Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 2 of Clay Harbor's bold Bears moves have come to fruition — is No. 3 next?

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote discussed how Chicago Sports Network analyst and friend of the show Clay Harbor had been spot on in a couple of his recent Bears predictions.

Lela Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043 The Score. And you know, first there was psychic Steve Stone. You remember psychic Steve Stone. He was calling everything and anything. He still does indeed. I was going to say, still does it. Present tense.

And with the advent of baseball coming back, Steve Stone will get the chance to be psychic yet again. Steve Stone. We all do. So shout out to Stoney. Shout out to psychic Steve Stone. There's a slider that didn't slide. That also happens in life. We may have somebody joining the ranks, though. Clay Harbor makes a lot of predictions. He talks about a lot of possibilities every day, both here on Rahimi Harrison Grotie and Mullian Hall, but also on the Big Pro Football Show on CHSN. Listen to his calls in January with us on what he thought the top three moves, the bears needed to make in the offseason work. The first one is we're getting out our scissors.

You know why we're getting on our scissors? We're cutting somebody. Snip, snip. Okay, this guy's guarantees are done. Tremaine Edmins. I'm not saying I dislike him as a player. I'm not saying he is a bad football player. Tremade Edmonds.

But what Tremaine Edmonds is, third highest paid off-ball linebacker in the National Football League. Off-ball. Right? He's 37th and overall grade. 55th and coverage grade. 29th and mistackle percentage, 45th and catch percentage allowed. Everything you look at when I watch his tape, I think he's fine.

But is he that much better than a guy you can get for half the price? No. So my thought process here is if you cut him, you can sign a guy that can do his job for less. You're over the cap already. You need some other positions, maybe a little bit more. You still got T.J. Edwards, hopefully coming back healthy. So, Tremaine Edmonds, Marshall, Grody, getting cut. Number two, trade somebody.

We're going to trade DJ more. What's? Okay? Okay. I love, like I said, I love big play DJ. I think he's excellent the way he goes out there and gives everything. I know there's been a lot of speculation at last play, whatever. This guy did a good job of buying into the system.

He is the 13th highest paid wide receiver. He's making $28 million a year. year. He was 50th in NFL in receiving yards, 26 in TDs, 25th in pass rating when targeted. To me, you can find another receiver that can contribute for a lot less money than what you're paying DJ Moore. And right now, DJ Moore, arguably, you got Roma Dunzei, Luther Burden coming on strong. Look at the end of season. Luther Burton, Colston Loveland, Cole Commette still under contract. You got all these players. I'm not saying DJ's a bad player. You're over the cap.

I think you need help in some other positions. You've got some playmakers of wide receiver. You can sign another guy to back Rome and Luther and Colston and these guys up. But DJ, if you trade him, you get off the books. Post June 2nd, you get off the books for his salary. You're probably not going to get much. It's kind of like the Amari Cooper deal when they traded him. He got like a fourth round pick.

And everybody's like, wait, Amari Cooper with a fourth round pick? They got away from $20-something million. So Marshall, Grody, Trey DJ Moore, I think the Bears should sign. Trey Hendrickson, right? Former teammate of mine, former teammate of Dennis Allen.

He was there when I was in New Orleans when we drafted this guy, so was Dennis Allen, Trey Hendrickson. He's a hard worker. You go back to 2024. He led the league in sacks, fourth and hits, fourth in hurries.

Last year, only played in seven games, had a hip issue, fifth and pass rush grade when he played, fifth and pass rush win percentage when he played, ninth in pressure percentage when he played. I go back and watch a tape, he's still got it. He's got a quick first step. He's still strong. He's still physical.

He is still master's level pass rusher, right? Some of these guys are playing checkers. He's playing chess. But what I want to make sure, medical's check out, you bring him in on the free agent visit. Everything looks good. You say his hips okay? This guy can still play some ball. Give him a look.

What the hell? Well, so does this mean that Trey Hendrickson is coming to the bears? Okay, so to reiterate, that was Clay in January. Clay Harbor. So he hits on not one but two things. And I get that the Tremaine Edmund's concept was probably staring everybody in the face. Yeah, that was out there. However.

