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Forward Progress a Chicago Bears podcast with Dan Bernstein and Matt Abeticola on 312 Sports.

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You know that you get forward progress awarded to you here. It's what we do. We are able to give you progress because it is after all free and you just have to subscribe or download the whole thing. So it is given to you as we talk Bears and we talk NFL here on 312 Sports. Dan Bernstein and Matt Abaticola. So the question is, are the Bears planning to bring back DeAndre Swift as their. You can call them their primary ball carrier. Even though Kyle Menungi was a fabulous surprise and I was interested to read the quotes that J and Leisure in the Sun Times got today because the math works out. This way, the Bears can get out of Swift's contract with a $1.3 million buyout if they want to bring him back. He is under contract at an affordable 8.8 million. The word affordable was leisure's word there, but he tracked him down and Here is what DeAndre Swift had to say. When asked are they going to have him back or is he going to stay? He said, I have no idea. Hopefully I did enough for them to want me back because I know I don't want to go anywhere else. I hope it plays out that way. I love the city. I love the coaching staff and the men that I work with. It's out of my control, but if I had it my way, I'd be back. I don't want to play nowhere else. Well, that's pretty definitive.

Matt Abaticola (3:35)

Seems like it, yeah. There's no wiggle room there.

Dan Bernstein (3:38)

No. I don't know if they want him back. I don't know. He certainly did everything asked of him after underperformance last year and then he was bad in the first couple of games and then he got good and he made any number of significant plays for them. Obviously somebody in the same room as Kyle Manungai. When watching all the film and bringing along a rookie, I would imagine that he had some importance in that. And maybe because you're switching running backs coaches now from Eric B. Enemy to Eric Studsville, who obviously is a very different same first name but a very different kind of demeanor. I don't know what role they feel DeAndre Swift may have played in the acclimation and progression of their seventh round rookie, but if they can upgrade inexpensively, they still might.

Matt Abaticola (4:40)

Yes. I think we just have to have more information. Like what? Who would they be looking at then were it not DeAndre Swift? Because you're talking about an offensive unit that was a top five rushing unit and DeAndre Swift was a significant part of that, obviously. And at 8.8 million, it's not a lot.

Dan Bernstein (5:00)

No, not for somebody who's contributed as much as he had. His yards per carry was up from 3.8 to 4.9. Right.

Matt Abaticola (5:09)

So unless, unless they believe that he is not going to be able to produce at the same level or close to that level once again, then yeah, then it would. It would be reasonable to look at other options. But I want to know why they would think that he wouldn't be able to do that. It's not like he had some injury at the end of the season or Something he has to deal with here in this offseason to get healthy for again. Seems perfectly healthy and good to go and understood the scheme rather well. And after that bye week early on in the year, he started to run the ball differently and see the scheme differently as well. So I would just like to know what or who they'd be looking at and certainly don't want them to take a flyer on a guy that might have some potential. I want an. I want a guy in that place that has done it and that can do it because he's been there and he's done it.

Dan Bernstein (6:02)

Swift was 12th in the league in rushing. He, he just turned 27. So that's not, that's not an issue at all.

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As far as age or tread on the tire, he did catch only 34 passes for 299 yards and a touchdown. And you compare that to what he did with the Lions in 2021, 452 yards, two touchdowns, 62 catches targeted, 78 times. He said, I can do more. I wish I would have been able to contribute a little more in the passing game. We've got so many pass catchers on the field, so whenever it does come up, I try to make something happen with it. But I do know I could do more.

Matt Abaticola (6:45)

Yeah. And in that area of catching the ball out of the backfield, he, he did leave something to be desired from your number one back. But I think that's a combination of, as he mentioned there, the number of pass catchers on the field at any given time and I think some deficiencies that Caleb Williams showed at times in getting the ball out properly to running backs, while there was also some drops on his part too. So it was a combination of a lot of things. But he certainly can do more and should be able to do more catching the football out of the backfield in this offense.

Dan Bernstein (7:16)

It's also way down my priorities list.

Matt Abaticola (7:18)

Correct. I agree 100%.

Dan Bernstein (7:20)

Yeah. I have no problem with somebody saying we have an X number of dollars allotted at the Running back position, 8.8. If we can cut that down to. If we can get the same kind of production with less and improve our pass rush. You know, there, there are these decisions that have to be made and I'm not shying away from that. I would love to, to have. Be able to pay everybody everything, but they've. They've got to be careful around the margins right now, especially before you're. You're looking at some other big payouts. So it, it depends on Ben Johnson himself and his approximation of what replacement level is in his offense with this offensive line, what a reasonable approximation is of replacement level and how much over that they want to spend. And then they'll make that decision.

Matt Abaticola (8:09)

And like, overall, you have to look at their, their total contract issues and the salary cap issues. So if he's at 8.8 million and you could buy them out at 1.3, what are you getting out there in free agency at 3 to 5 million dollars a year, you know, and then along with the buyout. So you're looking anywhere from 4.3 to 6.3. So if you're willing to save, you know, two or three million dollars. Are the bears really at that point where two or three million dollars makes a significant difference in another area, or.

Dan Bernstein (8:40)

Does the structure of the contract make some difference in the year after? They haven't even, we don't even know what the larger plan is about extensions and who they're retaining and who they're letting go. Both safeties are up. They got to figure out who's playing those positions. They're probably going to lose Tremaine Edmonds, as we've discussed. And then, you know, I, I like the fact that all signs would point to DeAndre Swift being back unless there were some sort of unforeseen change in their budgeting or the negatives have long outweighed the positives for Ben Johnson. And if he thinks that there's just something the running back position needs to produce that it didn't in a league when they were, what, third in rushing in the league. Right. Is that what you said? So, yeah, I, I, I, I don't know. It's, you're in a good situation. If you are confident enough that either Kyle Manungai is ready to take over the full load, that you've got somebody in the pipeline. I don't think it's going to be Britain Brown. You know, I don't think you have somebody who's sort of hanging around the roster just waiting for that opportunity. Or, but, but if, if the, if the, if default scenario is the return of the, of the 12th leading rusher in the league, I'm cool.

Matt Abaticola (9:59)

I'm okay with that.

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Matt Abaticola (11:02)

Safeties and Matt Bowen on ESPN put out a really neat little, little piece on NFL free agency, which starts March 3rd. So we're still just a little bit away from free agency starting. But he on ESPN, they, they listed the top 50 free agents not too long ago. And then what he did is circled back to that and found like what he thinks would be the best landing spot for those top 50 free agents. And he did it based on team need, the team scheme, whether it's offensive or defensive scheme, and then a potential future production for each player. And I wanted to highlight a few names because a couple involved the Bears here. So let's start there. And what he looked at is safety. And the Rams safety, Cam Curl, he said would be a good fit for the Chicago Bears.

