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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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.
Chapter 2: What is the Bears' outlook for the 2026 season?
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. We had our guy, Danny Parkins, all these guys. Danny Parkins on 104.3 The Score.
This is Rahimi Harrison Brody on 104.3 The Score, and Danny Parkins joins us as he does every Wednesday at this time. It is Mark Brody, Marshall Harrison, Layla Rahimi with you. Danny is also on Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago. He hosts the newly expanded First Things First OT from 4 to 5 p.m. on Fox Sports 1. But he was on early because Nick Wright was in Japan.
So Danny had the whole show every day last week, and Danny... You were on with us. Then you went less than an hour later to host the show. But you didn't tell me about this. Can I play some audio for you from your show?
I love nothing more. Go right ahead.
You held something back from us.
More me, please.
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Chapter 3: Why are the Bears considered regression candidates?
And I think the Broncos and the Jaguars kind of are staring inevitability in the face of they're going to win fewer games next year than they did this past year.
Danny Parkins, I'm always glad that when you're on that I'm actually here. So great to talk to you. Nice change of pace.
We don't know when he's going to be on and when he's not, Danny. I wish I could tell you, but this is a weekly discussion.
Which is really the best way to do radio. It's a medium of consistency. It's like, who's going to be here on a given day?
We basically pull a card out of an envelope on a Friday and that determines what happens in the next week.
A dove visits us and a carrier pigeon has a message and then sometimes we find out.
no that's the best way to do it i'm literally on every other day this week it's the really the greatest schedule i've ever had in my life but danny i was on with one of your guys uh andrew philip pony bears the pony i was on with him uh on friday on his show in pittsburgh because he wanted to talk about jaquan brisker and they are saying in pittsburgh that that's the steal of free agency to have gotten jaquan brisker on a one year five and a half million dollar deal what do you think
about what the Bears have done at safety, bringing in Kobe Bryant and turning their backs on both Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker.
So I think they upgraded and they basically got something that was hopefully more of a long-term solution. I get what Pony's saying. If Jaquan Brisker played not even every game. If he played 10 games a year like he played in the Packers playoff game, the road game, he would have gotten $50 million. He was arguably the best player on the field.
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Chapter 4: How can the Bears improve their pass rush?
He has more career interceptions than Rodney Harrison. He has more career interceptions than Devin McCourty. He has more career interceptions than Aqib Tlaib. He is an awesome player, but he's 32. And so I think injuries with Brisker and betting on...
That being a peak of Bayard and eventually Father Time being undefeated and trading that in for a 26-year-old versatile Kobe Bryant and then pairing him with a draft pick is like a much more... three to five year plan solution at safety as opposed to you're always going to be year to year with a guy of Bayard given his age.
And with Brisker, you're going to be year to year because of the injury history and the concussion. So is it possible you're going to have remorse on one or both of those guys for this upcoming year? Yes, but over the next three years, I think the odds are heavily in the Bears' favor that Kobe Bryant is the best safety over the next three years compared to the next one.
Wait, if you wanted an MVP vote, who would you have voted for?
Yeah, this year I would have given it to Drake May. I would have given it to Drake May with the emphasis on value, like doing more with less. Stafford was incredible, obviously. He had a very old-school, traditional MVP candidacy, led the league in yards, led the league in touchdowns. But Drake May, with the win total jump ā
the performance under pressure, completion percentage over expectation, and just like Keyshawn Booty and Stephon Diggs and Hunter Henry. It was not exactly first-team all-pro Puka Nakua and Hall of Fame-to-be Devontae Adams who led the league in touchdowns. Stafford just was dealing with so much more help
that given how close it was, Ty would have went to value and exceeding expectations, and I would have given it to Drake May. And it ended up being one of the closest NFL MVP votes in history, closest MVP vote we'd had in almost 20 years. So it was a great case for both guys, but I would have gone to Drake May.
Danny Parkins joins us here on Rahimi Harris and Grody. You can check out Danny on the newly expanded First Things First OT from 4 to 5 p.m. daily on FS1. Danny, here's my issue. I was looking at a graphic and I was talking to Grody about this. I look at the departures. I look at the additions.
I understand what you're saying about aging guys and guys that you don't know how healthy Jaquan Brisker is going to be for the remainder of his career. But it just feels like the Bears are coming up short, and it leads me to this one fundamental question. Do you trust Ryan Poles to draft defensive linemen who are good? Because I haven't seen Ryan Poles draft defensive linemen who are good.
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Chapter 5: What offseason moves have the Bears made?
And if you or your company want to get involved at a real level to sponsor an hour, to sponsor multiple hours, to be a presenting sponsor, my DMs are open on Twitter and Instagram. You can call the score. They'll put you in touch with me, 670radiothon at gmail.com. I'm an easy guy to get in touch with on this sort of thing. And we got to do bigger than better. Think about it.
