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Danny Parkins: 'Confusion' caused Caleb Williams' fateful interception
21 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I could do Stephen A's job, guys. Danny Parkins. QB1 party. All are invited. Host of Fox Sports 1's First Things First. It's a heartbreaking ending to the most enjoyable Bears season of my life. I was born in 86. I'm not there for 85. They went to the Super Bowl in 06. NFC Championship game in 2010.
But in terms of you have the coach, you have the quarterback, and they're going to be there for a decade.
Chapter 2: What were the key moments in the Bears' loss to the Rams?
This was so unbelievably exciting. The Bears, plenty of reason to doubt them. Caleb Williams? No. Former host of 670 The Score before he abandoned us. Jersey number one is going to the Raptors.
Danny Parkins on 670 The Score.
Danny Parkins hosts on First Things First on Fox Sports 1. Check out the newly expanded edition of the show from 4 to 5 p.m. He is at Danny Parkins on X. He also joins us via our Circa Resort and Casino hotline, CircaLasVegas.com, and he's on Twitch, twitch.tv slash Chicago670, the score. Danny, I guess we have to start with picking up where you left off. Number one.
It crossed my mind that you should have come back for the Bears game to watch it against the Rams because you reverse mushed the mush against the Packers. Your thoughts?
I don't have a mush anymore, am I? Huh? Now you all want me there. Interesting. Very interesting. Turnabout's fair play. Not so fun when the rabbit has the gun, as they say. Yeah, I get it. Do you have the gun? Is that what you're saying?
Everybody had to do the same thing last week that they were supposed to do this week, and it didn't happen.
Well, listen, with great power comes great responsibility, and my responsibility was to be here with my son Owen as he turned six on Saturday. So never even crossed my mind to fly in for that game. Parenting comes first. That's what we call a man with priorities right there.
Little Owen is six?
That's right.
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Chapter 3: What went wrong with Caleb Williams' interception?
Like, it would be nice for DJ Moore to give his version of events on the play that ended the season, given what he gets paid and given his veteran status on the team. So my gut tells me, Marshall, that he plays for a new team next year. I'm with you. Their words today gave me a little bit of pause on that. But Odunze, Burden, and Loveland is a very, very good core.
It's not that he's become expendable. It's just that the money probably can be used elsewhere. And there are cheaper veteran receivers who you could bring in to be the number three receiver on a team, but still the number one adult veteran in the room, as opposed to the $28 million veteran piece in the room. So my gut tells me he plays elsewhere.
And Danny, you know, we were looking at the cap numbers earlier.
Chapter 4: How did the Bears' coaching decisions impact the game outcome?
Just to reiterate, DJ Moore is the highest paid Bears player via the structure of the cap, set to make $28.5 million next season. That's good for 9.4% of the Bears' salary cap, that according to SpotRack. So how do you see that playing out? You know, every time we bring up Max Crosby's name, that, of course, gets everybody going.
It's like some sort of command where everybody starts trading and talking about it, but... I bring that up knowing that it has been brought up by other people in the league, those who report. How do you see that playing out if he's not here next year? What do you think happens?
Yeah, I don't know. Crosby is a... He is a bigger need than DJ Moore, obviously, and it would be very exciting if they got him, and he does feel like he would be a perfect bear, and so I would celebrate the move. I don't really know why the Raiders... Like, if the Raiders did a straight Crosby for DJ Moore trade, like... okay, so it helps Mendoza to have a veteran receiver there.
That I would buy on some level. You would need to give up more, and you would be giving Max Crosby an extension, and Max Crosby was injured, and I was also in his late 29, I think, for Crosby at this point. So I think that DJ Moore does not have nearly the trade value that Bears fans want him to have, is what I would say. So I think that, you know,
Be prepared to be disappointed if you're like, well, why can't we just trade DJ Moore for another star caliber player who makes a ton of money? You'd be talking about attaching the 25th pick in the draft and then some, I think, in addition to DJ Moore.
And maybe, Danny, this is my hate for the Patriots. And I don't hate them in the traditional, like, I hate the Patriots. But given what happened with Bo Nix breaking his ankle in the last game, and given where we are, I think the NFC champion is coming away with the Super Bowl this year. Do you concur?
Yeah.
I do, yeah. But I would feel that way even if Bo Nix was playing, to be clear. I do the exercise. We've talked about it because people were giving me crap about where I had the Bears over the course of the year. But I rank the teams in the NFL every Tuesday on the show, the top 10, and I probably take it way more seriously than I should.
But I had my guy Troy, my researcher out here, just kind of do a self-audit I had Seattle or the Rams as the top two teams for seven consecutive weeks leading into the postseason. So I think these are clearly the two best teams in the NFL. I think they have clearly been the two best teams in the NFL.
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Chapter 5: How does the team plan to improve for next season?
Well, he's only 20, so yes.
Hey, Jerry Ferreira got along with everybody on that show.
Listen, I loved Turtle. There was a point in my life where I thought I was going to be the Turtle to Nick Wright. Some would say that I still am. But yeah, so it's not a bad gig, but the Bulls need someone to join the big three of PCA, Bedard, and Caleb, and they don't have him.
I think Modest will get there, but he's not there yet. He's not there yet.
No, again, I like him. I like him, but I have league pass. I have the ability to watch the Bulls. I do occasionally have them on the second screen.
I want them on the first screen, Danny. I want to know when are they going to be on your first screen?
I want to know why nobody's Ari in this scenario. I have a lot of questions.
They're not anywhere close to the first screen, Marshall. Dang. They're not close.
I just really wanted to know. Thank you for entertaining me with the answer to that question.
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Chapter 6: What are the expectations for the Bears' young offensive players?
That's fair. I don't have the radio outlet for Parkins versus Parkins versus Spiegel versus Spiegel. Maybe one of my more polarizing picks. Radio bits. People would either say that was their favorite segment on the show or it was the thing that in the comments were like, this is the worst thing in the history of radio. And I got to be honest, those people were wrong.
They connected, right? It's a one or zero.
It was an incredible segment. Are you kidding? Now, did it somewhat promote problematic gambling behavior? Maybe. Like, that's an argument. You know, we had a 12-year-old and a 5-year-old picking games against the spread, but it was adorable.
More concerned about Nepo baby behavior, but hey, that's just me.
Well, listen, I'm not giving him a show. He's not... Oh, listen, Marshall, you don't have kids. Here's the thing about nepotism. It's not good, but I would do it for my kid.
That's how everybody operates.
We just got a text from 815. I miss P versus P versus S versus S so much. So there you go.
Yeah, of course. Of course. It was great.
I think you guys are better than an entourage, by the way. We can come up with a new show.
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