Dan Bernstein (11:50)

And if you remember that name, it was Cam Curl who intercepted the ill fated Caleb Williams pass on the play where it looked like DJ Moore was confused or sleepy.

Matt Abaticola (12:03)

Something happened.

Dan Bernstein (12:04)

Yes, something clearly happened.

Matt Abaticola (12:05)

So he says Cam Curl be a really good fit for the Bears. And then also mentions in his paragraph his blurb about Cam Curl that might be a good fit for the Bears to bring back Kevin Byard. So you're looking at safeties of Cam Curl and Kevin Byard. So then you would ask yourself, well, what about Jaquan Brisker? And he has Brisker as a free agent landing with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Dan Bernstein (12:25)

Hmm. I don't think there's really. Jaquan Brisker has played his way into a position as NFL safety anywhere. I don't think there's a specific scheme where he's necessarily, they're gonna say, well, we, we just run stuff he can't play. I think Brisker, if his concussion history allows, will have a nice long career for that position. I would be worried if I were signing him on the fact that he Nearly missed an entire season because of concussions and because of the unpredictability of traumatic brain injury. This might be something where the wrong hit in the wrong place at the wrong time would possibly end his career.

Matt Abaticola (13:15)

Another name that mentioned by Matt Bowen, Nishan Wrights. And he has the New York Giants as a good landing spot for the Bears cornerback. And we've talked about him at length over the last couple of weeks and seeing numbers anywhere from like 13 to 16 million PER.

Dan Bernstein (13:33)

How high does he have him ranked as? I mean, I'm just curious where, where he fits in because that is. It's kind of boomer bust with him. There are going to be teams with Nishan Wright that just think there's no.

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Dan Bernstein (13:50)

Journeyman end of roster player who happened to have this year is all of a sudden this good. Right.

Matt Abaticola (13:57)

To strike lightning in a bottle once again.

Dan Bernstein (13:59)

Well, there are others who are going to say, look, the defensive line sucked. And for him to have this kind of year where they had no pass rush means it was an even better year than we thought. Yeah, he's 37 of 50 is where he's ranked here.

Matt Abaticola (14:17)

But he has him landing with the New York Giants as a spot. A couple other names I just wanted to point out that were fun to look at. He has Malik Willis landing in Miami.

Dan Bernstein (14:27)

As the new starter.

Matt Abaticola (14:29)

Yeah.

Dan Bernstein (14:31)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (14:32)

Romeo Dobbs leaving Green Bay and ending up in Las Vegas. Enjoy that.

Dan Bernstein (14:37)

I noticed. Trey Hendrickson to the Colts to the Colts.

Matt Abaticola (14:42)

Another name that I thought was interesting was Khalil Mack with the Buccaneers. He has Joey Bosa landing with division rival Lions.

Dan Bernstein (14:54)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (14:55)

And then your guy also landing with the Buccaneers to team up with Khalil Mack. Alex. Anal zone.

Dan Bernstein (15:01)

Highway to the anal zone.

Matt Abaticola (15:05)

That'd be fine. Not seeing him anymore. Twice a year and then any other Lions games. I watch.

Dan Bernstein (15:10)

You just don't like him or you think he's been too good against the Bears?

Matt Abaticola (15:14)

Well, I just. I'm just not a fan, that's all.

Dan Bernstein (15:17)

You don't like the flowing blonde?

Matt Abaticola (15:18)

Yeah. Maybe take a visit to the barber.

Dan Bernstein (15:22)

That's. It's a little.

Matt Abaticola (15:23)

Yeah.

Dan Bernstein (15:24)

But you're not mad at Andrew Van Ginkel, are you? Same way.

Matt Abaticola (15:30)

No, I'm not. Then why are you mad? Because he's like. If he was like the, like the Grandy try hard guy. It's just really annoying. Like, if he was, he would. He'd be like the Cub fan's favorite baseball player that never plays. I get it, you know?

Dan Bernstein (15:44)

Get it. Yeah, I know, I know.

Matt Abaticola (15:47)

Speaking of that real Quick, I know we're doing football here, but you know, a guy that the Cub fans are.

Dan Bernstein (15:52)

Going to love, Moises, by the way.

Matt Abaticola (15:55)

He'S going to love being in Chicago is Alex Bregman. Dude, he's this. He's going to love his time here. And I see more so basebally. I've seen more personality though from Alex Bregman in the last couple of weeks than I saw from Cody Bellinger and Kyle Tucker in two years.

Dan Bernstein (16:12)

Well, well, Kyle Tucker just isn't interesting. Cody Bellinger. Cody Bellinger actually is, but not publicly.

Matt Abaticola (16:20)

Yes.

Dan Bernstein (16:21)

Like people love Cody Bellinger. Oh, yeah, I know.

Matt Abaticola (16:23)

But that's all I said. I've seen more personality in like two weeks than I have in two years.

Dan Bernstein (16:27)

It's also very carefully packaged. I will say that too. He presents himself how he wants to present himself.

Matt Abaticola (16:37)

Well, whatever the motivation is behind it, I like what I'm seeing. Yeah.

Dan Bernstein (16:43)

His father is a successful politician and I know that he's. And I'm not saying that any of this comes from a bad place. I'm just saying that Alex Bregman is very aware of how he comports himself publicly, very aware of his image, aware of every camp. And again, not. This is not necessarily a negative criticism in any way. It's just something that is very, very clear about every move, every step. Every time he says something, he's on top of it.

Matt Abaticola (17:15)

Sounds good. Matt Miller put out a new article. Talk to our guy Matt Miller here soon. In this off season, he took a look and obviously the first round of the draft, you're going to have 32 first rounders. And every year he gives a grade of the guys in the draft that he believes are actual first round round grades. Okay. So obviously you have to, you know, he does his mock drafts and you'll have 32 in the first round, obviously. But each year he designates which guys he believes are truly first round draft picks.

Dan Bernstein (17:47)

Okay. Because the truth is, when you start adding up everyone's mock draft, there's like three rounds worth of first round picks.

Matt Abaticola (17:54)

Correct. So what Matt Miller has in. In 2025, for example, last year he graded out 13 players as TR Day 1 guys. Okay. Which is low.

Dan Bernstein (18:08)

That's very low.

Matt Abaticola (18:09)

Yes. This year it's even lower. He has 11. He gave 11 players actual first round day one grades.

Dan Bernstein (18:16)

Now, but what's the context? I need to know the specific definition that is first round grades against what backdrop that is. This is in the context of what other years? Or is this just. I'm just how do you.

