Matt Eberflus revived Chicago Bears locker room; Caleb will be MVP Contender | Shot or No Shot

shot or no shot here's Shay noring good morning boys NFL football is back season opener tonight I bid ad do to my wife last night when I told her goodbye I'll see you in five days five straight days of football how are we feeling wow feeling great how about that he's not gonna talk his wife he been a du to her yeah I mean super cool that he gets to do that I'm not going to really pay attention Saturday it's one of the last Saturdays of gorgeous weather MH might be a little chillier than my taste probably much more for chay's Taste you're more with me you like the heat uh it's gonna be like 61 on Saturday not great but it'll be sunny I'm not gonna be cooped up inside watching college football no how about that he been a du to his wife you know in all honesty cap I haven't spoken to my wife in four years I know that's comes to a shock to you I haven't spoken to her in four years I don't want to interrupt her here's Shane oring Shay wow what is that Ry danger no just that was good here's Shane orling sh was excellent take that Michelle all right Adam Johns of the athletic wrote up he had a conversation with Bears defensive coordinator Eric Washington and defensive backs coach John hul about Eber flu both guys compared flu to Lovey Smith and both guys worked with Lovey Smith they said eberflus in film rooms is holding quote un quote loafs accountable loafs basically meaning lazy players if you look lazy on film we're going to blast you in front of the team we're going to get up on you about it and hold you accountable they said that's what Lovey Smith used to do when he was uh coaching the Bears we have seen some of the impact of this I think this was the most intense training camp like more energy more intensity out of the Bears at H H all off season shot or no shot Matty bfo has revived the Bears locker room that's a shot just talk to the players these guys really really like playing for him they said he'll hold you accountable he is fair he treats you like a man and if you watch the other day I watched the the Hard Knocks like you guys did where he said be on time be respectful what was the third one play hard I think that was it he goes that's it we don't have any other rules here don't disrespect the organization and play hard hard period it's easy it's not like well make sure you don't have sunglasses on in the facility make sure your hair is cut to the he doesn't care if you grow your hair down to your ass play I think that's a shot also I would say that better players in there can help him no doubt um hold the team accountable as well like when you have you add more veterans to the team and you feel like you've got a team that you like as a base but when you add a new veterans to the team cap that also helps hold the team accountable and irra flu being part of that I think is that's a positive he's like you know what I feel like I'm empowered now because I have veterans that know me and I think they'll heed what I'm G I have to say yep I think that all helps so I think that's all the shot Shay right last season we saw something really rare in the NFL a rookie quarterback worked his way into the MVP conversation CJ stoud led the Texans to a division title that nobody he expected and at the end of the year obviously didn't win it it went to Lamar but CJ stoud was right in the conversation around the most valuable player award not just offensive rookie of the year the athletic put out some bold predictions for the season 2024 including Caleb Williams will repeat CJ Stroud's accomplishment and be an MVP caliber player at the end of the season shot or no shot Caleb Williams will be an MVP contender that is a no shot um and the reason why is because again he is a rookie and he's going to make some mistakes it it for it to work Sonic clay all together at one time that'd be awesome that means that he and Waldren on the same page that means Kaleb Williams and matl on the same page that all of his weapons and the offensive line everything works in concert and I don't know if that all happens in one season MVP candidate I don't think so rookie of the year that was my prediction because I think he'll be that good but MVP I I think that's uh a little bit of an overstatement at this point what cons what makes you an MVP candidate top 15 in the voting top 10 where you got to be oh top 10 at least I mean you got it like we have to get to December and be having similar conversations to what we were saying about stoud where it was like he might not just win rookie of the year he might win MVP yeah I'm gonna say shot I'm gonna say shot a and again every week it's a week- toe League you can look at the schedule and go oh God we've got to play the Titan or the Texans in Houston on isn't it a Sunday night game it is okay and all of a sudden CJ strad pulls his hamstring and he's not playing the game is a totally different game or you may be playing a team that you feel like the Patriots oh we're gonna crush them oh wow we're missing seven starters because Andrew like that's the difference in this league the margin of error but I'm going to say if he's healthy shot he finishes top 10 all right Jay I mean again we're talking about Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen and CJ Stout and Jaylen Herz maybe um there's Jared gof there's Dak Prescott is it Prescott your guy for MVP yes okay I mean Brock pie Christian mcaffry I mean it's a long list all I'm saying is is that the reason why I would not have him in the top 10 cap is because it's such a talented League it is oh God it just everywhere you look man there are Cornerstone athletes there are different makers for the team and I'm just saying that Caleb Williams if it's not going to be this year I think eventually it'll happen but this is just me saying I just want to see him be able to uh navigate his way through the NFL to be able to learn defenses and to be able to help the Bears get to the playoffs MVP I don't need that right now from him like I don't need 4,000 yards what I need for him is to stay healthy not turn a ball over as much and learn on the job and Excel at this position as quickly as possible all right Jay all right yesterday in baseball Matt Chapman signed a six-year $151 million extension with the San Francisco Giants to be their third baseman going forward Chapman has a 121 Ops plus this season 22 home runs he is a six War player at a position where the Cubs have a full season of 0.0 war in 2024 Chapman is also a guy David Kaplan railed against the idea of signing in the off season but shot or no shot it's time for cap to admit the Cubs should have signed Matt Chapman no shot I'm not he's 30 he'll be 32 next year in April I'm not giving a what did he get six years no shot I