DANNY PARKINS JOINS! Are the Chicago Bears a Better Team in 2026? | CHGO Bears Podcast
5/5/202659 min
FS1’s Danny Parkins joins the CHGO Bears Podcast to discuss if the Chicago Bears have improved year-over-year in 2026. Later, we do some trivia for charity against Parkins. Bears hater and Packer enthusiast Peter Bukowski is at it again, taking uneducated shots at the Bears. We set the record straight on today’s show. Join Adam Hoge, Mark Carman and Greg Braggs Jr. on the CHGO Bears Podcast. 0:00 Intro 1:55 Dann Parkins joins! 5:05 Are the Bears better in 2026? 12:00 Bears-Packers rivalry reignited 17:25 NFL Draft in hindsight 24:00 Who will have a better season between Rome and Luther? 26:35 Chicago sports trivia for a good cause 34:35 Cubs for a cure radiothon on The Score 41:15 Peter Bukowski pisses off Bears fans 51:30 Hoge loses bet to Carm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Adam Hoge· Host0:28
[upbeat rock music] From the Xfinity loft in our West Loop studios in the greatest city in the world, this is the CHGO Bears podcast. As we chug along here post-draft into schedule season. How's everybody doing? Mark Carmen, Greg Bragg, Steven Nicholas producing, as always. I'm Adam Hoge.
Mark Carman· Host0:56
Uh, I'm doing great. I mean, the reason why I have to catch the train, didn't like that tease of the open or the, or the open of the tease or whatever you just said. I mean, we got a big interview. Tyson Bagent's coming to your house today, buddy, as we lost the mic.
Adam Hoge· Host1:07
Great.
Mark Carman· Host1:07
[laughs] Shout out Xfinity. I apologize. That's not my fault. It's a bad job by somebody around here. [laughs] But, uh, we're interviewing Bagent at Hoge House today. So, so we gotta, you know, we gotta be on time. Poppy the puppy needs a walk, so we're doing a one-hour hardcore show, which is similar to the work week that, uh, you, that Parkins does each week.
Adam Hoge· Host1:24
If you- We do one hour and, and, and just like Danny, who's, who's grinding away, doing an hour a day. If you