Walter Payton has taken the crown; no surprise to me actually.  He epitomized what it was to be a football player.  Tough, talented, yet humble and universally respected.  His passing was hard punch to the gut of all Bears' and football fans.  Walter Payton...the best there ever was. 


Thanks to everyone for voting and commenting on WCG's Bears' Madness.  Thanks to Adam, Dane and all the other WCG writers for allowing me to clutter up the site with all my posts.  Thanks David for help with the brackets.

Was it worthwhile?  I learned a lot about some old-time Bears from doing this.  I learned a lot about who reads this blog.  So any ideas for next years' tourney?

I'll leave you with WCG's rankings based on the tourney & ranking votes:

1. Walter Payton
2. George Halas
3. Dick Butkus
4. Mike Ditka
5. Mike Singletary
6. Gale Sayers
   
7. Brian Urlacher
8. Richard Dent
9. Dan Hampton
10. Bronko Nagurski
11. Red Grange
12. Olin Kreutz
13. Sid Luckman
14. Kevin Butler
15. Gary Fencik
16. Bill George
17. Lance Briggs
18. Jim McMahon
19. William Perry
20. Mike Brown
21. Wilber Marshall
22. Devin Hester
23. Jay Cutler
24. Brian Piccolo