don't want a 32y old third baseman who offensively he's very average 69 RBI he hit 240 something he's Elite defensively there's no question about that an elite defensive third baseman six years 151 Mill million dollar hard pass for me that's a great job by Scott bis's agent I don't know how he got that that many years you said he got a three-year deal he's gonna be 35 at the end okay six God bless him being a six War player pays again it's because of his defense not his offense but I mean that's still a positive on the on the field though cap plus the other problem is let's just go ahead what were we told by multi mle people in the game one of whom being a GM that you and I talked to yeah yeah he said the problem with the city of San Francisco they've got such problems in the city they can't get people to take their money everybody that they've gone after they've got to grossly overpay to get him to stay that's part of this deal here yeah I you know again cap what what Shay has is the numbers and he's going to put side by side parades against Chapman mhm again that war number with his offens or defense that's good to have no question about it like if I told you Chapman or Chris Morell Chapman's a better player but again I'm not giv a 32y old next April six years I'm not how close do you think you are to winning with the Cubs what else you should be a contender next year but this Winter's important just saying like you know again you do side by-side numbers with those you got to understand that Chapman does bring a lot to the table now again maybe $151 million in six years is too much for you to swallow but someone's gonna pay him just because he's a Boris guy and and he does have value but I would bet you there's not another team in baseball that would give him that deal I don't know that yeah I don't know that either and I'm not even making that I'm making the point if the Cubs would sign him to the one-year deal that he got signed to in the off season I think they'd be a playoff team right now I you'd get six wins above replacement at a position where you have 0.0 for the season still didn't have closer you still blew 23 saves it didn't matter he blew 23 saves but you didn't lose all 23 games you lost 16 of them okay so let's reasonably convert those into wins instead of just going that's 23 more W's if you don't blow all the saves I'm not saying 23 more wins they'd be a 100 win baseball team then at the end of the year but if you had saved eight of the 16 games that you ended up losing when you blew one of the 23 saves eight more wins would be a totally different team the fact you did not have a closer is unconscionable and I'll scream it from the mountain tops that's true I also would say your seventh eighth and Ninth along with your ninth inning your seventh and eighth aren't anything to write home about either they have been the last two months yeah but but the first three months terrible let's just meet in the middle okay let's just meet in the middle with with us with Matt Chapman if you felt like the Cubs were close and you can get a deal that is better than 6 years 151 from your standpoint as the Cubs right if it wasn't 151 cap you'd sign Chapman because you would have to worry about that position parades has been underwhelming at third he has no question he's been underwhelming and you say needs some seasoning I don't know if that gets better offensively because it's like well you made the deal because you felt like Mor was a minus player I get it Jesse got Morell out of here I think we all know that wow well he did I mean going back in fourth with Council about swinging for the lake that was that was all for Morell at that point in time done when Jesse says that Morell swinging for the lake and Council said that's a bad take Jesse he was done after that okay so pretty much so what I'm telling you is is that at the Hot Corner you want to have someone you can rely on and despite the number Shay again 247 333 445 is as far as his line um there's still good things about Chapman that you'd like to have you don't have to worry about Third Base his offense is not bad at all he's a 121 Ops Plus he's 21 is 111 Ops plus and a 0.0 War I'm just making the point no he's actually a 2.2 War this year not at the Cubs I don't care what he did in Tampa you don't get the two wins that he got for Tampa my point is is that if you had for a better deal you would consider Chapman too no not yeah if I got better deal yes but I'm not I'm not signing a 32y old player to a six-year deal I understand your point about a better deal a better deal and if you felt like you were close right but the better deal didn't exist just saying I'm just saying I said if didn't I you did and I'm looking if you look at last year paradus 31 home runs 98 knocked in the year before he hit 20 home runs in his first full-time uh job as a starter played 111 games in Tampa right in Tampa then last year 143 games he hit 250 31 98 and an 840 Ops a 131 Ops plus Hey cap sometimes the bright lights of wrigly are too much for players could be that's why I want to see what he does Hey Hey cap that 35,000 or 40,000 sometimes over there at Wrigley sometimes as we know a little bit too much for the player I don't disagree and dumpy Tampa in front of 5,000 people in dogs yeah he's doing well and he's just saying uh he's 25 he turns 26 February 18th and next year's a big year for him he's got to with make the adjustments in the off season and come in ready to roll ja does jackoon Like You on the on the Baseline watching the game hey parades oh God shaking hand I mean telling you there's there's pressure now for the Cubs pressure I told you Doug Melvin the old GM of the Brewers and the Rangers I went up to him and I said oh this closer you got Derek turnbo that guy's phenomenal he said we're 18 games up the track real easy to close games out when no one really cares he said stick them Friday afternoon at 1:20 at Wrigley where it matters with 41,000 people screaming at him we'll find out what he's made of true man he's right that's listen I know that the the Heat's turned up it's not as hot at Wrigley but you know that the fans are like I know we're four four and a half games out but they expect some Excellence here they expect good baseball if nothing else at the minimum they expect positive solid baseball yeah he plays hard he has not had a good transition to Chicago by any measure hand shaking but I like this kid there were a lot of teams after him the Yankee and others they got him so guess what he's got to come in ready to roll and have a good season next year but I don't want the Matt Chapman contract six years 151 hats off Scott Boris because you're a wizard no question the best yes all right we've got around the NFL we got Big Bowl predictions for 2024 that's next on Captain J