Eugene Robinson previews Bears-Panthers game (Hour 2)

0:00This hour is being brought to you by Vasek to me clinics of Chicago. I respect the really just how smart this staff is and then of course the style of which they play. This is not a finesse offense. They run the ball hard. They run the ball with attitude. It's a really good front and some aggressive running backs. That's the challenge. That's the challenge that our guys have to have to know. Like this isn't some kind of you know, tricky misdirection lean thing. That happens too. But the end of the day when those backs have the ball, they're running downhill and then they want to throw explosives off of those things. And so that's something that we try to do as well and try to build those things. So I really respect this whole group and I can't wait for this opportunity. You better respect this group. Carolina head coach Dave Canalas right there. As we welcome me back into Rahimi and Grody on 104-3 the score on a football Friday. I am excited about I did pick. I'll give this away from the take the North episode. I did pick Layla the Andre Swift to be my Bears MVP for this season. Everything seemed to be in

1:03place for him. He's had an outstanding preseason. He had a really good year last year. It's just another year with Ben Johnson. If we're all believe that the offense is going to go up a notch and Caleb Williams is going to go to a new level then why not the Andre Swift as well. Well, and he's done it before. He's ascended in years where he had a contract year. He did that in Philadelphia so I can't say I'm surprised but all the reports from Camp Indicate that that's going to be the case. And if nothing else he's been consistent. Say he has the same year of last year. Would you be disappointed? I certainly would not be. No, I mean the average close to five yards per carry last year. One thing I don't want to see though is them get off to a slow start with the running game as they did last year in those first four games. It was at the minibye when we were literally I was part of the media core that was asking questions to Ben Johnson like and shame on me I guess like do you need to bring somebody else into there. You guys need to sign somebody in the scrap heat. Can you really get away with Deandre Swift and Kyle Menunguy and the answer turned out to be

2:06a decisive yes with the signature game being the game against the Philadelphia Eagles where they both had a hundred yard games. They did the Walter Peyton and Matt Sui on that particular day where they both had a hundred yards. All right. We are now ready to bring in our next guest here on Rahimi and Grody. We're excited to introduce Eugene Robinson the color analyst for the Carolina Panthers a 15 year career as an NFL safety for the C.O.X. Packers Falcons and the Panthers I remember Super Bowl 31 champion a three time pro bowl and this guy does it all. He's the co host of daytime lifestyle talk show Charlotte today Eugene Robinson what's going on man welcome back to the score. How are you. Thanks Grody. I appreciate it. I'm doing well brother. How you doing? Oh man we are doing great footballs about this. You know that's right. Oh I know I know you man this is what it's all about. We have finally arrived. We are sick and tired of previewing the Chicago Bears. We're doing

3:08it one more day today but I want to hear from you man. What has what has this offseason been like for the Carolina Panthers because I'd imagine like with the Chicago Bears there's a lot of hope there's some similarities both teams were eliminated by the Rams by three points what's the feeling in Carolina right now. I tell you what it's been exciting here on and I think because Dan Morgan has done a really a really good job for nobody. People don't know Dan Morgan played here as a as a middle linebacker and then he's on the up in the front office and now he's the GM and he's made effort to go ahead and really bring back the the cash that we had at the linebacker position and so we made some moves defensively. I think this sort of I'll say the move is one Jalen Phyllis and we picked up Devin Lloyd and we picked up we just picked up on another guy Bobby O'Caracan from the Giants and so he's really about bolstering that deepest and then when you couple that with the secondary how well the secondary has been planned particularly this preseason I think it

4:12only lives itself that we made the right move because I thought that one of the things that we lack last year was we could not stop the run could not get off on third down I think I third down for cities will somewhere around in the 30 somethings and so from that standpoint if you can't get off on third down it's hard for you to go ahead and give the ball back to the office and so we so we struggled there this year I don't see that being the case I think that we made some upgrades significantly defensively and the people around here are I mean the fans they are excited about what they see Grady I give you a quick thing when we had our fan fest just to see what the team looks like you come out to the stadium it's free in a fight it costs like $5 it was kind of basically free we had like 47,000 people there whoa I'm like I'm like like the goal was filled like how many people here are at the stadium and it was everybody's excited and excited and seeing what the Carolina Panthers are going to do and so that's just offensively well I think

