Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
Danny Parkins & Robert Garza talk Maxx Crosby, Bears (Hour 4)
11 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What happened with Maxx Crosby's trade to the Ravens?
I could do Stephen A. 's job, guys. It's not that hard. Danny Parkins. QB1 party. All are invited. Host of Fox Sports 1's First Things First. Coming in at number six, though, the team that should be the favorites in the NFC North, though the odds makers say they're the third best team, my Chicago Bears. Why can't the Chicago Bears be the best offense in football?
The Bears, plenty of reason to doubt them. Caleb Williams, no. Former host of 670 The Score, before he abandoned us. That's a Caleb Williams custom, baby. Jersey number one is going to the Raptors. You guys made it seem like a Chicago Bears fan.
Chapter 2: How serious are Maxx Crosby's health issues?
We had our guy, Danny Parkins, all these guys. Danny Parkins on 104.3 The Score. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody, and it is a Wednesday at 1 o'clock, and that means we talk to our friend Danny Parkins. Danny, formerly with us here at The Score, I don't think he abandoned us, but that's what our open says. He hosts First Things First on Fox Sports 1.
You can check out the newly expanded edition from 4 to 5. He joins us on our hotline and on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago. Hey, Danny, how are you? I'm great. And this week with Nick Wright in Japan, I'm in for the full three hours. So I'm in from two to five central.
I think you've got a victory lap to take in just under an hour because you predicted you did not think that Max Crosby was going to go for two firsts. Well, by default and frankly, by order of backing out of the trade, I'm pretty sure you're going to be right. Yeah, and I said he wasn't going to go for what Micah Parsons went for, which was two firsts and a player.
So I was already right when he just went for two firsts, although some people didn't agree with that characterization, but it was true.
Chapter 3: What was Roberto Garza's experience with a failed physical?
And then, yeah, now the price is going to come down. You know, this is a very, very, very weird story with obvious Bears ramifications that we can get into if you want. But... You go back and you look at the history. I think we did this last week on the show.
The guys who have been traded for who are non-quarterbacks for multiple first-round pick were all 25 and 26 with one 27-year-old in that mix over the last decade. And then Crosby was 29 coming off of knee surgery. And then when the Ravens did it, I was especially shocked because there's a big difference between a late first-round pick and the 14th pick in the draft. So...
I think the Raiders are rightly furious. I think the Ravens are correctly getting questioned. And now there's huge ramifications for the rest of the league. But it was a huge gamble that Baltimore took. And I think on some level they got cold feet.
And the question now becomes, Danny, outside of that criticism that you're talking about and then both those teams trying to figure it out, what they're doing next.
Chapter 4: How did Garza's failed physical impact his career with the Bears?
Well, we know what the Ravens did, obviously, with the Trey Hendrickson news. I wonder, should the Bears be in on him? And I think they should. But I wonder, what is the actual cost at this point going to be for Max Crosby? What do you think? I don't think the Raiders will give him away. Right. They came into this offseason with about as much cap space as anybody in football.
They can still afford him because of it. They were trying to trade Crosby because they were trying to get younger and line up assets around Fernando Mendoza, not because they could not afford Max Crosby. There is a difference. Rashawn Gary got traded to Dallas because it wasn't really tenable for Green Bay to keep his cap hit. DJ Moore got traded to Buffalo not because he's a bad player,
but partly because it wasn't tenable for the Bears. They needed to reallocate those financial resources from offense towards defense.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of Crosby's trade fallout for the Bears?
The Raiders could afford Crosby. They just didn't think he was in line with their timeline. So I don't think all of a sudden Max Crosby is going to be available for a second-round pick. But I think that... The complications of the trade are just going to have to be conditional.
We'll trade you a second this year and a future first, but that future first becomes a future second or third if he misses games this year with a knee injury. Or if he's not able to play week one because of a knee injury. And obviously it would be pending a physical. So I think it really complicates the trade.
But I do think, if you're going to say teams that would be interested, I think the Bears and the Patriots would be the teams that make the most sense. Because the Bears have the 25th pick and the Patriots have the 31st pick. And they have the cap space and they have the need. So, you know, it...
I could see it happening for a reduced cost with some conditions around some draft picks, either this one or the next one going. I don't think they're out of it yet, but I think the odds are here that he's going to be a Raider for a while.
