Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Bears will sign safety Coby Bryant on a 3-year deal (Hour 3)

Episode Date: March 9, 2026

In the third hour, Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote discussed a variety of sports topics in the 5 On It segment. After that, they reacted to the breaking news that the Bears have added Super Bowl champion safety Coby Bryant on a three-year deal. Later, they reacted to center Tyler Linderbaum signing a record-setting three-year, $81-million deal with the Raiders.

This hour is brought to you by Menards. Save big money at Menards. It's time for five on it. Rahini Harrison Rooney. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104-3, the score. I got five on it. Number one.

The free agent negotiating window has been open for about an hour. What do you think of what the bears have done so far? Neville Gallimore. We got a nickname for him. This is pretty good work out of Tyler Buterbaugh. Do we have three options for nicknames for Neville? You do. You want me to listen?

Yes. You got the Canadian bulldozer. Hell yeah. Big Canada or Big Nev? Big Canada. Per the Oklahoman. I'm going with Big Nev. Big Canada is big, so, you know, there's that.

Like, what's little Canada? It's big. It's big. But it's not population dense. How about that for Canada? It's got wide, luxurious lanes. It's a great name, by the way. I think Neville Gallo, I don't think he needs a nickname.

That sounds regal. It's like a Grady Jarrett. These are some good names starting to stack up on the Bears' defensive line all of a sudden. Yeah. If he's out there making plays, he could have a one-name name name like Oprah. Because like just Neville. You'll know who we're talking about. That's right.

Neville. He's here. He does add an important depth for the Bears. So I like that they are working on the defense. line. I think you're right, Mark, there are some personnel on the D line, I think, that we still didn't know whether or not they fit in Dennis Allen's preference or his scheme or what he wanted. How many players were there by necessity and how many were there, especially last season because of the injuries? How many were there because of actual desire? So that's something that I think

this season and the offseason we're going to try to figure out. Good job, Bears, keeping Daniel Hardy. I think that we don't agree on much as a society, but I feel like Daniel Hardy is one of those people we do agree to. And DeMarco Jackson made a lot of sense too. He was appropriately honored by the NFL for the work he put in as backup on the linebacking corps and then on special teams. I don't know that slow and steady wins the race when we're talking about the frenzy that is free agency,

but I do like the moves that they have made so far without further examination into Neville Galloway, Big Canada, Big Nev, the Canadian bulldozer. I do like all those names. Gallomore. It's a little long, what did I say? Galilee? My bad.

Gallimore, yes. Listen, I like what they've done so far. And I want to believe that more stuff is coming. Malik Willis got paid, by the way. What were we talking about? NFL announcing that it's three years in 67.5 million with 45 million fully guaranteed. Go get him, Malik Willis. Because of his games against the Bears.

That's what it is. That's what it was. He had a monster game against someone else, too. Hey, he earned it, man. I'm trying to think of who that was. Was it, was it Minnesota? Who was left on the Packer's schedule last year? I don't be remembered.

I'm about to tell you, it was a monster game where he went 40 for 54. What? No, that's wrong. Wow. That would have been crazy. That would have been crazy. That was crazy. Marshall Harris. Stop saying crazy stuff over there. I said I'm sorry. It was against Baltimore.

Baltimore. And a loss. And then the other game. Other purple team. Yes. You saw where my brain was. It just didn't make the completion. He was 18 for 21 for 288 yards in the touchdown. And he also ran it nine times for 60 yards in that game. It was a loss, but he was out here doing his thing. Get your money, Malik Willis. Yeah. Are you done, Marshall? Yes. Answering the, okay, I just want to make sure. It's my fault. I interrupted with Malik Willis getting dollars. It's all good. I just didn't want. to jump in if you hadn't finished. I'm excited about what DeMarco Jackson might do. If they really are going to just let him loose and be the starter, hopefully, in theory, for 17 games at the age of 27, a two-year $7.5 million deal. If you could get this guy to be good

and be a starter, that is a win for the Bears. He had that, he had some nice games, including the 15 tackle game against Pittsburgh last year. So I'm glad DeMarco Jackson is back. You need guys like Daniel Hardy on your team, two years, $6 million, perfect. for him to keep on being one of the Bears' best special teams player. No argument with that whatsoever. And hey, I'm enjoying getting to know all about Neville Gallimore. I do wonder what it means for Andrew Billings, who might just now be off the roster for the Bears.

But we'll see. Number two. I'm going to take the first question and flip it and reverse it. Okay? We are about an hour and five minutes into the free agent negotiating window in the NFL. What do you think about what the bears haven't done yet? Safety. Anybody?

