Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - 5 On It: What stood out to you about Bears’ grades on the NFLPA report card?

Episode Date: February 27, 2026

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

It's time for five on it. Rahini Harrison Rooney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104-3 to score. I got five on it. Number one. We're going to have more on the NFLPA report card coming up at one. But for our first question, before I get to my first question here for you guys,

we have to introduce our man, Clay Harbor from CHSN. He's the co-host of the big pro football show on CHSN alongside David Haw and Ruthie Poulinski. And he's in the house. with Layla and Marshall. So here is question number one. What stood out to you about the Bears grades on the NFLPA report card? Okay, first of all,

shout out to friend of the score, Kaling Kaler, because the NFL filed a whole injunction. That's a court hearing. That is a court proceeding to try to make sure that these player grades were not released to us, the menacing public. They got released anyway.

Ha ha ha! You know what? Why? Because transparency is good. The thing that surprised me the most about the Bears grades, it was the treatment of families. How did they get a C plus in that? I thought that the Bears were pretty good when it came to all that stuff. Like daycare for the kids and things like that.

Somebody who watch kids whenever there's a game or, you know, if they're able to, if wives and kids and stuff like that are happy during the games. And maybe I got swayed by the TikToks because there are some Bears, wives and girlfriends, if you will, wags, who have posted. to go with me to a Bears game. They're getting their makeup done and they look great and they're having a good time.

Simone Biles is out here taking pictures, you know. So I was kind of surprised to see that it was a C. Marshall, what did you think? So that did jump out at me, but I think more so the home game field of C, like that being the low score. The Bears got relatively good grades, a 13th overall, a lot of A's, a lot of Bs. And then it's like the C plus for treatment of families, the C for a home game field, and then the C plus for defensive coordinator. And the defensive coordinator thing stood out, but I got it

because you got a lot of guys playing in a new system and maybe they don't fit and maybe they're not getting the playing time they want because of that. But the home game field, the reason that stood out is because I started looking at other teams' home game field and you see like the Carolina Panthers, F, Buffalo Bills, F, there were a lot of bad scores for home game field and it made me ask myself,

do these players like any fields at all? Like, do any of the players like the field that they actually play at? And do they prefer the turf, field turf, I'm saying, or do they prefer actual grass? And maybe I just don't know. You prefer grass, but you prefer nice grass, soft grass. So Soldier Field doesn't have nice grass? Soldier Fields changed a lot since I played there. I played there three times in my career.

And I remember the first time I went out there. I went out there in warmups, and I just had the normal cleats on. And I go out there and run around. And my feet were literally above my head at the end of San. that route and hit the ground. I had to go back in. I had to put those studs on, Marshall. I know you played some back in the day when you're in high school. That was a long time ago.

Had to go play through some weeds. And that's what it felt like a soldier field. But I know it's changed since then. We know that Bermuda, all this stuff that that's changed. So that is something that's concerning. For me, I have to say training room or training staff B, with all these guys, they got to be with all these guys that come back and then they're out for three more weeks, the same injury.

you got Jalen Johnson, you got T.J. Edwards, you got Kyler Gordon. You're getting a B. I wish I could not turn in some assignments and get a B or get an assignment return and I still get a B. That's something for me and then the defensive coordinator, C plus. Usually you like your defensive coordinator. This guy running your meeting. You'll go to bat for this guy. For me, this scale like a C plus, the minimum grade for a coordinator should be a B. Like if that means something. And if I got some season college, I know you guys were overachievers. You probably didn't. But what that means is you probably got some A's. I had some assignments I did really good on.

But you probably got some Ds and Fs too. So there's probably a number of players on that defense that were like, Dennis Allen, I don't like this fit. He's not putting this in the best situations. He's not doing things that really accentuate our abilities. And I think that's something that when you come into a new system, a lot of these guys are maybe Fluse guys trying to play DA scheme could happen. Wasn't it Joaquin Brusker who was basically like wanted to get turned loose by D.A.?

