Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It: How would you feel about a Khalil Mack-Bears reunion?

Episode Date: January 29, 2026

Marshall Harris and Mark Grote discussed a variety of sports topics in the 5 On It segment.

Five on Naila Rahimi and Marshall Harris. With Mark Grody, bringing you five topics of their mind today. On Chicago Sports Radio 670, the score. I got five more. Number one. This is a special edition of Five on it with Mark Grody, Marshall Harris, and joining us in the House, co-host of the Big Pro Football Show on CHSN, Clay Harbor.

Here's question number one. This week, CBS Sports published its list of top 50, 2026, free agents, and potential landing spots for them. Number 40 on the list. Veteran pass rusher, a name you're all familiar with, Khalil Mack. At the top of CBS's list

of potential suitors for Mac, duh, bears. How would you feel about the idea of a Bears and Khalil Mac reunion? First of all, I think that we discussed a potential Khalil Mac reunion last year, or was it two years ago?

I think it was our guy Chris Emma, wasn't it? It was, yeah. The reuniting with the Bears that came up, but he ended up with the Chargers. I don't like it. I don't need it. Khalil Mack is 34, played in 12 games for the Chargers last year, had five and a half sacks. I guess the problem with it is, for me, a couple of things. The Bears have guys that they could probably get to five and a half sacks on the season.

So I don't know. That just multiplies the amount of guys that you will have struggling to get to double-digit sacks, I feel like. I love Khalil Mack. I covered Khalil Mack in 2018. It was a blast of a year. And I don't know if this is in the spirit of the question or not. Khalil Mack didn't seem to really like the Chicago-ness of it all.

And I mean being in that fishbowl, dealing with the media, he was never like mean to us in any way, shape, or form. But he did like to elude us. He did not like to talk. He was always like, he always had this look like, my God, Why do 30 people want to gather around my locker and talk to me right now? I don't think Khalil Mack at this point in his life is built for Chicago. So no thanks on Khalil Mack.

I'm with my fellow Missouri Valley Conference brother, Mark Fote, from Illinois State. I'm Missouri State. MVC, baby. Love you, man. But I'm going to pass on Kille Mack. I think he had an okay year. He still got a little bit of gas left in the tank. I mean, he's getting close to running on E.

If you ever getting a car with Marshall, he's always close to running on E. Classic. But two guys I do like. I know it's been a lot of him thrown around here. Trey Hendrickson, obviously the history with Dennis Allen. You go back two years, leading the league in sacks, fourth in pressures, fourth and hits. You go back to last year, only played in seven games, but a top five pass rush win rate when he did play in those games. If the medicals check out, bring me him.

And then the other guy, I just watched tape on him yesterday. Addafe Owe. I was looking up edge rushers. He was in a three-four defense, but this guy can play some defensive ends of edge rusher. he got traded from the Ravens to the Chargers. In the playoff loss to the Patriots, he had three sacks in two force fumbles. And you look in the year, he was 11th among edge rushers in pass rush win rate after arriving in Los Angeles. This guy can move, he can play against the run, he can play against the pressure the quarterback.

I really like Adolfi Oway, and he's big. He's one of those guys that Dennis Allen likes Marshall Harris. Listen, man, my answer to your question is, a question, at what price, at what cost? This man made $18 million last year. And I just feel like if you've seen the Bears cap table, if you've been to SpotRack, you're like, how much are they going to pay a guy who is definitely on the downside of his career? This is an ascending team. Unfortunately, even though he's only a year removed from a Pro Bowl trip, he is a descending player. He will be 35 next year. And in the NFL,

it's impressive that he's around this long. This guy is probably a future Hall of Famer, but guess what? The Bears don't need him. They need to find other options. I don't think this is the right situation for him to be in. Yes, do they need pass rush? Absolutely.

They need young pass rush that will get better and grow alongside Caleb Williams, is my answer to this. If he was 29, okay, you got me, but he's not. Unfortunately, the problem with the field and good creative thinking on Clay's part, look at the list of some of the guys that would be available.

There's a Bosa available. There's always a Bosa available. There's Joey of the Bosa. Jalen Phillips. Jalen Phillips watched his tape. I mean, he was okay. Oway stuck out to me. When I looked at both those guys, I want to see which one I'd like more. Right. And yeah, okay, that is interesting because I do like Phillips. Hassan Reddick, 13 games, two and a half sacks last year for Tampa Bay. Yeah, I just don't get crazy excited about these guys, and I think we're all a no on Mac. Number two.