5:16that we've made some significant upgrades well yeah I mean Jalen Phillips that was a huge signing and you know I think one a lot of teams wanted to make we saw the run on pass brushers Eugene the other part of it too is I wonder if it I'm assuming that it was part of the reason that they thought that when you have somebody that powerful on the line then you can have a rookie nose tackle what can you tell us about Lee Hunter well yeah so I like having a Lee Hunter in the mix too and I saw one of his latest interviews and he just said I'm kind of really can't wait to get going but when you couple Lee Hunter with Derek Brown who in my opinion is one of the best offensive tackles in the business I think it just I think it only bolsters up our run deep that's and we are able to go ahead like we were this preseason to keep rushing at like 82 yards with somewhat even under 100 yards that's considered very very good you probably be within the top

6:16seven defensively and so I like what we have 100 and when you mentioned Jalen Phillips I got also got to miss another guy named Prisbee O'Memielin and I watched him in preseason and I just told you this young man coming off the edge I didn't realize how good he was as a pass rusher so I got to see him a lot this preseason he's like he's everywhere the guy you're big with this guy is always at the quarterback doing a hurry getting in the face or forcing to Jalen Phillips side so I think look once again I think that we've made some considerable significant upgrades defensively and I thought that was one of our biggest weaknesses that we had last year. No doubt and the bears in Carolina share that distinction of two teams that did not get to the quarterback enough last years we're talking to Eugene Robinson here the color analyst for the Carolina Panthers a 15 year career in the NFL as a safety let me ask you about the offensive side

7:17of the ball Eugene and if it if the offensive line is a deficit right now and specifically because of the fact that both starting tackles are injured and you have the rookie first runner Monroe Freeling replacing Tyler Moton at Wright Tackle Rashid Walker is in at left tackle for Eku McQuanu how big of a deal is that for Carolina is that going to be soft spot that the bears can exploit well I think what's going to what it what it kind of what you have been mentioning there is that we haven't had hunt and Lewis for our guard yeah really good yeah preseason I mean I think that they are really the crux of what we do from the office of life standpoint and I've fact of the fact that the Ekuquano got hurt and also that Moton had the pulmonary embolism they move our free Monroe Freeling to the right tackle you got oh she wallets on the on the on the left side but I think the secret soft is really hunt and Lewis I think having those two guys back because

8:20what we saw in preseason was we didn't see the office of line in its entirety we saw bits and pieces of the office of line we didn't see hunt or Lewis at all and so getting those guys back is going to help out tremendously I think it's going to help out brachram immensely and I also going to help out I really believe Jonathan Brooks my guy who we were waiting on to get healthy yeah healthy to get healthy we've been hurt in the last couple years with me and now and I can just tell you I remember just watching him in a practice and I was with some of the other legends we're watching him in practice that's that oh my goodness this does look like he making people stay still okay see that fast no he can't be that fast right really bad injuries man yeah I hadn't seen him this I was like wow so if he can stay healthy but I really believe the advent of having those two men Lewis and hunt back in the mix I think that bolster's office of line and then I would just maybe go one more further you know you got sweat over there about to sweat I know he's a beast

9:25and I would imagine that you're going to see that matchup putting them on the rookie are freelance oh yeah I would always try to maybe put a running back to that side or tied into that side just to go ahead and minimize it because what is the he was doing there's no doubt about that he's a beast he's a beast and so I would want to go ahead and not expose my guy to that type of also every single plate but I would also kind of have people build a health by committee a little bit we're talking to Eugene Robinson the 15 year NFL veteran safety for the Seahawks Packers Falcons and Panthers talking about the Carolina Panthers where he is their color analyst and Eugene I feel like the observation on Bryce Young is similar to maybe the observation that we've had in Chicago and some of the years where we expect the quarterback to take that next step we know Dave canals had an excellent reputation working with quarterbacks what is the mindset in Carolina just surrounding

