In the third hour, Dan Bernstein, Laurence Holmes and Leila Rahimi turned their attention to the Bears, with Rahimi sounding off on offensive coordinator Luke Getsy's play-calling in the team's 12-10 win against the Vikings on Monday Night Football. Jay Zawaski of CHGO then joined the show to discuss the Blackhawks placing 19-year NHL veteran Corey Perry on unconditional waivers with the intention to terminate his contract after a workplace incident that violated the organization's standards. Later, the midday crew discussed Sports Illustrated reportedly publishing articles by fake, AI-generated writers.