Anybody going to play in the middle of the backfield? Anybody? I need something to happen there. I need somebody to be there. And yes, I think a lot of us are, I hope, rightfully assuming, Kevin Byard comes back to this team. But if there was ever a time to get paid, if Malik Willis showed you anything,

get your money while you can. and with the opportunities that you've been given. What if the Titans want him to come back? That's been a big speculation as well that they want to write the wrong of letting him go to begin with. And after seeing what he did in leading the league and interceptions, at some point you have to, I think, settle that discussion somehow.

Who's your priority? Who's your first priority? Is it Kevin Byrd in the secondary? Is it signing him on the safety unit? So that's probably what I would have expected to see. happened by now if it was a done deal or if it was a set as we all thought it was even going into today like don't you guys think that that was something that we would have expected to see by now if it was that simple or that much of a priority well the way you stated it leila with the

something needs to happen at safety i'm going to be more specific they need to bring back kevin byer and it's not just me saying it i think ryan poles let the cat of the bag as soon as the season was over and the way he spoke about him as compared to other positions and Kevin Byard has been a leader. Kevin Byrd has been the guy. What you got? What you got? We have one bear going to the Titans.

He wasn't a bear this year, though. Oh. Mitch Trubisky. All right. To the Titans. Let's go, Mitch. Mitch Trubisky is more likable than he's ever been. Accepting his lot in life as a backup quarterback.

Swung through Chicago. Was it this training camp that the day had the... Yes. Yeah. Yeah, that was when the bears had 500 yards of offense in a game. And I didn't care. because it was the preseason. He's slowly but truly working his way to Hall of Famer at the bank status as a clipboard warrior.

And I ain't mad at it. And these times, I am not mad at it at all. But to finish my thought on Kevin Byer, let me tell you something. They need that dude. Three-time first team all pro, including last year. If it costs more than the $10 million, I'd lean into it, perhaps, depending on how far north of a $10 million a. AV, it's required. Okay.

this also per Jonathan Jones, the CBS NFL reporter. The Chicago Bears are eyeing Seahawks safety Kobe Bryant, sources tell NFL on CBS. Kobe. Okay. One Kobe leaves town, perhaps another one returns. Has anything happened with that I've missed with another Colts guy? As long as we're doing all those Colts talk?

Yeah. Nick Cross, the free agent safety of the Colts, 24 years old, 67 games over four years, four picks over the last two years as a starter. So that's another name to keep an eye on for the Bears. Apparently, like, the Bengals might be in the mix on him. Okay.

Since they've got some money to work with now. They also, supposedly, they were eyeing Rashon Gary. So they might have eyed him go right on over to Dallas. I don't know. But those were the two names that I saw with the Bengals potentially. And I'm with you guys on Byrd. I am surprised because I'm, I've been predicting it every turn.

The first thing that we would hear is a deal in place for Kevin Byrd. I just don't know exactly what I think I know what he values right now at this point in his career, but is there a Bears discount because of the comfort theater has there, because they are on the upswing, because he's the loudest, biggest voice in that locker room. I mean, there's a lot to like if you're Kevin Byard about being back with the Bears. But if somebody else, like the Titans, you mentioned or another team that wants to offer him, you know, $12, $13 million a year, you'd probably have to talk to your family and be like, hmm, we could do this for that

and be really happy for a long time. But the Kobe Bryant News makes me wonder. That makes me wonder if that has become a priority for the Bears over Bired. Maybe. Well, I think it fits more in terms of timeline if they want to get younger at the position. This is a guy who is 26 years old, 6 foot one. you know, Dennis Allen likes him lengthy. Good ball skills.

He had four interceptions, which was tied for eighth last year. 39 solo tackles, seven pass breakups, and one force fumble last year. And that's a guy you would pay more than the $10 million per. Well, and Cam Curl got his deal, right? Yeah, he did. So that was over the weekend. Cam Curl, three years, $36 million. So there's that part of it, too.

Number three. This is five on it on 104.3, the score with Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody, and keep it locked here because we're bringing you all of the free agent news as it comes in fast and furious. Here's question number three. According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the Raiders weren't even going to entertain the idea of trading past Russia, Max Crosby to the Patriots, because as an unnamed source, put it, quote, no way Tom was sending Max to Vrable, unquote. So that being Tom, being Tom Brady, Vrable, of course, the coach, Mike Vrable for the Patriots. On a scale of 1 to 10 on the Petty Meter trademark,

how would you rate the idea that Brady would refuse to trade an elite player to his former team? Okay, here's the thing. With other minority owners of NFL teams, do you even hear their damn names? Think about that. My question is not even about the fact that we think that Tom Brady is involved to this level. but that so now not only is he running the team he's also john spy tech is that the idea somehow he's also affecting how much of the team is he running at a given time while also doing the NFL on fox while also doing whatever else that that became the more

significant question for me in all of this and i guess the petty meter was high but if so how much of a hand is tom brady having the day-to-day option like operations of the raiders that It's still something that I'm very much trying to figure out. And if that were, because the Raiders went to the Super Bowl, and if I could think of a team in the NFL is probably the farthest away from it, it might be the Raiders. If that truly mattered, it shouldn't in the case of one team trying to rebuild, while another already went to the Super Bowl.

