It's a Friday the first week of the off season.

Man, would it be sweet to be talking about how the Bears were going out to Seattle, about to beat the Seahawks and go to the Super Bowl.

Alas, we have to celebrate the fact that I've got new pennants. You see the Wildcats, you see Iowa. And there it is. We're working on, I might have to, you know, just adjust. And this is just a temporary background, Gregory, don't worry. But I'm very excited about the fact that I figured out how to actually, Ciquel and figured out how to hang a pendant.

Welcome into the CHGO Bears podcast on a remote show Friday. Gregory, good to see you.

Good seeing you. I was curious if you knew the Max Power reference. I doubt you do, but that's okay.

I'm hoping Clay does. I don't. And that's pathetic probably that, uh, you know, my knowledge of

everything that goes on in the world is limited as an, as an elder elderly, elderly gentleman.

But let's, why don't we without further ado, let's bring in, uh, a guest right off the top of the

show. Our guy, morning host of Raider Nation. His name is Clay Baker. He knows that Max Crosby belongs on the Bears. Clay, thanks for taking time. Don't you, don't you know this? I mean, he's not staying with the Raiders. You guys are a long way from winning. You're still figuring out who's going to be the head coach. Let's make a deal here, Clay. What do you think? All right. Really, what is the asking price, right? That's what you want to know. You're like, all right, you want this. I want that. You want Max Crosby. The Raiders are kind of like, you know, they tear it down to the studs, and it looks like a major rebuild. So why would a guy like Max Crosby want to be a part of that, right?

So at the same time, what's the king's ransom? I would have to think, though, with conversations inside the building, I don't know what it is, but you don't let a guy like Max Crosby out. You have an elite pass rusher. Look how difficult they are to find. Raiders swing and miss quite often in the draft trying to find that next guy for Max.

What if? You have an elite pass rusher. Look how difficult they are to find. Raiders swing and miss quite often in the draft trying to find that next guy for Max.

What if, what if they convince him that look at how the Chicago Bears were able to turn it around in two years time after they got Ben Johnson just one year time from a rebuild to a playoff contender?

Maybe he doesn't get sold off, but I would have to think,

if you were to come up with an idea, a pathway, a negotiation,

two first round picks have to be a part of that.

And I often wonder, like, you know, with Max Crosby coming off his eighth surgery,

you know, to repair the knee, Does that diminish the value for Chicago?

Or are you willing to go all in and possibly two first round picks and a couple seconds?

What do you think?

Well, I mean, that's the big question, right?

I mean, there's a lot of Bears fans that look at the trade that Micah Parsons got, you

know, to go to Green Bay. And it was two future first

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