Should the Cubs make a push to trade for repeat American League Cy Young Ace? Terrick Scoobble. Scoobel would be a one-year rental. What would the hall have to be in order for Jed Hoyer and company to get the deal done if you are on board with it? Does the Pope wear a funny hat? I believe he does. I believe the Cubs should go ahead and punch that. What would it look like to get Terrick Scoobo on this rotation?

I think if you can get this done, this puts them at the top of the list of challenging. to the Dodgers in the National League. I think right now they're in a pole of teams who are challengers to the Dodgers. But if you get Scoobel pitching twice in a seven-game series, maybe even three times depending on how it works out, you feel real good about where the Cubs are. And some of the young pitching that might have to go out to get them, I'm good with that because get Terrick Scoobo on your roster.

Get Terrick Scoobo a shot to get you not only into the playoffs, but to pitch you through the playoffs. What do you envision the hall being, though? Like, what are you willing? Where do you limit? There's got to be somebody on the big league roster. Hi, Matt Shaw, by Matt Shaw. Of course.

Look, man, think about it. From Detroit's perspective, why in the world would Detroit not ask for the world? They're not going to be like, oh, yeah, we'll take your bottom fee, your unimproved prospects. Hi, Kate Horton. Oh, wow. Okay. So you would do that? Wow.

Yes. Are you going to wait to see what happens with arbitration? It's the largest difference in arbitration in MLB history. They want to pay him $19 million. He wants $32 million. There's a $13 million difference here. This isn't saying, hey, you know, I want an extra $500,000 raise. $13 million difference here.

Yes, with Wiggins and Steel, maybe coming back midseason, coming off of injuries, I think you do need some pitching help. I'm just not sure how realistic that is to get, you know, guy like him in the building. I think there are some other opportunities. like maybe Zach Gallen, a free agent that you could sign that could come in and help immediately. I think if they were to get scoobled, depending on what they would have to give up for one year in this climate, where you know the Dodgers are going to continue to be nonstop.

You know the Mets are going to continue to be nonstop. Back to back, Sy Youngs. Yeah, these teams are relentless. And you know there's going to be a work stoppage in 2027. Go for it. Yeah. Go for it. Yeah.

So I'll do it like this. I'm just looking at the Cubs roster and thinking, who are untouchable guys, guys that I wouldn't trade for? And at this point, man, and maybe this is me being stupid. I'm willing to entertain the possibility. I don't know about Kate Horton going for a one-year guy. I'm a little nervous about that. Bregman stays, obviously.

PCA stays. The rest, though, man, I guess I've got to look at the starting pitchers, too. Is there anybody else beyond Horton that... Well, you mentioned Wiggins. That's one. And then I guess, yeah. There's other guys, but who's stopping you from making the deal? Your question.

Most of the roster would not stop me from making it a deal like that. Number three. This five out on the score with Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, and CHSN analyst, Clay Harbor. Here's question number three. What was the most disappointing aspect of the Bulls' 113, 110 loss to the pace? last night. Oh my God, to just choose one in a game in which they blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter. It is painful for me to have to narrow it down. But I think maybe if I have to, you know, blowing the lead is something in itself. But the fact that they had two chances at the very

end of the game to win the game on an inbound pass to Modus Bezellis where they were going for the alley-oop at the end. It was no good. Kobe White then drives down the lane and misses. That was very disappointing for me. And damn it, Nikola Vucovich made a 31-foot three-pointer last night, and he's got nothing to show for it today. That's what disappointed me in the Bulls game last night. All right, for me, it has to be, this is your third time losing to this team with 12 wins. Okay, you can lose once to a bad team, maybe twice to get like a three times? What's happening here? And now you've got three games coming up with the heat, who are an eighth. You're in 10th and the standings. So these are three big games. You want to come in some momentum.

