Rich opens the hour recapping his month away from the show including his contracting Covid-19 and why he considers himself “one of the lucky ones.”

Rich recaps the impressive debut of Bears’ rookie quarterback Justin Fields and says why Chicago would be better off starting him Week 1 over Andy Dalton.

ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Louis Riddick tells Rich why he was impressed by the pre-season debuts of this year’s crop of rookie quarterbacks and why each on has the potential to be special, why he’s hoping the Bears hand the starting QB job to Fields to start the season, why Jameis Winston has a leg up on Taysom Hill in the Saints QB competition and why Mac Jones will be the Patriots starter within the season’s first month.

Rich and Brockman wrap up the hour debating when Bill Belichick will/should/could name Mac Jones as the Patriots' starting QB.

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