
Week in Review: Top Cop Decision; Mapes Trial Continues
8/18/2023 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Paris Schutz and guests on the week's biggest stories.
Larry Snelling gets Mayor Johnson’s nod to lead the Chicago Police Department. Illinois Democrats and Republicans call each other out at the state fair. And the playoff-contending Cubs walk all over the bottom-feeding Sox.
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Week in Review: Top Cop Decision; Mapes Trial Continues
8/18/2023 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Larry Snelling gets Mayor Johnson’s nod to lead the Chicago Police Department. Illinois Democrats and Republicans call each other out at the state fair. And the playoff-contending Cubs walk all over the bottom-feeding Sox.
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I AM PARIS SCHUTZ LARRY SNELLING IS POISED TO TAKE OVER AS THE DEPARTMENT'S NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.
>> I AM TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE CHOSEN BY THE MAYOR TO LEAD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CHICAGO.
>> MAYOR JOHNSON CHOOSES LARRY SNELLING AS HIS TOP COP.
THE CONSENSUS CHOICE FOR THE POSITION.
JOHNSON SIDESTEPPED QUESTIONS ON THE UNCEREMONIOUS FIRING OF THE FORMER HEALTH CHIEF AS THE DEPARTMENT FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
SMART REPUBLICANS THINK, IF THEY LIE ABOUT SOMETHING, IF THEY DENY THE TRUTH LONG ENOUGH, MAYBE WE WILL BELIEVE THEM.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS , HERE IN ILLINOIS, WE HAVE A LOW TOLERANCE FOR BOWL -- >> THE TOLERANCE MAY BE LOW, BUT THEIR TOLERANCE FOR CORRUPTION IS APPARENTLY SKYHIGH.
>> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS GO SCORCHED-EARTH AT THE RESPECTIVE SHOWCASE DAYS AT THE ANNUAL STATE FAIR IN SPRINGFIELD.
THE GOP MOSTLY STAYS AWAY FROM MENTIONING DONALD TRUMP.
PROSECUTORS PLAYED UNDERCOVER RECORDINGS IN A PERJURY TRIAL.
FOR IN SPORTS -- >> IT IS A WALKOFF.
>> THE CUBS WALK ALL OVER THE WHITE SOX IN THE WINDY CITY CLASSIC.
>> ROUGHER AND ROUGHER FOR THE WHITE SOX.
OUR PANEL , ROB , MARIAH OF WBEZ, AND ROBERT OF THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.
WHAT CLINCHED THE DEAL FOR LARRY SNELLING TO BE THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CHICAGO POLICE ?
>> HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS, THERE WAS TALK THAT PAUL VALLAS FAVORED LARRY SNELLING HAD HE WON.
HE WAS DEFINITELY A TOP TWO HE SAID WHEN ASKED.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, CHICAGO POLICE , RANK-AND-FILE, ALL OF THESE COMPONENTS USUALLY DON'T COME TOGETHER BUT THEY HAVE IN THIS CASE.
>> DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD SEE THE DAY WHERE THE FOP WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH POLICE REFORMERS?
>> NOT REALLY.
YOU LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND AND IT SERVES A GREAT PURPOSE NOBODY IS ON THE DOCKET HAD.
HE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY.
HE IS WILLING TO GET HIS HANDS DIRTY.
A LOT OF THE BOXES WERE CHECKED OFF.
I CANNOT SAY I WAS EXPECTING IT BUT HE FITS EVERYTHING YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> THEY WANTED SOMEONE WHO KNEW THE DEPARTMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT THAT LARRY SNELLING PHILOSOPHY WILL BE TO FIGHT CRIME AND GET THE BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY?
>> THERE IS AN AGREEMENT WITH LARRY SNELLING AND THE MAYOR IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE CAUSES OF THE CRIME.
WHEN THERE IS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE OF ANY INSIDER, DAVID BROWN, FROM TEXAS, REPLACING EDDIE JOHNSON, A LONGTIME VETERAN OF THE CHICAGO POLICE FOR.
>> WE KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH.
IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT DESIGNATE , IS THERE ANY NOTION THIS WILL BE BLOCKED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ?
>> MAYOR JOHNSON STOOD NEXT TO A CONSERVATIVE ALDERMAN, AN INDICATION HE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING PUSHBACK .
JOHNSON STILL HAS THE VOICE OF PROGRESSIVE ALDERMEN.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A CONTROVERSIAL APPOINTMENT.
JOHNSON SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL PASS.
