Chicago Bears place in only 2 in this Top 100

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jun 9, 2011 3:01 PM CDT in Notes

I had so much fun piggybacking off CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco with my 1pm post, I figured I'd hit his work up again. A while back he did his own version of the top 100 NFL players currently playing and the Chicago Bears placed a measly two players on his list. Two.

The NFL players list on the NFL Network will have four. Prisco even listed numerous players that just missed his cut, and there was nary a Bear among them.

In his 100-51 list he had one Bears player, with the other showing up in his 50-1 list. Here's what he had to say.

82. Brian Urlacher, MLB, Chicago Bears: After missing all but one game in 2009 with an injury, he bounced back to lead the Bears in tackles with his highest total in four seasons.

11. Julius Peppers, DE, Chicago Bears: He always has been a top talent, but the move to Chicago as a free agent seemed to bring out the best in him. Even though he didn't have great sack numbers (eight), he was a force for the Bears.

I suppose if you only think two Chicago players are worthy, these would be the two. But check out some of the players he has listed and ask yourself if Lance Briggs shouldn't have displaced a few of those guys.

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What a joke

Urlacher at 82 is comical.

Leaving Devin Hester, who holds NFL Records in the return game, off thie lst, is BS.

Lance Briggs, a top-10 Linebacker TODAY, is absolutely ridiculous.

And Jay Cutler completely left off the list is a joke. He is a top 15 QB and its the most important position on the field. I havent seen the list but I bet Mark Sanchez is on it. And saying Sanchez is better than Cutler is completely erroneous.

We just have to get used to the fact that the National Media does not believe in Cutler or the Bears and until we shake off the rust on offense its gonna be that way.

BEAR DOWN!!!

by Fast Willie Gault on Jun 10, 2011 3:37 PM CDT reply actions

Statistically, though, a team will have an average of 3 names on the list of the top 100 players. I’m surprised Briggs isn’t on the list, but if Prisco is the kind of guy who compares OLBs by stats regardless of the fact that 3-4 and 4-3 OLBs play different roles and thus post different statistics, that’s (a) understandable, and (b) his problem.

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by Spongie on Jun 10, 2011 6:31 PM CDT reply actions