Like, that battle was lost a long time ago. Shouldn't matter. You get the best deal possible for your team. What's your number then? I want to see if mine's higher than yours. I think it's probably like an eight or a nine, because apparently Tom Brady's doing a lot more than anybody understands, even though his stake in the team financially is lower than others.

If this is a true story, this unnamed source, and Tom Brady is just like, nope, no matter what they offer, we're not giving them up to the Patriots. I put the petty meter at a 10. It's at a 10. It's a 10 out of 10. Like you're just saying even if someone offers you the best deal, you're going to keep them away because it's your former team that you went out early.

By the way, you left them and still won another Super Bowl in Tampa Bay. it's not like this grievance where the Patriots were winning without you. It's the other way around. So wasn't that victory enough? And to your point, Layla, about how much is Tom Brady doing all these jobs? I think he is of the mindset. If you've heard him talk enough about the way he is in Max Crosby levels of obsession with the game, that he wants to have influence over anything and everything.

And I think that plays a part in why he's looking at this is something that he can, in control, whether it's to the detriment of his team or not that he's a minority owner of, we'll find out. I have this down as a, as you said, I like the caveat. If this is the case, like, I have it as a 10 on the, on the petty scale, okay? I also, I also took the time to set a few other meters here. Go ahead. I also have it as a 10 on the dumb meter.

Thank you. I also have it as a 10 on a bad personnel guy meter. and I also have a 10 as being on the dangerous meter. If you're going to live like that and whatever with that move, I mean, the Raiders got what they got for Max Crosby. They're doing real well. They've got $88 million in cap space. They're rolling around in it right now.

If this is the way this guy is going to operate going forward, then this is bad news for Las Vegas. Well, that's the point. Your job is to get the best deal for your team. It's not to issue vendettists. What other vendettas has he got? What other players around the league does he not like? What other teams and GMs does he not like?

Hey, newsflash, Tom. The Patriots are good without you. And you were also good without them. Hence, you winning a Super Bowl with Tampa. Why is this still a thing? Let it go. They can't. You know what that's going to do?

It's basically hurting your team, as we mentioned. Who would want to go there as a free agent when you have no idea who's running what and how. Dangerous, bad, dumb, petty. I talk about it every day. D-D-B-P. Program. It's my D-B-D-P program. Dangerous, bad, dumb, petty, DBDP.

You know what else it is? We needed something else after Olatap, if you'll recall, that was obvious lack of talent at the skill positions. Oh, yeah, with you and Bernsey, right? Yeah, and so that's past. You know, Olatap is not a thing anymore. Also, Liam Cohen had the last laugh with Fazzmat.

So at least we've got another one now. D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D. No, it's D-B-D-P. Unless you want to go from Petty. D-D-B-D. P-D-B-D? P-D-B-D? We need a question here badly.

Here's a question for you. Which team do you consider to be the messiest in the NFL? I'm not just saying this because it's in the division. But show me a team. show me a team messier than the Minnesota Vikings. Who's their GM? How much money are they over the cap? We had to look it up, didn't we?

Who's their backup quarterback? Is the GM for real or is he just hanging out for the draft? Who hasn't made any moves today? What the hell's going on up there? Wait, are they the weird-ass Minnesota Vikings? Oh, yes. The twins are no longer weird-ass. It's now extended.

No, the twins have very much told you that they're rebuilding or whatever you want to call that. They've infected the football team. They have made themselves a good sale candidate is what the twins did. Fair. So the twins told you who they are. The Vikings are now $4 million over the cap. But at one point last week, they were at $46 million over the cap. And they're having to get rid of some major assets in order to be able to do so.

So the Vikings might be it. They got rid of Kwayceidofa, mentza, timing-wise, way too late in the cycle, seemingly because Sam Darnold made the Super Bowl. So you should always have main character energy. Don't make somebody else tell you what to do with your personnel. It just seems all very haphazard to me. At a place that looked like it had it sewed together, keep in mind there's a 15-win team last year.

I'll say this. This question, there are a lot of combinations you could go with, a lot of contestants for this award. I'm sorry, but as long as, is Jerry Jones is out here, Jerry Jones. I'm going with him. I'm going with the Dallas Cowboys.

You mentioned it earlier, Leila. I think we've been talking about it for weeks now. You are trying to solve a problem that you created that didn't need to be created when you traded Micah Parsons instead of just paying Michael Parsons. And now you just look foolish. And it's been disarray since you last appeared in the NFC championship game.

