Jim McMahon, quarterback of the Bears’ 1985 championship team, wouldn’t recommend the organization to anyone else who plays that position.
McMahon blasted his former team as the place “where quarterbacks go to die,” in an appearance on FatMike Chicago Sports Show this week.
“Chicago has always been known for their defense — their defense and their running game— and that’s probably all they’re ever gonna be known for,” McMahon said. “I think it’s where quarterbacks go to die.
“They get a lot of blame — some of it they deserve.”
His criticism comes at a particularly rough time in the Bears’ ongoing quarterback circus. They moved on from former No. 2 overall pick Mitch Trubisky, now a backup for the Bills, and are headed toward the 2021 season with Andy Dalton as their starter and Nick Foles behind him. Neither has a had a good season in the last five years.
McMahon ripped the Trubisky pick as “Just a typical Bears draft move,” and argued — completely inaccurately — that they could’ve gotten him in the second or third round.
“Wasn’t [Patrick] Mahomes there? [Deshaun] Watson?” McMahon said. “There was other guys that they could’ve gotten. But that’s the Bears.”
As if all that didn’t sting enough, McMahon compounded his insult by praising the Packers as “the best organization that I played for of the seven teams that I got to play for. ... From top to bottom, just great people.”
McMahon, now 61, played for the Bears from 1982 through ‘88 after they drafted him No. 5 overall. In 66 career games, he threw 67 touchdown passes against 56 interceptions. He finished his career with the Packers in 1995 and ‘96.
