NightLink: Is it safe to buy a Bears offensive jersey?
This article is basically taking a look at Jay Cutler and how he has affected Bears fans. Basically, he is daring us to fall for offensive football.
"Our mantra has always been to beat the crap out of guys and run out the clock," explained Tom Thayer, a former Bears guard and current radio announcer for the team.
This season, almost 25 years since its last Super Bowl win, the Bears have made their boldest attempt to reverse the trend by trading for Mr. Cutler, who threw for a decidedly un-Bears-like 4,500 yards and 25 touchdowns last year in Denver while starting every game. "There's no possible way this player should have been available," says Leigh Steinberg, an agent who has represented many top quarterbacks.
Early indications are good: In Sunday's preseason game, he passed for 144 yards in the first half and capped that 98-yard drive with a precisely located touchdown strike.
For Chicago, having a marquee quarterback in town is an adjustment. Since 1949, when long-time owner George "Papa Bear" Halas traded Bobby Layne for cash and a draft pick, the team has been cursed.
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The game is geared toward the QB.
They protect them they market them so I guess it’s just the Bears finally evolving to the times. Not to say they can’t still have a dominating defense but the league wants touchdowns.
I also think the fans here have always wanted a QB but those in the organization haven’t been proactive to finding a QB thats the best player on the team.
I have seen a QB and it was good.
First post
I saw the headline and had to comment…I got an Orton Jersey as a gift last year. What to do with it?
One word For you: Tomczak
It’s your only hope. Orton = Tomczak
by EvilKaramazov on Sep 1, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a Mohammad and Robinson jersey
I told myself I wouldn’t every buy another Bears offensive jersey. Then came Forte and Cutler. I have a Cutler one, Forte will be soon enough I imagine.
Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!
Yeah, I hesitated last season on Forte
Plus the local shops in NY were all sold out of his. I’m pretty certain he’s a real deal solid RB, just wish we had a bruiser fullback to compliment him.
by Loathie Smith on Sep 1, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Only jersey I own
of an offensive player is Payton. The others…Butkus and Urlacher.
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
I got a Conway #80 jersey
when I sat under the north scoreboard on Jan 2, 2000. It was obviously CC’s last game with the franchise, so jersey’s were 65% off. It was one of the nice jerseys, where the name was a separate piece of cloth sewn on.
A few years later, I had a “Berrian” jersey, thanks to a set of seam rippers
Now, it is a “Bennett” jersey that my wife wears.
Not a bad deal.
I remember when they drafted Conway.
I was driving in my car listening to the draft on the radio… thats all I remember. I always liked Conway.
I have seen a QB and it was good.
You want to let me borrow those seam rippers
so i can turn my Chris Zorich Jersey into a Mark Anderson Jersey. :) I can’t believe I still have that one. Got it 15 years ago.
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 1, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I still have
old #9 McMahon jersey. I made my wife wear it for awhile, but she hated the way the material felt. She said it felt to scratchy. So what did I go do…bought #8 Grossman for her. We put that one away and I got her a Hester one during the middle of last season. I wear my #54 Eurlacher, white, navy, or orange depending on what the team is wearing. I also have a #25 Wolfe jersey.
by FromLouisville on Sep 2, 2009 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I absolutely think it's fine to wear a jersey of a player who's somewhere else
Happens all the time. Kyle Orton never disgraced the team while he was here nor has he said anything bad about em since he left. It’s clear there’s still good feelings between him and his former teammates.
Wear it with pride; it’s a BEARS jersey more than an ORTON jersey. Nobody will think you’re making a political statement.
May the wind be always at your back, and may your placekicker have icewater in his veins.
Rashan Salaam
That is the last Bears Offensive Jersey I own. That jersey is itself cursed. My wife wore it for the Super Bowl two years ago and every since then #31 has been struggling.
I have been tempted to buy a Cutler jersey but the sight of my Salaam jersey hanging in the closet scares me away.
What would be the response...
If I or anybody else wore an Orton jersey to a game this year? With the momentus changes at the position, is it sacrilege to wear the jersey of a past QB that defines the past several decades of mediocre QB play?
jerseys
proud of my signed hester and forte jerseys, then got the urlacher
They are who we thought they were
I got Hester to sign 2 jersey for me this year!
His college one (white) and His Navy Blue Bears one, framed them and put them side by side, its a good thing too, they were starting to get a little tight one me, haha.
Phil: " Whose baby is that?