10:25the expectation for Bryce Young this year and what they what people want to see him do you know I think one is that the fact that he's so comfortable with the system now and this is your three with that system that's that's huge I think that's I think that's one of the biggest things that's kind of moving forward is because this preseason he just looks so damn comfortable in it back there what no matter what was going on he was just finding the throwing lanes and he was targeting and leading the receivers getting the ball out quickly and I'm like oh my goodness this is dude he's really got a really grasp on what coach canals and coach Brett is it is gonna gonna call and what he likes and because of that I think that the expectations are gonna be really high but I think the expectations are high by Bryce Young because he really believe that this is gonna be like yeah I think he's like you're coming out here this is you firmly have a grasp of what this team does and what coach canals once you have a new coordinator who's very very

11:29off the corner who's very very aggressive in his play college I think that sees in and lives into what Bryce is able to go ahead and do so I'm looking forward to seeing our Bryce really take that step off you know not having three thousand yards I'm having four thousand yards with thirty or three thirty four touchdowns would allow like four or five interceptors I really believe that he can get to that and once again I think that's predicated on I'm a big fan of hunt and Lewis and those guys made every protectors yeah Damien Lewis and Robert Hunt think the very talented guards for Caroline as we talk to yeah right I mean that that is that is something the Bears left to contend with and they the the running game will be based on that for the Carolina Panthers as as you mentioned with with a couple of the guys Chuba Hubbard and Jonathan Brooks as well what do you think Eugene Robinson of Caleb Williams super duper style I mean he had close so he had close to four thought he had one thirty nine hundred yards plus yards yeah close to four thousand yards

12:30yeah right up against it yep yeah and when I see him like when I see him take off and his improvisation it's like he's still in improvisation he's still looking to pass the ball even though he can run but when he takes off running it's hard to stop him and so I like it him a lot too like that cam Newton type of player with if I want to be able to run I can go ahead and get this thing done and I can go ahead and buy myself some time I think he can also throw that long ball too yeah no doubt about that he can throw the long ball so you really have a quarterback I think in Caleb Williams and he's gonna forget he was a number one guy for a reason you have a quarterback who really is confident and what he's able to do and confident in the office and also the protection that he gets too so I think we got one yes our hands full but like I said I like the upgrades that we've made in our on our defense to go ahead and maybe contend with what we will see off throughout the season okay and Eugene as a former safety when you're looking at the game and you see the threat of Caleb Williams

13:34we've talked a lot about Luther Burton we think he's gonna have a really good year you know there's an SEC familiarity there with him being at Mizzou what do you think he could possibly do are those two dude this season and at least on Sunday yeah well you talk about let's first of all when you when you look at Caleb Williams let me let me be an old football player and go back into my career and I remember John O'Way John O'Way is a throwing running quarterback if he decides to run he's such a big man and he can run and he can run you over and and do a lot of good things but he also throws a ball and so what you have what you typically would do with spy John O'Way I know I close spy him he would always have like a safety or a linebacker on on him to go ahead and make sure if he got out of the pocket you've got to have somebody to chase them down because I forget typically you're a man of man coverage you're checking your guy down the field you can't leave the guy you got a plaster and now you got a guy like Caleb Williams running well sure he can do he's good enough to go score test out you know I'll get 75 50 yeah he's that good

14:40and so you got to really I think that what we've done in the past and I'm talking about for the Seattle Seahorse when I played in Seattle time time Catlin was out because quarter he will always spy quarterbacks who had that threat to go ahead and run and so I've always been a proponent of that that when you got a good quarterback don't leave him out there don't leave a second there out there to the dry you got to have somebody pick a look at him let's stay down memory lane went back when you were playing because you did play with the Packers that was a little bit of a problem for a person did you play with red did you play with Reggie White and Sean Jones obviously that was the Brett Farve era with were you with Reggie he was my roommate Reggie was my roommate oh yeah so big dog was my roommate the big dog yeah big dog was my roommate so big dog caused me this is what happened 95 season we're done he caused me if I play for Seattle Seahorse and I get this car you know gee I'm like big dog and Reggie what do you want to call it he said do you want to be a green bait packer I'm like now you just can't call a person up and that's the order plate for green bait I gotta get cut release or something gotta be traded I said