Matt Abaticola (18:35)

Do I get it?

Dan Bernstein (18:37)

Because the first round is defined by those 32. 32. I always lose track of how many. 30. 30.

Matt Abaticola (18:45)

32. 32 in football.

Dan Bernstein (18:46)

Yep, yep.

Matt Abaticola (18:48)

Yeah. I always forget how many are in baseball.

Dan Bernstein (18:50)

Is it 30?

Matt Abaticola (18:51)

No, not baseball. Baseball's 30. How many are in basketball? That's what I always.

Dan Bernstein (18:54)

Too many.

Matt Abaticola (18:59)

Although everyone seemed to love the. The new format for the All Star Game.

Dan Bernstein (19:02)

Okay, I'll take your word for it.

Matt Abaticola (19:06)

I just like that it was shorter. A little shorter games made it. Made it more entertaining to watch.

Dan Bernstein (19:11)

And then everybody starts all these myths about, well, back in the day, they played hard. No, they didn't.

Matt Abaticola (19:16)

They played defense.

Dan Bernstein (19:18)

No, no, no, they didn't. No. Quit lying. I've saw those games. I watch those games. The only time I've ever seen people play hard at an All Star game, and I'm not talking about Pete Rose being. Being a psycho, was the. In the minor leagues, sometimes you get people. It's the only time they're going to be in front of scouts. It's the only time there are people ever going to see them back in the day. And I have seen teams play hard in some of those, but no. All right, do we have the context here?

Matt Abaticola (19:45)

No, hang on. I'm pulling it up. I don't know where it's. I don't know where it went to.

Dan Bernstein (19:49)

Okay, well, we'll. We'll hold that. We'll table that for the moment.

Matt Abaticola (19:53)

I'll get it.

Dan Bernstein (19:54)

I'm just curious how he decided. Like I. I say there's only 11. Okay, good for you. I say there's two. This sounds like when Terry and I were kicking people out of halls of fame just arbitrarily based on whether we wanted them there or not.

Matt Abaticola (20:09)

All right. The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft will see 32 players selected. But how many of those players have true first round grades? There's a difference between going in round one and being graded in round one. And now that we're just over two months away from the opening of the 2026 draft on April 23rd in Pittsburgh. I didn't know that was in Pittsburgh. Good for them. I have identified the players who I believe are no brainer. Day one guys. The average draft class has roughly 15 players who are deemed first round talents, though the number varies by team and scouting department. These special evaluations are reserved for prospects who would be round one selections regardless of the year. And my own guideline is whether a player would have been a first rounder in each of the past five classes.

Dan Bernstein (20:53)

Okay. In each of the classes.

Matt Abaticola (20:56)

And who is Matt Miller?

Dan Bernstein (20:58)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (20:59)

I gave only 13 first round grades in the 2025 class, the lowest number I've ever awarded. But the 2026 class actually has fewer at the moment, only 11. Okay, for context, the final list in 2024 had 18 names on it. 2023 had 20. So here are the players who deserve a first round grade. On my board, players overall rankings are in parentheses after their names. One last update in April. So here's who he has. He has one quarterback currently in Fernando Mendoza and has him ranked number two overall.

Dan Bernstein (21:33)

That sounds about right.

Matt Abaticola (21:36)

He has one running back and that's Jeremiah Love from Notre Dame. And he hasn't ranked number one overall.

Dan Bernstein (21:41)

He's been consistent on that.

Matt Abaticola (21:43)

Yes, he has. He has two wide receivers in. Makai Lemon from usc, number eight overall, and Carnell Tate from Ohio State, number nine overall.

Dan Bernstein (21:55)

Not Jeremiah Smith.

Matt Abaticola (21:57)

Nope, just two. Those two guys. That's it. At wide receiver.

Dan Bernstein (22:02)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (22:02)

He has one tight end and that's from Oregon, Kenyan Sadiq, number 11 overall. And again, these were 11. The 11 guys he had. This is number 11, one offensive tackle from Miami, number five overall is Francis Magoa. How do I pronounce this? Malgoa M A, U, I, G, O A. The one that mispronounced the name.

Dan Bernstein (22:28)

Sorry. Okay, Francis.

Matt Abaticola (22:30)

So that's one offensive tackle only, number five overall. He has zero interior offensive linemen.

Dan Bernstein (22:38)

That makes sense.

Matt Abaticola (22:40)

Has two edge rushers, David Bailey from Texas Tech at number six, and Reuben Bain Jr from Miami. Miami number 10.

Dan Bernstein (22:48)

He's a monster.

Matt Abaticola (22:50)

He has zero defensive tackles. And then the two linebackers from Ohio State. He has Arvl Reese, number four, and then Sunny styles. Also, how you dress from Ohio State, number seven.

Dan Bernstein (23:05)

I don't even dress in the sunny style. I dress in no style.

Matt Abaticola (23:09)

Zero cornerbacks in this so far. And then he has one safety listed, and that's of course Caleb Downs from Ohio State. And he's number three overall.

Dan Bernstein (23:18)

Wow, that's.

Matt Abaticola (23:19)

So Jeremiah Love for safety, Fernando Mendoza and then Caleb Downs. One, two, three.

Dan Bernstein (23:25)

Okay, but I just. It's very interesting that those are the only guys who would have been first round graded in any of the last five classes.

Matt Abaticola (23:32)

Correct. Okay, so. And that number might increase. You know, right now his. His initial take at this is the lowest he's had in quite some time with 11.

Dan Bernstein (23:43)

Now that does not necessarily mean it's a bad draft.

Matt Abaticola (23:47)

It doesn't. It's just that's where he's at on the Initial, initial take.

Dan Bernstein (23:51)

It also may mean that there's a nice useful blob of NFL players. Not to be confused with the blob, capital T, capital B. But there, there might be a glut of useful NFL players in and maybe some of those interior linemen second, third round that you can find really, really good players if you're just not talking about some of those elite, elite graded.

Matt Abaticola (24:15)

Players and then talking about graded players too. Daniel Jeremiah, NFL NFL.com he put out his second mock draft. So the 2.0. And I, you know, we're going to, I'm keeping a running track here of all these, these different mock drafts and the players they have going in the Bear slot. So I wanted to see if anything had changed for Daniel Jeremiah the first time around. In his initial take of his 2026 draft, he had the Bears taking Dylan Thynman, a safety out of Oregon. All right, so in his second take here at the draft 2.0, he has the Bears selecting at 25 defensive tackle out of Clemson, Peter Woods.

Dan Bernstein (24:58)

Peter Woods. That sounds like a porn name.

