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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.
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.
Okay, but this is something we have to discuss as a family here. So let's listen to Danny moments later after we talked to him last week.
These are regression candidates. My Bears, your Patriots, the Broncos, and the Jaguars. Jags seem to be doing it on purpose. Yeah, Jaguars with some of the actual losses, the Broncos with the one-score wins, the Bears with the comebacks and the health on the offensive line, and the Patriots because of the schedule difficulty. We are going to talk about all of these teams as contenders, but there will be Totally fair cases to make for all of them that these teams are going to regress.
Wait a second. What's all this regression candidacy talk?
Turn in your robe.
Wow. Not the robe. What's all this one in a million talk? Yeah, I mean, listen, I think... Does anyone dispute it? Three areas where I would say the Bears are not likely to regress, but will regress. They will not lead the league in fourth quarter comebacks. They will not have... 80% of their offensive line played 90% or more of the snaps. Left guard, center, right guard, and right tackle last year all played 90% or more of the snaps. And what was the third one? Maybe it's the takeaways. Yeah, offensively and leading the league in takeaways. Thank you. Yeah, leading the league in takeaways, offensive line health, and fourth quarter comebacks. It's very likely, if not inevitable, that all three of those areas backslide, and we've already seen one of them with the Dahlman surprise retirement.
We already are going to have more uncertainty on the offensive line this year than last year, but that's just the case for regression. Because the case for overcoming that regression is a very easy one. Caleb Williams will be better. That segment, what you're pulling from there, is when I was doing tiers and grouping teams together. And so we will talk about those teams as regression candidates, but the case for the Bears to back up what they did last year or take a step forward is... How much of Caleb Williams' inevitable improvement and consistency of production on offense overcome all of that stuff? If they go from number one in takeaways to number nine, and they go from one of the healthiest offensive lines to middle of the pack...
but they are a top 10 or top five or top one offense and you don't need to rely on fourth quarter comebacks, that's how you overcome it. So what you're playing there was me making the case for regression, but the obvious case to overcome the regression is the offense is going to be better and the offense is going to be more consistent.
Do you consider that to be an easier path to overcoming the regression than the other candidates that you named that obviously had good seasons last year?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:23
2
What is the Bears' outlook for the 2026 season?
0:23–6:24
3
Why are the Bears considered regression candidates?
6:24–8:45
4
How can the Bears improve their pass rush?
8:45–17:07
5
What offseason moves have the Bears made?
17:07–18:01
6
How does Caleb Williams' performance impact the Bears?
18:01–18:37
7
What are the Bears' needs in the upcoming draft?
18:37–20:37
8
How do the Bears compare to other teams in the league?
20:37–50:19
Speakers
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