15:46don't work that way they said this the Lord told me to tell you you're gonna be a green bait packer and so I get I kid you not about three weeks later so I got traded in the green bait packer so you have the problem is I was going on with Reggie White and I love that time of the year because I was one of those missing pieces that they needed along with Santa and Adoptson to go ahead and to go ahead and show up the defense and allow you know Meroy Butler to do his thing he can go and get sacked and I was getting the interception so there you go it was it was a fun time that's that's hilarious man Reggie White using the Lord I said why would God tell you don't tell me told me you will be a green bait packer play okay I'll write oh yeah okay what were the you speak it a great voices there was a gentleman that used to play for the Chicago Bears by the name of Joe Kane a linebacker who has the okay big deep voice yeah is that your guy boy I played for Joe Kane in Seattle man okay okay it'd have become a police officer

16:54is I think I'm a Seattle I'm the Louisville who's done but he had a great voice man yeah he could he could narrate any movie at all you would definitely make sure you listen to a joke okay that's absolutely okay to know in Seattle and you're holding it down in a morning show you're over here doing Charlotte today I you're killing it too well look I'm doing a variety show I get to talk food fast and fun we just finished we had a mostly boze on he wanted to Charlotte you say for the Charlotte Hornets oh we know who he is yes yes everybody knows much so most people this one I show in the set we're talking about his galon he has coming up my myself and goals we're gonna be emptying the event what that but we're able to talk about that and then talk about some of the great things that's going on here with the Greek festival and things happen in and around Charlotte so I get a chance to do all that fun stuff in it is a blessing I yeah as somebody from the Dallas area grandma ma Larry you know Larry Johnson that was

17:55that was a lot of people yeah so definitely bugsy and grandma ma that was a great team that was indeed a great team Del Curry was on that team man I know I'm a guy that was just beast and so his golf term is gonna be September 21st and there'll be a lot of celebrity Vince Carter Del Curry stuff curry there'll be a lot of guys coming out there to go in support bunch of both do you do Robinson you are you are an absolute delight did you do a prediction for this Bears Pathers game do you do predictions no I don't do predictions I always say this because here it is any team could be anybody and I've been affirmed believe it like whether you go in somebody stadium and what the what the trying to take the crowd out of it or the crowd become so part of the story that they over overwhelmed you and so I really believe that it can come down to a filter I don't think there's gonna be a high explosive game I think it's gonna be a a trump game I think it's gonna be a game that's gonna be so we're about 17 2017 I don't think it's gonna be the 30s

18:57and like that and I think whoever has the ball last probably wins the game our texture at the top says and I agree with this and we'll let you go on this note here a texture says he's wildly entertaining to listen to I bet you are great doing the color commentating on the Carolina Panthers radio now we're good luck to you I wish we played Carolina a couple times we might just have you out for the heck of it later on in the season Eugene all right well thank thank you I appreciate you guys indeed thank you so much yeah thank you Eugene it was Eugene Robinson Mugsy Boggs awareness I want to hear more about the Greek fest oh my god I don't hear more about everything Reggie white I mean this I did not know Vince Carter had a golf game oh man I guess we should have started with that stuff but no the Carolina Scott I feel starting about about yeah the the current football we got everything addressed oh yeah the textures and our listeners are absolutely loving Eugene Robinson that was so good you sometimes you just never know man I'd never talk to Eugene Robinson on the radio before that was great I we got to look into this Jo Kaine after football career oh yeah

19:58well Jo Kaine used to host overnight occasionally on the score and he was so desperate for callers that he was pleading with people on the air I did hear about please please call I can't talk anymore it's hard man it's a hard hard job to do as a host period I used to do it three nights a week after we lost Grober so yeah I was trust me I was tested in all sorts of different ways oh bad coming up next another precious commodity Dave Wonsted was on the afternoon show yesterday Spiegel in Holmes and wait till you hear what he says about Kyler Gordon Wani Waisen next and when Wani Waisen you want to listen it's Rahimi and Grody on 104 3 the score Leila Rahimi Mark Grody midday 10 a.m. to 2 on the school Kyler are you convinced he's going to play for you I don't know