AS ANYONE WHO COVERS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS , THINGS TEND TO BE LESS FIERY THAN CONFIRMATION HEARINGS IN THE CONGRESS OR IN STATE POLITICS.
THESE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES AND YOUR GOALS.
VERY RARE THAT YOU SEE A DESIGNEE GET REJECTED.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED MAYOR JOHNSON IS GOING AGAINST THE MORE PROGRESSIVE CREDENTIALS AND CHOOSING SOMEONE WHO IS AN INSIDER WHEN PROGRESSIVES HAVE HAMMERED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE HARDEST?
>> RIGHT.
HE HAS SHOWN HE IS TRYING TO BE MORE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD.
MAYBE HIS CHIEF OF STAFF MAY HAVE HAD A PIECE OF THIS AND HE IS RELYING ON HIS EXPERTISE AND HAVING THAT GUIDANCE HAVING BEEN AN ALDERMAN FOR SO MANY YEARS.
THAT DOES GIVE PEOPLE PAUSE.
MAYBE THOSE WHO DID NOT AGREE WITH MAYOR JOHNSON, HE IS SOMEONE WHO IS A CONSENSUS BUILDER.
I THINK THERE IS PERHAPS SOME PROGRESSIVES WHO MAY HAVE CHOSEN SOMEONE DIFFERENT BUT ARE WILLING TO GIVE JOHNSON THIS AND LET HIM HAVE HIS PICK.
>> 'S GABE JACKSON, WHAT IS YOUR REVIEW OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW MAYOR ?
>> SOME OF THE DECISION HE HAS MADE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE TIME .
SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE , ESPECIALLY AS ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
THE FIRST 100 DAYS HAVE BEEN OKAY.
WE CANNOT EXPECT TOO MUCH.
WE LIKE TO HAVE THINGS DONE IMMEDIATELY.
FOR A NEOPHYTE , HE IS TAKING IT SLOW BUT STRATEGIC ON HOW HE WANTS TO HANDLE THINGS DOWN THE LINE.
HE DOES NOT WANT TO RUSH INTO ANYTHING.
NO , LET'S MAP THIS OUT AND DO IT SMARTLY.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CONSENSUS, I WILL DO SOMETHING , IT MAY NOT BE THE ONE I WANTED IN LARRY SNELLING , BUT WE CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
>> STRATEGIC OR IS HE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING AS FAST AS OTHERS?
>> I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LIVES IN THE NORTHWEST SIDE , HE WANTED PAUL VALLAS TO WIN AND WAS SURPRISED AT THE DEGREE TO WHICH BRANDON JOHNSON HAS STAYED OUT OF THE NEWS.
HE HAS BEEN MAYOR FOR 100 DAYS AND HAS A PROGRESSIVE CHANGE AGENDA BUT , WHEN HE GOT TO CITY HALL, HE HAD THE REPUTATION BUT MORE LIKE A CENTRIST.
>> WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS IN THE WAY HE LET GO OF THE FORMER TOP DOCTOR.
GOT THE CITY THROUGH COVID , THOSE DIFFICULT YEARS, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF FIRED HER INSTEAD OF HIMSELF.
WAS IT AN UNCEREMONIOUS WAY TO LET HER GO ?
>> SHE TOOK US THROUGH COVID AND WAS A BIG PLAYER.
WHEN HE MENTIONED IT IN HIS OWN CAMPAIGN , HE WOULD GET RID OF HER, PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED , WHY HER ?
PERHAPS, THEY WOULD HAVE SAID , TIME FOR YOU .
NOT EVERYONE SAW THAT.
HOWEVER , THERE COULD BE SEVERAL REASONS, ONE , SHE DID SHEPHERD HAVING THE SCHOOLS REOPEN SOONER THAN WHAT SOME WANTED TO SHE SAID , CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPEN , WE HAD A LIVE EXPERIMENT GOING ON AND THEY HANDLED IT .
SHE DOES NOT REGRET THE DECISION.
HE PROMISED TO MEET WITH HER BUT DIDN'T.
BY FIRING HER , HAVING HIS CHIEF OF STAFF CALL HER AT 5:00, CUT OFF HER EMAIL AND TAKE AWAY HER PHONE, NOT THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.
>> THERE SEEM TO BE SOME KIND OF VENDETTA.
THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY CRITICAL.
YOU DID ASK THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT , WHAT DID HE SAY ?
>> HE QUOTED TUPAC.
>> AS ONE DOES IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
>> BY THAT POINT , THE MICROPHONE WAS TAKEN FROM THE.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING ?
