:53

I mean No. I think it's

16:56

a I think it's a valid point that if the previous

16:58

regime was still in place, obviously,

17:00

they were going to run things differently

17:03

because they weren't in rebuild mode. At that

17:05

point, they it's they're under pressure to

17:07

build. The seat was hot. Yeah. And they

17:09

knew it. Yeah. So, I mean, would

17:11

Ryan Pace have done things like, you

17:13

know, but would he have mortgaged the

17:15

future for the here and the now to put

17:17

more around Justin Fields? I

17:19

think you make the assumption that that would be the case.

17:21

Whether or not that would advance his

17:23

development is -- Yeah. -- you know, he's

17:25

under that stone question mark. But, you know, is

17:27

Matt Nagy's offensive or

17:29

your your offensive coordinator slash head

17:31

coach in that situation. I you

17:33

know, very likely, I would hope they wouldn't

17:35

have gone forward. Like,

17:37

my watching a universe that's not happening. Yeah. And watching the

17:39

film to me kinda leaves me in the same spot.

17:41

Like, I'm not I'm not

17:44

in tensely angry about really anything

17:46

because I'm I'm

17:48

exercising patience. I have a

17:50

low bar. I just wanna see

17:52

development. And if I see the quarterback

17:54

start to do the little things better, which makes

17:56

life easier on him, that to me

17:58

is step one in his growth.

18:00

Let's try Mark, who's down in the big d in Texas.

18:02

Mark, what's going on, man? Hey.

18:04

How you doing? Hey, guys. Good.

18:07

Good. Alright.

18:08

Well, I so as far as

18:10

yes. I'm not trying to get the office recording in the

18:12

moment. Put the office recording in for a second.

18:15

What I suggest for them to

18:17

do, I might see Justin Fields

18:19

play from behind Center for a little

18:21

bit on Sunday and then trying to get the out

18:23

to Monique just for to get him into a

18:25

rhythm. And I like what you said a a it'll

18:27

be a few minutes ago and trying

18:30

to build a rhythm rhythm,

18:32

where you get the ball and do

18:34

some easy passes, where the receivers

18:36

are open, and where he can

18:38

he can do that. and then and try

18:40

to because shouldn't Montgomery be

18:43

available this this week? because I know he was out

18:45

of Best of Science and run the barn and

18:48

have a ball ball control offense

18:51

and

18:51

control the ball against the vikings? Well,

18:53

I don't know I don't know what Montgomery status

18:56

is going to be. Listen,

18:59

I think that from a play calling standpoint, I

19:01

thought you saw a great balance this weekend.

19:03

I I think, again, I think

19:05

they called better than thirty plays.

19:08

again, like, there were a couple of there are couple of boots, like

19:10

anyone who's thinking, they're not getting him out of the no.

19:12

They're trying they're getting him on the edge. I mean, teams

19:14

are defending it, but they're getting him on the

19:17

edge. And and I gave you the one instance. There was

19:19

another instance where he air mailed

19:21

the the ball over over Herbert's

19:23

head in in another kind of

19:25

boot flat route. It's the reason why his

19:27

completion percentage is fifty one

19:29

percent -- Yeah. -- because he's missing those.

19:31

Like, I'm with you. I would

19:33

I would call some hits. I would call

19:35

some slants. And, you know, when your outside guys

19:38

slanting, obviously, your inside guys go

19:40

into the flat. I mean, at the

19:42

very least throw it to the flats, two yard game, but it's

19:44

at least it's a positive play. We

19:46

were on the air when Mehdi Hossemer met the

19:48

media. I haven't seen any

19:50

news about David Montgomery. I don't know

19:52

if it was addressed with Matt Iber flu. So

19:54

I would be surprised though I mean, I

19:56

would not be surprised if he misses another

19:58

week or two with the injury that we sub. think they're confident

20:00

too. Like, listen, I think, overall, I've

20:03

said it and I'll stand by. I think David

20:06

Montgomery's a better running back. I

20:08

think Khalil Herbert is is very adequate for

20:10

for what they're asking him to do. So I don't think

20:12

it's a huge step down. Yeah. And I

20:14

think that they are comfortable with him

20:17

carrying the heavy load as well while

20:19

David's out. The biggest issue is not so much for

20:21

me when Herbert's in the game. It's

20:23

when Herbert who usually who

20:25

usually gives Montgomery a breather, when he's not in the game,

20:27

that's where you actually suffer the most. The one

20:29

thing that he struggles with, and I don't know I

20:31

don't have to go back and look. If

20:33

if Montgomery's better at it, Herbert is

20:35

not very good in blitz yes. Yes.