21:00I would hope so I still have hope there he's gonna have to continue to work harder back to yes you and I just both looked at each other nothing has changed really other than optimism right optimism here says Ian Rappaport as Kyler Gordon works out with a personal trainer hoping to get back with the bears yeah but Dr. Moe which I do I do think you can do good stuff with personal trainers the training assignments do help physical therapy and rehab does help even if you're not injured it helps prevent injury by the way so all of that is good but as far as how we feel about this I don't know that I've changed much he's estranged from the family I want to have optimism so badly that I have probably more optimism than most people but that might be taken away from me based on what you are about to hear and you are listening to Rahimi and Grody you're also listening to a

22:01four seasons heating air conditioning plumbing sewer and electric football Friday presented by your local Ford dealers and advent as we get ready for the bears and Carolina Panthers all right here it is the latest round or the latest opinion on the Kyler Gordon Sitch from Dave Wonsted of all people Dave Wonsted was and Patrick Manley with Lawrence Holmes and Carmen Vitale yesterday gave their thoughts on the Kyler Gordon situation I think he's done I think he's done I think and you know if I'm predicting he's going to come back and say I'm okay to play and he lasts a week or two either the injury flares up or something but I don't think this guy's going to play anymore I really don't I mean and and that's the case fine I mean you know there I mean look look at our center last year Daum and he came out and just said I've had enough you know that happens all the time in the league but you know I don't see it happening it's just just my opinion I don't know any I

23:07know less than anybody and I could see that as well because I was he been John's saying hey don't break up my locker room yeah I think he's done a heck of a job of building out locker room for easiness they all have the same message all that kind of stuff and if you have an an outsider that you know is breaking that up he's going to say goodbye I'm in year two I'm building this thing yeah you're a great player when you're healthy but you're not good for the team when you're here so I can see that as well and you know another point in patches brought up something started me thinking when I was at the dolphins in Ricky Williams decided to take a sabbatical and go smoked up in India he uh it wasn't it was bad enough that he was 65% of my offense but you know it was the real kind of the the the breaker for the team or the was the distraction yeah the media all they want to do was who talked to Ricky anything new on Ricky Ricky Ricky Ricky and that and that was crazy uh they didn't care about talking about the team how the quarterback was doing or how's that

24:09you rookie receiver doing or whoever they wanted just what's going on with Ricky and it was a distraction for our football team and that's kind of what pads are moving to her a little bit you think about every every date on the state on a on the score and TV their collar Gordon conversation comes up it's part of it who wouldn't want to go smoked dope with Ricky I love the convention the conviction with which day wants that said that I actually kind of prefer the point that Patrick Manley is making and I buy into it a little bit like the money triggered from previous experience no no that that is all salient as well but the idea that he's right like the way Ben Johnson has comported himself of what he has said every time he has been asked about it says that he is disgusted he wants nothing to do with Kyler Gordon and as Patrick Manley just said quoting him don't break up my locker room that makes sense the part that Dave wants that was saying I don't know if I agree with like is it a Drew Dahlman situation where Kyler Gordon wants to retire and the only

25:15reason I push back on that is because of the way Kyler Gordon plays football and maybe maybe that's part of it because he is kind of a reckless player out there a physical player a guy who plays with exuberance a guy who plays like he likes football so I don't know if I buy into that part of it I think I know what I'm talking about here yeah you do you do Dave wants that the low key part of that that's really funny that I didn't hear on the first listen and laugh about was who we're wanting goes it was bad enough he was 65% of my office back when running back to 65% of offences that is fantastic oh it's so good well you could tell like that's just the the vein of his existence and you know I actually had a conversation with Ricky Williams's mom what I want to say it was around 2010 maybe 20 or 2008 or nine somewhere in that area about Ricky kind of being ahead of the his time when it came to him talking about the the discourse surrounding marijuana and the use of it Ricky was a I mean he was a different thinker and make a mental health too for that matter