30 years ago. and I don't see it changing anytime soon. And that's just the bottom line. Like, Jerry Jones, they're the messiest. They're the, he's the GM and the owner, and it's bad. And it's every year he shows you why it's so awful. They franchise tag George Pickens when they could have just signed him and extended him, which would have governed them more money to work with under the cap.

They're still 18 million over. I hate to pile on and make it two out of three, but you and I were talking about it as we're. walked in the building today. Why didn't you just keep Micah Parsons in the first place? This is what I believe I said. And you're like, yes, crotie, that's what I'm saying. Because he couldn't quantify his emotions.

I guess ego. Micah bothered Jerry on some level that he was mobile and had leverage. Well, you said it as we were walking in. Like he wanted to, it's the ego, the win the negotiations. Oh, we don't need you. We can survive without you, Micah Parsons. And now they're trying to get another guy in there. Well, they did.

They had to get Rishon Gary, who is not nearly as good as Micah Parsons. Don't forget trading for Quinn and Williams. Yeah, that is also there too. There's so many different ways you can look at that. Number five. Five on it on 104.3, the score. Here's our final question.

On Friday, Packers' edge rusher, Rashon Gary took to Instagram to post a farewell message to Green Bay and then deleted it. Packers beat reporter Rob Domoski took to X to report that Gary's IG account was hacked. And then this morning, we got the news that Gary was traded to the Cowboy, boys for a 2020 27 fourth round draft pick you follow all that so did rasha and gary get hacked no rashon

gary didn't get hacked he hacked himself and i don't know why rob damoski wanted to i guess you know that's doing the right thing as a reporter if somebody tells you they were hacked then you say hey he says he was hacked but at the same time rob he's on the cowboys now you're not going to see him like that anymore you don't owe him anything that was a whole great thing that was a whole great guy that he posted that was very intentional, that looked purposeful. He wasn't hacked. He just jumped the gun. If he was smarter, you had a brand new graphic that didn't look anything like the first

graphic. And then maybe he, maybe, maybe it would be believable, but probably not. What if it was like clip art and it was like you and I like scrawling on a, on a tablet? And it said like Roshan Gary, Cowboys then just drew like a cursive star colored in it. I would love that. I'm here. There's no way he was hacked. And he knows that we know he wasn't.

It's just what people do now in the world. Wink, wink, wink, not. Yeah, we all know and he knows. And Rob Demoski probably knew, and everybody knew. Like, it's just, it's silly. You're dancing the dance? Yeah, yeah. They did a little dance on the dance floor.

Like the Pat Benatar dance from Love is a battlefield. Love is, I don't remember the dance. Love the song. It was very choreographed. It did not look like they were in a battle, but they were in a battle. Same idea. They were pretending. Love is a battlefield.

Yes, it is. This question that we had at the beginning of our show, meeting today looks a lot more valid about an hour and a half into this negotiating window in the NFL than it did even when we asked it. Are the bears more focused on capitalizing

free agency or the draft? It becomes more compelling by the minute today, so let's examine next. Rahimi Harris and Grohty Midday's Tidal 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 1243 to score. Rivers down the middle

of the field and it is hit her. That courtesy of CBS, and we do have some significant Bears news. It also makes everything, I think, make a little more sense. This per Tom Pelliserro, we heard the news just moments ago, that the bears were looking into the services of Seattle's safety, Kobe Bryant. And now, according to Tom Pelliserro, it is happening. He reported about two minutes ago that the Bears are citing Kobe Bryant, that per sources. Now, Bryant had been a safety with Seattle.

for the last four years. He has a total of 66 tackles in the 2025 regular season, 39 of those solo, 27 assisted, just part of that outstanding Seattle defense. But when we look at the interception numbers, he also, not bad for himself by any means, four interceptions in the regular season last year.

And that per Tom Pelliserro, other sources reporting it as well. So he's 26 years old. I think this does change how we felt about Kevin Byard and what the hope is and perhaps what the price was for Byard and maybe his age factors in going into what we're seeing now. This guy is kind of played all over the place, though, like in specific spots. His 20-24 season, he was a strong safety, played in 17 games, started 11 games. That would be obviously last year, two years ago now, in the 2024 season, but was still very effective.

He's a tackler, too. 73 tackles that year 66 this year. He was a cornerback for Seattle in 2023, playing nine games at the position, starting twice

and has been relatively durable throughout his career. So on the overall, with the up-and-coming factor, with the four interceptions in a key place for obviously the best team in football last year,

this is a good signing for the Chicago Bears. No, it's a great signing, in my opinion. And the thing that sticks out to me, is that versatility, which you're alluding to Grotie, because we know that Dennis Allen likes weapons. He likes guys that he can have do different things depending on the scheme, the down and situation.