20:37

He's not very good in in

20:40

Bass Pro. to help out his

20:42

quarterback in blitzing situations, and you can bet

20:44

your sweep behind. That teams

20:46

will look at what's, you

20:48

know, wink Martindale did as

20:50

the defensive coordinator for the giants, and they're

20:52

trying to heat him up, and they're gonna try

20:54

and make Justin make really quick

20:56

decisions. Yep. So you gotta put the game

20:58

plan together as well with that in

21:00

mind knowing that teams, you know, that's

21:02

out there. There's film out there. That's

21:04

what they're going to try to do. He's

21:06

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21:08

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22:11

Fertility who as the day off

22:13

because of the Jewish holiday. Connor has,

22:15

what, a two hour recap of the season after

22:17

the game. I believe it's been rough. We're I

22:19

think we're assuming it's be gonna be

22:21

around two hours, right, because they're gonna go up until

22:23

eight o'clock. So, right, is that the plan

22:25

Tyler? Am I correct? That is correct. Yeah. So whenever

22:27

eight o'clock, yeah, I had a a torturous

22:29

recap of what was a very

22:31

disappointing season brought to you by Connor

22:33

McNeill who's done a fabulous job all

22:35

season long. What? No. I

22:37

think My writer, am I wrong? I think you've hit

22:39

it on the note. You're a White Sox fan. You

22:41

can't be excited about what transpired

22:43

this season. This has gotta be one of the more

22:45

frustrating years in your baseball watching life. And

22:47

you know it's funny because

22:49

when Miguel Cairo took over

22:51

for Tony LaRusa because he left due

22:53

to the health issues that have

22:55

plagued him you know, I thought we

22:57

saw a little bit of evidence

22:59

that had they actually had

23:01

the foresight or had

23:04

Jerry Reinsdorf embraced the idea

23:06

of making a change at the

23:08

managerial position, at the all star

23:10

break, the point that the

23:12

the time timeline that I pointed to and said, you know what,

23:14

this is your perfect opportunity. You've got

23:16

a ready made replacement. You've got an

23:18

asskicker in the booth. Yeah. In

23:20

Azigian, who you know will go in. And if nothing

23:22

else put a charge into those players,

23:24

it the bump that

23:26

they saw under Miguel Cairo I

23:28

think sure had ASEAN come in. I wish they

23:30

would have done it then. I don't think ASEAN's

23:33

the the best I

23:35

don't think he'd be the best name to make

23:38

a move and change now. I don't think

23:40

he'd be the best replacement for Tony LaRosa. I

23:42

think I I think it was a it was a great

23:44

suggestion at the time. I'm not so

23:46

sure based on watching this

23:48

team. How they were

23:50

constructed and how they went about playing the

23:52

game even with a kick in the rear end. I'm

23:54

not so sure that that bump would lasted

23:57

enough to get you into the post season. It

23:59

may have seen you may have seen an uptick the

24:01

way you did for a short period

24:03

of time. and then that team went back to

24:05

being who that team is going to be. They did, but

24:07

let's the truth is too, that the

24:09

guardians, you know, put that nail in their

24:11

coffin and that's it. Like the last

24:13

ten days, Listen, they're still

24:15

they they were still a five hundred team. They've

24:17

vacillated between two over and, you're

24:19

right, three over and wonder. You're right.

24:21

Watch. But I think there were plenty of opportunities where if

24:23

they had somebody in the dugout who

24:26

who put, you know, set a fire under their

24:28

ass, things could have been different. and we'll never

24:30

know because it played out the way it did.

24:32

Yeah. And now we'll see who

24:34

Rickahn and the White Sox choose to be the next

24:36

manager of the White Sox, you know, whether

24:38

or not it I don't like, as he has, you know, said he'd

24:40

be open to the idea. Well, he says he's the

24:42

perfect guy for the job. Right? Because he knows he's

24:45

more than anything else. because he said he's the

24:47

perfect guy though, he's kind of not that way.

