Gale Sayers Criticizes Current Bears

Gale Sayers is not happy with da Bears and he let people know about it Tuesday.

Former Bears running back and Hall of Famer Gale Sayers took jabs at current Bears during a speech for Boys Town, a home for troubled youth in Omaha, Neb.  It seems that Sayers took exception to quarterback Jay Cutler, head coach Lovie Smith and aging linebacker Brian Urlacher, in essence saying he was not happy with the state of the team and that those individuals should be doing more.

“Cutler hasn’t done the job,” Sayers said. “Urlacher, I don’t know how good he’s going to be coming back. He’s 33 years old. They need a couple wide receivers, a couple defensive backs. They haven’t done a good job.

“If Lovie doesn’t do it this year, I think he’s gone. He had a good team the Super Bowl year. Nothing came together for him the last couple years.”

Those words might sting some Bears fans a bit but it’s nothing that hasn’t been muttered around town. Cutler has only been there one year and his support from the offensive line and receivers is lacking to say the least.  Give him some time.

As for Julius Peppers, Sayers told the Omaha World-Herald that, “He’s a good player, but he can’t do it all by himself.”

Despite the criticism of the current Bears, what is really perplexing about Sayers’ statements is that he called out Saints Reggie Bush for being injury prone.  Sayers, a fantastic player in his college and pro years, he must have forgotten that injuries were the major factor in his shortened career.

He shook his head when reminded that some pundits have compared the New Orleans Saints’ Reggie Bush with him.

“You can’t compare that, because he gets hurt too much,” Sayers said.

That’s just an odd statement considering Sayers played only 3 1/2 mostly healthy NFL seasons before knee injuries took their toll.