But since he’s now an opposing coach, it will probably be awhile, since I can’t see them doing a retirment ceremony without him there. I’d have to say Hampton would be the next in line. Or they could retire #8 as a preventative measure to avert future catastrophes, considering it belonged to both Rex and Cade.
Nothing against the others, but if it hasn’t happened after this long, I don’t see it coming.

maybe dent
urlacher kreutz are locks briggs is on his way

Especially with free agency, the odds of someone having that kind of impact on the team and being here for their entire career are pretty high. They have to be more choosy than other teams because they have so many numbers that are unusable and now that positions and numbers are linked, it would be very difficult to take anymore out of commission. Singletary and Hampton are the only possibilities at this point, but I doubt it. If you look at the list of the Bears’ players who are on the “retired” list, they were players who actually helped define their positions. Piccolo and Gallimore, no disrespect intended, had their numbers retired only because they died while they were active players.

kreutz and urlacher have been perenial pro bowlers for over a decade(roughly) and have been the best at what they do and have helped this team win many games and they have also been great leaders and role models

:)

Ask any Cowboy and almost every one of them would tell you they’d rather make the ring of honor than the Hall of Fame. We’re discussing HOF players like that automatically give them consideration for a retired number. Dallas as a team has no retired numbers. It is their policy. They instead rely on the ring of honor. They have 11 HOF and 17 in the ring. Maybe the Bears should consider another way to recognize their own greats that doesn’t involve retiring a number, but is still considered an honor. Retiring a jersey number says to me that there will never be another player worthy of wearing that number for that team. That’s a tremendous tribute and I believe it should only be reserved for those “once in a generation” players like Sweetness or Grange. To give consideration for a retired number, simply based on HOF numbers cheapens the honor. I previously spoke of Singletary being an obvious candidate for retirement consideration. Maybe we should rethink the whole thing and consider an alternate way of honoring those Bear heroes in a public and meaningful fashion. Maybe our own “ring of honor” (and please dear Lord, don’t make it a “scrolling televised” Minnesota Vikings one) or maybe bronze busts in front of Soldier field. What do you guys think?

If the Bears retire any more numbers they won’t have any left for the players on the current roster.

Mark Bradley’s #16- the great one should never be forgotten
Mike Brown’s #30-yeah, I said it.
Devin Hester/Jerry Azumah’s #23-two great players have donned this number

89 – In honor of DItka. How many players have come back to coach their team to the Super Bowl?

One more…ummm…what # is Cliff Stein?

And as a wild card: C Jay Hilenberg’s 63: The man was All-Pro 7 times and a Pro Bowler 7x and started every game he appeared in. That is quite impressive.

Patrick “MVP” Mannelly should have his number retired. The man is a beast!!!!!

that poses another question… Should Long Snappers be considered for the Hall Of Fame???

If there was place in the hall he’d deserve it, has he ever botched a snap?