24:49

He straddled me. I think he he

24:51

straddled me. He said it without saying it. He says no

24:53

one knows the white socks better than

24:55

-- Yeah. But I I don't think I think point is that maybe they

24:57

want a different Well, well, I

24:59

didn't say yesterday that they were gonna they're

25:01

they're looking for someone that was

25:03

in you know, in the the dugout

25:05

within yeah. Recently. Yeah. Yeah. So that was a

25:07

way of saying that I would think that that would also eliminate

25:09

A. J. Piersinski too, wouldn't

25:11

it on what he said. That's the that's part of

25:13

the what they're looking for, the the

25:16

actual, you know, what they want, the credentials

25:18

from their ex manager. Then,

25:20

yes. that would be that would be the case. Let's try

25:22

Greg, who's in Griffith, Indiana wants to talk

25:24

some bears that we've been breaking down all

25:26

day today. What's up, Greg? Gentlemen.

25:29

How are you doing today? We're

25:31

doing well.

25:32

Okay. Alright. You

25:34

know, we got to look at the bear

25:37

situation, the way that they're looking at it. I

25:39

honestly think they don't care

25:41

about the record. That's not

25:43

what they're trying to do. We gotta go

25:45

back to what paste it.

25:48

he sold the future of this

25:50

team to try to

25:52

steal a championship now.

25:55

He had the defense. he thought he had a good

25:58

quarterback. He thought he had some good position

25:59

players that he could

26:02

win enough to go to the

26:04

championship. He didn't understand.

26:06

He's got Aaron Rogers in his

26:08

division. And we're not going to win

26:11

with what we have with guys like Aaron

26:13

Rogers in our division.

26:15

Now, we bring in polls and

26:17

I gotta give it to the guy. he's

26:19

doing it right way. He's not selling our

26:22

future. He understands

26:24

you have to build a team

26:26

through the draft. ask you have

26:28

to

26:28

be a good management

26:32

person to

26:32

do this. And either flu

26:34

is a good motivational coach.

26:38

He's got a bunch of young kids. We

26:40

have a fifty three man roster

26:42

with thirty three guys who have never been on

26:44

his team. and a a

26:46

third of those guys never been

26:48

on a professional field. Okay?

26:51

Justin Fields was excellent and the

26:53

shallow end as a pivot. But now he's in the deep the

26:55

pole and he has no experience

26:57

and no one around him with

26:59

the experience on how to swim

27:01

in the deep end of the pool. The

27:03

guy's running scared.

27:04

Okay? He's worried he's gonna get

27:07

hurt because he has Oh, okay. Hold on, Greg.

27:09

Let's let's Greg. Greg. Greg. he's not afraid he's

27:11

gonna get hurt. I I reject that notion.

27:13

Otherwise, he wouldn't talk and run as frequently as

27:15

he does. Yeah. He like, like, that's I'm sorry. Like,

27:17

you know, I will I will say this

27:19

though about about what Greg said is like,

27:21

listen, I I follow along with what he is

27:23

saying and and it's it's been kind of

27:25

what my mantra has been

27:27

is that lower your expectations,

27:29

complete rebuilt. I know there are

27:31

people that are apoplectic about the

27:33

fact that they didn't go out and

27:35

spend a month a bunch of money on

27:38

offensive linemen and didn't use picks on

27:40

and free agent money on wide receivers.

27:42

They've chosen to take the other route.

27:44

Yep. Now we'll find out whether or not this is the

27:46

right route or not. I

27:49

would preach patience with

27:51

all of it. Listen, I think

27:53

the form the form that

27:56

we're in obviously doesn't lend

27:58

itself to saying, hey,

27:59

four games into the season there, two

28:02

and two, part of it is

28:02

reactionary. What we do here? I understand that

28:05

Justin Fields has not looked like

28:07

he's like the pro like and listen, it's not

28:09

gonna be progress. It's not always linear.

28:11

when it comes to quarterback playing the NFL. True.

28:13

I understand that. I think most people who watch

28:15

the NFL do understand that.

28:18

But I think

28:18

the truth is too, four

28:20

games in, has anything jumped off the page

28:22

at you? Or I jumped off the field at you where you're

28:24

like, oh, what I what is -- what I've seen from

28:26

what shelves is construct What

28:29

jumped off the page at you is that

28:31

offensively, they have set some historic

28:33

lows in recent football history. Yeah.

28:35

That's what has jumped off the

28:37

page at people. it's what's on the front of

28:39

everyone's brain. And I get it.

