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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four.

And our first stop is Sweet Home Chicago where the deep dish pizza is good and the football is bad. The Bears, would they let Caleb Williams help select their next head coach?

Is that idea fair or foul?

It's been talked about in the Chicago media.

Also, former Colts quarterback Andrew Luck says part of his identity died when he retired

hastily from the NFL.

Do you have any empathy for Andrew Luck?

And is there any advice to Patriots coach Gerard Mayo on his media faux, if you will.

His media faux pa.

We'll get to that as well.

All of it's coming your way right now.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

It's a great time of the year.

And here it is our number four.

Yeah, just go, why don't you just pick the coach?

Yeah, yeah, what could go wrong?

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show.

We are in the air everywhere.

Hot on the case as we are here because your ears deserve better.

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