And imagine having a guy like Kyler Gordon, but also having more players like that that can play strong, whether it's down in the box or in coverage. And this guy has experience covering guys. I'm interested to see what else they do, because, again, they didn't have any safeties. Now they're going to have one more, and you've got to add more to that,

whether it's through the draft or through free agency. I wonder who this eliminates, like, for the Bears. Like, is this a... Jaquan Brisker goodbye because he was the young guy and this is the young guy that decided to sign. That's what I want to leave. I drafted the same year, right? So that would make it makes sense, 2022.

There's also this. So according to SpotRack, this was from the fan-sided blog, 12th Man Rising. They said that SpotRack reported that Bryant's deal would be estimated to be two years in the $28.8 million range. So that means about $14 million or so when it comes to what potentially is cap hit could be, probably more, if there's a signing bonus there, or what the discussion is, or what that looks

like as far as how the bears manage this money. So that's significant, too, when you consider that they're only under the cap according to over the cap by about, let's see, 21. million or so. Twenty-five is the latest number now for over the cap. So I think that is starting to refresh itself. So 25 million. So when we keep that number in mind, and that number will change, we know that based on how this goes and how the reporting goes. But how are they factoring into what he will do? Is it a three-year deal for him? You know, does he get a longer contract to maybe kind of offset those expenses? I don't know. But it's worth a discussion when it comes to his value. And for him being a safety off the board early, of course we ask the question what

that means for Kevin Byard. But it sure sounds like comparable stats. Yeah, I mean, it can be interesting to see where Jaquan Brisker lands. Like at this point, it sure doesn't feel like he's coming back to the Bears, but I am interested in who will kind of take a chance on Jaquan Brisker, knowing his injury history, although he was terrific last year and totally durable. But he's an interesting case. I'm anticipating that one. He was durable. last year. That's what I mean. That's what I said. Yeah, but I mean, like, that's the hard part is, is trying to measure that durability throughout multiple years. Especially because of all the head injuries. I mean, like, you know, unless guys aren't paying attention to the bears and his

injuries, that's a huge part of the Brisker story and future. He did everything he could, I think, to try to answer that issue, but there's only so much you can do when that's the career. Well, the good news for Briskers is that he had his best game at the right time, and that was against the L.A. Rams where he was just unbelievable. Definitely finished on a strong note. And if I remember the way he left the field after that game, he kind of let you know he thought his time with the Bears was over. Yeah, it told me he hadn't heard from anybody. So, you know, and see. The other thing is, as we absorb the news that the Bears have one safety, and Kobe Bryant, of course, from the Super Bowl winning Seattle Seahawks is the understanding that I'm really

curious about the details financially of his deal. Yeah, we got to find that out. But he looks He looks like a willing tackler, too. He's had 70. One year was 18. That was a year he played cornerback. 73 and 66 tackles in his years, which obviously you have to be. And he's spent one year. Like he said, that's strong safety.

Last year he was there free safety. I mean, I think that those are good numbers. You know, four interceptions that was tied for eighth. Tremaine Eddn's had four interceptions last season. But when you consider those 66 total tackles, 39 of those solo, the stats are comparable, are they not? Yeah, yeah. No, absolutely, absolutely.

You know? With Tremaine Edmonds, I guess this replaces his production, although be it from a different position. From a turnover standpoint, a takeaway standpoint. No, not if they don't replace Bired. Or they think they just did. I still think they're going to get something to a buyer. I think they're going to get something down on Byer.

You know what, and that might be me doing the old hope wishing. Sure. It feels like there's still room for it. A little bit. No, the hope wishing. That's where we are now. It's just hope wishing. like I'm hoping that the wishes might come true.

That sounds lower confidence level than wishcasting. It is. That's why I said it just like that because wish casting is like, oh, here's something that I can wish for, but I'm now hoping to be wishing. Position of need taking care of. So the next actual literal position of need is left tackle, right? The, you don't have that. No, they still need three other safeties, though.

Well, I'm just saying like they're on the board with safety. At least they're on the board. But let's get back on the board with left tackle now. please. I just, I'm not... I can't see it. I can't see them signing a left tackle

and free agency. What are they going to? You think they're going to draft their next left tackle? Or Theo Bennett. Or maybe... Or maybe Theo's in house. Maybe he gets better.

Canadian Eagle. Yeah. I mean, it could, right? They could say, yes, there's something there. And Theo Bennett, there still needs, some things need to be smooth out, but maybe they think they can get them there.

Well, let's be honest. They've already said there's something there because they gave him a chance to start last year. They did, but it seemed like they lost some faith in him as the season and why not. We have terms from Jordan Schultz. Shultzie.