28:42

And like I said, there's people

28:44

screaming out loud that, you know, they're ruining

28:46

Justin Fields. This is what

28:48

I would say to the people screaming.

28:50

When he starts improving on

28:52

the easy things, his life is

28:54

going to become it'll be better.

28:56

Sure. But we I mean, from his for his

28:58

own development, he's

29:00

gotta start hitting his layups and

29:02

starts being better at the easy

29:04

stuff. And when that happens, I think you'll see

29:06

him build some confidence. He'll play with

29:08

a little bit more of a swagger and things

29:11

will be things will calm

29:13

down and slow down for him. Let's try

29:15

Barry, who's in the southern berbs.

29:17

Barry, what's going on here on ESPN one

29:19

thousand? Hey, good afternoon, gentlemen. How are you? Good.

29:21

So a couple of things

29:22

that I wanna point out, man, is is

29:25

that I saw something the other day that

29:27

says that Justin Fields

29:29

is probably under pressure more than any

29:31

other quarterback in the NFL. And

29:33

his receivers get less

29:35

separation in most quarterbacks. Right?

29:37

So what I wanna do is I wanna use a

29:39

game that was played a couple of weeks ago as

29:41

an example of how they can affect you. Go

29:43

back and look at Green Bay versus

29:46

Tampa Bay. Right? We had two of the greats. We

29:48

got Tom Brady and Aaron

29:50

Rogers. The scoring that game was

29:52

fourteen to twelve. And the reason that

29:54

was is because the quarterback's one

29:56

depression. They were missing easy throws, and

29:58

they didn't have anybody to throw through

29:59

the throw through. So now you look

30:02

at

30:02

Tom Brady when he lost the Kansas

30:04

City, he had his receiving quarterback

30:06

and everything else, a completely different

30:09

person. I'm trusting this regime, and this

30:11

was the first time that I said this about the

30:13

bears organization. in a

30:15

long time. He's not wasting money.

30:17

He's not trying to get us one hit, one, there's

30:19

to get us all excited. You know, we

30:21

got to name whether it's Mac or cutler or

30:23

whatever the case might be. but we can't win

30:25

anything. This guy is going to

30:27

make us great. These two guys,

30:29

if you give them about three years and not run

30:31

them out of town, that's all I wanna say, have

30:33

a great day. You too. Thank you,

30:35

Barry. I would

30:35

just be careful with and just like I

30:38

said, as I as I

30:40

introduced my thoughts on what

30:42

I saw, when I watch film and

30:44

I have a completely open mind or try

30:46

to. There are stats out

30:48

there that will tell -- Mhmm. --

30:50

completely opposite stories. Barry

30:52

gave you the ones that basically

30:54

tell you that Justin Fields has no

30:56

time and no help. There are others

30:58

out there that Hembo gave on Greeny's

31:00

show. And I think Courtney Cronin has done great work, and

31:02

she's got a fantastic article on ESPN dot

31:04

com right now, kind of explaining some

31:06

of the stuff. The numbers that

31:09

ESPN produces will tell you the

31:11

opposite story. Like, it's

31:13

really unbelievable how

31:16

different. Yes. The presentation is

31:18

using the different numbers. So I

31:20

gave you the example of

31:22

the there's a play in the first half.

31:24

he gets sacked six times and you say, oh my

31:27

god, no one can live in an environment where he

31:29

gets sacked six times. He's

31:31

been sacked sixteen times this

31:33

I would tell you to go back and look at and

31:35

and and make the determination. How

31:37

many of those sacks are the responsibility

31:40

of we admit? admit And

31:42

a a below average offensive

31:45

line, and how many of those acts are a direct

31:47

result of the quarterback not having good

31:49

feel in the pocket? And the example I gave you

31:51

is early in the red zone when they

31:53

called a boot. And Cole Comette comes

31:55

wide open and instead of dumping the

31:57

ball to Cole Comette for a positive play,

31:59

Justin tucked and runs gets

32:01

tackled for a two yard loss. That goes down

32:03

as a sack on the stat

32:05

sheet. And there's no way

32:07

that that SAC is going to be placed

32:09

on the offensive line. That SAC is

32:11

a direct result of the quarterback

32:13

making a bad decision.