Matt Abaticola (25:01)

It sure does. Actually, that's pretty good call. He'd be, he'd be at the sex dungeon a lot. Prospect grade of 6.36 on NFL Network. So if you, if you're. I don't know if.

Dan Bernstein (25:15)

Yeah, I believe that that puts him around like a solid NFL starter.

Matt Abaticola (25:21)

Will eventually be a plus starter.

Dan Bernstein (25:23)

Yes.

Matt Abaticola (25:24)

And then from there it goes to. Will be a good starter within two years. Boomer bus potential year one starter. That's a 6.7 to a 6.9 grade. A 7 to a 7.3 is Pro bowl talent. Seven three to seven five would be a perennial all pro. So he gets a grade of 6.36. So potential eventually be a plus starter. 6 3, 3, 10. His strengths are powerful and explosive athletes. Lateral quickness frequently defeats attempted reach blocks. Ties hands with feet. That's interesting.

Dan Bernstein (26:07)

Ties hands with feet. That's a new scouting term I like. I know, I know what it means, but I love the image of actually being hog tied like a, like a roped calf. But it just means that his feet and hands will work in concert to.

Matt Abaticola (26:25)

Slide across the blocker's face and into gaps. He explodes his hips through initial contact. The point of attack. Good feel for finding the seam to split the double team. Good anticipation to shed and shed quickness to tackle. As a two gapper, he has a sturdy base which allows for more consistent recovery and sets booming picks on blockers and twist game. His weaknesses Plays lighter but Gives more ground against single blocks. Took chances that failed to pay off in the run game. Short arms prevent him from keeping blockers out of his frame. That's what I don't like because that's something you can't teach or change.

Dan Bernstein (27:06)

Prevent him from keeping. Boy, yeah, that's not great. And that usually portends a switch inside. Yeah, like that's what people are saying. Remember with all our talking about Will Campbell in the terrible game that he had, that's part of his problem is arm length. Yeah.

Matt Abaticola (27:25)

Yeah. And again, that's not something you can. You can teach or develop or grow. Unless they've found a way to grow longer arms. Right. Let's go get him in the NFL.

Dan Bernstein (27:33)

Run it again. Run it again. Longer arms this time. What do you want me to do? Come on, man.

Matt Abaticola (27:40)

Like stretching his arms out at night. Average twist. Quick quickness to set off a schemed rush. No real primary moves to reliably open an edge. Again, something you can develop though. But yeah, nothing really stands out significantly except for those short arms. Just don't like that because you get. You get an interior lineman that can. That can eat you up pretty quick and get glued to you. You're not getting away.

Dan Bernstein (28:08)

Yeah. Usually you hear more about it, like I say, on the offensive side, but usually that depending on where you're lined up and what you're asked to do. They describe him as a two gapper, which means I'm trying to think where he might fit in a Dennis Allen system that's a little in between. Where you're not asking a guy to be one of these big like sort of space eaters, but you also want them to be physical and win up front. That sounds to me because of a lack of length. That sounds to me like that's not a Dennis Allen prototype.

Matt Abaticola (28:47)

Well, here's.

Dan Bernstein (28:48)

Here's the overview.

Matt Abaticola (28:49)

Woods is a young interior defender with room to add play strength as he fills out his frame. He's not a pure one or two gap fit, but he's capable in both schemes. He plays with good lower body explosiveness into initial contact, keeping his hands and his feet synced to work around blocks when needed. He's more of an active brawler than double team eating tree stump.

Dan Bernstein (29:13)

Oh, okay. I mean, the brawler part fits.

Matt Abaticola (29:18)

Yes, it does. Shoulder arms allow Brock blockers to and Brockers to crowd his frame and force him to fight harder at the point. Yet his ability to overtake and win at the as the rep progresses is impressive.

Dan Bernstein (29:32)

Okay, give me the height and weight again.

Matt Abaticola (29:35)

6 3, 3, 10. He lacks quick win talent as a solo rusher, but he's fully functional as part of a pocket collapsing collective. His 2024 tape might be a better representation of his upside, but woods clearly has the potential to become a solid starter in an even front. NFL comparison is Christian Wilkins.

Dan Bernstein (29:58)

Okay. A solid starter in an even front. All right. Which means he's got a. That's a defined position. He's not a nose. He's not a. He's not a five technique. All right. He's better than Andrew Billings, probably.

Matt Abaticola (30:15)

Yes, I would think so. I think he can move a little better than Big Bill, even though we love him.

Dan Bernstein (30:21)

But I don't expect him to be back.

Matt Abaticola (30:23)

No. All right, so, yeah, we're going to add Peter woods to our list of mock draft participants.

Dan Bernstein (30:32)

Speaking of which, did you. We got an email yesterday about our roster, about the names that we're putting together.

Matt Abaticola (30:38)

Yes.

Dan Bernstein (30:38)

That we skipped somebody.

Matt Abaticola (30:39)

Who?

Dan Bernstein (30:40)

Adam to the list.

Matt Abaticola (30:43)

Oh, Adam to the list.

Dan Bernstein (30:44)

You didn't see that?

Matt Abaticola (30:46)

I didn't. Adam to the list.

Dan Bernstein (30:47)

Yeah, it was an email that came in that was yelling at us, basically saying, hey, guys, this was Matt in Missouri who sent this in. Thanks. And Matt said you were talking about adding guys, you have to add Adam to the list.

Matt Abaticola (31:03)

Do it. Done. Add them to the list. You know what? My wife had a funny suggestion to me the other day. We took Lucas and Jackson to Volo Auto Museum. They have like, big antique shops.

Dan Bernstein (31:12)

I've never been. My dad, My dad loves that place.

Matt Abaticola (31:16)

It's awesome. But they're antiquing stuff too. Is awesome. So like, you just walk through building after building of just treasure hunting.

Dan Bernstein (31:23)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (31:23)

And we were out looking for cards and like, playing sports cards.

Dan Bernstein (31:29)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (31:29)

And so because some, some of the, the vendors, they have, you know, unopened packs of cards. And so we actually found one that had 1990 NBA cards.

Dan Bernstein (31:38)

Oh, yeah.

Matt Abaticola (31:40)

And so it was funny. So we're sitting in the, in the car, we're late, and the boys are going to rip them open. They each got them a pack, and Jack's like, wait, who's good in 1990? And I said, all right. I go, here's. Here's a good one. I go, if you can get a rookie, Kendall Gill, I go, I bet you I can get it signed for you. So, dude, he opens it up and the fourth card he pulls is a rookie. Kendall Gill.

Dan Bernstein (32:01)

No way.

Matt Abaticola (32:02)

Yes.

Dan Bernstein (32:04)

Was he on the Nets?

Matt Abaticola (32:06)

Hornets, right?

