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[@smyles483]

Strong work, Kent! Best wishes

[@MgBlazer77]

Shoutout to Kent!!! That Hurt moment of H&J is all time

[@WillzyxTheZypod]

Well said by Ken: you two are the best on the beat and even nationally.

[@bob-bu1dh]

You guys have been running a great show. Cheers

[@brodelicious]

Thank you Kent for dragging the Adam’s kicking and screaming onto the KZbins.

[@davidwalsh8657]

Good luck for the future Kent!🙌

[@joevanhorn7831]

Much better episode today than Monday guys. Cheers

[@reaperproductions4960]

Good luck to you Kent

[@sNNNNNable]

Caleb himself saying he wants Ben Johnson on that podcast today

[@Ebonysails]

😂😂😂😂

[@bobbykingcaffeine5010]

No he didnt

[@josephpayton7522]

He didn't say it. He just implied it. Get your facts straight.

[@pickedknows463]

Johnny Cash cold-open was epic, thank you

[@wgfinley]

I'm sure Kent and his family have just accepted this over time but it's a beautiful name, boo-SAH-lee-ah. However you say it, great insights.

[@robdaniel3211]

Interesting Joe Brady fact: his friend and right hand man in Buffalo is DJ Mangas. Mangas’ mother is the Director of Caleb’s foundation Caleb Cares.

[@splunge743]

Wow, great info on McCarthy. I guess if the Bears do hire McCarthy, I will be optimistic.

[@lizzyzelms]

Also why not Saleh? We aren't even mentioning him I don't know why

[@nwhite3562]

Because he's a defensive coach. The idea is to pair Caleb with a offensive coach.

[@MgBlazer77]

I'm curious to see the rumored OC & DC that would come with McCarthy. I admired the setup of McCarthy HC + Moore OC + Quinn DC and hoped Flus could replicate that. Maybe it can work this time around, or maybe it all fails again and we need a true playcaller HC.

[@josephpayton7522]

Mike McCarthy wants to call plays. He has disqualified himself.

[@frankietree6310]

McCarthy got fired for lafluer, then when he had a chance to beat them in the playoffs last year with a more talented team he got BLOWN OUT AT HOME. DONT HIRE HIM

[@josephpayton7522]

Right! All these dopes in the comments! Would you rather get blown out at home in the playoffs or take a chance on one of these young guys? Seems like a rhetorical question to me.

[@TaureanAmmons]

@@josephpayton7522they took a chance one one of those young guys. Nagy. It failed. Do something else.

[@nwhite3562]

Lmao the Cowboys DC who got his ass handed to him is in the playoffs as the Commanders HC. Mike doesn't call the defense.

[@ctbearfan54]

Pass on part of the conversation

[@tau566]

KENT KENT KENT

[@5hugoshin]

As soon as he said stabilizing in context of McCarthy I just shook my head. It would be very bears to settle for a floor guy Edit: don’t know about the rest of the fanbase I personally don’t give a shit about regular season splits within the division. I want to lord a Lombardi trophy over our division opponent. So no I wouldn’t be satisfied with splitting the regular season with our division rivals

[@JustinVan1986]

Only way I’d be comfortable and probably excited w/ Brady is if Pete C was HC. Brady’s pay increased w/ guarantee to take Pete’s spot after a couple years of learning to run as HC under Pete. Appears they’d be very similar types of coaches, but Brady’s experience is just very low. If guaranteed the spot, then he’s got a couple years to focus on QB and O development while learning the CEO part from a great HC. That could be attractive to both Pete and Brady as well. Something like that seems less a bet than on an OC w/o HC experience but provides a higher ceiling than Mike taking the spot. It’d be an interesting investment in coaching, and the investment in coaching is what Chicago needs.

[@lancelotkim8273]

Monken OC, Ravens are 1st n 2nd in all Offense categories now, Lamar having best passing year. Seriously, check his resume, major sleeper.

[@scattau41]

Big Father John fan I miss the Athletic Cowboys show

[@scottkrepps9815]

Monken vs Ben I’m super Bowl

[@petsch6787]

God the expectations from Bears fans are so low, its so sad.

[@nwhite3562]

Yeah man I can't believe they want a winning coach.

[@petsch6787]

@@nwhite3562 Lol yeah we should want one that elevates the Bears to a championship level, not a first round exit every year because his offense is stale and once he gets to playoffs, he is immediately the stupidest coach left because all of the young offensive head coaches run laps around him. Like that packers game in the playoffs in 2024 that literally ruined the team for an entire other year. Stop aiming so low. It's embarrassing. Why didn't the packers want McCarthy? That's a well run team and they didn't want him. The cowboys? That's a not well run team, and even they didn't want him. But sure old desperate Bears, are going to hire this fool? Think a little deeper than win loss record.

[@346rt]

Consider a connection with Ron Rivera (DC) as training wheels for Brady as HC. Think Sean McVay at age 3O and Wade Phillips when McVay became HC in LA. He’s already beaten Johnson once this year and also his mentor Sean Payton with a shot at Monken, Nagy(?), Johnson again. All for your consideration. Blame Courtney.. i wasn’t paying any attention. She called it. I just like the guy’s vibe.

