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It was a dream come true for viral kid podcasters Jimmy V and Hen-Dawg, who got to meet Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams before and after his team hosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Nov. 8 on Sunday Night Football.
The 10-year-old kids, whose names are Henry “Hen-Dawg” Zotti and Jimmy “V” Maley, are huge Bears fans who were surprised with tickets to the game on TODAY on Nov. 4.
Before the game, they got to walk around Soldier Field with Kaylee Hartung, who surprised them by saying they would head to the field where they walked by an end zone and sat on the “Football Night in America” set. Then, they chatted up Bears kicker Cairo Santos, before the main event: meeting Williams, which they said was their big goal.
“Good to see y’all,” Williams said as he signed autographs for them.
“Are you going to lock in?” Hen-Dawg asked, prompting Williams, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, to chuckle.
“Are we your favorite podcasters?” Hen-Dawg then asked.
“Y’all are. I gotta get back to work now,” he said before giving both boys a fist bump.
Come game time, the pair was focused on rooting for the Bears. The Chicago team shook off four interceptions by Williams to win its fourth straight game on the strength of Santos’ walkoff field game to propel them to a 27-24 victory and improve their record to 7-2.
The duo then reconnected with Williams after the game.
“I’m happy y’all could make it,” he told them while signing more autographs. “We got a win for you.”
Jimmy V and Hen-Dawg weren’t quite done yet, either, as they appeared live Nov. 9 on TODAY. For Hen-Dawg, there was no doubt what his favorite part of the night was.
“Meeting Caleb Williams and going on the field at the end of the game,” he said.
“Meeting Caleb was great,” Jimmy V said.
Hartun reminded the boys that Williams had told them their podcast was his favorite.
“Yup,” Jimmy V said simply, while Hen-Dawg later confirmed that Williams did tell them that after the game.
“I’m sure somebody has it on clip,” Jimmy V said about the moment where Williams told them.
While the boys appeared to have a blast, they did have a difference of opinion over one matter: food.
“I had two cheeseburgers, and they were massive, but they were so good,” Jimmy V said, noting the food was “perfect.”
Hen-Dawg said he ate the same thing, “but I didn’t really like it that much.”
The boys will have a chance to cool off for awhile before returning to gameday mode, as the Bears are on a bye week coming up and don’t play again until they host the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 22.
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