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Caleb Williams will be the Bears' quarterback for the next 15 years

I was in the car with my kids and I was just thinking like, what if Caleb Williams is awesome for like the next 15 years and my kids like, go to college and Caleb Williams is still the Bears quarterback. Yeah. It could be. What if they're like literally starting college and they're like, yeah, it's more just, I just grew up with Caleb Williams.

Matthew Stafford is a future Hall of Famer

I had to take that you're gonna be a Hall of Famer in 2018. And people laughed at me... my point at the time was look at his longevity. If he has a deep playoff run, you obviously win a Super Bowl. He's gonna be right there and If, you look right now, three to four If, you play three or four more years, you're gonna be top five passing yards, top 10 touchdowns.

Jim Harbaugh will never return to college football

I mean, [Jim Harbaugh] is gonna just stay in [the NFL]. He's never gonna go back to college. That was his dream job.

Jordan Love deserves every dollar of the massive contract extension he received from the Packers

Jordan Love got paid and he made a lot of money and Tua got paid. He made a lot of money... [Jordan Love] deserves every dollar that he got.

The Bears roster is almost good enough to beat the Packers, and I like Caleb Williams as a prospect

Yeah, I do [think Caleb's a good quarterback]. I like Swift. I like Keenan, DJ. I like the receiver from Washington [Rome Odunze]. I think the team is almost good enough to beat the Packers.

The Bears are better 'on paper' than the Packers heading into the 2024 season

[I think the Bears are better than Green Bay] on paper. We're talking about on paper. I'm talking about paper. I agree with you, we're unproven, but I love—I love that Ryan Poles has, it feels like they've built a team.

I really want to play for the Olympic flag football team

I really wanna play for the Olympic flag football team. Yeah. Like me, Ja'Marr [Chase], Justin [Jefferson]. Me and my friends out there playing flag football.

Jayden Daniels is going to be a really good NFL quarterback

I like Jayden Daniels. I think he's gonna be really good. I like his motion.

I have 10 to 15 years left in my NFL career

I'm 27... I got a good 10 15, I would say, oh, left in me. [I'll] see how the career plays out until then.

The banning of the hip-drop tackle will lead to more knee and leg injuries

I think you're gonna have a lot of guys going low. I think you're gonna have a lot of guys taking shots to the knees and the legs to try to kind of knife you down. You're not gonna tackle Gronk and Kittle and these guys up at their shoulder pads... it becomes harder to play defense.

Jim Harbaugh will lead the Chargers to an AFC Championship game within the next 5 years

The chargers, they're gonna be good. Harbaugh will be in an AFC championship game over under five years... I think we'll do it in the third or fourth year. I think it's three.

Bo Nicks at 12 overall is a significant reach by the Broncos

Bo Nicks, which I think Bo Nicks is also one where I'm scratching my head being like, why, why would the Broncos take him at 12? ... If you need that many tweets and that many words to say, we took a quarterback at 12, that seems like a big reach. Bo Nicks' over under was 32 and a half to be drafted. Like it was a, it was a real conversation when he dip into the second round, they took him 12.

Caleb Williams is the Ben Simmons of the NFL

I've been thinking about Caleb Williams. There's, there's a player that he reminds me of. Little bit of a diva off the court. Really big into the fashion life, the pop star life. A can't miss prospect. ... Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons was the next LeBron. ... Ben Simmons was a can't miss prospect. ... Both teams missed the [college] playoffs... Think about Ben Simmons.

The 2024 draft class has 10-12 second-contract caliber wide receivers

I was strict with it. So you can, you can extrapolate this beyond this, but like a con—like my confidence level's high. Wide receivers, 10 to 12 of them. Wow. Like there's 10 to 12 that I feel pretty confident they're gonna, they're second contract, same team, commit to 'em type players.

Both the Bears and the Patriots will have elite franchise quarterbacks for the next 15 years

Talk to me in two weeks when I get Caleb Williams... statistically speaking, we're both gonna have elite quarterbacks. Really good. Yeah. It's gonna be like five of the next six [Super Bowls] gonna be incredible. Yeah, it's gonna be like Seahawks 49ers. Yeah. Going back and forth.

JJ McCarthy has the potential to be the greatest quarterback of all time because of his winning pedigree and untapped upside

JJ McCarthy's a perfect quarterback where you can look at it and if you wanna look at it glass half full, he could be the greatest quarterback of all time. 'cause you can essentially say he played winning football, he made the throws he needed to make, and they also asked him not to do anything. So there's so much more. There's upside.