Dan Bernstein (32:07)

Hornets. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Later is on the Nets. He actually led the league in Steals as a net, I believe.

Matt Abaticola (32:12)

Oh, did he really?

Dan Bernstein (32:13)

Yeah.

Matt Abaticola (32:13)

So I'm gonna. I'm gonna work on getting that done for him.

Dan Bernstein (32:15)

That's so sweet. You see that memory of mine, it was night. It was 1990, that my roommate in college and I did that. We created a drinking game, okay, where what we would do is we'd get, you know, five or six guys together for pre gaming before we'd go out. And just for fun, we. Everybody would get a pack of basketball cards. It started with basketball cards. We called it playing cards. And you would get the pack in front of you, and you would. Based on the information on the card, you'd put out trivia questions, like, if you can name. It says, like, if you can name, what is Del Curry's actual given first name? And then you'd put odds out there. Six sips to a beer, and you'd put odds out there and somebody would take the better, not take the better. You'd negotiate what you do. Yay or nay. And that. Then that would just give you, you know, something to do while we were. Well, if there was no game on and we. It was. It was a blast. And you learn about the players and stuff. And the answer to that is Wardell. It's Wardell Curry. But if you knew previous teams, if you knew the college, if you knew exact height or whatever, it might. And it became a thing. And to this day, I found out I ran into a former baseball teammate of mine who told me, to this day, he and his friends and brothers, when he goes on his annual fishing trip, they still play that game. It was hysterical. I hadn't thought of it in forever.

Matt Abaticola (33:46)

Funny you bring up Del Curry. I think Jackie pulled a Dell Curry car too. Did he? Yeah, I think so.

Dan Bernstein (33:51)

Yeah, he was doing. And Del Curry's been doing some of the Amazon prime analysis. He's really good. Yeah.

Matt Abaticola (33:57)

He also pulled Will Perdue. So I said, I'll.

Dan Bernstein (33:59)

Yeah, get this out of here. I'll get you. Yeah.

Matt Abaticola (34:01)

So. So anyway, so we're walking around.

Dan Bernstein (34:03)

You should. You should.

Matt Abaticola (34:03)

Dude, I would actually, we should go. Because you would. You would love it. And we could just. We'd spend hours walking around at all the different. Well, first of all, the cars thing is one thing, but then all the antique stuff is just really cool. The treasure hunting. But there was one vendor that had a giant table, and the cards were all individual and they were all in sleeves.

Dan Bernstein (34:20)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (34:20)

And there was probably, I don't know, a thousand, two thousand cards just out there on this table. And they were Pokemon cards and like, different. They weren't sports cards at all. There was Pokemon and like Star wars. Other collectible things.

Dan Bernstein (34:33)

I've got some original Star wars cards.

Matt Abaticola (34:36)

But they had Garbage Pail Kids.

Dan Bernstein (34:38)

I remember.

Matt Abaticola (34:39)

And so we started going through and just looking and we are. We, the four of us were on a mission to find everyone's name in a garbage Pail Kid.

Dan Bernstein (34:48)

This sounds like a day.

Matt Abaticola (34:49)

Oh, dude. We had a great day. And so we were able to find. So we found a Jack and a Jackson.

Dan Bernstein (34:54)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (34:55)

We found a Lucas. We found a couple Nats. Nat. Nat. No mats. We found Henry. We found Hank.

Dan Bernstein (35:03)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (35:04)

The only thing we couldn't find is Griffin. There was no Griffin. And we went through these cards and I had stacks as I was going through them. But we found his middle names. We pulled that one at least. So Natalie had a funny idea. She was like, you guys should take your, your roster of players on your show and make them into like garbage Pail cards. Using like, like AI to create like playing cards for all the guys on our. On our roster.

Dan Bernstein (35:25)

That's not a bad name.

Matt Abaticola (35:27)

It's not a bad idea.

Dan Bernstein (35:28)

Right? Well, it's funny when, when the name. I hear the name Griffin, I saw a really funny. I forgot if it was on Twitter or Blue Sky. Somebody mentioned we got Major League baseball players. Right now you have the free agent pitcher, Griffin Canning. And there's also the recently selected out of lsu, Griffin Herring. So if you put both Griffins together, you have Canning Herring.

Matt Abaticola (35:58)

Oh, that's good.

Dan Bernstein (35:59)

That's. Yeah. So they could go into business together.

Matt Abaticola (36:02)

They could. Can Herring. Are there any Bob's in the league right now?

Dan Bernstein (36:06)

No. No. Yeah. Well, no, Bob Seymour's gone. I think Bob Seymour went to. Where did he go? Korea. There was a Bob last year.

Additional Advertiser/Guest (36:17)

Right.

Matt Abaticola (36:17)

But there's no Bob's this year.

Dan Bernstein (36:18)

He was the first Bob in like 20 years.

Matt Abaticola (36:20)

Yeah, he.

Dan Bernstein (36:20)

No, no, he's Japan. He. Bob Seymour is with the Oryx Buffaloes. Okay. That was it. We had a brief appearance of a Bob. A Bob. That's it.

Matt Abaticola (36:31)

Not a mono Bob. No, not mono Bob in an Olympic sport.

Dan Bernstein (36:34)

And not Pope Bob. No, it was Bob Seymour is currently plying his trade for the Oryx Buffaloes of the npb, the Nippon Professional Baseball League.

Matt Abaticola (36:44)

Hey, we talked about quarterbacks and the, the, the state of the quarterback in the NFL yesterday. And one of the guys that we mentioned was Derek Carr. Because there's a lot of talk about Derek Carr coming out of retirement. And he said he would come out of retirement and there was a chance to win a Super Bowl. I don't know if he meant that as a. Like a spectator on the sideline or if he meant he would actually participate in the games, but I saw this article today. Five good landing spots for Derek Carr, and they have them order one through five, and I'm going to start from the bottom because number one is a place I want to see him land. Number five, they have the Falcons. Number four, the Chiefs. Number three, the Colts. Number two, the Steelers, and number one. Yes. Make this happen.

Dan Bernstein (37:26)

Vikings.

Matt Abaticola (37:27)

The Vikings.

Dan Bernstein (37:28)

Yes, please. Yes.

Matt Abaticola (37:30)

Make that happen for me. Please let Derek Carr land in Minnesota to battle it out with JJ McCarthy and Max Brosmer and injured Carson Wentz.

Dan Bernstein (37:39)

Let's go. That's. That's perfect.

Matt Abaticola (37:41)

You talk about a quarterback room from what they had to where they're at.

Dan Bernstein (37:45)

Hey, man, they're. They're like the new Bears.

Matt Abaticola (37:48)

Oh, yeah. I love it.

