It Actually Really Bothers Me The Chicago Bears Gave Rome Odunze His Own Italian Beef/Jalapeno Cheddar Dog Sandwich

Eddie's on site at Soldiers today for the 2024 food/bev drop and worth checking out if you're a Bears fan. I saw a pretzel from an old Corolla you might like. Millers are probably ice cold. Blah blah blah. 

One thing that jumped out was the Odunze Dog named after Bears rookie sensation Rome Odunze. It's a cheddar dog with Italian beef, giard, spicy secret sauce that I may/may not trust and cheese crisp crumbles. Whatever the fuck that is. Baked parmesan? 

Honestly sounds delicious. Sounds like something I would gladly pay $21.99 before tip & tax to destroy under 60 seconds with a blue jean wet wipe and side of Alka Seltzer. 

Even so - a lot of people are mad that the rookie gets his own sandwich. A lot of people are saying he needs to run better, tighter routes. That he needs to be cleaner off the break and use his body in traffic. That he doesn't have the raw athleticism to maintain weekly coverage changes. That his name is hard to pronounce and he has never played a single game but still gets a specialty sandwich. That he's allergic to giard and doesn't actually like encased meats that much. 

There's a lot of people mad about a lot of things. 

Simply I just want to point out that there's no need to go jalapeno cheddar dog. The singular cheddar would be just fine and even then I might want to see a brat in there. But we can't do brats because that would be weird with Green Bay in division. So we have to do hot dog but we can't piss off the enthusiasts. So it needs to be dressed up a little bit so we throw Jalapeno Cheddar in the mix while also adding a legitimately secret sauce. 

The flavor profile is so robust I don't know what to do with my food opinions. We're so close to this being a combo - which for those not raised/from/representative of Chicago, that's Italian Sausage + Italian Beef. But we're also so far because you can't just throw a combo on the table and name it after a rookie. 

All this to say I would eat this sandwich. I'm just mad that they're caving to the hot dog enthusiast crowd in effort to steer clear of Green Bay Packers fans if that makes sense. That's what I think when I see a JP cheddar dog without any JPG giard. Again, if that makes any sense. 

Anyways. This kid shows up on Sundays like this, then he can get his own fucking buffet. No allergy restrictions.

PS - I'm between 9, 10 and 11 wins