This week, FS1\u2019s nomadic new host, Danny Parkins, learned the first lesson of Fox Sports: There\u2019s never too much Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n
With Parkins seated alongside the trio that has turned\u00a0First Things First into the best sports debate show around<\/a>, circling back to the A-block they had just used two hours prior, the biggest NFL news of the year hit: Micah Parsons was headed to Green Bay.<\/p>\n Through sheer luck, Parkins got to be on-air to break it down. Added to a clumsy third hour of the program<\/a> (dubbed\u00a0First Things First: OT) after his FS1 morning show,\u00a0Breakfast Ball, was canceled in July, Parkins is now sitting in the fourth chair in clips that are soaring to virality, with 865K and counting views on YouTube and\u00a0541K on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It was likely the best chance the former Chicago radio host will get for a significant on-air moment for a while, because FS1 isn\u2019t doing him any favors.<\/p>\n Parkins, once praised by Fox chieftain Colin Cowherd as the best local sports radio host in America, fulfilled his destiny and joined FS1 last fall. Moving east to host a hastily crafted New York-based morning show with Craig Carton and Mark Schlereth, Parkins never quite hit his stride. Despite good chemistry, each of the three hosts appeared to have a different concept of what the show should be. Parkins\u2019 lane as a goofy takester never vibed with Carton\u2019s knucklehead act or Schlereth yelling at the sky.<\/p>\n Yet, as Fox\u2019s chosen son, with Cowherd\u2019s blessing and a longtime friendship with\u00a0FTF\u00a0star Nick Wright, Parkins became\u00a0the only host to survive<\/a> FS1\u2019s decision to overhaul its daytime lineup\u00a0this summer. Having relocated to the Big Apple for the job, FTF was the only home for him.<\/p>\n So FS1 extended\u00a0FTF for the third time in three years, with Parkins joining for the final hour. After Wright, Kevin Wildes, and Chris Broussard regurgitate the A-block to start the \u201cOT\u201d edition at 5 p.m. ET, Parkins took the reins. This week, he was flanked by longtime FTF contributor and former Green Bay Packers star Greg Jennings, as well as retired NFL lineman Willie Colon.<\/p>\n It is once again a strange fit for Parkins. Not yet a national brand as a host, the \u201cOT\u201d hour forces Parkins to steer the ship in what so far feels like a junior varsity version of\u00a0Good Morning Football or\u00a0NFL Live.<\/p>\n Didn\u2019t\u00a0the failed\u00a0Breakfast Ball experiment prove that people weren\u2019t tuning in just to see Parkins?\u00a0The initial excitement that he could play off his buddy Wright in the\u00a0uniquely entertaining playground<\/a>\u00a0that he, Wildes, and Broussard have built on\u00a0FTF has become another own goal for FS1.<\/p>\n The Dallas Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers right as \u2018First Things First\u2019 is talking about the Cowboys reportedly listening to offers.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the live reaction on FS1. \ud83c\udfc8\ud83d\udcfa\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f #NFL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OJOe1koHah<\/a><\/p>\n\n