Dan Bernstein (37:50)

We're just going to keep. Keep going through them and bringing more in, and you hope one shows you something, and then you fire a bunch of executives. Now at least they got a nice building to play in.

Matt Abaticola (38:00)

All right, I saw this again, too, and I want to. I don't know if this is going to annoy you or I don't know. So we'll see what your react is. Former Chicago Bear Blake Brockermeyer on C.

Dan Bernstein (38:11)

We used to make fun of him having the flashing red light on his head when his guy ran by him.

Matt Abaticola (38:22)

Stop that guy from running past you.

Dan Bernstein (38:24)

You have 15 seconds to reach minimum safe distance before you explode. Remember, it's like the end of an alien.

Matt Abaticola (38:32)

Yes.

Dan Bernstein (38:32)

Whoops.

Matt Abaticola (38:34)

So he did a redraft of the 2025 drafts, and we've done this once before, and we both question why the Colston Loveland didn't move up in the draft, given the season. So you get the whole year in play. Obviously, we know coming in injured, but we saw how the whole year played out. Why didn't Blake. Why didn't Colson Loveland move up in the draft? So our guy Turnstile Blake Brockenmeyer. He redid the draft for us, Dan.

Additional Advertiser/Guest (38:59)

Okay.

Matt Abaticola (39:00)

Colson loveland stayed at 10.

Dan Bernstein (39:04)

All right. Okay. I don't get it. Hey, didn't I see Brocker? Is Brocker Myers kid in college football last year. I swear to God, I saw. I saw a Brocker Meyer in a big game. I saw a Brocker Meyer. There's no way. Was it.

Matt Abaticola (39:23)

I did, too. No, no, no, you're exactly right. I did.

Dan Bernstein (39:25)

Wasn't Texas. Because he went to Texas, but it was somewhere else.

Matt Abaticola (39:29)

And I, oh, you're right.

Dan Bernstein (39:31)

And I, I remember saying something like, that's gotta be Blake Brocker, Myers kid.

Matt Abaticola (39:35)

So we saw the same games. I did the exact same thing. But where and when was that? So Brockmeyer's four sons with twins James and Tommy, as well as Luke playing high level college. James Brockenmeyer is currently an offensive lineman at the University of Miami.

Dan Bernstein (39:52)

Maybe that's it. Yes, it's gotta be. Yes.

Matt Abaticola (39:55)

While his twin brother Tommy Brockemire retired from football for playing in Alabama and tcu, older brother Luke Brockemeier played linebacker at Texas. So that's who it was. It was James Brockenmeier and it was the Miami game.

Dan Bernstein (40:07)

Could you imagine feeding those children?

Matt Abaticola (40:10)

No, I don't like feeding the boys. I have your home now.

Dan Bernstein (40:13)

Right. Who are relatively normal sized.

Matt Abaticola (40:16)

Yes, right now they're normal.

Dan Bernstein (40:17)

Seriously, could you imagine that would be like slopping hogs. Like you'd have to come home and fill a trough with meat.

Matt Abaticola (40:25)

Well, we were, we were talking about it already because it's kind of amazing with two 13 year olds and 11 and a half and a 10 year old, the food that we can go through at certain meals. And I'd like this projecting ahead to high school, like I, like I said like a, like a family dinner is going to be like 15 chicken breasts, you know?

Dan Bernstein (40:44)

Well, yeah, well, you're stupid at that point. You're better off just like doing entire chickens because I mean it's going to get to the backyard maybe, maybe raising your own.

Matt Abaticola (40:57)

Oh, I like, dude, I can go through like I buy a pack of 18 eggs, I can do that in two days.

Dan Bernstein (41:02)

Yeah, we eat a lot of eggs in our house too.

Matt Abaticola (41:04)

Yeah, a lot. So yeah, I couldn't imagine. And then how cool is that though? I mean you got, you got twins playing football at the same time. Yet another kid who played football. Yeah, so it had to been the Miami Indiana game, I would bet, because I don't recall any other Miami games I paid close attention to. But yeah, I saw the back of the jersey. That's got to be Blake Brock.

Dan Bernstein (41:26)

He did not have the.

Matt Abaticola (41:28)

No, he did not have on top of his head. So yeah, so Blake Brockmeyer, he redid the 20, 25 draft and Colson Loveland stayed at 10. And I don't know how I still believe, given the year that they saw that the Jaguars at two and I know they moved up and they what, they took Travis Hunter. Right. The Giants at three. Oh, no, The Giants, they would have taken Jackson Dart if they redraft because who they took Abdul Carter.

Dan Bernstein (41:56)

Right.

Matt Abaticola (41:57)

So I think, I think the Jaguars or the Panthers would have taken Colson Loveland before he got to the Bears at 10. If you get the redraft.

Dan Bernstein (42:05)

All I know is with every year that goes by, he's going to move up that list.

Matt Abaticola (42:09)

Yeah.

Dan Bernstein (42:12)

Was that Frank?

Matt Abaticola (42:13)

It was Frank. There was a Frank. I was going through DBU and I was getting stuff ready. And what read were you doing? What did you do in the middle? Omaha Steaks. And there's a brief pause in between words and you get to hear both dogs bark in the Omaha Steaks commercial.

Dan Bernstein (42:30)

See, they're going to be vying for publicity in space now. They both want time. They want exposure.

Matt Abaticola (42:35)

No, they hear you do the Omaha Steaks and they want.

Dan Bernstein (42:38)

Oh, that's what it is. Yes. They're excited for steak. When I talk about grass fed grain finished or everything that they want, they hear about the fine marbling and all that. And then the dog's like, wait a sec.

Matt Abaticola (42:51)

Yeah, they like. They like a good ribeye or a nice big fresh pile of poo. So the franchise tag is opening up today in the NFL as well.

Dan Bernstein (42:59)

It is? Yeah.

Matt Abaticola (43:01)

So I think we're going to consider tagging you for the next year, but maybe not.

Dan Bernstein (43:05)

No, we don't have to worry about that at the moment.

Matt Abaticola (43:08)

We're going to give you the lowest, lowest salary of the bottom five guys, though, at your position.

Dan Bernstein (43:13)

No, I would, I would take the average of the. The top, whatever at the position you want to go do. Top with the podcaster salaries I'm in. Absolutely. Slap that tag on me.

Matt Abaticola (43:23)

Oh, yeah. We don't need to worry about.

Dan Bernstein (43:24)

And you can do it at the Chicago Sex Dungeon.

Matt Abaticola (43:27)

We're good. We're good for this year. So they don't worry about either one of us.

Additional Advertiser/Guest (43:30)

Okay.

Dan Bernstein (43:30)

Just making sure.