26:20absolutely mental health now does that change how Dave wants to have to view a player's attitude or the communication that happens during a time like this I don't know but just as a sidebar I did have a conversation with Ricky's mom about it one time just talking to her about he was he was even then he was ahead of his time well what did she say like she was just to it no she was like he's on he was saying she was saying he was honest yeah and you don't get honesty like that it's true corporate NFL yeah but isn't there a responsibility of the employee to be more communicative and to like as a number wasn't Ricky number one overall pick I think he was at least top three I would say man when he was on the scene there was nobody like yeah I mean as an employee though isn't there a responsibility to work especially when you're that important and not be a distract okay fifth overall pick is what we're confirming about Ricky Williams so I mean I get like if there was if there was mental health issues but I do think that there should be some responsibility from the player I wasn't really thinking about it from that perspective

27:24yeah because I was in Austin at the time and I just thought you know here's a guy who's talking about stuff in a way that you just don't hear from professional athletes that was my observation I wasn't really thinking about the responsibilities I was at work that day so I was doing my part well exactly I was playing my well you post up that's not saying I was a $30,000 year with no overtime employed didn't really have much of a choice in the matter I needed the monies to you know live my life I love those hilarious conversations about us and the business talking about how little money we made yeah I started at 18 and worked 60 hours a week when I when I actually it was lower than minimum wage with no OT but that's another story for another day you grinded it out I did I did when I heard this initially I was shocked that coach said that the way he did yeah that's the one he doesn't usually go off the cuff like that right comes to a thought about a player no gray area now he wasn't like wishy washy about he did use the disclaimer that he doesn't know anything he hasn't talked to anybody but but he but he picks up on the way people talk about people in a way that's different to us yeah and again we're not getting anything

28:29that that shows us a different side of why it could be different we're not getting the alternate opinion about this we just keep getting more and more evidence that isn't solid on the part of his future even I know Ian Rapp report post to that but it still means he's away from the facility yeah no that's and you're right ultimately that's not good I you know stand by it I did see that as a sign of life at least because I had been imploring on the microphone for Kyla Gordon to do something to defend himself in some way shape or form to give the at least the idea that he's interested in coming back like it seemed like such a simple thing I know people have been like oh Ian Rapp report is a shill for him no I mean you you go to these reporters to get your message across and that's all I was asking Kyla Gordon to do so there I had I did get some satisfaction from that I I think it's kind of like when you talk to Montess wet by the way Montess knows his stats better than anybody but the fact that you guys had a conversation where there was

29:30an acknowledgement there yeah yeah wait meaning about the media when I talk to you yeah it's just a perception of his production based on his contract yeah just brought us a really honest look at somebody where I now give them more of the benefit of the doubt interesting yeah it's just and it's not the problem is you know the numbers dictate a lot of the numbers and then and then salary goes in hand with production and all of that but it was nice to see and I think Kyla should know that that's the same idea people want to hear from him because right now the only people talking are not helping or cause right right and that's why I again gave him the opportunity when I saw him in the locker room that that day do you have a side to this please like please can you give your side because it's a one way like we had a texture saying like he's just getting beat up on he is he is it's completely one sided and that that is the bizarnas of the whole situation where it to me it's unprecedented where I where bears management bears coaches have all said we don't know feel right you guys know ask all the questions you want say what you want on

30:33your microphones because we don't know what's going on with this guy and I've never seen anything like that before and so to have a sign of life from Ian Rapaport is something I wish he would talk to one of the the local reporters I wish he had talked to me you're politely declined I don't want to paint a picture that he was demonstrative he just he said he would talk eventually but he didn't want to talk when I put the microphone in front of his face the other day or last week additionally we're doing this because we want to hear your side of the story yes and that's it like this isn't a gotcha we're giving you the opportunity to speak for yourself so there's that I have some breaking news would you like it yeah please for for breaking news on the score is brought to you by i dot at some point everyone is a pedestrian in the day slow down and give them space share the road it's not a game this is from Patrick Mooney we have baseball news oh movie the cubs are planning to activate dance we sponsor for next weekend series and Cincinnati oh wow cubs manager cred council said today at Wrigley Field after the gold glove shortstop completes a short rehab assignment with triple a Iowa so he had initially the estimate wasn't for him to come

