Bears top 100

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This list has gotten a lot of play on local sports talk radio lately (sports talk loves lists). This is my first time seeing the whole thing. I've been following the team closely since the early '60s. I'm familiar with almost all of the names, but only actually saw about 2/3 of them play. Here's the list and my comments are below:

1. Walter Payton*
2. Dick Butkus*
3. Bronko Nagurski*
4. Sid Luckman*
5. Gale Sayers*
6. Mike Ditka*
7. Bill George*
8. Bulldog Turner*
9. Doug Atkins*
10. Danny Fortmann*
11. Dan Hampton*
12. Richard Dent*
13. Jimbo Covert
14. Brian Urlacher*
15. Mike Singletary*
16. Bill Hewitt*
17. Stan Jones*
18. Jay Hilgenberg
19. Steve McMichael
20. Devin Hester
21. Joe Stydahar*
22. George Connor*
23. George McAfee*
24. Joe Fortunato
25. Ed Sprinkle
26. Ed Healey*
27. Olin Kreutz
28. Lance Briggs
29. Rick Casares
30. Gary Fencik
31. Charles Tillman
32. Paddy Driscoll*
33. George Trafton*
34. Matt Forte
35. George Musso*
36. Red Grange*
37. George Halas*
38. Link Lyman*
39. Harlon Hill
40. Ken Kavanaugh
41. Neal Anderson
42. Richie Petitbon
43. Wilber Marshall
44. Johnny Morris
45. Otis Wilson
46. Doug Buffone
47. Dave Duerson
48. Fred Williams
49. Ray Bray
50. Mark Bortz
51. Keith Van Horne
52. Joe Kopcha
53. Jim McMahon
54. Ed Brown
55. Johnny Lujack
56. Roosevelt Taylor
57. Jim Osborne
58. Wally Chambers
59. Julius Peppers
60. Khalil Mack
61. Willie Galimore
62. Robbie Gould
63. Mike Brown
64. James Williams
65. Dick Gordon
66. Mike Hartenstine
67. Ed O’Bradovich
68. Dick Barwegen
69. Bill Wade
70. Matt Suhey
71. Kevin Butler
72. Mark Carrier
73. Tommie Harris
74. Kyle Long
75. Akiem Hicks
76. J.C. Caroline
77. Bennie McRae
78. Donnell Woolford
79. Dennis McKinnon
80. Alshon Jeffery
81. Brandon Marshall
82. George Blanda*
83. Willie Gault
84. Tom Thayer
85. Jay Cutler
86. Allan Ellis
87. Luke Johnsos
88. Joey Sternaman
89. Mike Pyle
90. Beattie Feathers
91. Bob Wetoska
92. Bill Osmanski
93. Herman Lee
94. Jim Dooley
95. Larry Morris
96. Eddie Jackson
97. Bobby Joe Green
98. Trace Armstrong
99. Doug Plank
100. Patrick Mannelly

* Hall of Famers

My #1 negative take is that Dan Hampton (11) was once again underrated. It took him too long to make the HOF and #11 on this list is at least 5 slots too low. I saw both Doug Atkins (9) and Bill George (7) play and they were both great, but Hampton was better (BTW, Atkins was better than George IMO). Ditka as #6 has to take into account his coaching though I thought the authors said they only took playing into account).

Urlacher (14) was a significantly better player than Dent (12) and way better than Singletary (15).

Lastly (at least for now), I think it's nice that the authors wanted to recognize Mack (60) and Jackson (96) from last year's team, but "all time greats?" Oh yeah, and Alshon Jeffery's inclusion on this list almost made me vomit.

[Susan]

Urlacher should be higher.

Alex Brown deserves some love as well. Glad to see MIke Brown on here. He was injured so much but his peak was so great that it's hard not to agree with.

[CBS7]

Lastly (at least for now), I think it's nice that the authors wanted to recognize Mack (60) and Jackson (96) from last year's team, but "all time greats?" Oh yeah, and Alshon Jeffery's inclusion on this list almost made me vomit.

As much as I don't like Alshon he is 3rd all time in receiving yards and has 2 of the Bears' top 10 seasons. And its a long list for just one franchise. You're gonna have a bunch of guys not really looked at as "great".

I also think Thomas Jones deserves a spot. 6th all time in rushing yards for us, only played 3 seasons. Was the focal point in our offense for two years where we made the playoffs. Lack of seasons isn't a reason to keep him off as we see Mack and Jackson already on the list.

[Michael Jackson]

Ditka should be neither a 6 as a player or a coach imho. As a coach he owed so much to Buddy Ryan. Where he is on that list he is being listed as a greater tight end than he was. He is no doubt a NFL icon