Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Bears release linebacker Tremaine Edmunds … what's next?

Episode Date: March 6, 2026

Leila Rahimi and Mark Grote reacted to the Bears’ release of linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, which freed up about $15 million in salary cap space to use as free agency looms.

Rahimi Harris and Grody. Bears tight end. Cole Komet. Cole, welcome to the party, pal. Well, thanks for having me. I heard it was a big day. So naturally, I dropped everything I had going on today. You've complained a lot through the years about not being able to hear the score on the 670 a.m. dial when you're inevitably cruising around downtown. And now that we have an FM signal, Cole, you can now hear the score all day, all the time, all you want.

You can hear all the Bears hot takes you want. Well, that's perfect. I'll make sure I blast that in the locker room. Beautiful back! Rahimi Harris and Grody, Midday's Tyndall 2 on 1043 The Score. You guys ever figure out if counting crows are good, Mark? I don't think I have a definitive answer. I do think it's a good question, though, because they are omnipresent.

Like, the counting crows have always been there, had some really, like, fun, hit poppy songs, but yet they're a little bit more local. key than your average pop band. I still can't call it. I don't know. I don't know if I like them. We just need to ask more people. Maybe a little older than Cole come at. Possibly.

Yeah. Possibly. But, you know, what's old is new and all that kind of stuff. That's true. People like that. Okay. For now on, for all of our guests, instead of talking about dating apps and whatnot, we will ask them.

Are the county crows good? Are the county crows good? It's a good musical question, I think. We did not ask Adam Hogue about dating apps. We were just pointing out the dating apps. We were just pointing out the difference between following breadcrumbs and the act of breadcrumbing someone. Oh, see, I'm not as... And the fact that the two were conversational to Hogue on our show amongst us.

Oh, so you and Ray are way better at the breadcrumb stuff. Like, I couldn't quite grasp it. But now I can't. We talk about it a lot on our breadcrumb podcast. Right after the Snuggle Pust podcast? Do we think, Matt, is Max Crosby breadcrumming the Bears? Is he leaving the door just wide enough open and giving him? to keep us still interested.

I'm giving that 10 breadcrumbs. Yes. Do you guys know that, of course, I give out bears? You do. Do you guys know that the, and I love this, the afternoon show, Spigel at Holmes, they give out haluses, which is great, because there's so many haluses. They do a halis scale. That's really good.

Interesting. I like it. Should the halis scale face off with the bear scale? Well, look, the bear scale is always going to be the original. That's where people are going to go. But if you want an alternative, the Hallis scale is pretty hipster, man. An alternative scale. Yeah, we all got to have our scales.

And now we have a breadcrumb scale and a counting crow scale. We have the longtime Bill's Radio Network sideline reporter Sal Capaccio coming up at 1 o'clock. I wonder if he has a Bills scale. Does he give out Bills? Bills. Grady claims he's the Buffalo version of him. No, I'm not that narcissistic. Ray said that.

I said that. That was me. Oh, that was you. I put it in Grody's head. I think Grody said, yeah. It's living in Grody's head now. I actually had heard that previously. Maybe it was Chris Emma, possibly Chris Emma, who I believe going on with Sal Capaccio today on his radio station as I did this morning as well.

But I think he's been a sideline reporter. He does report for the bills. And he hosts a fewer days a week. So that's not, not that it's great to be Mark Grody, but that sounds like, yeah, the Mark Grody of Buffalo. Who wouldn't want to be Mark Grody Bears? I got, you know, we all got issues, man. We'll get to the bottom of this at one o'clock. In the meantime, we're talking to him, of course, because of the DJ Moore trade.

And we've talked about how the bears have depth at wide receiver. Or is it just receiver when you consider how Cole Comet and Coulson Loveland are used in the offense? Colson Loveland led the bears in regular season receiving yards with 713. DJ Moore right behind him at 6802. Romo Dunesay right behind him at 681. Loveland played 16 games out of 17. DJ played all 17. Rome played 12 because he had an injury.

Luther Burton had 15 games and got 652. So for people who have heard about this trade, who's the first name that pops up as who you think wide receiver 1 is going to be? Or do you think that the responsibilities fall to a tight end? But for me, right now, now just because of his catches of consequence, Mark, as you've liked to talk about. Like if there's a weighted runs created plus when it comes to catches in football,

I think my guy's Luther Burden right now. Not to say that Rome can't be that dude, because we did just talk about how Ben Johnson called Rome Caleb's Blanky. But it's hard to disagree with what Luther Burden did, especially toward that latter half of the season. Roma Dunesay led the bears in average yards per catch at 15. Luther Burton right behind him at 13.9. I think, it should be Roma Dunezay.

It should be Roma Dunezay because of where he was drafted, what we know about him as a receiver, the coming in at the same time as Caleb, like that, that, like, do or die might be too strong. for Rome going into this next season, but it's kind of a must-win season for Roma Dunezay. So I tend to still go with Rome as that guy. He was pissed off at the end of the season, for lack of a better phrase.