31:39back for the braids I thought it was sooner yes yes so it's a boat cares I mean the fact that he is coming back that's a crucial part as good as Nico Horner has looked at shortstop it doesn't look the same in the infield without dance be swanson playing the position in Nico Horner in his more comfortable spot at second period yeah absolutely yep collar six to our score contest line 312 540 oh six seventy well when a pair of tickets to see weezer win the gathering tour makes it stop in Chicago on September 22nd at united center featuring special guests the shins and silver sun pickups tickets provided by live nation go to ticketmaster dot com to buy tickets boy do I have a story for us the collective on halftime these are stats that affect us all and I think I didn't even realize that I wanted to have competitive stats for this until they were measured it's it's we're gonna like it Chicago stats Chicago stats all will say some Chicago stats

32:40can use and really the real contest the real competition I found it and something that might actually affect our world if the cubs and socks are to play in the world series against each other stop giving it away I won't halftime is next on Rahimi and Grady I1043 the score to football Friday here on Rahimi and Grady so we've been talking a lot about the Chicago Bears and we were trying to figure out if the Bears defense is going to be any better we did that in the first second we had Kevin Fishbane on with us talking about the Bears offense and the first drives and some great nuggets from Kevin Fishbane of the athletic at 1025 today we had a great conversation with Eugene Robinson of the Carolina Panthers he's a broadcaster for the Panthers doing pre and post game work for them and we just had another whole conversation about Kyler Gordon based on Dave Wonsett and Patrick Manley skepticism about the possibility of Kyler Gordon

33:43really playing any discernible football for the Chicago Bears this year is half time as Ray and I recall in the infamous Jose or Heaty game that was a quiet crowd for the last game of cross-town for the regular season it was calm wasn't it Ray it was anti-routing that's for sure so calm that we could hear the bucket boys playing outside the ballpark I love the bucket boys in the middle of the game I always got a dollar for them yeah exactly they're good people they play music they play joyfully well Sophie Sherry of the Chicago Sun times did the thing probably inspired by cross-town the real stats that we should have been keeping the whole time we're not talking about like how many people are killing me Chicago stop it and actually those stats are pretty decent this summer too Chicago ballpark have seen over a hundred arrests since 2021 and the white socks have beaten out the

34:47cubs oh no you got people in the stands been beaten to that is correct fans have been mostly charged with battery and trespassing the sun times found one man ran onto both Brighley and Raidfields in one case holding a sign that read Jesus is Lord another man started a brawl outside of a socks game after he was caught urinating on a car whose cars sir why is it this car in particular so yes we all know that there have been some pretty interesting brawls lately in the stands not just cross-town as we've seen that was horrible but then there were other fights in the stands recently like Cody Del Mendo has been posting some videos there have been things going on in the stands at both Brighley and on the south side oh yeah well the last round Brighley round was the big guy the big guy just sitting there taking punches from cubs well there was no but did he do but there was something happened earlier there were some drinks thrown like somebody got in somebody's face i don't obviously have the the police reports on this but they're there are more stats okay

35:52since the start of the 2021 season at least 104 people have been arrested during baseball games at Chicago's two ballpark's according to Chicago police data obtained through a public records request 56 of those arrests happened at Raidfield compared to 48 at Brighley it's close folks those arrested have been charged of battering fans and security guards running onto the playing fields and repeatedly trespassing at Brighley let me back in let me in what happens how are you repeatedly trespassing at Brighley so that's improvement the socks spoke persons of the organization is quote committed to creating safe and enjoyable experience for every fan of visits the ballpark in quote crediting the diligent game day staff security personnel law enforcement partners are we still trying to find out who brought the gun into the park by the way yeah that's instilling on the song mystery and i think it shouldn't be but if i were a dog it news reporter like i used to be back in the day i'd be for your requesting every single day like waiting and waiting waiting for