Alan: "Check his collar or something." - The Hangover
i have 1 offensive jersey
and i wont say his name since i don’t want to jinx anything.
You're my assistant! You're supposed to back me up and go get me juiceboxes whenever I want. Now go get me a juicebox!
Jay
I bought my Jay jersey back in April but haven’t worn it yet. Saving it for opening Sunday
Between me, the hubby, and the kids
We’ve got a few Urlachers, a Hester, a Forte, a Butkus (da Hubby’s), and I have the Cutler, also bought in April and saved up til now.
I’ll have to break it out on the Friday before opener to wear at work in Minneapolis, where there are plenty of Cheeseheads at work.
May the wind be always at your back, and may your placekicker have icewater in his veins.
As long as it is not McKie or Davis you should be fine,
But that’s comming from a guy who has an old Curtis Enis #44 hanging in the closet.
My home Urlacher Jersey is worn proudly every gameday though…even during deer season(under the blaze orange of course)!
It’s fun to provoke the Packer faithful here in the Land of Cheese
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
Great post/article find, btw
Was way too distracted by the jersey question to even read the article originally. Great stuff!
Dozjah
I have(2) Muhammad jerseys (1)orange (1)white that I don’t wear anymore (1) white road Jay Cutler waiting until opening night to wear it (1)Devin Hester blue home waiting for home opener to wear (1) Urlacher white road that I will wear for the second road game against Seattle my kid has (1)Devin Hester home jersey my wife has (1) Urlacher road jersey.
by Dozjah on Sep 1, 2009 8:25 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I have two
both home cutler and mike brown. Dont know id I will wear the brown again, at least until he retires.
"snuffalufagus fucks my shit up"
I'm ashamed to say...
the only jersey i own is a Benson jersey that i bought right before the ’07 season.. i mean mug it everytime im in my closet.
Start looking into getting a #15 in Bears Jersey
Currently that number is not assigned to any player, fate maybe?
It might belong to our new WR?
The sun will shine in '69
Got a Walter in Blue, An Urlacher in Blue, and a greats of all time Bears Jersey
I’m telling ya, you need to make friends with Soldiers in stationed in Korea, y’all might be surprised what “falls off the back of trucks” over there, cough cough $15-20 cough cough
The sun will shine in '69
No I wouldn't be all that surprised
my sister got me a White Urlacher one, granted is a Quad X, so it’s more for looks than anything. A buddy of mine got a Ditka one from over there.
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 1, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm embarrassed...I actually have a Grossman jersey
At least it’s only a cheapo replica that I bought at Wal-Mart. But what the heck do I do with it now? I’m thinking of donating it to the Goodwill store.
That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!
Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09
Wait for winter
I heard those Grossman one’s make for good kindling.
I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome. NOW GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!
by Ditkavsworld on Sep 1, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
ill buy it from you
i dont care what people say grossman was one of my favorites even though he was bi polar when he was good he was the best we had in a while when he was bad i wanted to take a rock to his temple
by Bear Lovin 21 on Sep 1, 2009 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I bought an Olsen Jersey before he even played a Regular Season Game.
Its not the Im a Miami fan, I actually hate them. I just liked him and knew he was gonna be good. Before that I had a Rex jersey that my buddies want me to burn. I never will. It’s prob my second fav jersey Ive ever had, only to my Moises Alou jersey. =]
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
i got hester as the only offense cutlahs commin soon
i have a tommie harris(40 bucks blk friday!0
urlacher
hester
david terrell( i was VERY young i thought he was gonna be the man)
and a custom #21 with my last name
I like getting custom ones with your own last name........
I have a cubs one, cause after I bought Prior I never wanted to jinx another player again. But I would like to get a custom Bears one, the way I see it is players come and go, and fans are with team forever.
Phil: " Whose baby is that?
Alan: "Check his collar or something." - The Hangover
I bought a Cutler White this year and it is a little weird...........
Ive never bought a jersey of a guy before they actually played a game with us, but I just couldnt pass up the deal, $100 fully authentic, are you kidding me!!! Hey I figure if they are going to go and make a move that historic, Ill put my money into buying one to support the team and the incredible move.
In week 1 the year against the Pack, the year of the super bowl run, I was telling everybody about this guy I was extremely high on. I had been telling everyone since the the day we drafted him that Devin Hester was going to be the most exciting player in football (PolishSausageDitkaBears can attest to it). I always follow Miami because of the talent that comes out of there annually even though Im an Irish guy, and he was one of my favorite guys to watch in college, especially after the Duke game (YOU TUBE IT) NO ONE believed me, but he obviously proved me right.