He tweeted because somebody goes they should use Joaquin Briskermore and he's like, yeah, use me. Yeah. That's what comes to mind. It was that direct. Number two. Question number two is multiple choice. What do you think is the most likely scenario for quarterback Aaron Rogers next season? A, a return to the Steelers.

B, he signs with the Vikings. C. Aaron Rogers signs with a different NFL team. Option D. He'll just retire. or E, all of the above, chaos. Now listen, I made you put all of the above on here, did I not? Oh, yeah.

You know why? Because then he's all things to all people, but most importantly, himself. Oh, my goodness. So I still have the theory, the conspiracy theory, the rando theory, whatever you want to call it, that Brett Favreve and his retirement saga. Do you remember the simpler times, guys, when the Brett Fav will he or won't he retirement story, led all of SportsCenter and ESPN. And thus lay our lives

because that was the only news outlet we watched for sports at the time. For days. For weeks on it. Days, weeks, weeks. Training camp. I'm pretty sure it was somewhere coinciding with the Tiger Woods. Was that when the cheating scandal began with Tiger Woods? So those were like the two stories of the time.

And you know who was sitting, taking a backseat to the saga that dominated our lives of Brett Farrow. Aaron Rogers. And lookie here. Look where he goes after he's in Green Bay. Is this monkey see monkey do? Well, if it isn't to the Jets. If it isn't to the Jets.

And then what happened? There was the saga surrounding his Achilles. Willier, won't he play? Took up some dude's space on the roster. Somebody else could have been playing. And Aaron's like, well, I got cleared to go back to practice. Oh, I don't know how I got in this mess. He's going to the Vikings.

It was either going to be all of the above for me because I think he wants all of the attention, he's going to the Vikings. And the Vikings have many different choices that they could have as their backup quarterback, as we know. But I think if Aaron Rogers had it his way, he would complete the Brett Favreck, minus the picks to the reporter. Good job on you, Aaron Rogers from restraint.

Wow. So, you know what? Complete the Brett Favreve arc, but do it G-rated and go to the Vikings. Is it bad that when you said Tiger Woods cheating scandal? I was like, what, do he use the wrong? Do you take a stroke on something? or like, and I was like, oh no, you meant the cheating scandal. I thought you meant cheating on the golf course.

Yeah, on his wife. Yes, I got that. It took me a minute to process that. And I sarcastically, when I was anchoring in Austin, Texas and reporting at the time, was like, guys, that's not really a ton of news, you know? Like. You were unsurprised is what you're saying? Yeah.

I had to try to explain to them that the story of athletes cheating on wives. It's not as salacious as they must. do you think? On this question, the multiple choice, give me A. That's a return to the Steelers. Coch he's worked with before, although you could argue the relationship got rocky towards the end, but coach he's had success with before. And I think for Aaron Rogers, that's just what makes sense. Does he really want to start over? Does he really want to start over and have to be in camp and learn new guys and do that eye roll, sigh when someone doesn't run the route the right way? He doesn't want to, at least with the Steelers, there is a degree of familiarity.

So I think it's going to be able to. I, for one, would love to see JJ McCarthy tell Aaron Rogers how to run the offense. Yeah. I would say the Vikings, but I don't think Aaron Rogers, if you're signing him to the Vikings, is going to compete. He wants to know that he's the number one quarterback. And the Steelers of the team to do that. I think he wants to go for one more. They made the playoffs.

