# Danny Parkins — prediction record Danny Parkins appears regularly on Fox Sports programming, including First Things First and The Herd with Colin Cowherd, where he offers predictions on NFL outcomes ranging from game results to MVP races. His coverage spans teams like the Bears, Cowboys, and Bills, with a particular eye toward playoff scenarios and Super Bowl contenders. ## Record - **Accuracy:** 57.04% - **MissedTakes Score:** -10.04 - **Graded articles:** 17 - **Graded individual calls:** 90 - **Clarity:** 93.5% LIMITED SAMPLE: between 10 and 29 graded articles. Treat with caution. The MissedTakes Score is how much better than a naive baseline they did, not how often they were right. Zero means no better than a strategy requiring no knowledge. A record is counted in ARTICLES rather than individual calls, because thirty picks in one mock draft is one act of judgment rather than thirty. Full method: https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/methodology ## Graded articles (17) ### Sep 11, 2026 — scored 80 across 5 calls Parkins picked the Giants to upset Dallas, the Steelers to beat Atlanta by two scores, the Bears to beat Carolina, the Bills to beat Houston and Denver to beat Kansas City outright; he also said Justin Herbert will win an MVP and had the Bengals as AFC North champs. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/36c480cc-6b54-4cea-8204-3fc00ea6493c ### Aug 13, 2026 — scored 0 across 1 call Parkins predicted the Cowboys will finish 11-6, starting 5-1 with wins over the Giants, Commanders and an upset of the Ravens, splitting with Philadelphia, and beating Green Bay and Jacksonville, while losing to the Texans, 49ers, Eagles, Colts, Seahawks and Rams. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/1a6d06c4-7bb0-43e7-891d-6f8b688d4f12 ### Apr 23, 2026 — scored 80.44 across 22 calls Danny Parkins presented his one-and-only 2026 mock draft, including trades: Mendoza at 1 to the Raiders, David Bailey second to the Jets, the Cowboys trading up to No. 3 for Arvell Reese, the Bears trading up to 16 for Kadyn Proctor, and Ty Simpson going to Arizona at 32 at the end of round one. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/d98bca2f-5fc3-4f68-8389-30f9a2cb906f ### Apr 15, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Parkins took the Clippers over the Warriors in the play-in, argued the Bears should use pick 25 on a front-seven player and predicted Chicago's offense flirts with being a top-five unit, and said Jeremiah Love comfortably goes in the top 12 of the draft. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/08338547-cd25-48c3-a337-f3ed01ad9622 ### Apr 6, 2026 — scored 100 across 1 call Parkins said the Lakers have zero chance in round one, picked Michigan over UConn, and predicted Ty Simpson will be traded back into the first round by some team. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/c785913a-d389-46eb-8b2c-9f5436a7fb00 ### Mar 10, 2026 — scored 50 across 2 calls Parkins predicts Fernando Mendoza goes No. 1 overall to the Raiders, Trey Hendrickson signs in Tampa, Michael Penix Jr. wins Atlanta's QB competition, Jared Wilson takes over at center in New England, Mike Evans reaches 1,000 yards, and the Bears lose Byard and Brisker. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ca8ddcc3-733b-4a44-92b9-b90577e59c9c ### Feb 6, 2026 — scored 62.7 across 3 calls Parkins picked Seattle to win 27-16 with Jaxon Smith-Njigba as Super Bowl MVP. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3667c28e-88b0-4d8e-bebd-6ef088550e4f ### Jan 24, 2026 — scored 100 across 2 calls Parkins took both favorites: the Patriots to beat the Broncos by double digits behind their defense, and the Seahawks to beat the Rams because Seattle has been the best team in football since Week 11. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/3c76f840-e427-4a7f-bd5f-c008f74af011 ### Jan 17, 2026 — scored 50 across 4 calls Parkins picks the Bills to win in Denver, the Seahawks to beat the 49ers, the Patriots to beat the Texans by more than three, and the Bears to beat the Rams. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/06632d85-8f24-47d1-b753-36963d5464d8 ### Jan 10, 2026 — scored 50 across 6 calls Parkins insisted the Bears cannot lose at home to Green Bay, laid points with Buffalo, Philadelphia (in a blowout) and Houston, picked Justin Herbert and the Chargers to beat New England, and said Puka Nacua will be a first-team All-Pro. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/ee4c83a3-1d08-4959-a075-95654fb1b7e9 ### Jan 8, 2026 — scored 30 across 5 calls Parkins picks the Bears to beat the Packers at home in bad weather, likes the Chargers to beat New England outright, and thinks the Bears could host an NFC Championship game. He also predicts Drake Maye will be a top-ten QB for a decade, Lamar Jackson will remain a top-10 QB for about two of the next four years but won't win another MVP, and names Mike Macdonald as his Coach of the Year with Josh McDaniels for Assistant Coach of the Year. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/f7383423-2e1f-412f-959a-efb27f5be76b ### Jan 2, 2026 — scored 21.43 across 7 calls Parkins lays the points with the Eagles and Cowboys, takes Baltimore to beat Pittsburgh and win the AFC North, picks Carolina over Tampa Bay and Seattle over San Francisco, and says he'd probably pick the Rams to come out of the NFC. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/23bf1e09-f607-4b9a-bdb4-888da7992c89 ### Jul 31, 2025 — scored 47.88 across 1 call As relayed by Nick Wright, Parkins ranked the NFL's top 10 quarterbacks entering the season. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/b2778034-b7f6-42a2-b328-d854fa1db39a ### Jul 30, 2025 — scored 52 across 20 calls Filling in for Colin Cowherd, Parkins gave over/under picks for all 32 NFL teams for the 2025 season, plus specific win-total projections for several clubs. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/8fb10c9f-9ceb-4be5-a8eb-c15baf405f23 ### Jul 29, 2025 — scored 68.65 across 6 calls Guest-hosting The Herd, Parkins counted down his top ten NFL teams heading into the season, with the Eagles first and the Chargers tenth. He also predicted the Chargers return to the playoffs, the Chiefs return to the Super Bowl, ranked Justin Herbert as the fifth-best quarterback in football, described Shedeur Sanders as fourth on Cleveland's QB depth chart, and said he'd be floored if the Colts moved on from Anthony Richardson. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/50f5acdf-a4f0-414f-aeac-222067b75938 ### Jul 28, 2025 — scored 36.44 across 2 calls Filling in for Colin Cowherd, Parkins ranked his top 10 NFL quarterbacks entering the 2025 season, with Patrick Mahomes first and Jalen Hurts tenth, and also made claims about the Eagles' personnel, the Bengals signing Trey Hendrickson, and players' contract situations resolving with their current teams. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/32349615-1017-46b2-87a9-8abf9988a033 ### Jan 15, 2025 — scored 100 across 2 calls Parkins agrees Philadelphia is the play against the Rams, citing weather and Philly's defense, and says he's sticking with Josh Allen and the Bills against a favored Baltimore team. https://missedtakes.thegoodapps.co/opinions/fe92437d-e47b-4af7-b5d6-a9cbe8e2cdc7 --- We grade claims about outcomes, never claims about people. 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