Comments on: Gale Sayers, Brian Urlacher in war of words

By: Lance19

Lance19 — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:27:40 +0000

Sayers may’ve gone a bit far.
But attacking Gale Sayers?!?
THE Gayle Sayers? One of the greatest players
ever to pull on a uni? Dumb, no-win move.

By: GoBears84

GoBears84 — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:53:54 +0000

@Jesusismysavior
Homosexualty?
Don’t you mean homosexuality?
As a “straight-as-an-arrow-father-of-two”, i’d like to tell you a little something.
Last I Checked, Jesus loved EVERYONE, correct?
My place of worship also probably steered me wrong when they let me in the doors with my “marks of the beast” or all of my tattoos!! OH MY! It states twice in the bible not to mark your body, once referring to sexual purity, and one other place, which is defunct by today’s society. Sort of like where it says in the Bible that “women shouldn’t be allowed to preach”
Try telling my female preacher that, or are we all going to hell too? I Admire your enthusiasm and passion for trying to steer others in the direction that you view as “the right way,” or “the only way,” I just don’t understand how we all should live this perfect mold of a life to be accepted by this “fear instilling and angry” God. It’s 2010 Homie. Your no closer to perfection as I am.

By: gogobox

gogobox — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:01:05 +0000

Urlacher win the Big one or be doomed…
Chi town will forgive but if you fail.. now that you lauched back on Gayle.
KAAA BOOOM.
Please call Zack Thomas

By: CKL

CKL — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:03:05 +0000

On Total Access tonight they talked about this and one guy quoted Chris Rock who said something like “that old lady might deserve to get pushed down the stairs but you don’t DO it.”
Urlacher has always been a mouth running punk bitch though. Just like Briggs.

By: gnarlswoodson

gnarlswoodson — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:29:06 +0000

brian urlacher is somewhat out of line for asking what gale sayers had ever accomplished or whatever he exactly said. HOWEVER just like so many of you on here, I commend brian for sticking up for his team, as ALWAYS. He is a true Bear. Just like that Brett Favre is a true Viking, right vikings fans?..wait..

By: luther549

luther549 — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:09:48 +0000

I think Sayers should have kept his thoughts to himself. It does not help the team by saying that, but Urlacher should also just keep quiet. By going after one of the best running backs ever will not help his standing with the fans. The only thing Url can do not is just go out and prove Sayers wrong.

By: Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:58:13 +0000

What everyone fails to understand here is that Sayers never, I repeat NEVER says anything nice about the Bears. Like someone else said, he mentioned Hester having a “good year” when he was shattering the return records and appearing in the SB.

By: Bious

Bious — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:57:38 +0000

Good for Urlacher and I can’t stand the guy
What has Gale won exactly to know about building a team?
Anything?

By: ChBears

ChBears — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:01:31 +0000

@ salmen76 and others
I don’t understand how Urlacher has been injured most of his career? In 2004, he played 9 games because of an injury and last year he missed all but a half due to injury. Otherwise, he’s played in every game. I would say playing in 86% of your teams games isn’t being injured most of a career no matter who you are.
Who cares if Sayers spouted off, he’s known for that and never says anything good about the Bears. I’ve met him several times, he’s bitter and cranky, too bad for him.
Urlacher or any other current Bear for that matter should respond to Sayers, they are part of the team that Sayers is criticizing, I don’t blame any of them if they say something. Sure, Urlacher is a tool but at least he’s got some balls.
I don’t see Jack Lambert criticizing the Steelers or other HOFers reeming their teams. Sayers should just shut the hell up and mid his own business.

By: smilergrogan

smilergrogan — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:43:09 +0000

anyone knocking sayers never saw him play. point blank. if you saw him play, or if you saw how his knee was blown out, you would never question either his toughness or his greatness. its no coincidence no one else with that short a career has ever been considered for the hall, but sayers was. while i won’t say he was the best rb (jim brown hands down), i will say he’s the most exciting runner i have ever seen. the seven touchdown game was just one day in a litany of many many incredible plays.
as to urlacher, he is a good player, a pro bowler and has been to the playoffs. funny, but no one has noted how many teams went to the playoffs in sayers’ era. or how many playoff games there were each season in those days. or the fact that the lombardi packers were also in the same side of the league.
no doubt, sayers was a back that changed the face of football. urlacher is about the third best middle linebacker in bears history after butkus and singletary. so if anyone should stfu, its urlacher.

By: Castro95

Castro95 — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:41:22 +0000

How quick people forget that Urlacher is the MJ, or Ryan Sandurg of Chicago. Those who have met Sayers know that he is a great player but one to one he is a pain in the ass. Leave the complaining to the fans, former players should hold themselves to a higher standard especially HOFers.

By: abrownsfan

abrownsfan — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:19:51 +0000

its better to hear about this than how urlacher dresses his son up like a girl.

By: Hatethepats

Hatethepats — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:45:48 +0000

Sayers was magical to watch. Thinking about he and Butkus on the same team makes you wish they had had a QB.
Urlacher would have been better off to shut up, post Sayers comments in the locker room and use it as a motivator than to pick a fight with one of the greats.
Is Sayers bitter? – missing out on what could have been an amazing career and watching lesser talents get paid rediculous amounts of $$$ today – I think he has a right to be bitter.