Mike McCarthy, you mentioned it. I do think the Vikings bring in a veteran quarterback. Do you know who I'm thinking here? Marshall? The guy that used to play for the Vikings? Do you like that idea? Kurt Cousins? Yes, Kirk Cousins. I like that idea. Bring him into compete. Veteran guy. If JJ raises his level, give it to JJ your first

round pick if he doesn't. Guess what? We got Kurt Cousins who we won 13 games with and made the playoffs. Obviously the playoffs didn't go well. But you know Kevin O'Connell likes him some Kurt Cousins, they tried to bring him back. They couldn't. Now, they get them back for nothing, just a free agent

signing. Y'all got to stop calling him Kirkrow bangs, though. That is insulting to the actual Kirko bangs. I can't be handling this. Like, stop. It's please. It's disrespectful. Number three. This five on it on 104.3. The score with Laylorah, Rheemie, Marshall Harris, and CHSN analyst Clay Harbor in the house. Here's question number three. What do you think of Cubs pitching after the first week of spring training exhibition games? Apparently, I'm more optimistic about it than one Marshall Harris. What you mean? Come on, Marshall.

Your bet. What does my bet have to do with pitching? Hey, hey, hey. This said, what was your impression of Cubs pitching after the first week of spring training exhibition games? Well, you know who they played in the first game of spring training exhibition? They played the White Sox. That's not the regular season. This is just spring training.

All right. As long as you don't get hurt, cool. Is that a fair way to look at the beginning of spring training? Just don't get hurt. So I wanted to ask this question too because James and Tyone let loose a couple home runs but at least we saw Matt Boyd go three innings and not give up a run.

So those two I'm evaluating a little bit more. When you add in the fact that Chota Imanaga has supposedly increased his velocity and that's both on his basketball and his splitter, that would be a huge help in I think regaining the trust that got him, you know, the start for the home opener here and the start in Japan is that opening day. So when you consider those two things,

I think overall, James and Tyone probably working on a 12th pitch, I don't know about, because he's that guy who works on his arsenal in spring training. Matthew Boyd, that was nice to see after, I think he may have run out of gas after pitching 179.2 in-thirds innings, you know, last year. So I was encouraged by what I saw out of Cubs pitching this last last.

week. I'm going to be really to the point on this. No one got hurt after a week. I am happy with that. We can slow clap. We can slow knock on the wood. Do all the things because the goal right now, the first couple of weeks of spring training where you're not necessarily

fine-tuning anything, but just getting into the flow and stretching yourself out, it's just to stay healthy. How many times have we seen a player's entire season be derailed because of something that happened in spring training? Can't have that. Maybe if you had Zach Gallen, you can afford to do something like that, but they don't. So just stay healthy for now. Here's my take.

I look at spring training is a little bit like maybe OTAs or preseason in football. There's always going to be some guy that makes a big play, wide receiver, scores a touchdown, quarterback throws a big pass. What matters more? Your fundamentals, your route running, all that, right? I think in baseball, spring ERA doesn't matter, walks, velocity, repeatable mechanics matter and that's what you see the Cubs

pitchers working on. Yes, Tyone got shelled a little bit. There's been some issues. A little bit. Yeah, he's gotten shelled but I think if you look back to where they were last year, in a much better position just because of all the injuries they had. I mean, you had

let's look, Justin Steele out from most of the season due to the elbow injuries, showed it missed a month, James and Tionne, two stretches on the injured list. Saraka was acquired, injured in his first appearance. I think with Tyone, Cabrera, Boyd, Horton, Ray, Assad, you've got a good group of guys here, so they're in a good spot. Number four. The Bulls lost 121 to 112 at home to the Trailblazers last night.

They now have lost 11 straight and just went, oh, for February. When will the Bulls win again, and how many more wins will they have this season? Let me just start this by saying, this is the if you are on board with the tank, this is exactly what you want to see. You want to see Modest taking all the shots and making plays and playing through mistakes and you want to see a game that is close at times. Hey, I like being down three with, what, under four minutes to play?

Isn't that what it was last night? And then lose the game. Just lose the game. 11 straight losses. Just lose the game. And I know people will think I'm being over the top when I say just lose the game. But let's be honest.

