Big Sal from Peshtigo couldn't sleep, the algorithm found him, and now Pack Nation has to hear about it. A Bears YouTube video titled "Poles Cooked Again" sent Sal to his kitchen at one in the morning — and what came out of that kitchen is this episode.

• Sal gives credit where it's due: January hurt. Caleb Williams was real. But the Packers who lost that wild card game were nine-and-seven-and-one, playing on fumes, without Micah Parsons — who was sitting in a training room with a torn ACL after going down December 14th. Facts are facts.
• The Bears beat one wounded team, lost in overtime to the Rams two weeks later with three Caleb Williams interceptions, and Ryan Poles is out here getting a B-plus for signing James Lynch (half a sack, one-point-three million) and Jack Samborn, whose primary value is that he can talk football over lunch.
• Sal breaks out the hardware store infomercial analogy — and it lands harder than it has any right to. Cap space was always the product. Nobody ever showed you the results.
• The closing promise: Micah Parsons is coming back healthy, angry, and in green and gold on opening day. Write it down. Save the audio. Find it in September.

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