Three years and $40 million. Three years, $40 million. So that's 13.3. So that's 13.3. And then put the little repeating line over to the point three. Three years, $40 million. Yeah. Okay.

So. That, the estimate that on Brisker, I'm just like trying to compare from everything I saw, three years, $30 million. So, a little bit more to maybe a little bit of a sure thing. But if it's over 13 million AAV, which is what that is, you can't tell me this doesn't affect what they expect to pay a guy like Kevin Byard if they expect to pay a guy like Kevin Byrd.

And that's why I moved on to left tackle. Because it's going to be the next thing. So you're resigned and that Kevin Byers not coming out. I don't know. I'm kind of with you. I think I was wishcasting it before I heard the number. I was like, I still think they're going to get them. This certainly lessens the chance. but it's not, it can't be ruled out still. He's still out.

Kevin Byard is still available. Center News for the Lions per Tom Pellisero. Their signing center, Cade Mays per source. Maze. Pain. Is it Pane? That reminds me of a Jim Kramer, you know, the CNBC man. Financial dude.

Where he hits the House of Pain button on a stock. House of Pain. I didn't watch closely enough to know that, but I believe you. Cade Mays is the former Carolina Panther Center. or he is 26 years old. I'll call. All right. So the Bears have a Kobe White.

They have a Neville. Neville Gallimore. Galamore. I was going to say Gillings for some reason. Neville Gallimore. Daniel Hardy is back. DeMarco Jackson is back. What am I leaving out?

Well, I just want to let you know they don't have a Kobe White. They have a Kobe Bryant. But I've already done it once today. And we're going to do it. We miss you, Kobe White. I don't care what anybody says. But yeah, Kobe Bryant. Right. Thank you.

But at the same time, if we're not shifting from safety to another position, I am curious as to whether or not they're just like, we're going to deal with safety through the draft. We're going to deal with left tackle through the draft. I think the point can be made that Ryan Poles doesn't believe that this draft class is that deep. Also, in the division, this is worth noting Diana Rusini with this one from the athletic. The Buccaneers have been focused on, improving their defense and are signing former Lions linebacker Alex Anzolone.

So he is out of the division. And this is for you, Marshall Harris. Former Steelers running back Kenneth Gainwell is signing with the Buccaneers. Why is that for me? I need you explain that to me. You never talked about the Steelers this last season? All he talked about was his obsession, and that's Aaron Rogers. His obsession is Aaron Rogers.

His obsession is Aaron Rogers. Now it's an obsession. I'm Max Crosby on this. Is this not a direct quote from you, Marjorie? Marshall Harris, Super Steelers, Super Bowl. Yeah, yep, that was what he said. That has never been uttered except for by you, Ray Diaz, just now. I said they had Super Bowl potential. Is this us feeling the breeze of the window of the negotiating window being open?

That's right. That window's open. It's breezy. Do you feel a breeze? Actually, if you go outside today, you can feel a heck of a breeze. It's a nice day. I can't believe y'all. I can't believe y'all would try to twist my words like that.

I actually think that the Diana Receivie Post said Marshall's boy, Kenneth Gainwell. And I've never been high on Kenneth Gainwell in that manner. All you have to do in this city is give a little bit of positivity towards Aaron Rogers and you get crushed. The next thing you know, you want to hang out with Aaron Rogers. It's not positivity towards Ken Rogers. This guy was like, this guy's going to the Super Bowl. Somebody on Twitter says that they saw you guys in Camero, weo together.

Let's let Marshall say what he really said. It was more so the positivity for Mike Tomlin. And I thought that was a marriage that could work. He got fired. Now nobody's in the marriage. No, no, no, no. We're not going to do that to Mike Tomlin. Mike Tomlin stepped up.

Yeah, he quit. He was like, enough of this. Aaron Rogers made Mike Tomlin quit. Oh, wow. Marshall and Aaron Rogers were hanging out in Camerio says some dude on Twitter who won't reveal his name and has 12 accounts. Do you think Steelers fans would have wanted to push him out the door as much as it seemed like they wanted to if they knew Mike McCarthy was going to be the replacement? Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

7.73 at our text line wanted to correct you in all caps they put Colby White you didn't get it right either. That's like Zillow. You didn't get it right. That's like Emma correcting us. You can't. You know so funny about that? I had to, for the first year that

Kobe White was here with the Bulls, had to keep from calling him Kobe Bryant, which I know was like a huge insult to Kobe Bryant because Kobe White is no. And now I'm going to have to be careful here with Kobe Bryant to not call him Kobe White. Give me like 10 more. of those, like two weeks worth of it, and then I'll stop.