If you've been complaining about the bulls being in the middle, you either want them to be really, really good. They're not going to be really, really good. Let me just stop you right there. Or you want them to be really, really bad. They've got 24 wins this season. And before this, they were 24 and 25. They were a 500-ish team.

Now, they're 12 games below 500. They have the ninth worst record in the NBA. And within their sights, are the Memphis Grizzlies who have 21 wins and the Dallas Mavericks who have 21 wins. So there is a chance they could get to the seven spot in the tankathon standings. And if they get to the seven spot,

they have a 32% at a top four pick and a growing 7.5% chance at the number one overall pick. That's how I wanted to start. Now back to the actual question of, when will they win again? Let me tell you what's upcoming. Milwaukee, a team fighting for a playoff spot.

Oklahoma City, don't need to say anything about them. Phoenix, a team fighting for playoff position. And then, Sunday, March 8th, on a West Coast trip that will take them through five cities. In nine days, they will go to Sacramento, California. And in Sacramento, California, they will face a team that right now has 14 wins, the fewest in the NBA, the team at the bottom. of the NBA standings. Bulls West, although half those players have been shut down. Zach Levine won't be playing in that one.

He's out for the season. In true Bulls West fashion. That is their best opportunity to win another game. I think that is where the losing streak stops at 14 games. Because let me tell you something. If they don't do it then, the next best chance comes March 16th at home after that five-game road trip against the Memphis Grizzlies. But I think we could circle Sacramento on the calendar. as the next time the Bulls get a win.

Because they just lost 14 in a row, although the Kings have won two of the last three. I thought about the Kings. I thought that that would be the time. But then what's the fun in that plot? Wow. Lakers. Whoa.

They lost three. If you lost three in a row, I mean, they're close game last night. In the last three games between the Bulls of the Lakers, the Bulls have won the two out of three. They didn't win the last one, that was a whoopin. I think the Lakers were mad that they lost to the bulls the other two times. But I think in true NBA conspiracy theory plot fashion,

I think it would be hilarious if they went into Staples, now crypto. I hate calling it that, just like to me, it's still the Sears Tower. I think it would be a true NBA plot fashion to go in to the loose to the games, but beat the Lakers. So that would be a 16 game losing streak at that point. And you think they could just roll in. It's March 12th. Think about the load management.

You know, think about like LeBron's older. You know, like you're over here. No, was it, who said Luca was never going to win a title? Was it Spiegel? That was Matt Spiegel. We made a $100 bet on that. I know what that's outstanding. I think you're going to win that handily.

Yeah, he said he would never get back to the finals. There's sixth place in the West. It's not like they've just lost three straight. No, no, no. But that's it. He said they would never, he said Luca, the player will never ever go. back to the NBA finals. We'll never go back. Yes. Oh. It was a bold prediction. But you know what? One good bold prediction deserves another. I can't say this with a straight face. You know,

you know, Ray, I'm simply saying this for the plot. What do you think, Clay? I think the stop gap here, if they don't beat the Kings and just to be different, the Wizards, we're talking April, April 7th and 8th. You got a back-to-back, back-to-back games against the Wizards. We'll only won 16 games this year. They look worse than the Bulls do. So right there is the end, the guaranteed end of this losing streak. And yeah, I'm being a little, you know, facetious here. But I think that is the very bottom of the cave. They will not go any further than that.

Do you understand if that happens? That's the third to last game of the year. That would be the 29 game losing streak, which would break the all-time losing streak of 28 games. Held by the Pistons, right? Pistons and shared with the Philadelphia. of 76ers. I remember that because guess what? I covered that. You're covering them.

You're there. You're there. That's the bottom of the cave. I'm saying, I'm saying that's the very back end. That's when it happens for sure. You got back to back games against a wizard. One of those games. One of those games. We're all just for the plot right now. I said the Lakers just because it's ridiculous. I kind of

like it though. It's very Lakers to lose to the bowl. I like the Clay Harbor Tank streak. We need to monitor this. I like it. I like it. The drive for 29. The drive for 29. Or maybe 30 if they win the first game of those two games. Could be a 30 game losing streak and then they win the back in.