We have people who have passed away since the last Radiothon. Rhino just passed right before. Obviously, Terry Bores, Troy Mertz. We've got so many people that we need to honor and raise money for because cancer affects all of us.
Well said, Danny Parkins. He is at Danny Parkins on X. You can find him. He is also on Instagram. And he joins us to talk about what happened on the show last week. Danny, thanks so much.
Thanks, Danny. Did that cause a stir? Did the regression thing cause a stir?
No, we just wanted to mess with you about it because that's what we do.
It was a little stir.
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Chapter 6: How does Caleb Williams' performance impact the Bears?
A little stir. Not a big stir.
There was no stir over here. I was not stirred.
A little ripple.
We just wanted to make sure what was going on. Just like we didn't want to have to take away your bear's robe. That's all.
I think he did. I think he tried to.
Oh, I did.
Yeah, you're right. I can send you a robe. You want a robe? Sure.
He needs a smoking jacket and a fake pipe that blows bubbles.
I do. For the pen. Yeah. What pen?
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Chapter 7: What are the Bears' needs in the upcoming draft?
It was me again. Troublemakers. Danny, thanks so much. Bye, Danny. Are you back to your typical schedule this week?
Yeah, yeah. Just one, you know, someone's got to do one hour of TV a day and call it a job. Get out of here. Goodbye.
Have fun, Danny. Robbie Triano is also posting on Twitch, so say hi to Robbie for us.
This guy's got to get back to work.
Man, Danny, it takes no prisoners. Coming up next here on Rahimi Harrison Grody, it is time to discuss something that I don't think I saw coming. It is a move that was made regarding a stadium and land. Or was it a stadium? But either way, there's already plans for the thing. Justin Ishbia is working in town. So let's talk about it next.
I think I've mentioned this over the years, constantly just looking at short term, long term, what's going to help this football team now, but also being conscious of what's going to happen down the road. We want to sustain success. We've talked about that a lot. In order to do that, we have to be very calculated with the moves that we make.
So when we were looking through different situations, we took that into account and we felt like sticking with our plan and going in for agency. That was the best thing for us to do.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And that is Ryan Poles talking about spending more on edge rusher. Gee, wonder why that would pop up. You know, maybe more on the draft capital. Gee, wonder why that would pop up. Oh, we know why. So to talk about that, we've brought in one of the experts of the game talking football, Brett Coleman.
He is at Brett Coleman on X. He is also the creator of All32. He has an outstanding YouTube channel, and he is the co-host of the Bootleg Football Podcast. Brett, how are you? Thanks for coming on.
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Chapter 8: How do the Bears compare to other teams in the league?
That has been the biggest discussion here, Brett, is the desire for more pass rush out of the Bears, knowing how much capital they spent in free agency on it the previous year and two years, really. What is your impression of just the Bears' lack of pass rush or maybe what the lack of it is for what they spent? How do you assess it when you look back at the season?
I mean, the Dio acquisition hasn't worked out how they hoped. The Grady Jarrett acquisition hasn't worked out quite like they hoped. You know, Dexter had a strong start to his career, hasn't quite developed the way that they hoped, let alone the other DTs they brought in. Like Montez... Montez, I guess, worked as an acquisition and a payment if you're looking at where the edge market is now.
But when they first paid him, he was what, like the sixth highest paid edge when that contract first happened? And I don't think he's ever really approached being any of the top 10 edges in the league since he got that deal. So it's...
It's just kind of one move after another that like at the time you understand it, but none of them have really hit and given them like an anchor edge rusher or even just pass rusher, whether it's interior or edge to build around. And so now I look at the draft where, OK, they made a move to shore up linebacker, bring in a Devin Bush. You know, they shored up safety corner.
We still have some questions about what Tyreek is going to be long term, but like you can get by with the corners they have. They just need to go all in again on defensive line and just keep taking swings until somebody hits. Luckily for them, this is a good edge rusher class to do it in. I would probably take two of them with their first three picks.
Wow. So two of three there. We're trying to figure out. If they're going to use those picks, the first rounder and the two second rounders to do that and or fix, I don't know, offensive line. There's just so many different directions they go. Let me ask you this.
As we get into the second wave of free agency, is there an area where you feel like the Bears can improve through that avenue before we get to the draft?
There's not really a whole lot else out there at the moment. This was a very thin free agent class. You know, general managers have gotten wise over the last four to five years that if you sign guys early, you get a discount because the cap is jumping eight to nine percent per year, which is translating to a 20 to 25 million dollar jump in the cap every single year at this point.
So if you get guys done early, you know, it is. It'll kind of the off ramp, I guess I would say, is smoother. Right. Especially when you're throwing in void years and everything like that. So you see teams like Buffalo paying guys a slew of guys after their third year. You know, the Eagles are just throwing like four void years under their contracts to fit everybody in.
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