32:15

And when those plays go away, that's what

32:17

I'm saying to you the real growth will

32:19

take place. When he decides, look,

32:22

I don't have to make this play all by

32:24

myself. What I'm going to do is

32:26

trust my eyes that by the way, see a wide

32:28

open receiver five yards in front

32:30

of me, and I'm gonna give him the ball. That to

32:32

me is going to be the sign where you

32:34

say, okay, progress is about to take place. Yeah.

32:36

We had so much going on yesterday. I think so we

32:38

wanted to play this. We never did.

32:40

since you just brought it up right now, some of the people were defending,

32:42

you know, Justin Fields. I think this

32:44

was Dan Orlowski yesterday and get up. I know

32:46

they played it on Captain Jay

32:48

Hood yesterday morning. I know Sylvia wanted to

32:50

play yesterday. We never got around to it. So I'll play it

32:52

right now. Dana Olavsky breaking down Justin Fields

32:55

in the bears this season. I

32:57

told bears fans this all summer long. Don't talk

32:59

to me about Justin Fields development.

33:01

You've

33:01

got a fifth round pick starting to get left

33:03

tackle. He might become a really good but

33:05

that is not ideal. Yeah. He has literally one of the

33:07

worst past talking of offensive lines in

33:09

the last decade of the

33:10

NFL. Yeah. I said this, your number

33:13

one receiver It's really a number three.

33:15

Arnold Moni is a good player. He's going to

33:17

continue to be He's not a number one.

33:19

Yeah. So his number two

33:21

receiver is really like a five. His

33:23

starting time in quote commit

33:25

looks

33:25

like a task. Right now, he

33:27

looks like it is happening. No. No. No. No. No.

33:30

No. No. No. No. No.

33:32

So to talk me about, can we

33:34

evaluate Justin Fields as one of the dumbest

33:36

questions in football? And bears fans

33:38

wanted to tell us, RB, how

33:40

dumb we were? No, we're

33:42

not. Your offensive isn't good enough to evaluate a young quarterback.

33:44

Justin feels, this is the one thing you

33:46

have to do. Hang the heck in there.

33:48

If you want, hang in there

33:50

and don't allow what's happening in

33:53

Chicago to ruin what your

33:55

career can potentially be

33:57

in the future. That's the only thing. it

33:59

there for the moment.

33:59

There's not a word you just said that I disagree

34:02

with. Quarterback's protecting Quarterback. And

34:04

listen, Dan makes good points about certain things,

34:06

but what he also did was complete actually

34:08

absolved a quarterback for for from

34:11

any responsibility for any mistake

34:13

that may happen on the on

34:15

the field offensive. And that to me is putting your head in the sand. And

34:17

I'll tell you, can I again, I just gave you an

34:20

example. You could scream as loud as you want and

34:22

tell me that the bears haven't put enough

34:24

around him. when the quarterback

34:26

boots left and decides

34:28

to make the decision that Justin made

34:30

instead of throwing the ball to Cole Command, who

34:32

I said to you earlier, isn't open

34:34

very often. that's a Justin Fields decision making

34:36

problem. And until he

34:38

listen, you can develop better.

34:42

mechanics. You can develop better decision making.

34:45

That's an example. What I just laid

34:47

out to you has nothing to

34:49

do with the effectiveness of

34:51

your offensive line. Gold

34:54

commence finally open. You've got

34:56

time. Play design is good.

34:58

You is the quarterback didn't execute it properly,

35:00

and it's not a felony to point

35:02

that out. It's just not. And I you

35:04

know what?

