The Arizona Cardinals are a sleeper team this season
One sleeper for the season is the Arizona Cardinals. Sam Bradford, of course, he has to stay healthy. David Johnson came on our show... a thousand and a thousand. So with him, Larry Legend, Fitzgerald, and then Chandler Jones and Patrick Peterson, I think they can do some damage.
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View episodeThe Bears are a Super Bowl contender
I watched part of the game, and I'm telling you, this team is a Super Bowl contender. I'm dead serious. That defense. You're not telling me that defense—I mean, I agree, but shut up. The defense is Super Bowl caliber.
The Bears will reach the NFC Championship game this year
I got out of the shower. I said, you know what? NFC Championship. Let's just settle with that. The thing is, you never want to win the Super Bowl the first year that the team's together. You want to go through the tough days and then the next year you build.
The Bears will win the NFC North this year
This is your year to win that division. Aaron Rodgers is hurt. Kirk Cousins is a nerd. Matt Patricia lost the locker room. This is your year to win that division.
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I would say that route running is supreme over every other characteristic of being a receiver. Forget the speed. Forget the height. Forget the vertical. If you're a route runner, you can be so deceptive with everything.