Uh-huh. T.J. Edwards is hurt. He broke his leg. That's a problem. No, Asul has an Achilles. And T.J. Edwards was still your most productive linebacker with 112 tackles in the regular season despite missing four games. So it wasn't like it was so cut and dried. But the money is the money. And what is by number one rule? You follow the money. And that's exactly what Clay did. Snip, snip. Clay called it. I was just looking at the latest like Trey Hendrickson rumors or writings. And there are, according to CBS Sports, an article that was from a couple of hours ago, the three top suitors right now or likely candidates would be the 49ers, the Patriots, and the Titans. I don't see the bears on this particular story. But if we're going to

We're going to praise Clay Harbor for being a psychic, which he might be, then Trey Hendrickson is coming to the bears. Let's play battleship with Clay Harbor. That is the one true way to test if somebody is psychic. Sink is battleship? Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Explain that one to me. Well, because you have to guess coordinates. Oh. Yeah. I don't know my battleship rules. I think you'll enjoy it as a test of psychic powers. Okay.

We also want to tell people that our thoughts right now are with our friend Kevin Harlan and also Brian Harlan because their father passed away at the age of 89. The news came down yesterday. The former Packers president, Hall of Famer Bob Harlan, died at the age of 89. And Bob was a long time part of the Packers organization, as we know. He also, I think, helped shape a lot of the NFL and his influence. I think his legacy through his family is part of, we celebrate on this station. It's part of what we celebrate in Chicago sports when it comes to how

his family has affected Chicago sports here in town, some of the personalities we know and love and also Kevin as well and what he's meant just being able to converse with him and have fun with him and have his calls be a part of our lives. And Brian Harlan, too, who used to work for the Bears, now is an agent who a lot of people around here in this city are very familiar with. So sympathies to both of the Harlan brothers. Yes. Brian Harlan has a has an impact. on Chicago sports and Chicago Sports Media in a way that goes beyond our greatest comprehension. And my thoughts are with them, of course, and prayers to them and their family for losing their father. So I just wanted to pass that along. And we also have some audio

that we wanted to play talking about the bears being on the verge of embarking on the search for a new head coach to replace Matt Eberflus. And Kevin Harlan joined the score and talked about the importance of finding the right general manager and trusting him. Boy, getting that right, the general manager and the coach. You know, when my dad was up in Green Bay and was looking around, he went around the league, and he talked to Ernie O'Corsi, and he talked to George Young with the Giants. He talked to guys he respected, and he only had about four or five people that he really quizzed, but he went to the power brokers in the league and asked, you know, in their

mind who were the right general manager types because when you get the general manager, you give him the keys and you say, here it is, you've got total authority and go out and get the head coach that you want and we will ask no questions. You've got carte blanche. So getting the general manager right is step one. And then you get the coach. And in the case up in Green Bay, they got Ron Wolfe and then they got Mike Holmgren. Because Wolf had total authority.

When Ron Wolfe wanted to trade for Brett Farr, he went to that executive committee and was met with a lot of, uh-uh, no way. We're not trading a number one for the backup at Atlanta who's been playing for Jerry Glantzel. We're not doing it. And my dad had to take Ron Wolf out of that room, and he approached the executive committee and said, we gave him the keys to the football organization. We cannot back out right now. We have not had anybody with a hand on the rudder for that long. and they change their mind, they trade for Farr, the rest is history.

They've had 20 plus years of success. And that's really what it takes. You need to give your general manager total football authority. But finding that guy and trusting in what he's going to do becomes step one. And then step two, everything falls into place. Just compelling, as usual, from Kevin Harlan. And those asides, I think, really tie us a lot about football, even when he was just sharing his experience of stories that his father told him.

Just made me wish the Bears would have been running their organization in a similar fashion. It just brought back memories of Brett Farm. It made me remember that the Bears went a long time without even having a general manager. Well, and thank you again to Kevin for always joining our show. And as we mentioned, his brother, Brian, is a major figure in Chicago sports. And just now our thoughts are with you. and also your family because this is a great loss. So thank you so much for being a part of this.

Thank you for being a part of our station to those, both Kevin and Brian, and our thoughts are with you in the passing of your father, Bob Harlan, passing away at the age of 89. Adam Hogue is next on Rahimi Harrison Grotie. We will be right back.