JJ McCarthy is not a first-round talent and is being 'forced up' by the media

I don't love JJ McCarthy. I don't see it. I just don't see it. I'd take him in a second round. I think the league is guilty of... the draft cult. One says it, so two says it... All of a sudden they all convinced themselves that he should be a high first round pick. And that's how mistakes get made.

Caleb Williams will be a great franchise quarterback for the Bears

Caleb Williams is gonna be really good. He's gonna be really fucking good in the NFL. He's gonna be really good for the Bears. I feel that in my bones... Everyone just chill out. Caleb Williams is getting drafted by the Bears and he's gonna be a franchise quarterback for the Bears.

Caleb Williams is the correct pick at number one for any NFL team

Caleb Williams is the right pick to make at number one right now. Right? If the chiefs had had number two in that 2017 draft, they would've probably taken Patrick Mahomes. I don't know if there's another team that if they had number one would taken anyone but Caleb Williams.

If Mike Evans plays 3 to 5 more years, he will be on the Mount Rushmore of wide receivers

If he plays another 3, 4, 5 years, he will be in the conversation for Mount Rushmore of wide receivers in terms of like his total numbers and the dominance he's had every single season.

Peter King will write Andy Reid's biography in retirement

I don't know how long Peter's gonna be able to hang the pen up for... Peter King might just become the next like biographer of football coaches. He's probably gonna write Andy Reid's biography.

Las Vegas will host the Super Bowl once every two or three years

I think we're gonna be in a world where Vegas is gonna be hosting a lot more Super Bowls... If not every year, like it'll be once every two years or once every three years, it will get a more frequent rotation than any other stadium.

Don't draft a single player from the NFC South in fantasy football next season

And the NFC South. Absolutely No one, not one player. Strongest argument, guys. That's it. That's my pitch. Think about it.

Caleb Williams' ceiling is significantly higher than Justin Fields'

I think if you're the Bears, because where Caleb Williams is, I think his ceiling is so much higher than Justin Fields. Justin Fields can develop into a really, really good quarterback... But Caleb Williams has enough of Mahomes stuff in him that you gotta invest in that. Caleb Williams as a passer coming into the National Football League is further along than Justin Fields.

Lamar Jackson's window is shorter than Patrick Mahomes' because of his reliance on athleticism

When you think about the Raven's future, it's not a knock on Lamar to say that. Who would you rather have a 35-year-old Patrick Mahomes or a 35-year-old Lamar Jackson? Yeah. It's, there will be a limit on his athleticism... I'm just saying the window is a little bit shorter for a Lamar Jackson than it is for a Patrick Mahomes.

Andy Reid will become the all-time winningest NFL coach if he stays for five or six more years

If he coaches for five to six more years and the Chiefs go between 11 and 13 wins, he will be the all time leading NFL coach in wins. Right now he's fourth.

Jim Harbaugh will lead the Chargers to a Super Bowl within five years

I think Jim Harbaugh will be in a Super Bowl within the next five years with the Chargers. Justin Herbert will look good. They will go deep into the Playoffs and winning cures all.

A 12-year-old kid right now will be Patrick Mahomes' main target in 2035

There's a kid right now, maybe a kid who's listening to this show who's 12 years old who's gonna be catching balls from Patrick Mahomes in an AFC Championship game in year 2035. Like, think about that. Mahomes is going to win his last Super Bowl on the way out of town in 2035.

Jordan Love is playing so well that I've admitted he is probably a future Hall of Famer

Jordan loves playing incredible football. I've just admitted that he's probably a future hall of famer. ... That guy has a little bit of 'it' to it. You know, you can't see that when, when a guy comes out in the draft.

Patrick Mahomes might end up passing Tom Brady as the greatest of all time in every category

He might end up passing Brady as the greatest of all time in terms of Super Bowls, MVPs, numbers, the whole deal. I mean that's, he's special and he carries that team every single week.

C.J. Stroud needs to win at least three Super Bowls or his career will be a disappointment

I think now it's our responsibility as media figures to set some unrealistic expectations. ... How many Super Bowls can he win in order for his career to not be a disappointment? ... You gotta get three or else you suck or else this or else you should have been bad from the get go. But you were so good at the start. Now you have to get three Super Bowls.

Patrick Mahomes is going to pass every great quarterback in history; he's already pacing to lap Montana and Favre

Patrick Mahomes has more playoff wins than any franchise. ... He has 12 playoff wins in six seasons. He's 12 and 3. It's insane. ... Brady's the only one who's come close. ... He will pass everyone. He's four away from [Joe] Montana. Like, it's crazy. He's out of this world good.

