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Caleb, first Hey Hey Hey Oh no Kailab first name only Caleb I think this is the year it's year two let's go Personal story I ran into Caleb a couple weeks ago

And I had a very very very nice conversation nothing long but just my it might take away from how does he come off in a social setting, very, very solid, very confident, very calm, looks you right in the eye. I'm making that sort of entry-level conversation about, oh, I'm from the north suburb of Chicago where you live and work, you know, where do you like to go out and eat? What are the restaurants? He's like, no, I don't go out. I don't go out to eat. I don't do anything. I'm always home. I'm like, Caleb, I like that about you, dude. He told me that Dune 2 is his favorite movie. There are certain people that have looked at him as the title character in that movie is this Messiah for the Bears, he just laughs that off. He comes off

very solid, very Him is the title character in that movie is this Messiah for the Bears. He just laughs that off.

He comes off very solid, very likable.

Is that going to help him on 3rd and 12 against the Vikings?

Of course not.

But I'll tell you this, he ended his rookie year by doing what Bears quarterbacks do not do,

which is going to Lambeau Field and winning the game. That was a really

big deal. Nobody really cared about at the end of the season because the bears were relevant.

They lost 10 games in a row. Bears fans did. Packers fans did. The Bears don't go to that building

and win. He is currently undefeated as a Bears quarterback in Lambo Field. And I know he's

looking to go 2-0 next year. I think Caleb has a year. With all the drama that happened, and the rug was pulled out underneath him and they drafted Penix, Cousins was still given so many opportunities to go out there. He started after recovering his Achilles. He did not play for two or three games and got yanked. He was out there for months last year. He did not play well. He did not play up to his standards. He did not play up to anybody's standards. And eventually they pulled them and they should have pulled them. So the injustice wasn't up to and including the fact that they never gave him a chance. They gave him a chance. But understand this. If the Falcons had their druthers, Kirk Cousins would never play another down for them. They don't want that to happen. They want Michael Pennix to blow up and become a star. And Kirk Cousins is an afterthought. And we never talk about him in the show again in a falcons uniform. That's how this thing is supposed to go. If Kirk Cousins is playing for the Falcons this year or next year, something went wrong. Penix either doesn't have it or gets hurt. We don't want to see Kirk Cousins on the Falcons anymore. Nobody does unless you're with Kirk Cousins. So maybe there is some sort of trade. Maybe there's an our destination. I don't know. He has a massive contract. He has his whole family set up there in Atlanta. It feels like this may be the last stop. I know there was talk about, well, he's going to go to Cleveland. He's going to go to Pittsburgh. I don't think so. Do yourself a favor and watch this Netflix show and watch the family roots and the connection. I'm going to say snark aside, I find myself very charmed by watching the cousins kids. His wife,

Julie, in the stands, explaining football to the little kid is adorable. It is relatable. It's

very funny how she does it. I just don't see them saying, you know, let's pack up again so we can

have a shot at starting somewhere else where, let's be honest, they're going to replace us immediately there, too. I think this feels like the last stop. And if the Falcons have their choice, he will not play for them anymore. He'll sit on the bench and earn his money. I'm feeling what Max Kreisbee is saying here. And you can really feel it in his mind and his words that look at what he's been through, okay? He comes out of the small school, he gets into the league, and the Raiders coaches, you know, he's, John Gruden was there. That ends in infamy. Josh McDaniels was terrible. It didn't work out at all. Antonio Pierce, they tried something. It really didn't work. And now you have an adult in the room, the culture, yes, I don't know how many games

Pete Carroll is going to win. I know that the Raiders are going to be a good professional

product. And I know that that's a low bar, but often they're not. Often they're not. So they have a guy

who knows how to put a product on the field. They have a quarterback in Gino who knows how to put an offense on the field. Like the Raiders are going to be at the very, very worst respectable this year. They're not going to embarrass themselves. They're not going to get blown out. I don't see this team going five and 12 or something like that. It's just the problem of like, we all like the Raiders. It's a good story. We all like the Chiefs. We all like the Chargers. We're all excited about the Broncos. It's the tough time. If you take these Raiders and you want to drop them into the, I don't know, let's say the NFC South or the AFC South, different conversation. But I like the fact that the Raiders are going to matter in their own way this year. Are they going to matter in December? I'm not ready to say that yet. It's a brand new deal there, and there's a lot of new pieces, and I wish the Raiders would be great. I think they'll be respectable, and I hope that that's enough. Well, salary cap is one of my favorite things that the NFL does. I absolutely adore it. I love it. It is the word equality. It is why you have teams. I've seen the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl before. I've seen any name any team. It's not just every single year, cowboys and giants. And like, you know, we mentioned baseball. Look, last year is the Yankees versus Dodgers. I think it sucks. I don't like it. I love that we have the salary cap, but I do think it makes it fair. I don't think it's a

terrible. baseball, look, last year is the Yankees versus Dodgers. I think it sucks. I don't like it. I love that we have the salary cap, and I do think it makes it fair. I don't think it's a

terrible idea from Dion, but the roots of it, it was not too long ago. It was about five years ago.

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