36:55you're so excited freedom of information i love when you talk about dog in this more people arrested during ball games in Chicago have been charged with misdemeanor batteries so that seems to be the the one that's the most in 2021 a 26 year old man hit a woman in the face after she told him to stop peeing on her car in the Raidfield parking lot ahead of an October playoff game please stop port shows very simple request please please stop when others stepped in to help the woman the man started fighting them and called for his cousin to join did you did you put everything back away did you ultimately stop the act of doing that yeah yeah get that put that thing back in there you know when they call them the cousin it's not my area to be able to do that standing that's not really my your jealous a little yeah the women should be jealous because here's the thing is what happens during a radio shows four and a half hours where i'm drinking coffee and water right and then i go how long is the break and then they're like oh long enough and i'm like maybe for you the alt diapers i'm not there yet cubs thank god as i cross myself back in july 2021 a 31 year old man

38:00shoved a security guard who tried to break up a cup snake in the wriggly bleachers according to a police report that slips a dick move his case was dropped months later oh at least 10 other fans have been arrested for running on a rate field in recent years compared only four wriggly why is everybody running on to the field it's starting with the lagu brothers back in the day as they want it a piece of tom gambo is here or did it start with morgana the kissing bandit didn't she run onto the field of the socks yeah but everybody allowed that everybody liked that because well she was hot you never you never sounded more like bill melton my former colleague been in the car she was pretty hot yeah a 29 year old man was arrested for running on to both rate and wriggly with the jesus's lord sign and at rate field he told security he jumped onto the field was that the pope to repent his sins for jesus hope and a easy so you're committing a crime to repent your sins wait a second i don't think this how that works either he was sentenced to 18

39:01months of court supervision this is a hilarious story presenting i told and you guys are like maybe we should get me to half time and i was like no is that what we said yes did we say it like that too yes you did all right i i was being very bearzy today so everybody wants to know about cross-town a two game cross-town classic series generated five arrests at rate field in may 2022 the most of any kubsox series in recent years most involved men beating up security guards after being told to leave the stadium according to police reports so you can see why the security guards may not have been doing something maybe they got a directive hey this we don't want you guys getting hit whatever else let the police handle that that's my own conjecture the bodies at the floor there is an update on the viral bridge your blot preacher hold on bleacher brawl at wrigglies feel like if i were writing i wouldn't have written in my voice or written in that in my voice because then i wouldn't be able to say the iteration part of the hack when you're broadcasting is to write what you can say broadcasting lessons from layla righimi don't take them so a 41

40:02year old man man was arrested that night for allegedly attacking someone as the game was wrapping up the victim told police the man sucker punched him bloodying his nose according to a police report the alleged instigator was charged with felony cocaine possession in mr. battery so there have been varying reports on that uh... no they had their had been some varying reports about whether they're doing blow or not or whether or not there was a cocaine possession arrest in connection to that fight in particular heard so the sometimes is reporting that that is the case but no one got charged in the uh... in the bleacher brawl so that was separate from it the forty one year old man was separate from the original brawl so those two things did not occur at the same time and then they do mention to women being struck by gunfire as they sat in the rate field bleachers the white socks have insisted the gunfire came from outside the park still a forty two year old woman who was shot in the right thigh has sued the team it's security firm and the illinois sports facility authority which owns and operates rate field

41:03that is set to go to trial in jane okay so we got follow ups on everything good job yes sometimes way to report the news the news we can all use that was very informative a it smells delicious in here and a big shout out not me it's a no you you actually you often do smell very nice not maybe not as good as herb howard but you do smell nice i try to not wear a lot of perfumed stuff to work yeah i like your tequila smelling ham sanitizing and the lotion the the coconut lotion to it's very the coconut lotion was in the women's bathroom and everybody used it up it's it's lovely it's lovely a big shout out to chef marcos ascentsio of takarria shingone chef ascentsio is part of shakago's gourmet gourmet tailgate events this sunday on the rooftop of utopian tailgate in old town that's a great roof stop yeah if you're looking for fun plans for the season opener against carolina it's the ultimate watch party with delicious game day bites cold drinks and craft cocktails multiple screens for you as well skyline

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43:10sounds like a great event man chicago gourmet knows what's up i'm gonna get me as some of that during the break but when we return it is time for 500 bears cubs white socks questions we'll get into that next on rachemia grody on 104 three the score