[@terps_]

Why would Bears be considering a guy in McCarthy who just got fired and "nobody hates"... There are so many good candidates! I will be very upset if we settle for him

[@StewMain6]

Same. He works when the rest of the division sucks just like he did in GB and Cowboys but doesn’t do well in the playoffs. He wouldn’t work in the NFC North as it is now. 3 solid coaches and 3 playoff caliber teams

[@Darrell-z2j]

They partied ways not fired

[@arob315]

He has the 10th most playoff wins in nfl history​@@StewMain6

[@terps_]

@@Darrell-z2j "Parted ways" is just a nice way of saying fired

[@estevenj]

Don’t be a twerp. McCarthy has had more success than the entire Bears franchise in the SuperBowl era.

[@totallydude198969]

Jerry Jones said: “NO!” 😂😂😂

[@lizzyzelms]

Monken Monken Monken

[@wupapi39]

I have ZERO interest in McCarthy, he under achieved with Dallas and GB when you consider the QB's and talent he had. No more Packers retreads, just because they've picked the wrong guy so many times doesn't mean they need to start lowering the bar

[@zacharyhilbourn8660]

Ben Johnson or bust

[@Ebonysails]

😂

[@josephpayton7522]

Ben Johnson then bust

[@nwhite3562]

I remember when it was Caleb or bust and here we are.

[@josephpayton7522]

@@nwhite3562 and....

[@JRRobles]

Mike McCarthy is Ryan Poles’s coach version of Ryan Bates

[@josephpayton7522]

Lol. That would be a good comparison. Let's hope he doesn't want him.

[@nwhite3562]

You're hilarious.

[@JRRobles]

Dude McCarthy will be a disaster

[@brinktruck]

1. Todd Monken 2. Ben Johnson 3. Aaron Glenn 4. Mike McCarthy 5. Marcus Freeman or Dan Lanning I feel like people are sleeping on Todd Monken, if its offense you want, he has a proven QB friendly system and isn't timid like all the other offensive minded young guys.

[@josephpayton7522]

Todd Monken is a good second option, but only if Ben Johnson is not available. Mike McCarthy is nowhere on the list. I'd take a swing at Joe Brady before Mike McCarthy, and I'm pretty sure Joe Brady would be an absolute failure.

[@angelol.5097]

Monken uses the f word consistently. Mother Virginia will not approve. Not gonna happen.

[@plantex625]

Absolutely No to McCarthy. The Packers are a better org than the Bears in every way and they fired him. If the Bears hire McCarthy they are explicitly stating that they have lower standards than the Packers which is complete unacceptable. If hes not good enough for the Packers hes not good enough for the Bears

[@cmcq33]

This. It reminds me of trading essentially a first rounder to Pittsburgh for claypool. If first class organizations are getting rid of “core” talent, there is a reason for it.

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*The odds say NO, don't hire Mike McCarthy, 35 different NFL coaches have won a Super Bowl out of the 58 Super Bowls, nine coaches have won 2, three coaches have won 3, one coach has won 4, and one coach has won 6, no coach in NFL history has "ever" won the Super Bowl with "two separate teams." Mike McCarthy has won (a) Super Bowl, the Bears are trying to win the Super Bowl, McCarthy winning his 2nd Super Bowl with the Packers and Bears is the "longest" of "long shots" happening. The odds favor the Bears hiring someone else like Ben Johnson other than McCarthy if they want to win the Super Bowl, McCarthy would be the wrong move and decision again by the Bears.* -NFL-SCOUT

[@jailbreak852]

Sounds like he thinks McCarthy is good as hc, but shouldn't call plays.

[@bk138gt6]

I'd rather have Ron Rivera than McCarthy. What an uninspiring and milquetoast proposition

[@jrhayes6901]

So when are y'all gonna honestly evaluate Caleb Williams deficiencies at the QB position and finally stop trying to polish a turd

[@tonyk7387]

Why are you so angry? Your parents didn't give up on you after your first year on life. No, they let you reach ur potential. Or maybe they didn't and that's why ur so angry

[@chubawub79]

When he’s not a rookie and gets a full season w 1 OC and 1HC not 3 and 2, and Probably would get more criticism if he didn’t Have the same stats as the other rookies in the playoffs

[@PhilipJayFry1]

Caleb is no where near as bad as you are trying to make him seem lol. He has a lot to grow but he's shown some real flashes of great. All the problems for the team to fix I do not think he is one of them at this moment

[@tilovon30]

And what is this dumb ass comment based on?

[@gotti70899]

Who are you talking to

[@tonyk7387]

This "stabilizer" narrative is starting to get so fucking annoying. We have lost like 10 one possession games the lasg 2 seasons specifically bc of Eberflus's terrible decision making. This team is better than ppl are making them out to be and they have hella money and draft capital to add to it. Hire ben Johnson, PERIOD. This stabilization shit is so fucking brain dead

[@nwhite3562]

Lmao they lost most close score games because they are bad. Flus didn't help but the players just aren't good enough.

[@tonyk7387]

@nwhite3562 you don't know ball. I pray for you that you figure it out