He was mad that he dropped the pass in the end zone, which, again, he would not accept any excuses that I offered him. Was it a bad ball? Did he get tip? Nope, I got to make that catch. I was not there on Locker. or clean out day, but my partner on Take the North Dan Weeder was, and he said he was just lamenting, basically, still. And that's not Roma Dunzee. Like Romadunzee, fun loving guy, always available,

always smiling, always having fun. He got serious at the end of this year. He knows what's at stake. He understands it. I think it's going to be Roma Dunesay, because I think he's going to be well-motivated. The drops he's have to go away. He's got to be healthy, and I think he will be. So while I love Luther Burden And I wouldn't be shocked if it was Luther Burden I do think it's still Romadunze I think Roma Dunesay will be the Bears Leading Receiver next year

Do you think that it's by targets Or do you think it's by production? Because we know about Luther Burden's yards after the catch and yak and rack And how that might come into play here Big time, big time. There's I mean the ferocity

with which Luther Burden runs after he catches the ball is something of beauty. Just got to make sure he catches the ball. before he takes off and runs. But I think statistically, I think he, like yards, yards overall. I don't know about targets necessarily,

but I think big play yards, you're going to see Roma Dunezay make, finally, finally make the jump, finally look like a number one wide receiver that they drafted in the first round. Lot at stake for Roma Dunesa, I feel like going into next year. So let's do a thought exercise.

I mean, okay. Danny Parking you out there somewhere. Thought exercise. I love them. Actually, we know exactly where you are. You're going to be on Fox Sports 1 later today. Oh, about that. Mr. TV. Mr. Somebody's got to zip my fly, put on my tie.

I mean, is that necessary groaning, you passed a pen to me, man? If you missed it on Tuesday, Danny said that when he puts on his suits, the belt is even already in the loops of the pants. So all he has to do is just zip up and button, and that's it. He's got it really good. Like, I think they even pick him up for work and drive him to. work. That's pretty normal though, right, for national TV and morning shows. Let's just get

this straight. Okay. The whole wardrobe thing and the day is like TV, blah, blah, blah. No. That is, that is Danny's life as a national host at Fox in New York. Yeah, so I mean, like, that's not, that's not TV. Just, just so we're clear. That's why I said national TV. No, you did. But Danny at the time was like, you know, TV, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. not all that

I got a driver I told me please be quiet I'm trying to focus right I'm trying to study I'm trying to I'm trying to

I don't want to talk to you or see you why did we just now find out about your Danny Parkins impression oh I do it behind here a lot

we all do everybody's got a Parkinson's we do but obviously I say getting back

yeah Danny would appreciate the thought exercise he invented the thought exercise let's

I'm pretty sure the hypothetical existed before Danny. He just coined the term. He said it a lot. I'm 37 years old, well-educated. I've been a thought exercise for you. I'm poorly educated, and I'm here too.

So getting back to the concept of the hypothetical. All right. Do you trust Rome? Put Romaduzzi's body in DJ Moore's body. Pretend that's Rome making the catch against the Packers on Saturday night. Yeah. December 21st, do you think it happens? Oh, would he have held on to the football?

Is that what you're asking me? Yeah, because that's really what this is. It's kind of like the NBA. Do you trust him to make the last shot? He did drop a ball in the end zone. So you're kind of putting me in a bad place here right now. And that's what makes me worry. Now, that doesn't always mean it's your leading receiver, but typically.

But I think he could get better. Like, this will be his third year with Caleb Williams as well. Unless I'm not like, Roma Dunesay has not been bad. He has been a productive receiver, but he has yet to live up to where he was drafted with the Bears and what they see in him. And I think Ben Johnson will probably look at him as the go. I mean, you've got to have one guy. I know that you want the even balance. There's got to be one guy, though, that is your go-to blankie, if I may.

But, you know, the thing that made me say Luther is because there were times where on third down, like third and four, third and three, they'd be like, okay, wide receiver, open in the flat, go get the yards, Luther Burden. Totally. On a third down. Totally. And like not inconsequential distance that he had to go, which means they're putting him on the spot and saying, we trust your ability so much. You're going to catch this ball at the line of scrimmage and move the chains.

And that's why I think it's going to be him, because I think they would put him in that spot to use his physical abilities and be able to, even as a rookie to have that trust. And as a second year player, I feel like he might be the guy in those scenarios. I am not discrediting Roma Dunes' ability. I thought that it was a dream that the Bears could even possibly get him when they drafted him. His career at Washington was incredible. And he did have a lot of at the time the Guaggi that Matt Spiegel speaks of,

that go up and get it. But the drops that he had this season were pretty bad. and so he wasn't the only one by any means, was not the only one. And he pushed himself too hard, I think, when it came to trying to come back from injury. So now that that is behind him, you know, how does he focus and try to get better at that very thing? Right. And I think that not that he wasn't properly motivated the last two years, it just gets different as you get older. The excuses are less. This is real. He's getting closer to his contract being over and eventually heading out into free agents.

and getting paid and all that stuff is important. So year three for that receiver in this offense, I think is huge. I know we're talking about receivers here, but do you think that Luther Burden will lead the Bears in receiving next year? Do you think Colson Loveland will have something to say about that? I think Colson Loveland might have something to say. Do you think he's the top guy? Because he was this year.

It is. Yes, he was. I think it has to do with DJ. Not having DJ Moore changes the shape of the offense. And don't forget how much DJ blocked, too. So I wonder if it even looks the same, you know, the formations and the plays they run. And this is why, too, we can't get careless about the part where you got to replace DJ more in some way, shape, or form. Yeah, you can talk about those guys getting better.

And it's logical to think that the guys on the roster will get better. But there is something missing from the wide receivers room right now. There is a void left by DJ Moore that cannot be filled by just any rank-and-file receiver. Precisely. He had value to your team to the tune of being its highest cap hit in AAV. That's for a reason. He also had value to another team who wants to continue to contend for Super Bowls. So that doesn't go away.

No, we haven't forgotten the fourth and seven. Fair enough. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. And that's, no, and that's the point. Rome makes some great catches.

There were some bad drops and some bad plays in that Rams game. Coming up next year on Rahimi Harrison Grotie, it is time for halftime. Sometimes sinkholes are bad. Usually, I would say a good 99% of the time. Except for maybe this one. Next.