Matt Abaticola (43:31)

But we do need to check on Adam to the list though, because.

Dan Bernstein (43:34)

Put them on there. It's ironic. If you're going to add Adam to the list. To the list. Done.

Matt Abaticola (43:42)

All right, so I think we should take some of our guys names and then use it with the AI before it ruins sports. We can make like trading cards. DBU trading cards.

Dan Bernstein (43:50)

There's so many possibilities. There's so many possibilities. We could open our own data center. Our own like AI data center. And we can use all of the water in Lake Michigan to power it. Okay.

Matt Abaticola (44:02)

I mean, should the background of all the playing cards, there'll be a sex dungeon. Is that what the background.

Dan Bernstein (44:08)

Sure. We could do sex dungeon, cards. And then it could be. Because you know how they used to do, like, those. The little illustrations. And it would. It would say things at the bottom of the baseball card, and it would show a picture of, like, a guy working on a. On an engine. It's like, in his spare time. Bob Sherman loves to work on transmissions.

Matt Abaticola (44:28)

Bob Schmerman.

Dan Bernstein (44:29)

Yeah, I just. I needed a Bob.

Matt Abaticola (44:31)

So it could be a friendly Ford dealer, wasn't he?

Dan Bernstein (44:33)

No, that's Harry Schmerler, the singing Ford dealer. Okay.

Additional Advertiser/Guest (44:37)

That's right.

Dan Bernstein (44:37)

You know, Bob Schmerman, the friendly, friendly.

Matt Abaticola (44:40)

He wasn't friendly. He was singing. Right.

Dan Bernstein (44:41)

He might have been an asshole, but he would sing.

Matt Abaticola (44:43)

He was singing angrily.

Dan Bernstein (44:45)

Right.

Matt Abaticola (44:46)

All right, so Bob Schmermer was the friendly guy. And Harry. Harry Schmermer. What's his name?

Dan Bernstein (44:51)

Rocco. By your baby. Hi, I'm Harry Schmer. Smurler. You're singing Ford dealer on Ogden Avenue in Berwin. Is that where he was?

Matt Abaticola (44:59)

Yeah, it's my.

Dan Bernstein (44:59)

Is he standing outside singing with no pants on?

Matt Abaticola (45:01)

We used to. I. I lived right there in Berwyn, so we used to always see the. The singing, friendly Ford dealer. No, he wasn't friendly.

Dan Bernstein (45:08)

He wasn't friendly. Maybe it was a singing, unfriendly Ford dealer. I know what Terry would ask him. Terry would walk in there and he would probably say, how's your Harry Schme? You know, he'd ask that 100%.

Matt Abaticola (45:26)

That's right. Gary Schmerler. And not your guy, Bob Schmermer?

Dan Bernstein (45:31)

No, he's different. And not Bob Rohrman. He's different, too. Yeah, it was. You know, that's a Chicago legend right there. I. I wished car dealers would go back to doing that.

Matt Abaticola (45:42)

Oh, you don't see local commercials anymore? Not.

Dan Bernstein (45:45)

I really don't.

Matt Abaticola (45:46)

Oh, I do. And watching. Watching even, like, sports. You get to see local commercials sometimes, and it's always the owner of the car dealership, and they always have, like, a. Just a blank, dead stare in their face. And like, buddy, you shouldn't be off camera because I don't want to go to your dealership because of you.

Dan Bernstein (46:02)

No, the guy I like, Bob Lucursio. He's the guy who's like, what do you say you'll like buying a car this way?

Matt Abaticola (46:08)

He seems nice, right?

Dan Bernstein (46:10)

No, that's. That's the suit guy. That's. That's.

Matt Abaticola (46:13)

That's the suit guy.

Dan Bernstein (46:14)

Yeah. Men's warehouse. What's his name?

Matt Abaticola (46:16)

Sid Caesar. Sid Luckman, Sid.

Dan Bernstein (46:18)

Oh, you're thinking of. You're thinking of a Hairline Creations guy.

Matt Abaticola (46:21)

Oh, but isn't that. Isn't it? Doesn't he guarantee it? Didn't the hair guy guarantee your hair?

Dan Bernstein (46:26)

I don't know what he guaranteed. What was his name? Cy Sperling.

Matt Abaticola (46:29)

Oh, Cy Sperling is a suit guy, wasn't he?

Dan Bernstein (46:32)

No, I thought, well, who was the Hairline Creations guy? Where there's like a really sad looking Steve Ontivero stairs like you open TV Guide. And it was like Stevens looked like a crackhead and then he got his brand new plastic hair and then he was all happy. He didn't look like a crackhead anymore.

Matt Abaticola (46:48)

Yeah, I'm sure our listeners will tell us, but I think like the guys that still do local car dealership ads now, it's always the owner and they always have a blank stare in their face and they're always like, you should come down to our dealership because we are the best Acura dealer in the state of Illinois. Come, come by and see our big showroom. And our. We have coffee in the waiting room for you too. Like, no, I, I don't want to go because you look like you're being held hostage in a basement.

Dan Bernstein (47:17)

There aren't a lot of guys that do that anymore.

Matt Abaticola (47:19)

Come buy a car before this man kills me. Here's today's date and the newspaper.

Dan Bernstein (47:22)

Yeah, because it used to be the thing in Celosi and Edelson. The easiest to do. Yeah, by far the easiest to tell apart. Like if you could ask anybody which one's Solozzi, which one's Edelson? You got one guy with a slick back hair and the double breasted. This massive guy in the double breasted.

Matt Abaticola (47:41)

Suit, a tommy gun in his hand.

Dan Bernstein (47:43)

Might as well. He met somebody like a huge bowl of pasta. And then you've got Edelson over there with a little mousy looking accountant guy with the little mustache and who's who.

Matt Abaticola (47:56)

Right.

Dan Bernstein (47:56)

He might have.

Matt Abaticola (47:58)

Guess who's who. We'll give you 500 off this car before we shoot you.

Dan Bernstein (48:02)

My guess, that's Slozy. That's Edelson?

Matt Abaticola (48:05)

Yeah. How'd you know more of that? Oh, you know what, I saw it at the antique store the other day. Was a. The Harris Bank. The lion of Bank. Like the actual coin? Yeah, Hubert, the. It was a. It was a coin bank.

Dan Bernstein (48:19)

Piggy bank. Yeah, I've got one.

Matt Abaticola (48:20)

I thought of you.

Dan Bernstein (48:21)

There's. There's still one, I think on the.

Matt Abaticola (48:23)

I just wanted for you. I almost bought it for you. I was gonna get. But it was 18 and a little. Little too pricey for me.

Dan Bernstein (48:28)

Well, was it full?