35:06

I'll throw this at Dan Orlowski. Time waits for no man. The truth is

35:08

that you give me the long list of quarterbacks

35:10

who have gone on and had

35:13

successful careers after it failed for them in their

35:15

first go wherever whatever team you wanna pick. Give

35:17

me that long list. It's

35:20

very short. You know what? This side and we can also quibble about

35:22

someone like Ryan Tanahill who's actually

35:24

done that and had

35:26

a successful second half of his

35:28

career at a different location. And

35:30

even that isn't necessarily where you want

35:32

it to be if you're talking about

35:34

first round quarterbacks, you know, and going on and succeeding. The

35:36

truth is, they're fine. Hang in. I

35:38

I dinner last week. Justin

35:40

Fields can hang in and try

35:42

and just ride it out until

35:44

next year. But by the

35:46

way, Mehdi Ruffluz, Luke Etsy,

35:48

Ryan Poles, they're assessing what they're

35:50

seeing right now. And to your point, to

35:52

be better. Yes. Hopefully,

35:54

next season, they'll surround him with more

35:56

talent. But the truth is, if they

35:58

don't like what they if if they don't

36:00

like the conclusion they come to with him, they can pivot. They may based on the

36:02

record and they're whether at this season or whether drafting

36:04

next year, they may say, you know

36:08

what? This is a Josh Rosen situation. Give me the next

36:10

calendar, Murray, the day. Right? Yeah. Listen, my

36:12

guess is Dan is yelling at all the people that

36:14

were yelling at him when the season began because

36:17

Dan is gonna be a bottom team in the league. They

36:19

don't have enough talent. They're gonna struggle. And then

36:22

everyone screamed they were defending their bears. This

36:24

team's gonna be better than you think

36:26

they are. how in the world can

36:28

you tell us that they're the thirty second ranked team? That's where I think that that

36:30

that conflict begins. I just

36:33

don't subscribe to the theory. This is the NFL. This

36:36

isn't high school. I

36:38

don't subscribe to the theory that the

36:40

quarterback can't be held

36:42

accountable for doing

36:44

his job, especially the little

36:46

things doing them the right

36:48

way. And I do believe And

36:51

I gave you an example of a play that ended up being a

36:53

negative play with Dante Perez dropping the ball. That's growth

36:55

from the quarterback. You

36:57

can make growth and

37:00

make progress in a less than perfect situation.

37:02

And that's why the expectation level for all

37:04

of us is so low -- Yep. -- because we

37:06

know he's not in a good situation. but

37:09

his life will be easier. He can make life

37:12

easier for himself when

37:14

he starts to do little

37:16

things better. That's the voice of former Beres why receiver, Tom Waddle. I'm Jeff

37:18

Miller in for Silly today as

37:20

we're on early because the White Sox

37:22

Baseball is coming your way the final game of

37:24

the season. at two

37:26

thirty. Up next, have

37:27

you ever gotten

37:28

in trouble in school for a

37:30

silly reason? Yeah. My son did.

37:32

I'll show you what it was next. Chicago's

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38:01

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38:03

Waddo and Silvi

38:06

as we're on early because of White Sox Baseball, the final

38:08

game of the season game one sixty two.

38:10

Between the twins and White Sox

38:14

at guaranteed right field. Of course, we will have an extended post game show

38:16

for you wrapping up the season as well.

38:18

Connor McNights will be your driver for

38:20

that one. And of course, we

38:22

have White Sox and Twins coming your way

38:24

at three you'll call it three zero. What's the

38:26

307 for especially ten? I think so.

38:28

I I hope Connor has

38:30

a nice vacation plan for himself. I Go away

38:32

for a week or ten days and

38:34

get away from it. I would bet he does,

38:36

especially with

38:38

brand new baby on the way here very soon for him

38:40

in the winter months. So maybe he will

38:43

get away for a little bit. I

38:46

mentioned though a baby there. I have myself, twins,

38:48

boy and a girl, and

38:50

my son Alex Swaddle. Yeah?

38:54

He got

38:56

in trouble the other day

38:58

at his junior high. So is

39:00

he in seventh grade? He's in seventh grade?

39:03

first year junior high for him. He's not a troublemaker.

39:05

He's not by nature. He is not. He's usually

39:07

on the soccer field or somewhere else doing

39:10

something athletic on the ski

39:12

slopes? Absolutely. You are. It's a

39:14

good good background for the listeners

39:16

out there to know that. He came

39:18

home the other day. And

39:20

as he walked into the door,

39:22

my wife said to him,

39:24

Alex, I need to talk to you.

39:26

Uh-oh.

39:26

and And

39:27

it was at

39:29

least based on her telling of it to me, it was just a a very hey, Alex, I need to

39:31

talk to you. Maybe the way I said it there initially,

39:33

it was sounded a little more stern than it actually was.

39:35

She said, hey, Alex, I need to

39:37

talk to you. he walks into the

39:39

kitchen with a look on his face

39:41

like he's seen a

39:42

ghost and he says to

39:44

her and he says to her Did

39:46

mister Alvarez call you? Oh, boy. He

39:48

just you he came it up. He

39:50

came it up. Without even knowing Wow.

39:54

Wow. and he's gonna talk to him. He well, listen. You know what? Get

39:56

out until the final moment. That's because

39:58

he's naive and has never been in a situation before

40:00

where this has been a that's been

40:04

a problem. And so he immediately gives it up. And

40:06

no, mister Alvarez had not called

40:08

Michelle. And Michelle, my wife

40:10

said, my wife said no.