Kobe Bryant. See, this is 104. 3 the score all over again. Get used to that 104 3. I'm not. I see six to somebody all the time. I ripped three off the top just to get you. Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant. Thank you. Yeah. We're going to have you right on the wall like Bart Simpson at the beginning of a Simpsons episode. And I'm going to feel weird about calling him Kobe Bryant, even though it's his name because I'm used to. And every time you Google him, you have to put Kobe Bryant football player, Seattle, Seahawks, Chicago Bears, or else you just get all the Kobe Bryant stuff.

the one you know. Oh, man. The more you know, bears. This is a sad, sad, sad thing from 630. We have Theo at left tackle. Not a killer, but it's a body. We only have one safety. Do the math, Grotty.

But like the way they just put Theo. The cope is hard today. Somebody else goes, well, we've got Dave Frager coming back and Terrell Smith. So we're fine at quarterback. Oh, okay. You sure about that? Well, I'm glad to see your confidence. Question for you, Grotie.

How many bears did Marshall lose due to his Roger's? loved from 217. I didn't, I don't love him. I do respect the future Hall of Fame or Aaron Rogers. That's all it is. If you loved him, you wouldn't even make the Bear Scale. Like, you wouldn't be eligible for it. You would be ineligible for my Bear Scale. You could be on the afternoon show Hallis Scale, maybe. Wow. They have a halis scale. We have more free agency news and we'll discuss the latest developments as we get them real time. The Bears reportedly signing safety Kobe Bryant to what looks like a three-year

deal. More to come here on Rahimi Harrison Grotie on 104 3 Chicago. Nope, can't do it. 1043 to score. Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody, Rahimi Harrison Grody on 1043, the score. Your name's Kobe Bryant. What's the reasoning to why your parents name you Kobe Bryant? My big brother swears up and down, he named me, but he wouldn't name me at seven years

old. I'll get him out of the way with that. He's cabin. He's cabin, big cabin. My dad, he loves Kobe Bryant. just how he represented himself, just not as an athlete, but as a man, no, just the mentality that he had. They knew I would be special when I was born. They knew it. They knew it. God's plan. I wanted to spell it differently so I can create my own legacy, but also, you know, represent the Kobe Bryant as well, too.

That is from Brad Parker's YouTube channel. He's from the score app, not to be confused with the score Chicago, not to be confused with whatever I said a few minutes ago. This is Rahimi Harrison Crotie on 104, The Score, and this is a busy, busy day. about some more news. Do you guys want more news? Yes. And Rappaport. For those of you who thought Tyler Linderbom was not going to get paid, you were dead wrong. Ravens, three years, $81 million.

Linderbom! That's a Linderbom right there. And now he can go play football and grow with young Mendoza. We said Ravens, right? Yeah, Ravens Pro Bowl Center. The Raiders are closing it on a deal for Ravens Pro Bowl Center. So yeah, he's going to the Raiders. Yes. The Raiders. I would I assume Mendole is we've heard nothing different.

It's a perfect fit for a rookie quarterback to get the best center available on the market. Mendel's going to the Raiders. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I guess that from that perspective, that actually makes sense. And yes, they had, I think if I had it right, they had to start the date, $88 million in cap space. So that's a good move for there.

They were flush with cash. Flush with cash and they made a good move right there. Somebody got run over by Alexis, just like Parks and Rec. Jean-Ralphio. Oh, oh. Yeah, that's how they ended up being flush with cash. Don't you know the story? I don't know the story.

I haven't seen the whole series. Yeah, his fuck got right over by Alexis and then they became flush with cash. Oh, really? And then they created, I believe, Total Entertainment 720. Detliff Shrempe was an employee. Ted left. Oh, man. So Tyler Linderbom said to make $27 million a year.

What was all that? Oh, he's not going to get paid a lot of money? No, man. Who said that? People said he wasn't. Randoes? Really? thought they knew what they were talking about.

Like, bro, trust me, bro. There's no way he's going to get that money. Why are you hanging out with Tom Brady? Because otherwise, he just got paid. Yeah. So the centers are all falling in place now. Linderbaum headed to Vegas, Beattish. Tyler Beattish, stays with the Chargers.

Connor McGovern, four years, $52 million with the bills. And the bears, of course, with Garrett Bradbury. Here's what I know. Tom Brady has scouted the Ravens. Hence he sent. Max Crosby there and now he's taking their center. He knows the Ravens. That is a, that is reportedly from Adam Schaefter a record deal. And I would assume that is the AAV for a center that sets the market and the record, yes.