Matt Abaticola (48:30)

No, it was. It was empty. And then there was no. There was no stopper in the hole, so your coins would have just fallen right out.

Dan Bernstein (48:36)

Well, it's probably appropriate.

Matt Abaticola (48:38)

It's a bad thing.

Dan Bernstein (48:38)

That's how you teach kids about money. That's right.

Matt Abaticola (48:42)

You go to save it, it's gone. It's gone. You want to save it, it's gone.

Dan Bernstein (48:46)

Take it out and spend it on something.

Matt Abaticola (48:48)

Yeah, that would be.

Dan Bernstein (48:49)

That would be like, what My. My aunt. Every time she would give me a birthday present or a Hanukkah present, whatever it was. And. And, you know, very, very generous woman. And. And my father would always say, you know what we're gonna do with this? And we're gonna. We're gonna put this away. Because he would always explain compound interest and saying, I know you. That you're. This is gonna burn. Always. Don't let it burn a hole in your pocket. If we put this in. If you look at what this is going to be with basic compound interest five years from now, you're gonna. And then wait till you see what this is where she would then track me down after. And she's like, did my brother give you the whole thing about compound interest and all that? I'm like, yes. And she goes, listen, it's my gift to you. I want you to piss it away. It was always what she said what she would always write, like, in the memo on the check later, even. Piss it away. That's great, is what she would say. That's.

Matt Abaticola (49:47)

That's my. That's my guy. Jackie. I'm gonna have to work with him because, dude, he gets any kind of gift or something, whatever birthday or Christmas, whatever it could be, he's got money in his pocket. His pants literally start on fire. No, they do not literally start on fire.

Dan Bernstein (50:00)

They do. But it's all gift cards now. Now it's. It's like. It's Starbucks gift cards. It's Dick sporting goods gift cards. Sephora for Zoe.

Matt Abaticola (50:09)

The second he gets something, it's like, we've got to go spend it. Like, we've got, like, it's gonna explode if he doesn't, like, spend it right away. Like, we've got to go. We've got to go today and get rid of it.

Dan Bernstein (50:19)

I. My present arrived the other day.

Matt Abaticola (50:21)

What was that?

Dan Bernstein (50:22)

I was so excited.

Matt Abaticola (50:23)

Wait, your slippers. He told us about.

Dan Bernstein (50:25)

No, that was From Beth. I bought myself a present.

Matt Abaticola (50:27)

Well, I wanted to ask you. Why were your sl. Why your slippers so stinky?

Dan Bernstein (50:30)

I don't know. I. I didn't do to them. I didn't think they were.

Matt Abaticola (50:33)

Do you, like. You, like, run marathons in them or.

Dan Bernstein (50:36)

What do you do? Marathon slippers?

Matt Abaticola (50:39)

Like what? Like, how do house slippers get smelly?

Dan Bernstein (50:41)

I didn't think they were that bad.

Matt Abaticola (50:43)

Feet. You got an issue.

Dan Bernstein (50:44)

I didn't think so.

Matt Abaticola (50:45)

You got the stinky feedy.

Dan Bernstein (50:47)

I. I don't know. She didn't like him. This is. I don't know. Maybe I just moved him to a basement or something. But the new ones are supposed to be great. But anyway.

Matt Abaticola (50:55)

What'd you get?

Dan Bernstein (50:56)

I got.

Matt Abaticola (50:58)

I got.

Dan Bernstein (50:59)

I'm so excited. So excited. I needed to find a telescopic landing net.

Matt Abaticola (51:06)

Oh, okay.

Dan Bernstein (51:07)

And I needed one that was light that I could carry with me. And I'm not. Like, always.

Matt Abaticola (51:14)

Keep it.

Dan Bernstein (51:14)

The car. I don't just go to a fishing spot and stand there. I'm always moving.

Matt Abaticola (51:18)

Yeah.

Dan Bernstein (51:18)

No, I saw you.

Matt Abaticola (51:19)

We were looking online the other day, and I said, you should get one and carry it with you everywhere you go.

Dan Bernstein (51:23)

And I. I got one.

Matt Abaticola (51:24)

Okay.

Dan Bernstein (51:25)

And it only weighs 2 pounds, and it extends out to 80 inches.

Matt Abaticola (51:29)

Oh. So you get to work out too, with it.

Dan Bernstein (51:31)

It's. It's fantastic.

Matt Abaticola (51:33)

You can do some curls.

Dan Bernstein (51:34)

I just. It's one of these things that I'm probably gonna catch one fish. It's gonna break in half. But until. And I'll go get another one because the price was great. But I was finding out online, I found it with shipping for 30 bucks.

Matt Abaticola (51:47)

What was the store?

Dan Bernstein (51:49)

I think. I think it was actually from a Walmart somewhere. Okay. But it was. It was an unbelievable price for exactly the net I wanted. I will report to you soon on how well it does, but I'm. I am optimistic.

Matt Abaticola (52:04)

80 inches? Is that what you said?

Dan Bernstein (52:07)

It pushes all the way down. Light as a feather. And it's got the rubberized. The rubberized net thing. And it comes in a carry bag, everything. It's. It's. It's perfect.

Matt Abaticola (52:17)

Well, congrats.

Dan Bernstein (52:17)

So I've just been. I've been walking around the house bothering people with it, and they told me to put it in my car.

Matt Abaticola (52:22)

Do you extend it all the way out then, like, put it over Beth's head? There you go. Good man.

Dan Bernstein (52:27)

Or just from another room? From another room. Tap people on the shoulders. They don't even know I'm there. They see this thing coming out of the butler's pantry or if she asks.

Matt Abaticola (52:37)

You for, like, to get her anything, just put it in the net and just hand it to her from across the room. Yes, that's, that's a good one.

Dan Bernstein (52:43)

Don't, don't give away my next moves.

Matt Abaticola (52:45)

I'd like to get one just to have one for fishing.

Dan Bernstein (52:48)

It's a cool thing to have.

Matt Abaticola (52:49)

Sounds like fun.

Dan Bernstein (52:50)

It can extend as far as you want. It's great. All right, well, that's going to do it for apparently, that's going to do it. You get a little.

Matt Abaticola (52:57)

You talk a lot of football to start.

Dan Bernstein (52:58)

Yeah. You did that. You got a little bonus 25 minutes on February 17th. I mean, seriously. I really seriously. It's Forward Progress, nominally, a Chicago Bears and NFL podcast on 312 Sports.

Matt Abaticola (53:13)

For Progress is stopped. Forward Progress, a Chicago Bears podcast with Dan Bernstein and Matt Abeticola on 3one2Sports.

Geico Advertiser (53:32)

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