THOSE KIND OF ANSWERS, IN THE 100 DAY INTERVIEW, YOU GET SOME TALKING POINTS.
SOME ARE OFF THE CUFF.
TUPAC MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN DOWN AHEAD OF TIME.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW RICHARD DALEY WOULD HAVE ANSWERED THE SAME QUESTION?
SAYING IT WAS A SILLY QUESTION.
>> EVERY MAYOR HAS THEIR WAY OF DEFLECTING QUESTIONS THEY DON'T WANT TO ANSWER.
MAYBE QUOTING NEIL DIAMOND.
WHAT DOES THIS SIGNIFY FOR THE DIRECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN CHICAGO?
ISSUES LIKE THE PANDEMIC, COVID , AND MENTAL HEALTH .
>> MENTAL HEALTH , THE APPROACH IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE MAYOR WANTS TO REOPEN THE SHUTTERED MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AND THE DOCTOR TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH, FUNNELING DOLLARS TO NONPROFITS AND PROGRESSIVES WANT A NEW PUBLIC INSTITUTION TO DELIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES .
IT PUT THE PRESSURE ON JOHNSON TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO CAN CARRY OUT A LOT OF HIS PRIORITIES.
TREATMENT ON TRAUMA, ONE OF HIS MAIN WAYS TO COMBAT CRIME.
SPEAKING OF PRESSING ISSUES, THE DOCTOR SAID, THAT SHE WAS DISCOURAGED FROM SPEAKING ON THE PRESSING ISSUES DURING THE THREE-MONTH TRIAL PERIOD JOHNSON PUT THE LORI LIGHTFOOT HOLDOVERS UNDER, THE AIR QUALITY CRISIS, WILDFIRES.
IT IS PERPLEXING.
THE TIMING OF THIS AND WHY -- >> WHO WILL REPLACE HER , IS THERE CONFUSION ?
>> YES, THE SECTION COMMAND WAS SENT OUT AND THERE IS NOT A DOCTOR LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHT NOW.
>> HER RESUME DID NOT HOLD UP.
>> THERE WAS A LEGEND PUNCHING OF THE RESUME.
>> SHE WAS A TARGET.
HE MENTIONED THIS ON THE CAMPAIGN, IT WOULD SEEM STRATEGIC, WHY HE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE TO REPLACE HER?
IF YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS , WHERE IS THE NEXT PERSON ?
>> COULD THIS HAVE BEEN IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK?
THE CHICAGO HEALTH BOARD HAD COME OUT PUBLICLY , MAYBE THEY WEREN'T HAPPY.
>> THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF, HE LEFT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE OR HE MAY HAVE BEEN FIRED.
HE DECIDED LAST FRIDAY ON HIS OWN TO RESIGN.
SEVERAL OTHERS DECIDED .
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CTA?
>> I ASKED HIM TODAY , HE SAID THEY WERE REVIEWING.
>> NO TUPAC QUOTES?
OTHER INTERESTING LANGUAGE USED BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS DOWNSTATE.
GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER, SLAMS REPUBLICANS FOR "BS."
IZZY TRYING TO GET NATIONAL ATTENTION ?
>> IS A FIRE UP THE TROOPS RALLY AT THE STATE FAIR.
DEMOCRATIC DAY , REPUBLICAN DAY, AT THIS POINT, IT IS OBVIOUS HE IS LOOKING AT 2028.
HE HAS WRAPPED HIMSELF IN THE CLOAK OF , I AM THE EPIC MEAN GOVERNOR.
A VICTORY SPEECH IN NOVEMBER MENTIONING THE NOMADIC WARRIORS.
HE IS PERFORMING FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE AND THAT IS WHAT THE BLUE ROUTINE WAS ALL ABOUT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAPES TRIAL, THAT IS STILL THERE.
>> SO FAR, IT HAS NOT BEEN PUNISHED , THE PARTY HAS NOT BEEN PUNISHED ELECTORALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH MAPES .
THE REPUBLICANS , HOW DO THEY FIRE UP THE TROOPS?
>> THEY HAD THE CANDIDATE WHO RAN AGAINST J.B. PRITZKER WHO WAS NOT INVITED TO SPEAK BUT RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
EVERYONE STAYED AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP.
HE IS LEAVING IN ALL OF THE POLLS .
>> EVERYONE BUT ONE PERSON.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING LEAD INTO NOW , DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, HOW DO THE ILLINOIS PARTIES PLAY A ROLE ?
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS ?
