Danny Parkins talks Bears' loss to Rams and their bright future (Hour 4)
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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.
What were Danny Parkins' thoughts on 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.
No, he's not. Oh, man.
Six years old.
That kills me inside because that means we've all gotten older, and I don't want to admit to that. What were your thoughts on the game? We talked a lot about the last play. What was your vantage point? What stood out to you?
I mean, you know, it felt like they had them. It felt like they outplayed them. I think that if you would have told me going into that game that the Bears score a touchdown to go down one with 18 seconds left, chances that Ben Johnson goes for two, I would have put it at like 95%. But in the moment, I said, you clearly kicked the extra point because of how the game unfolded. Because their defense was outplaying them. Because the weather was having an impact. Because their short yardage was bad. Because Loveland did get hurt. I thought that Ben Johnson made the correct decision, and I thought so on the front end of it. And then it was justified because you got the stop in overtime. And you just couldn't execute down the stretch.
So I thought it was a very frustrating game because I actually think the Bears outplayed the Rams in that spot. Miscommunication or not, it's obviously an ugly interception. Three of Caleb's interceptions came on fourth down. in these playoffs. A couple of them gained field position for you. I thought Caleb was great again. I thought he rose to the moment. I thought he was very impressive. And, you know, it was not terribly difficult for me to turn the page because of how exciting and wonderful the season was and how they feel at a schedule. Yet I can acknowledge that there's no guarantee that you'll ever get back. Like Bengals fans thought they would have been back by now. That hasn't happened. Josh Allen hasn't made it.
Lamar hasn't made it. So, you know, these things are fleeting and every opportunity is precious. But it felt like chapter one in a long book.
We heard from General Manager Ryan Poles today. We heard from Head Coach Ben Johnson, their end-of-year press conferences. The things that stood out to me, or one of the things, anyway, that stood out to me was a point of emphasis this offseason is that we're going to work on catching the football.
Yeah.
It's a good idea. Yeah, and I want to know what your level of, I don't know, disappointment, but maybe just your overall feeling on maybe the lack of step forward that Roma Dunzey took this season, I mean, as a guy who's a No.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:29
2
What were Danny Parkins' thoughts on the Bears' loss to the Rams?
0:29–8:58
3
What went wrong with Caleb Williams' interception in overtime?
8:58–17:17
4
How does Danny Parkins view the future of the Bears' franchise?
17:17–17:46
5
How did the Bears' coaching staff evaluate the players' performance this season?
17:46–20:31
6
What are the implications of the Bears' young offensive core moving forward?
20:31–31:00
7
Why does Danny Parkins believe DJ Moore may not return to the Bears?
31:00–37:09
8
What are the Bears' plans for improving their receiving corps next season?
37:09–40:37
Speakers
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