The last thing was, when I'm watching this game, Io's cooking. Ios cooking. He's doing great. Why you take Iowa out? He needs a breather here and there, but keep him in. You go on to be outscored 26 to 9 over the final seven and a half minutes of the game can happen, especially against a bad team. So watching this game, and I don't know if this is a wrinkle that you guys noticed,

but it's been evident to me because I watch all the games. Kobe White's pressing it. He is pressed. is forcing it. It's been evident for a few games now. Well, he's still on a time crunch here. He is looking at the trade deadline. He's also looking at his contract year. He knows this is the year that's going to get him paid or not paid as much as he wants to get paid. Either way, you want to look at that. And I felt like he came out taking 32 footers and he airballed a three. I know you guys saw that. And then even at the end, I would have liked to see him as he was

drawing the double team going into the lane where he maybe stops and pulls up from 15 feet. He can make the mid-range shot. I didn't like his shot selection. Five of 15. He hit one of five threes in this game. He didn't turn the ball over, which was a problem in the previous game. But I think Kobe White forcing it was, and I'm interested to see how he comes out tonight. Remember, the last time he did play in a back-to-back, that's when he re-injured the

cabin, had to sit out more time. So I'm interested to see how Billy Donovan manages that. And I think that's the reason why we didn't see Iyo stay on the floor because he's trying to preserve these guys with five games and seven nights. Number four. When LeBron and Brony James took the court for the first time in 2024, they became the first father-son duo to play together. How much influence did LeBron have on the Lakers selecting Brony

with the 55th overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft? ESPN's Ramona Shelburne said this during an appearance on ESPNLA this week. I don't think LeBron asked the Lakers to draft Ron. Oh, come on. I don't think he or Rich Paul actually said... That is an unbelievably ridiculous. So, wait a minute. Are you then saying, if that is true,

are you saying that Jeannie, Rob Polinka, and everybody did that on their own? I'm telling you they did. Let's take it at the premise that that's true. Okay. Did they do it because they thought he was talented or because they thought LeBron would like that? I think they did this because they thought LeBron would like that.

Okay. If the Lakers didn't draft him, would anybody else? The Golden State Warriors considered him. The Dallas Mavericks. Nicole Harrison over there. Oh, yeah. Okay, and the Phoenix Suns. All three of those teams had interest in Bride.

Would they have actually taken him? I don't know. You know, this is like your, is this your sense of? No, I know this. You know this. That is NBA insider Ramona Shelburne on ESPN LA. Here's our question. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the BS meter, trademark,

where do you rate the idea that LeBron James didn't ask the Lakers to draft his son Brani. I don't think there's any BS involved. I believe Ramona Shelburne. I believe the Lakers did it to make LeBron happy, but I don't think LeBron went to them and said, hey, please draft my son. I don't think that happened.

I think there were overtones, maybe. But I don't think LeBron ever went up to the office and said, hey, you know I got to have Brony with me. You know, this is a good look. But he would have if the Lakers hadn't done it. I think the Laker No, the moment passed. I don't think there was a conversation

before the draft where they said, hey, LeBron, do you want us to drive? I don't think that conversation was had in earnest. I really don't. I think it's like you see in football. Like you'll see a superstar player and then undrafted free agent or seventh rounder, his brother, cousin,

they'll bring him to the roster. The Hunter de Kumpos? Yeah, exactly. Exactly. You know, that's what I'm saying. It's just something like that. Keep your superstar happy. what are you really getting with this second round pick anyway,

even though you did get eight points out of Bronny the last game he played, two for two from the three point line. Maybe he's coming into some sort of a zone here. We're going to see more of Brownie, Marshall Harris. But I think at that moment, yes, do something to make your star player happy. I don't think he had to go there and say, you know, pound the table and say, give me Bronny or I'm gone. But they're smart.

I think that there was probably, I'll actually play a, along on the BS meter, Ray, since nobody else is. I'm sorry, I didn't get my number. It's a zero. Okay. Clay, Clay, what's your number? I'll go higher. I'll go higher today, Ray. I'll go six. Because even if LeBron James never

said the words to the Lakers, you should draft Brani. They knew that he wanted them to draft Brani. They also probably anticipated that they hadn't. They probably upset their superstar, and their superstar probably would have felt

disrespected by it. I think that there was probably an assumption, a sort of wink from LeBron, a sort of do the right thing thing coming from LeBron. You know what to do. I don't have to say it. And LeBron was probably relieved that he didn't have to

say anything because the Lakers kissed up and took care of it. So you know what? The BS meter just went up another notch. Nine, Ray. Wow. Wow. Number five. This is five minutes on the score. This is with Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Clay Harbor, all in the house.

Here's our final question this week. NBC announced that fever star Caitlin Clark is joining the network's pregame coverage for its debut of Sunday night basketball this weekend. How many Caitlin Clark appearances will we see before we get another installment of NBC's Michael Jordan feature, MJ? Insights to Excellence. Probably many. And what a sham. thing has turned out to be with Michael Jordan.