THESE HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
DEMOCRAT DAY , REPUBLICAN DAY , THERE ARE NO ELECTIONS RIGHT NOW.
>> THE POINT IS TO RALLY THE TROOPS.
TO KEEP THE ENERGY GOING.
>> A FEW YEARS AGO, THE GUY WHO KEPT THE ENERGY GOING FOR THE DEMOCRATS WAS TIM MAPES , NOW HE IS IN THE COURTROOM FACING 25 YEARS IN PRISON.
THE PROSECUTION JUST RESTED ITS CASE IN THE PERJURY AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE TRIAL.
>> THEIR CASE SEEMS TO BE, THE CASE IS , HE LIED.
THE GRAND JURY GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IMMUNITY.
BUT THEY TOLD HIM YOU HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH WHEN YOU COME IN BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
HUNDREDS OF QUESTIONS, 650 QUESTIONS.
HE LIED ON AT LEAST SEVEN OF THEM, THEY SAY, THEY PAINSTAKINGLY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND PLAYED OTHER TAPES , AND SHOWN EMAILS, OF MAPES AND MIKE McCLAIN, CONFIDANTE TO MATT AGAIN , THE TWO AIDES, WHILE MAPES SAID IN THE GRAND JURY , I CANNOT RECALL , I DON'T REMEMBER THAT -- >> THESE EMAILS AND TAPES SHOW THEM TALKING ALL THE TIME .
>> EVEN AFTER MAPES , WHO WAS ABRUPTLY FIRED, BECAUSE OF THE ME TOO MOVEMENT, STILL WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH MIKE McCLAIN .
>> THE NOTION THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIKE McCLAIN WAS UP TO , MIKE MADIGAN -- >> IS LOYALTY.
THAT IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN POWER .
THEY ARE BELIEVERS IN ORGANIZATION.
AS YOU HEAR WITH THESE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS, NO ONE GETS TAKEN CARE OF.
IF YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION, ABOUT MARTY QUINN LOSING HIS SEAT POSSIBLY, HE HAS A JOB BECAUSE HE HAS THREE GIRLS TO PUT THROUGH COLLEGE .
>> THEY GOT ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY HARASSING A YOUNG STAFFER, HAMPTON CAME FORWARD, IN 2018 OR 2019, ACCUSES MADIGAN OF RETALIATION VERY PUBLICLY.
PART OF THE EMAILS SHOWN THIS WEEK ARE McLEAN AND MADIGAN AND MAPES , POWERBROKERS WERE PARANOID ABOUT THE SITUATION THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN BECAUSE OF THE ME TOO MOMENT.
>> MIKE McCLAIN WAS TALKING TO MAPES, IS THERE A WOMAN , HIS -- THE TONE OF THE VOICE , IS THERE A WOMAN WE COULD TRUST TO PUT IN LEADERSHIP ?
>> THEY GET ALL CONCERNED THAT THE TASK FORCE THEY PUT TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN , GIVING THEM INDEPENDENCE.
THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
MADIGAN IS SAYING, ARE WE GOING TO LET THEM GO ON AND ON AND ON?
>> MIKE McCLAIN TALKING TO MAPES TO SHOW HOW CLOSE THEY WERE.
MIKE McCLAIN SANK TO MAPES , I AM NERVOUS, I SPOKE TO MADIGAN, SAYING IT WILL BE HARD TO TALK TO HIM.
IT SHOWS WHAT A COMPLETE BOYS CLUB IT IS.
>> THIS ORGANIZATION THAT SEEMS TO BE PEOPLE IN POWER, WE FIND OUT AT THE HEIGHT ARE THREE MEN WHO SEEM TO BE VERY INSECURE AND PARANOID.
>> THERE IS AN OLD SCHOOL SAYING, WHEN THE WINDBREAKERS SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR, THEY HAVE SOMETHING ON YOU.
THE FBI, CIA, THEY ARE WIRETAPPING YOU IN THIS CASE.
WHEN THE FBI SAYS TO YOU, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD?
IT GOES INTO THE MENTALITY, THE POWER THAT WE HAVE , WE CAN DO THIS.
>> HE WAS VERY SMART IN HANGING ONTO THE POWER AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE ALPHABET AGENCIES WERE NOT LISTENING TO HIM .
IT CAME OUT IN THE TRIAL THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN EMAIL AND DID NOT MAKE PHONE CALLS.
>> MADIGAN ?
>> YES PEOPLE SPOKE IN CODED LANGUAGE AND THE PROSECUTOR SAID, HE SOUNDS LIKE PAULY FROM GOODFELLAS .