Chapter 6: Should the Bears pursue Maxx Crosby after the failed trade?
Danny Perkins talking to us on Rahimi Harrison Brody. It's a fascinating one to work through. Sorry if that wasn't the most concise answer. No, no, no. There's a lot of qualifiers that you have to put on this story.
No, no, just so you know, what I said earlier in the show was a second and a first, like this year's second and next year's first because they have multiple second-round picks this year and then next year's first. If you have Max Crosby, it's supposed to be a pretty good season for you. Yeah, that's fine, and you get to do the physical.
The thing with the physical that's so weird and why I think Baltimore is taking a lot of heat for this and why they deserve to take a lot of heat for it is obviously he's not cleared to play right now. We knew that. The guy was on crutches a week ago. He had surgery at the end of this past season. This season ended just a couple of months ago.
So this idea that, well, they did the medicals and they didn't like it after the season. He's not cleared to play.
Chapter 7: What does the future hold for the Bears' defense?
Everybody knew, of course he's not cleared to play. So you can do it. You're operating in self-interest. Hendrickson is a hell of a consolation prize, though Crosby is a better player than Hendrickson. He's younger than Hendrickson. He's way better against the run than Hendrickson. But obviously he doesn't cost you two first-round picks. So I don't even know.
I think what you're saying, Marshall, makes sense, but... Ryan Poles is going to need to be convinced on the medicals. And are you really going to trade for someone that another team flunked him on the medicals? Because then if he gets hurt or if that knee is bulky and he doesn't play well, you're going to take a lot of heat for it.
So I don't know what GM is really going to stick their neck out for when another team flunked him. So I honestly don't really know how to handicap what it's going to cost to get Crosby. I think that's the rub here.
Chapter 8: How did the Bears' offseason moves affect their roster strategy?
That's the million-dollar question, or in this case, $35 million, $35.8 million, is trying to figure out what the price should have been to begin with based on what they think the medicals are. That was the issue. I think it came down more to Danny...
whether or not the knee was a problem enough to say whether or not it was worth two first round picks in this case, or if the price needed to be determined to be lesser than because of it. I feel like that was the issue more so than whether or not he's healthy. People have a general idea of how healthy he is. It was just, I think, to the tune of what expense.
Listen, if the Bears traded a first and a second for Max Crosby, I would celebrate it. Like, I would. It's a huge need, and he's an excellent player. But, of course, that is always under the condition of you are trusting the medical evaluation.
But, like, this is maybe what the headline should be, and I don't know if you guys have already seen this or talked about it, but have you guys seen Caleb Williams' most recent retweet? Have not, but I'll look now. I think it came out during our show. Yeah, well, a couple hours ago. Yeah, so that would be during the show. Yeah, but we're all on Twitter.
So Louis Riddick tweeted, yesterday's price is not today's price. And Caleb retweeted it. It's like, well, he's interested. He likes Max Crosby. They are friends. They do podcasts together. There's no doubt in my mind that when the... reporting was that the Raiders took calls last night from other teams on Crosby. There is no doubt in my mind that one of those calls is Ryan Poles.
Rich Eisen said they were a team that had offered multiple firsts. Caleb and Crosby have been flirting with each other all offseason. That post from Caleb. Caleb also commented on the league's announcement of Trey Hendrickson signing with the Raiders with a little smiley face. Listen, a little bit of this is like millennial and Gen Z detective work and sleuthing, but like
But Caleb wants Crosby to be a bear. Crosby has at least at times been very interested in being a bear. I do think that there's a price at which Ryan Poles is willing to get to. And by the way, it might be two firsts. He might have no problem with it and just have some big old brass ones and put them down on the table and say F the medicals. He might. He might. That's...
That's a bridge too far considering everything. I think that'd be a foolish purchase at this point based on what just happened. Well, no, but okay. But Marshall. What if the Ravens really didn't flunk him on his medicals and they're just using that as an excuse because they realize that they can just pay for Trey Hendrickson and they got cold feet? That is what my belief is as well.
That is my actual belief at this point is that even though people are saying flunked medicals, like you said, you could do anything you want to a physical if you want to find a problem with a problem, especially one that's not cleared to actually play football.
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