So anyways my buddy whos a huge Panther fan kept telling me, Hey youre soo big on this guy?, why havent you gotten his jersey. So during that Packer beatdown (Please Happen Again, Please) he asked me again why havent you gotten his jersey yet, so I said “Fine if he houses one today, Ill get his jersey if it shuts you up” and sure enough 4th quarter rolls around and here goes Hester doing his thing. I kept yelling I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU over and over.
Next day I had to order his jersey online, it wasnt even in stores, because no one was aware of what was to come. And as they say, the rest was history! Then later that year I was sick of all the Hester mania and my jersey quickly became cliche, and I like to keep it original, so I got his college white jersey, wore it during the Super Bowl and like I said, the rest was HISTORY!!
Cant wait to see if he can regain that form this year, that return a couple of days ago was a good start. Maybe if he houses one against the Pack week 1, Ill get his high school one!!! BEAR DOWN
Phil: " Whose baby is that?
Alan: "Check his collar or something." - The Hangover
I have one offensive players jersey
Olin Kreutz, baby! I also have my first jersey (of any sport) ever which is a blue Urlacher jersey I wear on game days. Down the road, the next jerseys I’d want are: Cutler, Olsen, Forte or Alex Brown.
by Sam Householder on Sep 2, 2009 12:18 AM CDT reply actions
3 benson jerseys:(
1 moose, 1 berrian, 1 olsen, 1 grossman, 1 hester, 1 peterson. so hopefully we keep peterson over wolfe so i still have one more jersey of someone on the team.
crap forgot
my fridge and payton jersey’s at least those dont go out of date
play it safe
and always go with a throwback
Payton, Sayers, Butkus…
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Sep 2, 2009 8:40 AM CDT reply actions
#25
I am a little worried about my G. Wolfe jersey this year.
my future brother in law bought me
an authentic Cutler Jersey…this coming from a Giants Fan, I guess i won’t stick my leg out to trip him when he’s walking down the aisle this weekend…
nah
still do it. serves him right for sucking up, he should have bought you a Giants jersey, if he had any loyalty
"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler
by BearNecessities on Sep 2, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
We could make this a poll :-D
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
"F*** everybody outside of Halas Hall. BEARDOWN" - WavyGravy
Salaam #2
I also have a Walter jersey from the 1980’s and a Urlacher with the Super Bowl patch which I will probably sport during the Lions game this year.
On a side note I’m a liflong Bears fan making my first trip to Soldier this year. The only other game I made it to was at Champaign against the Patriots in 2002. If anyone is tailgating the Lions game and wants to make a deal I can supply the beer if I have somebody to carry it in and drink it with.
My body is a great beer carrier.
can supply the beer if I have somebody to carry it in
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
Call me retro
I have Sweetness’ jersey, and a Sayers jersey, and a McMahon jersey as well (the only original one of the bunch).
I have a signed and game worn Gary Fencik jersey that’s put away (I went to college with his little brother), and I have a Fridge jersey that I wear a lot.
Still Have
an old #35 Thomas replica(Reebok no less),glad I didnt drop the bucks for a real one… me prized Bear possession to date,isnt a jersey but….is a NFL Bears necktie that I was excitedly and lucky enough to get autographed bySayers, the “Kansas Comet” over 20 years ago….not a necktie guy, all the usuals..Weddings,Funerals,Xmas parties sometimes, all the finest functions ya know. Obviously ‘ol 35 aint seen the light of day in some time…gettin’ the feelin’ lately though, really had good feelings about Olsen if he would get thrown to enough to become “who alot of us thought he was”. Wow sabbath, Fencik, how cool is that, him and Doug Plank was what DB’ing was all about man, would genuinely love to leave ‘em layin’ on the field…those were the days, I remember them well….
Anyone with a Brian Piccolo jersey
Now that would be original.
Phil: " Whose baby is that?
Alan: "Check his collar or something." - The Hangover
I have...
a cheapy Walmart Urlacher jersey… a white Forte jersey (courtesy of GG for my bday) and a navy Hester jersey (courtesy of one of my good guy friends breaking up with his gf… he’s a Colts fan – got her the jersey bc she’s a Bear fan – she gave it back to him @ the breakup – new jersey for me!) :D
"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton

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