[Music] I'm Harrison Graham here's what we got coming up on Chicago Bears now now Ryan poles sets his expectations for Caleb Williams what are they will react two injury updates before week one Brett rippen heading to the Minnesota Vikings Bears practice squad being finalized so got a lot of news and not to get to here on this show but first I want to hear it I want to get your score predictions in for the next 10 days we're asking score predictions in the comments who's going to win what's the final score going to be Bears Titans week one 10 days from now drop those scores down below all right Ryan poles had his post uh roster cutdown day press conference on Wednesday and I thought he said something pretty interesting when asked about what his expectations are for Caleb Williams this year and um this is kind of just a snippet of what he said he said I want him to lean on the talent around him and when the time is right that's when you go do the special things and I I've kind of alluded to this but I'll say it again here finding that balance for Caleb Williams is going to be key is going to be important and really among the coaches as well finding the balance of kind of almost when to encourage him to be more aggressive and calling plays that would lend him to be more aggressive like getting him on the move which we saw Shane Waldren do several times in the preseason uh because PS is right like he does not need to go out there and be Superman there is a lot of pieces uh on this offense this year where Caleb Williams can you know just be a distributor get the ball out to his receivers dump it off to his backs and tight ends like you got plenty of guys that can go make plays but like any other game in the NFL there's always going to come a moment where hey if you got a special quarterback you need him to go be special and that's kind of what I want to see I don't want Caleb to be afraid to make a mistake so I feel like by the end of Justin's time in Chicago especially like the LA that last year in particular like he just got so he used it the word himself robotic he was afraid to make a mistake he wouldn't pull the trigger like it's okay to throw an interception you're a rookie quarterback in the NFL find the time to take those risks but but let it rip play Within the offense the structure is there for a reason but what makes this guy special is what he can do that isn't taught the offs script plays hey pressure's coming I'm bailing out and I'm throwing a 50 yard piss missile to co K against Buffalo in the preseason like he needs to do those things now doesn't need to do it 20 times a game doesn't need to feel like he's at USC and my defense is so bad I got to make every play feel like it's it's a must score and something he said all preseason long he he was asked what is the number one thing you've taken away from this preseason he said that our defense is really good and he's got to know that in the back of his head like hey yes I don't want him to be too safe but it's okay to throw the ball out of bounds punting the ball at times is going to be fine balance is key but I just hope that walr and Flo Carrie Joseph these guys are encouraging him like Hey be you as a player like you can't be someone you're not as a player um you know I I don't want to use the Patrick Mahomes comp cuz they are different but Patrick Mahomes early on was a little more aggressive than he has been the last couple years last few years he kind of learned how to be a pocket guy and distribute get the ball out because teams kind of played two deep safeties and took away some of the explosive plays Caleb early on like he's going to have to learn on the fly to be a pocket guy over years he's obviously going to do it some early but the first couple years he's probably going to be bailing out more and making plays on the move and that's okay cuz that's what he's a leite at right now over time he'll continue to get a leite hopefully at the other things then he's the full package which is what a guy like Mahomes Josh Allen what they are at this point in their careers how confident are you in Caleb Williams scale from0 to 10 zero being not at all he sucks 10 being extremely for a rookie I feel pretty good I'm at like a 78 79 I won't quite jump in the eight range we got to see it in the regular season but I feel good about where he is I like The Vibes around this team as a whole I'm pretty confident in Caleb Williams right now all right Scott Daly has officially signed to the practice squad uh and uh we do have full clarity on the Bears practice squad so we can kind of run through that real quick here uh you guys knew about the most of these guys already these were some of the initial ones Reed Johnson Carlson benedet and Jake Curran uh Byron coward they added Sam Roberts that's a new one there uh they cut DeShawn mallerie and quindell Johnson jry chroma's in the mix Micah Baskerville Carl Jones Jr few more here ready Stewart Road torren we knew about Samar T is official now by the way the wide receiver coming over uh from Green Bay and um we mentioned Scott Dy The Long Snapper who's going to be elevated for week one we'll see what their plan is after week three because you can only elevate a player up to three times off the practice squad so they'll have to open up a roster spot on the 53 eventually also Chris Glazier uh in addition as well uh as an offensive line guy who can play both guard and Center uh we already we already got this uh uh Callin these became official uh earlier today Tori and Sam Roberts so uh the clarity was that they cut quindell Johnson uh and uh Deshawn mallerie to make room for these two guys all right we'll continue with some more news and notes on the Chicago Bears but get yourself a hoodie baby this thing is absolutely fantastic chatsports.com / Bears hoodie C click and shop today to get yourself one it's on sale for a limited time only chatsports.com Bears hoodie go ahead and check it out now these injury notes were from Wednesday's practice um uh Thursday was more of a closed situation but Kevin byard was back in full action so that was good to see Bates was back out there he's been dealing with the shoulder injury he was limited more of a ramp up situation since he's missed a lot of time but looks like he's tracking to be ready for week one zap Pickins did not practice neither did Keenan Allen uh Ryan PO says Allen is fine he was had a CLE issue the week prior so his foot's been a little sore but uh he was on the bike off to the side should be good to go uh I do think Pickins is the one to watch like he I think he there's a good chance he's going to miss week one which uh Adam schfer reported with the Sam Roberts practice squad signing he could be a guy that gets elevated for week one to provide interior depth there so uh that is part of the thinking on that one but uh other than Zach pickings this team's pretty healthy right now and uh knock on wood that continues because uh you want to have your key players available especially early on in the season here subscribe to the channel we'll have news and updates around your Chicago Bears all season long hit that sub button and turn on those notifications that way you know when we go live publish new content updates Etc we have you covered uh here on Chicago Bears now all right little roster note Brett rip who I would have liked to return to the practice squad but um he was holding out for a 53 man roster opportunity elsewhere and he got one the Minnesota Vikings cut jiren Hall and signed Brett rippen as a third quarterback to their 53 and look good for him I he had a strong preseason if Tyson bent wasn't a highlevel backup who doesn't cost any money I I would have been perfectly fine with him as a backup but beun just has more value and I think the Bears are just too deep on their roster to to carry a third guy on their 53 had rien not found a home on a 53 elsewhere I think bringing him back on the practice squad would have been a real Pro possibility but um I'm happy for him this is a guy who's bounced around a lot and uh I think he's worthy of being on a 53 man roster now I wish it wasn't in the division uh because uh he could provide uh some um you know some uh some tidbits about what the Bears are trying to accomplish but I think we kind of overvalue that stuff anyway oh they're signing a ex player because he could provide Intel like they can just change some signals it's not that big of a deal but uh yeah good for him um I thought he was worthy of being on a team and look Sam darnold like it wouldn't shot me at some point if Brett ribons playing this year for the Vikings so uh we'll see how that all pans out obviously Austin Reed is back on the Bears practice squad so they do have a third guy all right there you have it today's news and notes for the Chicago Bears will continue to provide you guys with updates on a daily basis so again hit that subscribe button 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