That's right. There's two. Number five. Five out of 104.3. The score here's our final question on Thursday. Tampa International Airport posted the following messages on the following message on its social media accounts. Quote, we've seen enough. We've had enough.

It's time to ban pajamas at Tampa International. Airport after successfully banning Crocs and giving everyone the amazing opportunity to experience the world's first crock-free airport, it's time to take on an even larger crisis, pajamas at the airport in the middle of the day. So that's the end of the message there from Tampa International Airport. Turns out it was a joke. And Tampa International Airport isn't banning pajamas and crocs, but would you support an airport pajama ban at O'Haron Midway?

Okay, so first I was fooled by this because I'm like, wait a second. Tampa, like where Nike jogging shorts and flip flops are considered fashion. You know, like Florida flip flops are just a way of life. That's really the greater point here. Like I've seen people roll up to the Palm Beach flight in a fur coat and flip flops. And I like the contrast. You know, if you're going to put it out there, put it out there. So at the same time, I just don't care what other people wear in public.

As long as it's like not Kanye's girlfriend, level of nudity. Oh, wow. You know, and frankly, like, good for her. You know, she thinks she looks good. Like, I can't really, I don't make the laws and I don't enforce them. But if you, it's up to you, how silly you want to look in public. And you know what?

I thought I was in style at the time sometimes and I found out later I wasn't and I was on television. So I can't criticize. I think it was the current administration that wanted to bring back like, they did like PSAs about dressing up for the airport, like you're going somewhere. like a night out on the town or a play or Broadway musical. Like that's what people used to do because... Yes, they are definitely trying to bring back the 60s.

Well, that's another story for another day. But what I'm saying is I think this is foolhardy in that, yeah, you should let people wear whatever they want because, like, you can't... Flights are tough because you want to be comfortable. Like, people always ask me, why am I not better dress? Because I wear what I wear in here. Sweats and a t-shirt and a hoodie and a jacket. jacket if it's cold, but like, I ain't getting dressed up for the freaking airport.

I want to be comfortable and be able to fall asleep. Now, the trick is maybe if you want to get noticed, if you're trying to meet somebody, dress up at the airport. There's a problem, though. What do you define pajamas as? You know, like, there's many definitions of pajamas. You know pajamas when you see that. Pajama pants.

Like, what's the cutoff? Pajama pants? Flannel. Open fly. Like, you know, Clay, stop. You know when someone looks like they're about to go to sleep. Drawstring. Old T.

shirt, like a t-shirt that's like soft. Stuff you wear at your house when you're about to take a nap. How about that? I'll wear this. I'll wear this. H hoodie and some sweatpants. To me, I'll take a nap in this. Okay. I'll fly in this too.

The matching sweatsuit has now become the outfit du jour for the airport. And this is why I'll give my answer on this and say. But that's not pajamas. Have some decorum about yourself, not just at the airport, but anywhere you go. At least change your damn clothes. As leisure is so prominent now as Clay has just brought up and it's so affordable. At least, it's the bare minimum, man. Don't wear some damn pajamas at the airport at the store.

The gas station, come on. I'm wearing my heaviest fabrics at the airport because then they're not in my suitcase and I can put more stuff in my suitcase so I can go somewhere. And I'm always cold. That's it. So like I wear my jeans and like something like this, like a sweatshirt, something like that. Like whatever takes up the most space in my suitcase and yes, I look stupid in public and I don't care because I'll wear like my mom sneakers that aren't ironic.

Just don't wear pajamas tomorrow, Marshall. Oh yeah, Clay and I are doing a thing. We'll talk about that later, though. Let's do that next. Also with more from not only the NFL player survey, but Clay's actually been checking out football at the Combine. Isn't that an idea? So we'll talk to Clay about some of his observation from the Combine for the Bears

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