Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Clay Harbor believes Bears should trade DJ Moore, cut Tremaine Edmunds

Episode Date: January 29, 2026

Marshall Harris and Mark Grote were joined by Chicago Sports Network analyst Clay Harbor, who explained why he believes the Bears should look to trade receiver DJ Moore and cut linebacker Tremaine Edmunds this offseason.

Clay Harbor, former NFL player. Clay Harbor, slot to the left. Here's mixed pass, and it's caught touchdown by Harbor. That's a touchdown. Clay Harbor makes that catch. And they've got Harbor for the touchdown. Football analysts for Chicago Sports Network. I think the Bears have two really good tight ends.

I've been in tight-in rooms, meeting rooms, practice fields, game field. These two guys, three guys, you can even throw Dermasmyth in there, but Colton Loveland and Colk Met are extremely. tough and physical players. These are guys that can do everything. Clay Harbor. Your large adult son, Clay Harbor, pointed that out on the internet, went viral for it. He's bigger than me, but I'll still take him down.

On Chicago Sports Radio, 670 the score. You know he's here. Clay Harbor's sitting right here in studio with Rahimi Harrison Grotie on the score. You see, I had to raise this chair up to be higher than both of us. Did you notice that? Immediately came in and put the chair up. Yeah, I was going to say, is your chair low or did his go to Haw? Is this a CHSN thing? Like, David Haw always has it up like he's a baby in a high chair.

That's why I give Haw, every time I come in with you guys and I ask, why is your chair so high? My knees can't even fit under the desk here. It's like pinching off circulation. Why is your chair so high? I don't know. I just like to be up high. He likes to be seen.

I'm David Hawth. See me. Look at me. Get that man of saying. He is Clay Harbor of CHSN. As you heard, the former NFL veteran of the Eagles and the Jacksonville Jaguars, he played tight end. Now he talks bears here. He's from here.

He's from the great Dwight, Illinois. He already knows where Dwight is, Marshall. I know what's up, right? I know what's up with Dwight. I've been through Dwight many times in my life and on my trexed Illinois State University. What's going on? Clay, you good? I'm great, man.

31st of this month, I will end my 31-day challenge, Marshall, dry January. mixed with 31 days of workouts, 31 saunas, 31 cold plunges, no alcoholic beverages, and we're almost there. Congratulations. Thanks. Have you had any THC beverages along the way? No. Okay, just curious. Well, because that would make him hungry and then he would, you know.

I'd eat. That would not be good or encouraging. So congratulations to you and all of those who practice dry January. I'm typically worried about the people that feel like they have to, not clay, because I know you're a beacon of health. The people that do it every year and look forward to it, you might have a drinking problem. If that's the month where you stop drinking, you might want to get yourself to a meeting instead of going on Instagram and telling everybody that you're doing dry January. Good advice. I'm just saying.

I just want you to take a real look at yourself when you look that for. Not in your case, though, Clay. I appreciate that. Have you always lived this way? Like even before, like when you were growing up as a, when did fitness become so important to you, Clay Harbor? Before we get into your three bold bears moves. Honestly, it was like post-NFL because everything was so structured and regimented when you're in the league. You got these saunas, these steam rooms, these massages.

Everything's taken care of the best coaches in the world. So you got to like kind of take it on your own. And I did a deep dive to like all these, not hacks, but just these things that you're, how you're, the human body works, whether it's cold exposure, whether it's heat exposure, whether it's morning sunlight, whether it's delay your caffeine intake. until 12, whether it's all these things, and you start putting them together and you realize that you're so much more productive, you feel better, and, you know, longevity is a thing. Now that I'm about to be 40 years old, I'm looking at the mirror and I'm saying, man, I'm really going to have to take care of some of this stuff. What a flex at this boomer room where he would say something like that.

You know what's even more important than longevity, though? What's that? Bears. The bears. Well, I was going to say, isn't that under the longevity category, the umbrella of Oh, absolutely. Longevity. He's trying to sustain the success the Bears had in year one under Ben Johnson

and with Caleb Williams, trying to make sure that he continues to get better in year three after a substantial jump in year two under a new head coach. Yeah, and as Grody tease earlier, I came up with three bold moves that I thought Ryan Pohl should make this off season, right? And I got a lot of feedback on social media. We did this on CHSN, the Big Pro Football Show, with David Haw, your guy's very own.

Ruthie Polinsky's up here a lot as well. Po, Po. And I got a lot of feedback. Some good, something bad, but should I just get started here? Please, go. Go take it away. And then let me hear your guys' thoughts after each move. Of course.

Let's do it. The first one is we're getting out our scissors. You know why we're getting on our scissors? We're cutting somebody. Snip, snip, snip. Okay, this guy's guarantees are done. Tremaine Edmins. I'm not saying I dislike him as a player.