27 purrs. Like, where would that be on the bears? Like, you know, it'd be at the top. That would be above Montes what? Yeah. That'd be enormous. Well, see, I've got the cap table open as one of my 200 tabs I have opened today. Only 200? Stand by, please. John Harbaugh strikes out. Monta's at 25.085, so yeah, and that's before signing bonus and whatever else, and sometimes the cap hit is more than your salary, you see. So that might be even higher. Yeah, I really thought it was going to be John Harbaugh that was going to step up the ex-Baltimore head coach,

now the Giants bringing back his guy or Todd Munkin, who is now the Cleveland head coach, who was the O.C. There was some whispers, maybe Cleveland, but. I think they just had to do. structured Deshawn Watson's contract for 25th,000th time. Again. The fact that he's back next season. And a career is crazy and wild. Yeah, he's like, Deshawn Watson?

Still there. Healthy, ready to go. What an awkward training camp, OTA, whatever. The Browns only had $15 million in cap space. At least according to this. So that would have been a dream for them then. That was impossible. Yeah.

So the Raiders had $101 million. That's what it was. And 27 of it is now going to one man. After the Crosby trade, yes. Tyler Linderbombe, he got paid, paid. He bet on himself and did the right thing for his paycheck. What a great thing, though. I mean, what better thing to do than to start to get to put the infrastructure in place for the Raiders for the number one overall quarterback?

As we learned, you might want to set things up well for the number one overall pick when it's a quarterback. It's such a great point. all the stuff that has been written about the botched developings of quarterbacks like the number one guys and we could say that some of that may have happened to Justin Fields here with the Bears. Was he surrounded by, for one year, Caleb Williams was not surrounded by the right people in the building. So that is the exact right thing to do by the Raiders,

whether we want to admit it or not. I wonder what, I wonder where Cam Jordan fits into all of this, by the way. I know his name was mentioned a bit last Friday. But he's 37? Okay, I see your Cam Jordan. I'll raise you a Bosa. There's always a Bosa available. But there's a Joey Bosa available.

There's a Bosa store. There's always a Bosa store. Limited quantity in the Bosa store. But yeah, no, Cam Jordan. I thought about Cam Jordan, but just my instinct, Leila, too old. The age, right? Yeah, I'm scared of that age.

The Saints had a 37-year-old linebacker and a 37-year-old defensive lineman. On the team, wow. Yeah, they had to refresh, I guess. but that's he's as far as I know Cam Jordan's still available Joey Bosa still available Guess who's out of the division

Who's out of the division? Kingsley and Igbari One year 10 million dollars with the New York Jets Okay That according to athletes first Whenever I hear someone's out of the division I always hold my breath because Well if they're gone who's coming

Don't worry about that right now Let me know if Justin Jefferson is out of the division Then I'll start being interested in that If you love ball You want Justin Jefferson on an offensive-minded team that's functioning. Let me know when Michael Parsons is out of the division. I love bears. Let you know when who's out of the division.

Michael Parsons. Yeah, he's still here. Yeah. Jordan Addison also, let me know when he's out of the division. There's a Bosa. There's a Bosa warning at the top. Warning, boasas are extremely fragile. It's true.

Amon Rae St. Brown, let me know when he's out of the division. And speaking of DeMario Davis, the 37-year-old linebacker that I mentioned, two years, 22 million to the Jets. Play until you're 40 to Mario Davis. That's good money at that age especially. Did you mention Michael Parsons out of the division? I did mention that. Let me know. Okay, so I thought you had.

I got stuff over here. Maybe we want to set an Alexa for that, you know, or Siri. Like if somebody of super significance leaves the NFC North, like let us know. Yeah, can you do that? Ding, ding. A reminder. Yes. Okay.

Where's Micah Parsons? IS still in the division. For now. Ding, ding, ding. Ding. The most, that would be the guy that we would most want out of the division

probably right now, or do you go? Yes. Yes. It's Parsons. Okay. Especially healthy Mike of Parsons. Hutchinson, maybe?

No, well, Hutchinson. Yeah, Jared Goff. I mean, that's a pretty good quarterback right there. I mean, like he makes the top five, right? That's what we need to do. We need to wishcast people we want out of the NFC norms. Oh, like one player off every team.

If you could take one guy off. Just one? that's only three. I'm just trying to make it challenging. We don't need to make it challenging. Jesse Jefferson, Micah Parsons. Yes. Ah, Amon-Ross, St. Brown.

The end. You would say. Or Aidan Hutchinson. Yeah, I think Hutchinson over golf. Who do you think other teams would take off the Bears? Would it be Caleb? Yes. Yes.

He's such a wild card right now, and they're like, and he's going to get better. Yeah, because that's the problem. Look, the division has had it good for decades. As in, could this be the, The Bears have a quarterback. And that's what they fear. You should fear that, by the way, NSC North.

Fear the 18. Fear the Caleb. You know what else you need to fear? Take the North. Oh, DTN. Dan Weederer. Mark Gertie's partner, senior writer for the athletic. He'll help us break down all of this news next.