By: salmen76

salmen76 — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:25:26 +0000

The Bears suck. Plain and simple. Urlacher is a goober and has spent most of his career injured. Gale Sayers was always overrated and never helped his team even make the playoffs let alone win a playoff game. I say that neither one of them have any room to talk. And i really hate when the old retired players like Sayers open their mouths about their old teams. Especially bitter ones like Sayers that NEVER won $hit. Reggie Bush is only been in the league 4 years and he gets critisized for being a bust yet he has won a championship game and a Super Bowl on a team that had never been to championship game in its entire history. To me, Urlacher and Sayers combined ain’t half the man/champion Reggie is!

By: dlmcc0909

dlmcc0909 — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:04:22 +0000

How is it that its Sayer’s fault that the Bears were never any good during his time there? Was it Barry Sanders’ s fault that the Lions weren’t any good when he was there? You cannot win in football without a good QB and a solid D. Urlacher should know this since the QB’s on the Bears have been atrocious for ages.
Sayers is an all time great. Urlacher is not. Its really that simple. Urlacher and his team can win the next 3 Super Bowls and he would still never be a HOF’er like Sayers is.

By: Chicksdigmylongballs

Chicksdigmylongballs — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:04:07 +0000

Isn’t football a team sport?

By: giantcatfanhouse

giantcatfanhouse — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:56:04 +0000

Someone asked him. He responded. He’s Gale Sayers, so it made print. The media sees at as controversial, published it, and Urlacher bit, hook line and sinker.
Now, it’s become something bigger than it should be. Which is.. a difference of opinion. Period.
Out of one side of his mouth, Urlacher slams Sayers, for not having a championship under his belt, and then in the next breath, out of the other side of his mouth, calls him an “all time great”.
I’d ask Urlacher are only those with rings allowed to say anything? Are they they only ones who are capable of seeing what’s wrong with a team? And therefore should be the only ones to say what’s wrong? No. That’s censorship.
You can listen to him, or ignore him. Slamming him, proves nothing to prove his point and makes him look like a petulant child.
That last quote is nothing but whining about everyone throwing daggers, including former players. Which everyone HAS A RIGHT to throw.
Sounds to me he wants everyone to shut up, unless they’ve got something good to say. Which..is advice he himself should follow.

By: Green n' Gold

Green n' Gold — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:45:01 +0000

What is Sayers supposed to do, lie? He’s old school. Telling it like it is. He’s seeing what every RATIONAL fan sees, an aging defense, no playmakers on offense and a pussy for a QB in Cutler.
Looks like Cutler is starting to rub off on Mr. Urlacher. Want some cheese with that wine Brian? Sack up and play Mr. Butthurt!!

By: soindbearfan

soindbearfan — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:40:25 +0000

I like the fact that Url is sticking up for his team. That’s what leaders do.

By: dietrich43

dietrich43 — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:40:10 +0000

Sayers is in the HOF after 6 years in the league. Urlacher probably never gets in. Sayers could still probably run circles and just run right over Urlacher. How many titles does Urlacher have? None. How many play-off wins? A handful?

By: soindbearfan

soindbearfan — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:39:20 +0000

ChargerDildo…..How many championships does your sorry-assed organization have again? (insert cricket noise here).

By: yomomma

yomomma — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:15:34 +0000

I honestly thought that Sayers had passed a long time back. Now, after he has had 40 years to rest and time to consider the game, I hope to hear more of his views of the NFL and Bears.

By: FireJerryJones

FireJerryJones — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:12:46 +0000

Gale Sayers didn’t use HGH.
No way Urlacher isn’t juicing.
He’s today’s Brian Bosworth.

By: FreeAgentPro

FreeAgentPro — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:05:08 +0000

This is a Chicago area issue. Why raise it here? Just more evidence that anyone who buys a PFT magazine is wasting their money. PFT is banking on you posters being as foolish with your money as you are with your opinions.

By: slowfame

slowfame — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:01:50 +0000

Talking smack about Gale Sawyers?? Brian should youtube some of Gales best clips. Dude was unreal.

By: eaglelover1

eaglelover1 — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:59:46 +0000

Gale Sayers is the greatest RB to have played the game….. What dream are you living? Ever heard of Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Eric Dickerson? What about Eric Rhett? These are all RB higher on the alltime rushing list than Mr. Toot My Own Horn Sayers. Sayers played 6 years and only 2 of them were fascinating his rookie and sophmore years. Why is he in the hall of fame again? Oh because he had 6 TD’s in one game and 22 TD in a season. That was his rookie year. What else did he do? A one year wonder in the HOF.
Urlacher has every reason to go off on this cat. And to those that think Urlacher would not have hurt Sayers had they played at the same time…..take a look at those SLOW ass LB’s that were chasing Sayers.
And before anyone starts the ” but he got hurt” whine”. So did Rhett, Westbrook, Benson, Suhey, Jones, and a host of other RB’s that are higher on the alltime rushing list and have just as many TD’s as Sayers yet they are not in the HOF.
Sayers STFU !!!!!!!!!!

By: Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:49:39 +0000

Sayers is just a bitter old retired player, cause he couldn’t “cash-in” on players’ inflated salaries. That’s where the problem lies. I’m so glad I paid for a Payton jersey instead of someone who has nothing but criticism for his former team.

By: coxypoo

coxypoo — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:40:17 +0000

Just so we are clear the game is much better today. If you good today ud be good in any era. Football is the one sport that has progressed. Baseball has degressed, but not football.

By: myopinionisrighterthanyours

myopinionisrighterthanyours — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:39:05 +0000

Speaking of winning, don’t Sayers and Urlacher have exactly the same number of Super Bowl titles, which is coincidentally the same number I have. Urlacher has no room to speak, especially when questioning one of the game’s greats.

By: Lex Luger

Lex Luger — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:22:01 +0000

Urlacher is my HGH suspect of the day!