40:12

why.

40:13

And he kind of stuttered

40:14

and stammered and kind of mumbled underneath

40:16

his breath. Any tears? No

40:18

tears. Okay. And and here's He

40:22

said, I she said, why? What happened? And he said, I

40:24

had to go down to mister Alvarez's office

40:27

today. And I don't know

40:30

why. So what you know how when your kid I don't know why. You know that knew

40:32

exactly why. Yeah. Not sure why I

40:34

had to go to the teacher's office, but I

40:36

went down to the teacher's office. So

40:40

he says he gives it up and he says, I

40:42

got in trouble in school for

40:47

things I searched on YouTube. Uh-oh.

40:50

This generation, I'm sure Tyler is

40:52

on YouTube, Tyler and Charlie. In in

40:54

school, if anything and this is

40:56

the thing. My son knows they all actually, anyone in the junior

40:58

high, they're well aware

41:00

that their

41:02

searches Maybe they should listen

41:04

to Mark Sanchez who I think on an NFL

41:06

telecast actually told his kids to to

41:08

to get rid of everything. Right?

41:10

Right. Yeah. Clear your history. But, no,

41:13

but anything you search, it goes through a process not dissimilar

41:15

to what we're subject to in the

41:17

office place where we try and search

41:19

things and we get you know,

41:21

the good comma block. No. No. No. You

41:23

can't you can't see this in the New York post

41:25

because it's too salacious. I was just working

41:28

up the the story about the chess cheesy. Yeah. You

41:30

know? And were you able to get

41:32

through the filters? Probably not. I

41:34

haven't tried.

41:36

Okay. So and he went to go search on

41:38

YouTube and I kid you

41:39

not. The search

41:41

term that he

41:42

went to plug in

41:45

quotes how

41:46

to use

41:48

use lube.

41:50

How to

41:51

use lube Seventh grader.

41:54

Seventh grader? Well, he is your

41:56

son. What what what he is your son?

41:58

What what blocked? And then he

42:00

got summoned down to mister

42:02

Alvarez's office. Mister Elvira

42:04

could be anything. Mister Elvarez,

42:06

put put him through the

42:08

Spanish inquisition, what are you doing?

42:10

Why are you searching for how to use lube on YouTube? And Alex They

42:13

said it was, you know, it was changing the

42:15

tires on my dad's SUV. Alex would

42:17

needed to lube the

42:20

axle. Alex had just gotten permission from mom and dad

42:22

to use his funds

42:24

to purchase lubric lubricant

42:29

easy for me to say, for his

42:31

collection of Rubik's cubes, Waddle, which

42:33

I'm showing you right now. Why is he

42:35

using lube on Rubik's cute. So

42:38

here's the thing. If you speedster Yes.

42:40

Yes. So does he doesn't,

42:42

like, get blisters on his hands? Well, no. He's

42:44

trying he wants to maximize his size.

42:46

He's so damn smart that he's just

42:49

he's selling you that, but he really does want Luke.

42:51

But he his thing though. He

42:53

knows that his his his search

42:55

history or whatever is being monitored at especially because he's doing it

42:57

at school. Yeah. So and I'll show you Tyler.

42:59

I'll kind of zoom.

43:02

I don't know. I'm not a Cuba. I'm not gonna lie. I'm this

43:05

is a world I'm unfamiliar with. You know

43:07

what? And he asked his dad, hey,

43:09

how do you use Lube? probably

43:11

would have taken him down a dark alley -- Yeah. -- that

43:13

we never needed to go down. Right. He honest

43:15

to God, had no idea, and

43:17

mister Alvarez was put in a position where he

43:19

didn't believe Alex. He didn't believe

43:22

Alex was searching. Well, for seventh

43:24

grader that I would think that that the

43:26

lube for a

43:28

Rubik's cube speed,

43:30

whatever, would be a better explanation or

43:32

a more reasonable one than for seventh credit. down

43:34

to the other way. And I was actually It

43:37

was minister utterances he does he not have any background

43:39

on Alex? Would he not know that that? Listen listen.

43:41

It's only they're only a month into junior high, so

43:43

he may not know him well enough. He does

43:45

think he's a derelict. have to teach mister

43:47

Alvarez some cube culture. Yeah. But Right. So here's the thing though.