Jordan Love is officially a future Hall of Famer

The Packers Jordan Love is really fucking good. I've just accepted the fact that he's probably a future Hall of Famer. I'm hoping that, I'm hoping it's just one Super Bowl like the last two guys. ... Jordan Love is so calm, cool, collected everything we said for CJ's job goes for Jordan Love.

Matt Stafford is a Hall of Famer

Matt Stafford is a hall of Famer and watching him play football is fun. Like his, the the throws he makes And, it, it's, it doesn't feel like it's gratuitous. It's like it's making some of these throws. 'cause he has to make these throws.

The NFL will eventually host a Super Bowl overseas

They are trying like damn hell to get a Super Bowl overseas and we have to stop it. So let's all not watch the first quarter next year of all these games.

Roger Goodell will eventually implement two Monday Night Football games every single week

I'm calling it in the future, it might not be next year, might not be the year after Goodell's gonna want to try to get two Monday night football games. And the fact that these two games [Giants/Packers and Titans/Dolphins] were so good, it's gonna make him think like this was the best idea of all time.

If the NFL hosts a Super Bowl in London, we should riot and reclaim England as a U.S. territory

If that happens, we riot. If we have to play a Super Bowl in England, we get all of England back as part of the United States. It's the Super Bowl. It's not the International Bowl.

Andy Reid will be considered the GOAT coach if he stays with Mahomes

I think that the 'Andy Reid is the greatest coach of all time' will eventually be a conversation if he stays in Kansas City. Because Bill Belichick without Tom Brady, his record has not been great. If [Reid] coaches for another eight years and you have Patrick Mahomes, that's like 12, 13 wins a year. That's a lot of wins. Andy's gonna go for Shula.

If Aaron Rodgers makes Zach Wilson a 15-year starter, he is the greatest quarterback of all time

I'll say this right now. If Aaron Rodgers makes Zach Wilson a 15-year starter in the NFL, he is the greatest quarterback of all time. Like, that would be, that is way more impressive than winning a Super Bowl, any MVP, to make Zach Wilson a 15-year starter, that would be the greatest quarterback of all time.

Buffalo is my last stop in the NFL

If I leave the Buffalo Bills, I'm done. If Brandon Beane trades me, I'm done. Wherever I get to, I'm done. I'm wrapping them up. This is my last stop... I love this place.

Julian Edelman is not a Hall of Famer

I don't think he's a Hall of Famer. I think he's a hell of a player though... Hall of Fame is like, you know, it's like the best of the best.

I want to win at least two more Super Bowls before retiring

I would say I would hope for at least two more, man. Okay, two more before I hang them up. I got, I think I got three years left on my contract. And I say I'm gonna do it till the wheels fall off... I would hope for two more man. I hope for two more. There's a guy named Rob Gronkowski, this guy too that I keep getting compared to and I would love to, you know. Yeah. Catch up to him.

Baby Gronk's football career will not go past high school without elite size and speed

If baby Gronk isn't big and fast and, and and tall enough, it doesn't matter if he's really, really good, just like you said, like it, it won't matter. It, his career will, will not go any further than, than high school football because that's just how football works.

I can still bench press 225 pounds for 27 reps today

225. If I was to do it right now. Yeah, I could probably right now today get like 27.

Darnell Washington is going to be a star and NFL teams were morons for not taking him higher.

I think I've got my guy that I'm gonna be calling the next baby Gronk. And it is another Georgia guy. It's Darnell Washington. I think that dude, he got drafted by the Steelers I think in three years we're gonna be like, wow. We were all huge morons for not taking that guy higher.

The NFL will eventually have a full international division including London and Germany

The NFL is apparently exploring an international division. An entire division, so expanding. Everyone's been thinking London's gonna get at least one team. Germany might get at least one team... they're looking at a full division that's just international teams.

If you completely ignore his actual game film, Anthony Richardson is a can't-miss NFL prospect

I'll say this, if you completely ignore all the times that [Anthony Richardson] has played football, he's the can't miss prospect... just from a measurement standpoint.

Davis Webb will eventually be an NFL head coach

Buffalo wanted Davis Webb to be its quarterback coach [last year]... I think in time, we'll see how it develops. Davis Webb will be an NFL head coach. You'll be down the line.

I hope the Bears get a stadium with a dome

It is very difficult to adjust to it [the cold], especially with the wind. ... I hope we just get a dome. I don't, I don't care if we're at Soldier Field, I don't care if we're in Arlington Heights. I, I I hope we get a dome on those.

I hope to never wear another uniform besides the Pittsburgh Steelers

[Jersey Jerry: Could you ever picture yourself in another uniform?] No. I hope I never have to.