As interesting as some of the tidbits that have come out of the Mike Toriko interview, it's just too bad that we have to go to this end of the earth to get Michael Jordan to talk about stuff or to be in somebody's presence or just to be with the populace. It's impossible. Like what do we have? What did they pay him? 20 million. Did we ever, what 80 million to do the interview?

It was something ridiculous for Jordan I'm talking about. Right? It was crazy the number that they had to give a big number. That's all it makes me think. Because as I was talking about Eddie Murphy, always just wanting to know more, hear more, see an accessible guy, wanted to see him interview. I'm the same way with Jordan, and we just don't get it. He is just unattainable. Various reports say Michael Jordan was paid between $20 million and $80 million. I think it was $80 million.

For being a special contributor. I think that's been debunked, though, the high end of that. Come on. They debunked like the $40 million annually. but he's probably paid around what Barclay's paid, which is $21 million a year. For an hour? I think it was like three hours.

That's what they said it was. What's $20 million to Michael Jordan, who's worth billions? Something. It's worth it taking time out to answer some questions. He can get farther away from the world, the more money he makes. His whole goal is to never be seen,

but be seen at the same time. I know, but you're just pulling in so much money. It doesn't, it's irrelevant. That money to him's irrelevant. But anyways, to just, get back to answering the question here, how many Caitlin Clark appearances will be seen before we get another installment of MJ's NBC feature, right? I'm going to go, we're probably going to see her like four or five times before we see

MJ. I mean, we're going to see a lot of Caitlin Clark. MJ, he's on his own time. He ain't doing nothing he don't want to do. I think Caitlin Clark's willing. She's eager to get out there and to do this, and she'll be available. And she's a big draw, big ticket, big time recognizing. eyes will face. So I think we'll see a lot of her before we see and hear from MJ.

Since she's not playing in the one league and there's a WMBA like work stoppage right now, she ain't got nowhere else to be. So I would say eight. I think they're holding some MJ for the end of the regular season. Well actually in the regular season sooner of that. So I'm going to go five. There was a report that there would be more tapings of Michael Jordan. I don't know how much more. There was no clear indication of how much more. But there was something that came out within the past couple of months. Okay. Always trying to get a little more out of Michael Jordan. It's just so hard.

It's so hard to get anything out of Michael Jordan. You sound like David Hall right now. It's very... You want more from him. Who doesn't? The Bulls got a Derek Rose congratulatory message from Michael Jordan. Which I was blown away by. What did they pay him? 40 million dollars to do that. And he said, in his words, I believe the exact words,

I can't wait to see the, you know, the banner. Yeah. Like, this is one time when I'm from TV. He's got league pass. He can see it on any given night. This is actually one time when I sympathize with the Bulls. Imagine what the Bulls go through trying to get Michael Jordan to do anything. To do anything.

I got a funny story for you guys real quick. So I'm at CHSN before the pro football weekly. And I'm walking with Coach Wonstit. And we walk out into the at the United Center. That's where we filmed. And Derek Rose is standing right there. And just Derek Rose. goes right up to Coach Wonstead.

Coach Wantson said, Coach Wantson said goes up to Derek Rose. Wani's saying, hey, big fan there, Derek. I think you're great, man. Your crossover. It's amazing. Coach, coach, you're just a great player. And D. Rose is like, hey, man, you know, Coach Wonstead, love you, man.

You should love your Bears teams. And I was sitting there watching. I'm like, this is great, man. D. Rose, Coach Wonstead. Was it great interaction. What did you say to D. I just said, what's up, man, big fan. Love your crossover.

D. Rose is such a classy guy. because there's no way he loved those teams. That is true, man. No, Derek Rose is definitely the accessible star. I still won't think of Chicago basketball and think of Derek Rose. I'll still think of Michael Jordan, but he is accessible. Stay that way, Derek. They're both MVP.

Stay that day there. And one day they'll both be Hall of Famers. That's the way it works because everybody gets into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bill Belichick. You know what? We got another... We have Clay Harbor here with us. from CHSN and for the Eagles and from the Jaguars.

We have him here with us until 1 o'clock. So let's get into it with CHSN's Clay Harbor. He has, I love this. He has three bold moves for the Bears, which include cutting a player, trading a player, and signing a player. So Clay Harbor will let us in next tier. It's Rahimi Harrison Grotie on the score.