I'm not saying he is a bad football player. Tremade Edmins. But what Tremaine Edmonds is, third highest paid offball linebacker in the National Football League. He's 37th and overall grade, 55th in coverage grade, 29th and mistackle percentage, 45th in catch percentage allowed. Everything you look at when I watch his tape, I think he's fine, but is he that much better than a guy you can get for half the price?

No. So my thought process here is if you cut him, you can sign a guy that can do his his job for less. You're over the cap already. You need some other positions, maybe a little bit more. You've still got T.J. Edwards. Hopefully coming back healthy. So Tremaine Edmonds, Marshall, Grody, getting cut. You know what? I don't have a problem with it, mainly because I think we saw in some of his absence this season other guys could be affected. Demarco Jackson is actually legit. Watching his film, the guy can play. In Dennis Allen's defense, he can maneuver. some things and it comes down to two things. That position just isn't as important as other positions

that the Bears need to address. And if you have that much money tied to it and you can get out from under it, I don't know if it should be a straight cut, a negotiation for a restructure of some kind. I don't know, but it's hard for me to see someone else coming in here at another position not being a boom to this Bears defense. And if Edmonds has to go away to make that happen, I feel like we can live with that. I agree with that. They showed me, even Amen Ogbog, Bamega. I know he wasn't always active, but he had a couple of big games. He really did.

So I do have some trust in Dennis Allen and just the nature of the position not being considered. It's not a premium position. And DeMarco Jackson, we didn't even mention, and maybe people have just given up on Ruben Hippolyte, and maybe that's even fair. It's one year. No, Assoil still? Noah Sewell is there not. Obviously hurt, but you'll be back. But that's a good example of a guy who made it.

a jump too. He was not great, but I felt like he had been left for dead until this staff came around and we finally started to see something from Noah Sewell. So yeah, I am down with the cut of Tremaine Edmins, as likable as he is and as

he's a good player, but you can do he's expendable. Eberflus guy. This is the one that gets a little bit of hate right here, okay? And I understand it because it's tough for me to say it because I'm a big fan of this player. I enjoy this player.

I appreciate him. As a former player, I respect the heck out of him. But number two, trade somebody. We're going to trade DJ more. What's? Okay? Okay. I love, like I said, I love big play DJ.

I think he's excellent the way he goes out there and gives everything. I know there's been a lot of speculation at last play, whatever. This guy did a good job of buying into the system. He is the 13th highest paid wide receiver. He's making $28 million a year. He was 50th in NFL in receiving yards, 26 in TDs, 25th in pass rating when targeted. To me, you can find another receiver that can contribute for a lot less money than what you're paying DJ Moore. And right now, DJ Moore, arguably, you got Roma Dunesay, Luther Burden coming on strong.

Look at the end of season. Luther Burton, Colson Loveland, Cole Cometts still under contract. You got all these players. I'm not saying DJ's a bad player. You're over the cap. I think you need help in some other positions. You got some playmakers of wide receiver. You can sign another guy to back Rome and Luther and Colston and these guys up. But DJ, if you trade him, you get off the books.

Post June 2nd, you get off the books for his salary. You're probably not going to get much. It's kind of like the Amari Cooper deal when they traded him. He got like a fourth round pick. And everybody's like, wait, Amari Cooper with a fourth round. pick, they got away from 20-something million dollars. So, Marshall, Grody,

trade DJ Moore, give me your thoughts. I'm not as sure about this one, I think, for a lot of different reasons, just because of the way the cap works, and what are you really losing? Because last I checked, my lasting impression of Ben Johnson's

final press conference was, they got to catch the football. And DJ Moore is a guy who actually, you know, catches the football. And so, that's him as a leader, and I understand he's the highest paid bear. He was the highest paid bear this past season. He's scheduled to be the highest paid bear next season.

So I get it. But I think what they need from Caleb Williams, there may be other areas they can address before getting DJ Moore off the roster. Although if they traded him, I would understand it. Dangling him makes sense. I mean, that does. I mean, it just, it's a logical thing to do.

But, yeah, I'm going to go along with the idea that DJ Moore is still still, and Colston Loveland might be right on his tail, still their best playmaker, big plays in big moments. And unfortunately, part of the equation for me too is Roma Dunzee showed me this year that I need to see more from Roma Dunzee. That I need, like that maybe he's still going to be really good and he is expected to be really good considering where he was drafted like he is supposed to be, but I'm still not completely sure on that. cap hit is $28.5 million in 26, 27, and 28. So I like where I get the why. I'm not ready to go with DJ Moore at this moment.

Yeah, so I understand where you're coming from with your creativity of trying to figure out how to get this team under the cap. I just think DJ Moore is too valuable on this roster at this time. Yep, that is the truth. That is Clay Harbor from CHSN. It's the Rahimi Harrison-Grody Show. We will talk more bears. with Clay when we return on the score.