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As you know, JJ Stankiewicz and I are buds, like that's my man, like when we work together at NBC sports Chicago, like I really leaned on him and we had a lot of fun working together.

And I thought it came across so much so that when I had an opening for bears guests on the score, he was the person that I want it.

And I'm glad that he was available throughout the season. Now I know, you know, he got laid off, like I got laid off because of the structural changes, the NBC universal, like nationwide or even the big boss of NBC universal, I guess, walked away.

So it sucks, like it's a really sucky part of the business that the ramifications of like there are people who I know who might leave the business entirely.

And that's the type of thing that always makes me sad, especially when I see talented people. So I like to keep JJ in the mix talking with you about stuff as much as I can.

And I said to him, listen, if you want to do he did the great interview with John Moon Mullin, if you want to go check it out, it's last week's episode and it's so good, the interview that he did with moon.

And he and I got together and he said, let me think about some things that I want to do later on. And I said, no problem, like there's no pressure, no problem.

So he comes to me and he says, listen, I think I got some content for you. And I said, well, what are you thinking? He goes, I want to sit down for a few days and really try to figure out how to fix the bears.

And I said, good luck with that, bro.

And he goes, listen, I would like for you to be on the podcast. I'm like, all right, I can it'll be like when me and you were on the under center podcast.

He said, let's get Cam Ellis in here too.

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