43:49

He he still has no idea. And then so

43:52

he goes in and

43:54

Michelle's like, what's going what's

43:56

happening here? He he has no idea

43:58

what the hell he

43:59

searched up.

44:01

and And he

44:02

then was like, well, why might he use the term

44:04

lube though? Where did he get the term

44:06

lube? That seems like an odd term

44:08

that you would use It's

44:11

As you went to my mother plans. Yeah. A mother

44:13

plans to that and the kids had. It might be you

44:15

might have searched lubricants. I'm not I'm not gonna lie.

44:18

I have to I'll have to go back and get a

44:20

follow-up to this here. but then I may have

44:22

to explain what he actually I

44:24

actually think if you would have typed out

44:26

lubricant, that is less

44:28

dangerous search. I I would yes.

44:30

It's a harm more harmless search than if

44:32

you just type in lube. I don't know why I

44:34

feel that way, but do you feel that way too? No.

44:36

I totally agree. type in lube

44:38

for twenty four You're like yeah. And you're like, okay.

44:40

Here. Here's the thing. I may be I'm I'm

44:42

telling you it secondhand because Michelle related to

44:44

me she said lube. I'll have to ask

44:46

Alex if he put lube or lubricant. I'll have

44:48

to that'll be a follow-up. We'll have to give the folks a So at the

44:51

end of the day, did you send him to the garage, or

44:53

did you send him to your upstairs

44:56

cabinet? I I just

45:00

neither. Listen. Loops. Loops. Loops. Isn't

45:02

it? Doesn't it matter? w d forty? I don't

45:04

think you wanna be spraying WD-forty on

45:06

something sense cited. Like your Rubik's cube? What that that may

45:08

be. Yeah. I mean, it may ruin Are they

45:10

supposed to set a record that way? Like,

45:15

Under seven seconds,

45:18

that's impressive. How quickly can he do a

45:20

Rubik's cube?

45:22

Under thirty. Really? Yeah. Dude, he's got, like, I I'm just Is

45:24

there a pattern though? Or Yeah. No.

45:26

There's there's algorithm. Okay. Yes, ma'am. I

45:28

went to school for

45:30

nerds growing up for a little bit. Oh, look at

45:32

that. Oh, how's it called? Science

45:34

and Art Academy. This school --

45:36

This place. This place You ended up with us. Every Everyone

45:38

everyone wrong. You went to that school. You

45:40

ended up with me. It shows a bad color.

45:42

I a package deal with my

45:44

brother who's the real genius in the family. I

45:46

remember you tell them. Is he still applying

45:48

those those trades? Well,

45:50

no. Well, sounds like anyone there

45:53

had, like, a Rubik's cube phase, and they

45:56

they had the lube out, and they were, like,

45:58

rubbing up their their Rubik's cubes

46:00

and going speed. You were, like, I don't

46:02

want any I was like, give me the hell out. You

46:04

know, you're not just squealing tubes and

46:06

cubes. I may be willing to to

46:08

narrate this, or do we actually bring you

46:10

the play by play?

46:12

When I doing this. He's like, I'm not solving that So

46:14

any no. I've never had that issue.

46:16

It's usually, you know, something more

46:19

just lubed your cube as well. We never you know, it

46:22

was obviously we're too old for

46:24

computers. Computers weren't around at that time. Yeah.

46:26

No. I listen. I I wasn't searching

46:28

up things on YouTube when I was in

46:30

school. That wasn't even, you know, something

46:32

I did. Tyler probably and Charlie probably are

46:34

yelling out for that spin. part of their

46:36

eye. Again, this is the advice that would give

46:38

young Alex, though. Type in

46:40

lubricant instead of lube, and I think that

46:42

for whatever reason that -- That was the trigger.

46:44

-- that will be the that will pass the smell

46:46

test. You know what it is? He's too lazy

46:48

to type in lubricant. He probably just

46:50

I don't even think it's lazy, but

46:53

he's pretty serious. Exactly. Alright. This is Waddell and Sylvia. I'm Miller in

46:55

for Sylvia today. We will

46:58

talk a little bit more bears,

47:00

also bulls. they were they got

47:02

things underway in the preseason. What is a

47:04

reasonable expectation for Bulls

47:06

fans? Well, one NBA expert

47:09

not giving them a whole lot of

47:11

credit. We'll explain that next.