>> THE DEFENSE WILL PLEAD THEIR CASE NEXT WEEK AND TALK ABOUT MEMORY.
THAT THE MEMORY OF MAPES WAS NOT STRONG AND THEY WILL HAVE A MEMORY EXPERT.
ALL OF THE WITNESSES THAT THE PROSECUTION INTERVIEWED, A LONGTIME LOBBYIST, KIMME, THEY WERE ASKED , WERE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEMORY OF MAPES ?
NO ONE SAID, YES, I WAS.
MAPES IS DESCRIBED AS THE ONE WHO MADE SURE THE TRAINS RAN ON TIME.
THE ONE WHO RAN THE DEMOCRATIC -- HE HAD FIVE JOBS, NOT JUST ONE.
AND HE DOES NOT REMEMBER THE DAYS AT THE STATE FAIR, I REMEMBER HE WAS RUNNING -- >> MADIGAN IS TELLING HIM , STAY LOYAL, I GOT YOU.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IT BUT I DON'T KNOW THEY ARE ALLOWED TO COMEDIC IT.
-- COMMUNICATE.
>>> HOW THRILLING WAS THAT WALK OFF ON WEDNESDAY IN SPORTS?
>> YOU KEEP RUBBING IT IN.
BOTTOM FEEDERS.
>> THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SOX WON.
>> I WAS SCREAMING.
>> AS GRANDAL SAID , IF THEY STOP GAMES AFTER SEVEN INNINGS, THE WHITE SOX WOULD BE IN FIRST PLACE.
BURID ON WEDNESDAY, THE WHITE SOX WERE BURIED ON MAY 1st, IF THEY WERE 30 GIFTS UNDER .500 -- LET'S BE HONEST, THE CUBS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS.
THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN THE NATIONALLY CENTRAL WITH A POSITIVE RUN DIFFERENTIAL.
THAT IS THE INDICATOR OF WHERE WE ARE GOING.
THE CUBS ARE PLAYING IN OCTOBER.
>> THEY ARE 2.5 GAMES OUT.
>> THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET IN THE WILD CARD SITUATION .
THEY HAVE A SERIES COMING UP IN 19 DAYS, THE WHITE SOX HAD TO PLAY THE GUARDIANS WHEN THEY WERE IN THE HUNT AND GOT SWEPT.
A SERIES AGAINST THE BREWERS FEELS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WHITE SOX IN THE GUARDIANS.
THIS SERIES AGAINST THE BREWERS COMING UP WILL DICTATE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> THEY WILL HAVE TO DO IT WITHOUT THEIR BEST STARTING PITCHER, STROMAN.
>> THEY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE WILL BE OUT.
I STILL THINK REST WILL HELP.
IF THEY CAN BE IN IT AND MAYBE 1.5 GAMES OUT TWO WEEKS FOR NOW, BUT THEY NEED REST .
YOU DON'T WANT HIM GOING TOO SOON.
>> THIS REMINDS ME TOO MUCH OF 1998 AS A CUBS FAN, WE HAD A SERIES WITH THE BREWERS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND THERE WAS A FAMOUS DROP.
CUBS STILL MADE THE WILD CARD.
WE LEARNED THAT JUSTIN FIELDS WILL SIT OUT THE PRESEASON GAME TOMORROW FOR THE BEARS.
RIGHT CALL?
>> HE DOESN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
HE NEEDS REPS WITH SOME OF THE STARTERS AS THE SEASON COMES INTO PLAY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO RISK INJURY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR BODY IN DANGER BEFORE THE SEASON.
>> WHAT KIND OF SEASON DC FOR HIM?
>> HE WAS 7-7 IN PRACTICE AND EVERYONE GOES CRAZY.
IT IS PRACTICE.
>> WHEN YOUR NAME IS ON THE TOP OF THE WHITE BOARD, HE WILL NOT SNEAK UP ON ANYBODY.
HE WILL BE THE TARGET.
THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO IN PRACTICE LIKE YOU WILL FACE IN THE GAME.
SAME WITH PRESEASON.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY IT SMART.
YOU DON'T WANT THE SAME SITUATION WHICH HAPPENED TO DERRICK ROSE, BEING IN A GAME HE SHOULD NOT BE IN AND HIS CAREER WAS NEVER THE SAME.
WINNING BY 20 WITH A MINUTE LEFT.
>> LET'S NOT GO THERE, JUSTIN FIELDS, STAY HEALTHY.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
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